PERKINSTON – A stellar two-year career for Northwest sophomore Dalton Young came to an end on Saturday with a tough three-set loss in the finals of the MACJC Championship.

After starting in the Round of 16 with a 6-1, 6-2 victory against Merritt Blackwell (Holmes), Young battled through a tough draw in the quarterfinal and semifinal matches to make his way to the championship draw against Chase Pennington of Jones County.

Although Young dropped the opening set, he rallied for a 6-1 second-set win to force the deciding third set. Young battled back from down 4-0 in the third before Pennington took the 6-4 decider and the No. 3 singles championship.

The Halls, Tenn., native closes his two-year Northwest career with a 20-6 overall singles record. He will sign with Freed-Hardeman University on Friday morning.

In other action, Joshua Stephenson and Zak Harbin battled in the Round of 16, but both players would fall by a pair of 6-4, 6-2 and 7-5, 6-2 decisions, respectively, in the No. 1 and No. 2 singles draw.

Quentin Hutchinson also put forth an inspired effort in No. 6 singles but fell to Holmes' Rylee Artman 6-4, 7-6.

Singles competition
R16   Daniel Yepez (Hinds) def. Joshua Stephenson (Northwest) 6-4, 6-2
R16   Christian Crapps (Hinds) def. Zak Harbin (Northwest) 7-5, 6-2
R16   Dalton Young (Northwest) def. Merritt Blackwell (Holmes) 6-1, 6-2
R16   Tripp Case (Copiah-Lincoln) def. Adam Holley (Northwest) 6-0, 6-2
R16   Brandon McCrary (Jones County) def. Xavier Curtis (Northwest) 6-0, 6-0
R16   Rylee Artman (Holmes) def. Quentin Hutchinson (Northwest) 6-4, 7-6
QF   Dalton Young (Northwest) def. Noah Tippen (Mississippi Gulf Coast) 7-5, 6-1
SF   Dalton Young (Northwest) def. Will Swindoll (Meridian) 6-3, 6-2
F   Chase Pennington (Jones County) def. Dalton Young (Northwest) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4

Doubles competition
R16   Ezra Blissard/David Garcia Perez (Itawamba) def. Adam Holley/Joshua Stephenson (Northwest) 6-0, 6-2
R16   Cory Alderman/Tripp Case (Copiah-Lincoln) def. Zak Harbin/Dalton Young (Northwest) 6-3, 6-4
QF   Brett Bowen/Reid Cudd (Mississippi Gulf Coast) def. Quentin Hutchinson/Xavier Curtis (Northwest) 6-1, 6-0