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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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