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BOYS TENNIS TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS SET
With sectional action set to begin on Wednesday, the Indiana High School Athletic Association drew the matchups for the latter three levels of the 44th Annual Boys Tennis Team Tournament this morning in Indianapolis.

Boys sectional matches for the 301 teams run through Saturday at 64 sites with the survivors advancing to 16 regional tournaments. Those semifinal matches are set for Tuesday, Oct. 5, and championships on Wednesday, Oct. 6. The four semi-states will be played Saturday, Oct. 9, and the state finals Friday, Oct. 15, and Saturday, Oct. 16, in Indianapolis.

Sectional pairings will be drawn tonight by the 64 host sites and will be posted directly into the tournament brackets at www.ihsaa.org as they become available.

Regional pairings in the individual tournament of singles and doubles players are also included below.

Notables

Most Consecutive Sectional Championships
31 by Homestead (1979-current).

Active Sectional Championship Streaks (Three or more years)
31: Homestead.
29: Munster.
23: Floyd Central.
21: Center Grove.
20: Silver Creek.
17: Delta.
16: Castle.
14: Valparaiso.
13: Plymouth.
11: Columbus North.
8: Evansville Memorial, Penn, River Forest.
7: Muncie Central.
6: Culver Academies, Highland, New Albany.
5: Warsaw, Zionsville.
4: Greensburg, Jasper, Logansport, North Central (Indianapolis), Northview, Terre Haute North, Vincennes Rivet.
3: Austin, Crown Point, Hammond Bishop Noll, Jeffersonville, LaPorte, Peru.

Top 10 All-Time Sectional Championships
36: Munster.
33: North Central (Indianapolis).
32: Columbus North (Columbus), Homestead.
29: Jasper
28: Richmond.
26: Floyd Central, Silver Creek.
25: Brebeuf Jesuit, Crawfordsville.

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44th IHSAA Boys Tennis Team State Tournament
Sectionals
Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 2.
Note: Sectional pairings are drawn by each host site on Monday evening and will be available at www.ihsaa.org as they are reported.

Regionals
Dates: Oct. 5-6.
Admission: Free.

1.    Ben Davis
Match 1 – Winner at Pike vs. Winner at Avon.
Match 2 – Winner at Southport vs. Winner at Ben Davis.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

2.    Carroll (Fort Wayne)
Match 1 – Winner at DeKalb vs. Winner at Homestead.
Match 2 – Winner at Carroll (Fort Wayne) vs. Winner at Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

3.    Center Grove
Match 1 – Winner at Franklin Central vs. Winner at Shelbyville.
Match 2 – Winner at Northview vs. Winner at Center Grove.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

4.    Concord
Match 1 – Winner at East Noble vs. Winner at Goshen.
Match 2 – Winner at Warsaw vs. Winner at Concord.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

5.    Delta
Match 1 – Winner at Anderson vs. Winner at Norwell.
Match 2 – Winner at Delta vs. Winner at Muncie Central.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

6.    Jasper
Match 1 – Winner at Loogootee vs. Winner at Heritage Hills.
Match 2 – Winner at Evansville Memorial vs. Winner at Jasper.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

7.    Munster
Match 1 – Winner at Crown Point vs. Winner at Highland.
Match 2 – Winner at Munster vs. Winner at East Chicago Central.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

8.    North Central (Indianapolis)
Match 1 – Winner at Lawrence North vs. Winner at North Central (Indianapolis).
Match 2 – Winner at Carmel vs. Winner at Mt. Vernon (Fortville).
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

9.    Peru
Match 1 – Winner at Logansport vs. Winner at Kokomo.
Match 2 – Winner at Peru vs. Winner at Marion.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

10.  Portage
Match 1 – Winner at LaPorte vs. Winner at River Forest.
Match 2 – Winner at Merrillville vs. Winner at Portage.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

11.  Richmond
Match 1 – Winner at New Castle vs. Winner at Richmond.
Match 2 – Winner at South Dearborn vs. Winner at Connersville.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

