DENVER | Since the first day of fall practice, Oct. 21 has been circled on the calendar for the Regis Jesuit boys tennis team.

The date of the Class 5A team championship match at the Denver Tennis Park loomed as a date of destiny, where the Raiders believed they would have a chance to defeat nemesis Cherry Creek to become state champions.

The march through the calendar finally ended Tuesday and all of Regis Jesuit’s preparation paid off in a 4-2 victory courtesy of a singles sweep and No. 1 doubles victory that brought home the program’s sixth all-time state championship.

“Since the season started, we’ve just been calling out that day through practices and every match we play; we had to be ready for October 21st,” senior No. 2 singles player Clay Dickey said. “We had a point to prove a

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