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2022 Tournament in Review                                                      2022 Tournament in Review



         North Central edges top-ranked Harrison for Boys Tennis                    Championship Match                   Semifinals
                                Championship                                        North Central 3, Harrison (West Lafayette) 2  Harrison (West Lafayette) 4, Homestead 1
                                                                                                                         Singles
     Alex Antonopoulos’s win at No. 2 singles   It was the only loss of the year for the Harrison   Singles              1. Aaron Gu (12) Harrison def. Stephen Meyer (11) Home-
     proved the clinching point as North Central of   Raiders and coach Chas Bradley who enjoyed                         stead 6-4, 6-1
     Indianapolis edged Harrison of West Lafayette   their best season in school history finishing   1. Aaron Gu (12) Harrison def.   2. Isaac Flanery (12) Harrison def. Ben Garrean (9) Home-
     3-2 for the IHSAA Boys Tennis State   27-1 and their first trip to the state finals.  Marquis Willingham (12) North Central 6-4, 6-3  stead 6-2, 6-0
     Championship.                                                                                                       3. Landon Mohr (12) Harrison def. Eric Ji (9) Homestead
     After rolling to a 6-0 win in the first set, the                               2. Alex Antonopoulos (11) North Central def.   6-0, 6-0
     unbeaten Antonopoulos found himself trailing                                   Isaac Flanery (12) Harrison 6-0, 7-5  Doubles
     5-3 in the second to Harrison’s also undefeated                                                                     1. Emerson Mohr (9) | Daniel Zhang (11) Harrison def. Alex
     Isaac Flanery. The junior Antonopoulos                                         3. Landon Mohr (12) Harrison def.    Graber (11) | Max Holiday (12) Homestead 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
     dominated from that point on winning four                                      Uriah Khoruy (12) North Central 6-0 6-0  2. James Cowan (11) | Matthew Otten (11) Homestead def.
     straight games including 16 of the last 17                                                                          Henry Graham (9) | Johnny Guerra (12) Harrison 6-4, 6-1
     points. It was the clinching point North Central
     (20-4) needed to capture the title with                                        Doubles                              North Central 3, Center Grove 2
     Harrison’s Aaron Gu (28-0) winning at No. 1
     singles moments later for the final margin.                                    1. Akshay Guttikonda (11) | Owen Larrimer (11) North   Singles
     Antonopoulos finished his season a perfect                                     Centrall def. Emerson Mohr (9) | Daniel Zhang (11)   1. Marquis Willingham (12) North Central def. Tyler Lane
     23-0 while Flanery ended 27-1.                                                                                      (10) Center Grove 6-3, 6-3
                                                                                    Harrison 6-3, 6-1
     It was the state-leading 21st state                                                                                 2. Alex Antonopoulos (11) North Central def. Loc Pham (11)
                                                                                                                         Center Grove 6-0, 6-0
     championship in the sport but first since 2015                                 2. Tyler Dooley (11) | Ronit Jha (12) North Central def.
     with Lucas Waak coaching the Panthers.                                         Henry Graham (9) | Jonny Guerra (12) Harrison 6-1, 6-1  3. Daksh Patel (10) Center Grove def. Uriah Khoury (12)
                                                                                                                         North Central 6-1, 6-0
     North Central won both doubles matches in                                                                           Doubles
     straight sets while Harrison’s Landon Mohr won                                                                      1. Akshay Guttikonda (11) | Owen Larrimer (11) North
     his No. 3 singles match, 6-0, 6-0, to complete                                                                      Central def. Evan Davis (12) | Max Williams (11) Center
     his senior year a perfect 28-0. Mohr didn’t lose                                                                    Grove 6-0, 6-2
     a single game in his three state finals matches.                                                                    2. Carson Bush (10) | Dimitri Kandris (10) Center Grove
                                                                                                                         def. Tyler Dooley (11) | Ronit Jha (12) North Central 7-5,
                                                                                                                         5-7, 6-2




























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