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2007 Tournament in Review

NORTH CENTRAL SWEEPS CULVER FOR STATE TITLE

Top-ranked North Central of Indianapolis powered its way Philipp Siebels of North Central won his match at No. 2
through two matches to finish unbeaten on Saturday and singles handing Frank Sunseri his first setback of the year,
captured the 2007 IHSAA Boys Team Tennis state champi- 7-6 (7-2), 6-1 and David Moss and Max Shelton teamed up
onship in Indianapolis. to defeat their No. 2 doubles opponents Omar and Shareef
Kattan, 6-4, 6-4.
The Panthers (26-0) blanked Culver Academies, 5-0, in the
final and clinched the title winning the first three matches Spencer Fields was the North Central coach and also
within 10 minutes of each other. It was the school’s 17th guided the Panthers to the 2000 title. Alan Loehr was the
crown in the sport and first since 2000. No other school has Culver Academies coach who led the Eagles (21-2) to
more than six. their first spot in a state championship match in their fifth
attempt.
North Central’s No. 2 doubles team of Reid Garlock and
Zach Savka were the first to finish winning their match over North Central bested first-time participant Zionsville, 4-1, in
Nithin Reddy and Bobby Tehrani, 6-1, 6-1. Freshman Nick the morning semifinals, while Culver Academies advanced
Chappell (20-2) won his No. 1 singles match moments via a 4-1 victory over Columbus North.
later by the same score defeating Rogelio Lemarroy. The
clinching moment came at No. 3 singles when Jami Clark Zionsville took a 4-1 decision from Columbus North in the
toppled Culver’s previously undefeated Christian Sunseri consolation match.
(15-1), 6-3, 6-4.

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