Coupeville Sports

Aaron Curtin, an ace every day. (John Fisken photo)

Iron Man is bringing home a medal.

Coupeville High School senior Aaron Curtin won two of three matches Friday in Yakima at the 1A boys’ tennis state tournament, with the final win coming after a two-hour war, assuring he will place.

Curtin will face Mark Hay of St. George’s at 10 AM Saturday, with the winner taking 5th and the loser claiming 8th.

To get there, the Wolf ace had to rebound after an opening round loss.

While he fell 6-2, 6-1 to Eli Jenkins of Chelan, Curtin never flinched.

And, while Jenkins promptly lost his next two matches and left without a medal, Coupeville’s finest came roaring back to knock off Jacob Martin of St. George’s 6-3, 6-1.

After a brief break, he capped a long day in the heat by topping Eduardo Ceballo of Cle Elum/Rosalyn 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

The make-or-break match was a brutal war of attrition that mom Judi Curtin described as “So many deuces. Crazy!”

This is the second straight trip to state for Curtin.

As a junior, he qualified as a doubles player, but he and partner Ben Etzell did not place.