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2021 Tournament in Review                                                      2021 Tournament in Review



       Carmel Reels in Record Sixth Consecutive Boys Tennis State                   Championship Match                   Semifinals
                                      Title                                         Carmel 5, Zionsville 0               Carmel 5, Columbus North 0
                                                                                                                         Singles
     The 55th Annual IHSAA Boys Tennis State   Friday’s quarterfinal matches were all played   Singles                   1. Broc Fletcher (12) Carmel def. Nathan Lin (12) Columbus
     Finals saw a record-setting performance by the  indoors at facilities across central Indiana                        North 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
     top-ranked Carmel team.             due to heavy rains throughout the day before   1. Broc Fletcher (12) Carmel def.   2. Eli Mercer (12) Carmel def. Hank Lin (9) Columbus North
                                         resuming outdoors on Saturday at Carmel High   Cole Chappell (12) Zionsville 3-6, 6-4, 7-5  6-2, 6-2
     With a 5-0 shutout of sixth-ranked Zionsville in   School for the final two rounds.                                 3. Rocky Li (9) Carmel def. Anvay Atram (10) Columbus
     the state championship match, the Greyhounds                                   2. Eli Mercer (12) Carmel def.       North 6-2, 6-1
     claimed their sixth consecutive state title
     breaking a tie with North Central of Indianapolis                              Steven Narva (11) Zionsville 6-0, 6-2  Doubles
     which had won five straight from 1982 to 1986.                                                                      1. Jack Jentz (11) | Srisanth Malpeddi (12) Carmel def.
                                                                                    3. Rocky Li (9) Carmel def.          Amrit Kar (10) | Matthew Liu (12) Columbus North 6-2, 6-0
     The Greyhounds, coached by Bryan Hanan,                                        Peyton Guider (12) Zionsville 6-0 6-4  2. Braedon McIntyre (10) | Adrien Qi (12) Carmel def. Parth
     turned back North Central 4-1 in the quarterfinal                                                                   Shah (9) | Eric Stavnheim (12) Columbus North 6-1, 5-2 (R)
     round on Friday and Columbus North 5-0 in the
     Saturday morning semifinals.                                                   Doubles                              Zionsville 4, Jasper 1
     Carmel (24-0) was led by its No. 1 doubles                                     1. Jack Jentz (11) | Srisanth Malpeddi (12) Carmel def.   Singles
     team of Jack Jentz and Srisanth Malpeddi                                       Ryan Betz (12) | William Cramer (10) Zionsville 6-0, 6-3  1. Cole Chappell (12) Zionsville def. Max Sternberg (12)
     which won all three of its matches including                                                                        Jasper 6-4, 6-2
     a 6-0, 6-3 over Zionsville’s Ryan Betz and                                                                          2. Justin Shultz (12) Jasper def. Steven Narva (11) Zions-
     William Cramer in the final. The pair remained                                 2. Braedon McIntyre (10) | Adrien Qi (12) Carmel def.   ville 6-0, 6-2
     undefeated this year and will compete in next                                  Jonah Everson (10) | Emerson Holifield (12) Zionsville
     weekend’s doubles state tournament. Malpeddi                                   6-3, 6-3                             3. Peyton Guider (12) Zionsville def. Reece Lampert (11)
                                                                                                                         Jasper 7-6 (2), 6-4
     will look to win his second doubles title having
     teamed with graduated Jones McNamar to the                                                                          Doubles
     win state title last year.                                                                                          1. Ryan Betz (12) | William Cramer (10) Zionsville def. Trey
                                                                                                                         Gutgsell (10) | Noah Hanneman (12) Jasper 6-2, 6-2
     Zionsville (19-4), coached by Earl Allen, was                                                                       2. Jonah Everson (10) | Emerson Holifield (12) Zionsville
     making its fifth appearance in the state finals                                                                     def. Caleb Schnarr (9) | Noah Schue (11) Jasper 6-2, 6-1
     and advanced to the championship match for
     the second time (2008). The Eagles had beaten
     Covington 5-0 in the semifinals and Jasper 4-1
     in the semifinal round.


























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