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2008-09 IHSAA Boys Tennis |
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The 29th Annual Singles State Tournament | The 19th Annual
Doubles State Tournament |
October 25,
2008
NORTH CENTRAL’S CHAPPELL CAPS UNBEATEN SEASON WITH SINGLES TITLE, ZIONSVILLE
TANDEM NOTCHES DOUBLES TITLE
With temperatures
hovering near the 50-degree mark, North Central’s Nick Chappell and the Zionsville
doubles tandem of Joe Hammond and Nick Laconi claimed
state championships in the IHSAA Individual Tennis State Finals at
North
Central’s Nick Chappell capped off an unbeaten season with a 6-2, 6-2 victory
over
Chappell
defeated Hanover Central’s Robin Marchione in the
morning semifinals, 6-4, 6-4, while Heuer disposed of
Lawrence Central’s Dalton Albertin, 6-4, 6-1. Albertin, a senior,
finished the season with a 20-2 record while going 5-2 in the postseason.
In doubles,
juniors Joe Hammond and Nick Laconi captured the
first doubles state championship for Zionsville with a 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4
victory over the previously unbeaten East Noble tandem of Daniel Desper and Derek Romer. The Zionsville duo finished with a 30-1
season record. Desper
and Romer were dealt their first loss of the year
finishing 27-1.
In the Saturday morning doubles
semifinals, Joe Hammond and Nick Laconi cruised to a
6-2, 6-2, victory over Lafayette Jefferson’s Connor Braden and Tanner Braden to
earn a spot in the finals. The tandem of
Daniel Desper and Derek Romer
defeated Terre Haute North’s Michael Eberle and
Richard Holcomb, 7-5, 6-4, to earn the other spot in the championship match.
State Finals
Date: Oct.
24-25.
Times: Friday
quarterfinals at 2 pm ET; Saturday semifinals at 10 am ET; Saturday
championship and consolation matches at 2 pm ET.
Site:
Singles
Note: Each individual’s regular season record is listed first followed by
their post-season tournament record.
Quarterfinals, Fri, 2 pm ET
Dalton Albertin
(12) Lawrence Central (15-0, 7-0) def. Evan Hawkins (10) Harrison
(West Lafayette) (16-4, 5-1), 6-3, 6-3.
Robin Marchione (11) Hanover Central
(0-0, 5-0) def. Nicholas Volz (12) Evansville
Central (19-0, 6-1), 6-4, 6-2.
Semifinals, Sat, 10 am ET
Billy Heuer
(12) Munster (16-1, 9-0) def. Dalton Albertin
(12) Lawrence Central (15-0, 7-1), 6-4, 6-1.
Nick Chappell (10) North
Central (Indpls.) (17-0, 7-0) def. Robin Marchione (11) Hanover Central (0-0, 5-1), 6-4,
6-4.
Championship Match, Sat, 2 pm ET
Nick Chappell (10) North
Central (Indpls.) (17-0, 8-0) def. Billy Heuer (12)
Consolation Match, Sat, 2 pm ET
Robin Marchione
(11)
Doubles
Note: Each team’s regular season record is listed first followed by its
post-season tournament record.
Quarterfinals, Fri, 2 pm ET
Connor Braden (10) | Tanner Braden
(12) Lafayette Jefferson (14-3, 7-0) def. Chris Campbell (11) |
Tanner Niehaus (10) Jasper (14-5, 7-1), 6-1, 7-5.
Daniel Desper
(12) | Derek Romer (11) East Noble (17-0, 9-0)
def. Kenton Austin (11) | Dane Kawamoto (11) Greenwood (16-1,
6-1), 6-4, 6-2.
Semifinals, Sat, 10 am ET
Joe Hammond (11) | Nick Laconi (11) Zionsville (19-1, 10-0) def.
Connor Braden (10) | Tanner Braden (12) Lafayette Jefferson (14-3, 7-1),
6-2, 6-2.
Daniel Desper
(12) | Derek Romer (11) East Noble (17-0,
10-0) def. Michael Eberle (12) | Richard
Holcomb (12) Terre Haute North (16-3, 6-1), 7-5, 6-4.
Championship Match, 2 pm ET
Joe Hammond (11) | Nick Laconi (11) Zionsville (19-1, 11-0) def.
Daniel Desper (12) | Derek Romer
(11) East Noble (17-0, 10-1), 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4.
Consolation Match 2 pm ET
Connor Braden (10) | Tanner
Braden (12)