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NAPPANEE - Warsaw, which finished 6-0 in the regular season portion of the Northern Lakes Conference, put itself into a good position to claim the other half of the NLC title Friday at NorthWood High School.
The Tigers put all five of its singles and doubles positions into the semifinal rounds.
No. 1 singles player Craig Harman will play Goshen's Adam Scharf in one semi, while NorthWood's Eric Bowers battles Ryan Perzanowski in another.
At No. 2 singles, Warsaw's Ryan Van Puffelen plays NorthWood's Peter Metz, who beat Wawasee's Steve Ummel.
At No. 3 singles, the Tigers' Pete Anders takes on Concord's Jim Lloyd and NorthWood's Blaine Beehler is playing against Goshen's Chris Manhart in the other half of the draw.
Manhart beat Wawasee's Andy Cole to advance.
At No. 1 doubles, Warsaw's team of Owen Compton and Dan Benyousky will have to play Northridge's Jevon Brenneman and J.C. Morgan, while Wawasee's Quyan Tran and Jared Mahnensmith will battle Plymouth's Jeremiah Lauber and Kevin Huffman.
Tran and Mahnensmith beat NorthWood's James Allen and Chet Walters to advance.
At No. 2 doubles, Warsaw's Eric Grossnickle and Matt Krizmanich play Plymouth's Jake Kukendall and Ryan Orr for the right to play either Wawasee's Farhan Haq and Shane Beer or Goshen's Matt Shively and David Harms.
Haq and Beer beat NorthWood's Shawn Hoover and Bobby Brown to move on.
Play continues today at NorthWood's courts at 9 a.m.
