Each week, NJ Advance Media will highlight the best individual boys tennis players in the state by selecting Players of the Week from each conference. Players are chosen based on tournaments completed and matches reported to njschoolsports.com from April 9-15. Any matches played on April 16, today, will be included in next week’s honors. Previous Honors The decisions are ours to make, but feel free to send any nominations to the email address listed below. Here are the latest Boys Tennis Players of the Week. Burlington County Scholastic Conference Connor McCann, Palmyra, Sr. McCann has been a key contributor for Palmyra this season. The senior started out the year with two wins at third singles, but has since played four matches at second singles including three wins in a row. This past week, McCann defeated Nottingham, 6-4, 6-3, Audubon, 6-3, 6-1 and Pemberton, 6-3, 6-1 to help Palmyra move to 4-2 on the spring. Big North Conference Thomas MacDougall, Don Bosco Prep, Sr. MacDougall moved to 4-0 on the young season at first singles courtesy of a pair of wins in the past week. MacDougall first comfortably won against Passaic Tech, 6-0, 6-1 before recording a standout win over Mahwah’s Jack Bogert in a tiebreaker, 6-3, 4-6, (10-7). Cape-Atlantic League Saketh Agava, Mainland, Sr. Also a cross-country runner, has raced out to an 8-0 start thus far at first singles and hasn’t dropped a set. He also hasn’t lost more than two games in a given set this season. This past week, the senior won 6-2, 6-0 over Middle Township, 6-1, 6-0 over Ocean City and 6-1, 6-0 against Millville. The Mustangs are 8-0 overall and 6-0 against American division competition. Colonial Conference Ben Mazzucco, Haddon Heights, Sr. Mazzucco has performed well so far at first singles for Haddon Heights. Mazzucco is 5-1 in the early going and has won his last two matches this week. The senior defeated Woodstown, 6-3, 6-2 and Sterling, 6-1, 6-0. His only loss came to one of South Jersey’s best, Haddon Township’s Christian Erhardt. Colonial Valley Conference Maahir Chadha, Hightstown, Sr. Chadha is enjoying a successful start so far for the Rams. Chadha is 4-1 at second singles and 1-0 at first singles with that win (7-6(7-4), 6-2) coming this past weekend in the first round of the Moorestown Classic against Cole Polistina of St. Augustine. In the past week, Chadha also has second singles wins over Allentown’s Aryan Kahanna (3-6, 6-0, (10-6)) and Moorestown Friends’ Zev Smith (5-7, 6-1, (10-1)). Greater Middlesex Conference Manav Kumar, South Brunswick, So. Kumar notched his biggest win at first singles yet for South Brunswick on Tuesday when he topped East Brunswick’s Andrew Cui, 6-4, 2-6, (10-7). Kumar shook off second-set nerves to overcome the higher ranked Cui in the tiebreaker. Kumar’s win went a long way in the Vikings’ 3-2 victory over the Bears in a critical Red division showdown. Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic League Harrison Green, St. Peter’s Prep, Fr. St. Peter’s Prep began its season on April 9 and Green has been near perfect. Green has only dropped just one game in a 6-1, 6-0 win against Union City, and has won every set since then. He also has a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Bayonne. Green and St. Peter’s Prep will face McNair in its third match of the season on Wednesday. New Jersey Athletic Conference Charlie Beyer, Morristown, Jr. Beyer has steadily improved over the past three years. Beyer posted a 6-16 record at second singles as a freshman before going 8-9 last spring at first singles. This season, Beyer is back in the top position where he is already 7-1. The junior posted two wins in the past week including over Mendham (6-2, 6-0) and Kinnelon in a tiebreaker (6-0, 6-7(5-7), (10-4)). He’s been a major reason why Morristown is in first place in the National with an 8-1 overall record and a 5-0 mark within the division. North Jersey Interscholastic Conference Jordan Ghongpa, Hasbrouck Heights, Sr. Ghongpa has shown a lot of improvement throughout the week at first singles and has been contributing to Hasbrouck Heights throughout its successful unbeaten start this season. Despite some tough competition against Secaucus, Ghongpa prevailed 6-4, 6-2 and has grown from that. After decisive wins over Ridgefield (6-1, 6-2) and Bayonne (6-0, 6-1), Ghongpa and Hasbrouck Heights look to bolster its season record with a match against Harrison on Friday. Olympic Conference Logan Knasiak, Lenape, Sr. Knasiak captured the first singles title at this week’s Burlington County Open as he defeated Northern Burllington’s Ashus Mahmood in the final, 6-3, 6-4. Knasiak won two other matches in the tournament and dropped just two total games in the semifinals. Late last week, Knasiak also beat Cherokee’s Kunal Prabhakar, 6-3, 6-4, to move to 3-0 on the year. Super Essex Conference Jake Li, Millburn, So. One half of the state doubles tournament-winning tandem, Li has played very well at singles this spring. Li is 4-0 overall including two wins at first singles and two wins at second singles. Both of his first singles victories came in the last few days as he triumphed over one of the area’s top players, Columbia’s Vaughn Lee, 1-6, 6-0, (12-10). Li also scored wins this week over Livingston’s Julian Turovets (6-4, 6-2) and Caldwell (6-1, 6-0). Shore Conference Gabe Walters, Brick Township, Jr. Walters has helped Brick Township achieve a strong 7-3 overall record so far this spring including 4-0 within the Patriot division. Walters is 3-0 at second singles and two of those wins came in the past week over Toms River South (6-3, 6-3) and Central Regional (6-0, 6-1). Walters also won 6-1, 6-0 on Monday at third singles against Donovan Catholic. Walters is 8-2 in all at the two flights this season. Skyland Conference Juan Miguel Pereyra, Montgomery, Fr. Pereyra has quickly established himself as a top player in Somerset County and the Skyland Conference this spring. The freshman is already 4-0 at first singles as he’s helped guide the Cougars into the Moorestown Classic final which will be played later this month. This past weekend, the rookie downed West Windsor-Plainsboro North’s Ravin Lalla, 6-1, 6-3 and Edison’s Sarvesh Premkumar, 6-0, 6-3 at the tournament. Pereyra also won 6-1, 6-1 over Bridgewater-Raritan’s Siddarth Balasubramanian on Tuesday, and he also has a 6-3, 6-2 victory against Pingry’s Ryan Hao on April 1. Tri-County Conference Maddox Efelis, Pennsville, Sr. Efelis has a perfect record at 6-0 at second singles this spring just like his Pennsville team. Efelis won three matches in the past week, dropping just three total games along the way. Efelis beat Delsea’s Eli Croce, 6-0, 6-2, Triton’s Cole Durham, 6-0, 6-0 and Schalick’s Rocky Monticolo, 6-0, 6-1 to help Pennsville stay unbeaten. Active all year, Efelis also is a member of the boys soccer and wrestling teams at the school. Union County Conference Ben Levkov, Summit, Jr. Levkov rebounded from a season-opening loss at first singles to Bergen Catholic by winning his next two matches in the last week. The junior shut out Cranford’s Parthiv Intwala, 6-0, 6-0, and downed Westfield’s Chris Winters, 6-3, 6-3 to show he’s one of the best players in the area. Levkov won the second singles title at the Union County Tournament last May. NJ.com’s Anthony Gabbianelli contributed to this article. He will be covering the HCIAL and the NJIC for boys tennis this spring. Chris Nalwasky may be reached at cnalwasky@njadvancemedia.com. Follow us on social: Facebook | Instagram | X (formerly Twitter). The N.J. High School Sports newsletter now appearing in mailboxes 5 days a week. 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