OKLAHOMA CITY — Two Roughers left it all out on the court — one a little more literally than the other — at Oklahoma City Tennis Center on Saturday.

One got Muskogee’s first boys state championship in 32 years.

The other vomited his way to a hospital trip.

Brandon Finerty beat Harry Warden of Union, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) in the Class 5A No. 2 singles finals, avenging two previous losses to him, including in Monday’s regional finals.

Micah Lemoine, playing at No. 1 singles, lost to Tahlequah’s Travis Filmore 6-3, 7-6 in the semifinals. Filmore went on to win the state title at No. 1 while Lemoine had to withdraw after battling dehydration throughout that match and was unable to play his match for third place.

Finerty, a junior, battled back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the second set, then the lead swapped hands three times before he forced a tiebreaker by winning the 12th game of the set.

The tiebreaker followed a similar pattern as the second set. Finerty went up 3-0 before Warden battled back to tie it with three unanswered points. It was 4-4 when Finerty took charge with what he described as three really aggressive points using his forehead as his primary weapon.

“The last two times I played him I really attacked his backhand, which is usually the weakness in a lot of people’s game. But what I discovered was that his backhand is pretty amazing and in fact, his best shot,” Finerty said. “This time I didn’t attack that so much and mixed it up more. When we got to 4-4, I began charging the net more. I knew if I laid back and let him dictate tempo I would wind up in trouble.”

At 6-4, Finerty’s approach shot with a forehand drew Warden to the net and Warden’s return went long, sealing Finerty’s win

Ironically, the last Rougher to win a state championship was Finerty’s coach, Rusty Bradley. Two Rougherettes pairs claimed No. 1 doubles titles since then. Miriam Yoo teamed with Susan Yoo in 1997 and the former then paired with Kelly Strum to win the 1999 title.

“It would really make it historical if Brandon came back and won No. 1 like I did,” Bradley said, as if to toss out a bit of incentive for Finerty’s final season of eligibility. “To me it’s almost as rewarding as when I did it. He’s been a part of me since he was a seventh-grader.

“I’m proud of him. He played incredibly well.”

Finerty, who started the day with a dominating 6-1, 6-1 win over Brandon Champagne of Jenks, took Bradley’s comments to heart.