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2012 Tournament in Review

Carmel Tops North Central for
Third Consecutive State Championship

For the second year in row, top-ranked Carmel the match courtesy of J.J. Kroot’s 7-5, 6-2 win at No.
bested rival North Central in the final match of the 2 singles over Chris Quammen.
season and claimed its third consecutive IHSAA North Central had topped Carmel, 3-2, back on
state championship in boys tennis. Aug. 30, the Greyhounds’ lone loss of the season.

The 4-1 Carmel victory was the school’s eighth Carmel had earned its way to the final match
championship overall in the sport and fifth under with a 4-1 win on Friday over No. 7 Center Grove
head coach Mike Bostic. and another 4-1 triumph over No. 10 Bloomington
South during Saturday’s semifinals. North Central
The Greyhounds (21-1) wasted no time in win- turned away third-ranked Fort Wayne Canterbury,
ning at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles and Patrick 5-0, on Friday, and beat second-ranked Park Tudor,
Farrell’s 6-2, 6-3 victory over North Central’s 3-2 in the other semifinal.
Rudy Frazier at No. 3 singles, 6-2, 6-3 proved
the title clincher.
Sameer Kumar at No. 1 singles and
Charlie Emhardt and Dan Rodefeld at No. 1
doubles were responsible for the first two Car-
mel points of the match. Kumar defeated Riley
Reist, 6-1, 6-0, and Emhardt and Rodefeld
topped Patrick McAuley and William Reifeis,
6-0, 6-3.
Jeffrey Chen and Michael Makio closed
Jef frey Chen and Michael Makio closed
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out the dual with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 victory at No.
2 doubles over North Central’s Ari Gerstein
and J.T. Wayne.
Fourth-ranked North Central (21-2),
coached by Dan Brunette, earned its lone point of

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