12.  Seymour
Match 1 – Winner at Columbus North vs. Winner at Shawe Memorial.
Match 2 – Winner at Bloomington South vs. Winner at Seymour.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

13.  Silver Creek
Match 1 – Winner at Floyd Central vs. Winner at Jeffersonville.
Match 2 – Winner at Silver Creek vs. Winner at New Albany.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

14.  South Bend Clay
Match 1 – Winner at South Bend Clay vs. Winner at Penn.
Match 2 – Winner at Culver Academies vs. Winner at Bremen.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

15.  Vincennes Lincoln
Match 1 – Winner at Vincennes Lincoln vs. Winner at Pike Central.
Match 2 – Winner at Terre Haute South vs. Winner at Mt. Vernon.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

16.  West Lafayette
Match 1 – Winner at Crawfordsville vs. Winner at Fountain Central.
Match 2 – Winner at Lebanon vs. Winner at West Lafayette.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

Semi-States
Date: Oct. 9, 2010.
Admission: $5 per person.

1.    Homestead
Championship 1 – Winner at Peru vs. Winner at Delta.
Championship 2 – Winner at Carroll (Fort Wayne) vs. Winner at West Lafayette.

2.    Jasper
Championship 1 – Winner at Silver Creek vs. Winner at Jasper.
Championship 2 – Winner at Seymour vs. Winner at Vincennes Lincoln. 

3.    North Central (Indianapolis)
Championship 1 – Winner at Richmond vs. Winner at Ben Davis.
Championship 2 – Winner at North Central (Indianapolis) vs. Winner at Center Grove.

4.    South Bend Clay
Championship 1 – Winner at Concord vs. Winner at Munster.
Championship 2 – Winner at South Bend Clay vs. Winner at Portage.

 

State Finals
Oct. 15-16, 2010.
Admission: $5 per person per day.

Quarterfinals
Friday, 3 pm ET/2 pm CT.
Lawrence Central High School, 7300 E. 56th Street, Indianapolis.
Match 1 – North Central (Indianapolis) 1 Winner vs. Jasper 2 Winner.
Match 2 – Jasper 1 Winner vs. South Bend Clay 2 Winner.
Park Tudor High School, 7200 N. College Avenue, Indianapolis.
Match 3 – Homestead 2 Winner vs. North Central (Indianapolis) 2 Winner.
Match 4 – Homestead 1 Winner vs. South Bend Clay 1 Winner.

Semifinals
Saturday, 10 am ET/9 am CT.
North Central High School, 1801 E. 86th Street, Indianapolis.
Match 5 – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.
Match 6 – Winner of Match 3 vs. Winner of Match 4.

State Championship
Saturday, 2 pm ET/1 pm CT.
Match 7 – Winner of Match 5 vs. Winner of Match 6.

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Individual Singles and Doubles State Tournament

Regionals
Saturday, October 16, 2010.
Morning session at 10 am ET/9 am CT; Afternoon session at 2 pm ET/1 pm CT.

1.  Bedford North Lawrence
Match 1 – Winner at Vincennes Lincoln vs. Winner at Jasper.
Match 2 – Winner at Seymour vs. Winner at Silver Creek.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

2.  Carmel
Match 1 – Winner at Ben Davis vs. Winner at Richmond.
Match 2 – Winner at North Central (Indpls.) vs. Winner at Center Grove.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

3.  Kokomo
Match 1 – Winner at West Lafayette vs. Winner at Carroll (Fort Wayne).
Match 2 – Winner at Delta vs. Winner at Peru.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

4.  LaPorte
Match 1 – Winner at Munster vs. Winner at South Bend Clay.
Match 2 – Winner at Portage vs. Winner at Concord.
Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

State Finals
Park Tudor School, 7200 N. College Avenue, Indianapolis.
October 22-23, 2010.
Friday, 2 pm ET/1 pm CT
Saturday 10 am ET/9 am CT; 2 pm ET/1 pm CT.
Pairings announced the week of state finals.