DUNLAP – The Warsaw boys tennis team’s chances at its first Northern Lakes Conference title since 2006 are looking pretty good. After finishing the NLC regular season at 7-0, the Warsaw Tigers now have four courts going for individual championships at the conference tournament. Playing at Concord, Warsaw’s Evan Miller (No. 2 singles), Alek Jansen (No. 3 singles), as well as the No. 1 doubles team of AJ Herendeen and Sam Rice and the No. 2 doubles team of Will Petro and Connor Singrey will be in Saturday’s finals. The finals will be back at Concord at 9 a.m. Saturday, and with Warsaw guaranteed at least a second-place finish on four courts, it’ll have enough points to claim the overall title. Concord finished second to Warsaw in the regular season, but has just its No. 1 doubles team playing for a title Saturday, while three others will play for a third-place finish and another going for fifth. The only real threat to Warsaw at the conference tournament is Plymouth, who will be playing in the championship match on three courts, and third place on another. But even if Plymouth did finish first at the conference tournament, its third-place finish in the regular season leaves the Pilgrims too far out in points to stop the Tigers from winning the overall title.
NORTHERN LAKES CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Semifinals)
No. 1 Singles – (#4) Chris Robbins (Northridge) def. (#1) Nick Pollock (Concord) 6-0, 6-0; (#2) – Gabe Vervynckt (Plymouth) def. (#3) Mazin Hakim (Memorial) 6-1, 6-2; Austin Stutzman (Goshen) def. Mitchell Kaiser (NorthWood) 6-4, 6-1; Kyle Wettschurack (Warsaw) def. Kyler Love (Wawasee) 6-0, 6-0 No. 2 Singles – (#1) Evan Miller (Warsaw) def. (#4) Josh Garfein (Northridge) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1; (#3) Spenser Gilbert (Memorial) def. Matt Kotva (Concord) 6-1, 6-4; Matt Flynn (Plymouth) def. Quinn Stillson (NorthWood) 6-2, 6-1; Chase Myers (Wawasee) def. Adam Bratten (Goshen) 6-0, 7-6 (8-6) No. 3 Singles – (#1) John Hunter (Plymouth) def. Hudson Kay (Goshen) 6-1, 6-2; (#3) Alek Jansen (Warsaw) def. (#2) Chirag Patel (Memorial) 6-2, 7-5; Jed Miller (Northridge) def. Todd Hauser (Wawasee) 6-1, 6-1; Jack Hinkle (Concord) def. Abe Robinson (NorthWood) 6-1, 6-2 No. 1 Doubles – (#1) T Cunningham/Trevor Warren (Concord) def. Kendall Fosler/Jack Holloway (Plymouth) 6-2, 6-1; (#3) AJ Herendeen/Sam Rice (Warsaw) def. (#2) Sylas Buller/Sam Stegelmann (Goshen) 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-4; (#4) Andrew Gingerich/Bryan Slabach (Northridge) def. Brennan Angle/Jayson Linhart (NorthWood) 2-6, 6-0, 6-1; Elliott Denton/Trevor Tavallali (Memorial) def. Isaac Rigdon/Dylan Hauser (Wawasee) 6-4, 6-1 No. 2 Doubles – (#1) Will Petro/Connor Singrey (Warsaw) def. Tony Fenech/Jared Searer 6-1, 6-0; (#2) Kameron Eisenhour/Ryan Johnson (Plymouth) def. Derick Hostetler/Zach Granger (Goshen) 6-3, 7-5; (#4) Devyn Maugel/Caleb Yoder (NorthWood) def. Stephen Tefft/Jon Bailey (Memorial) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; (#3) Eric Beck/Michael Eash (Northridge) def. Doug Hapner/Roz Kunkle (Wawasee) 6-4, 6-0
Thursday in Bremen
Playing at Bremen Thursday, the Triton boys tennis team advanced to Saturday’s Northern State Conference Championships semifinals on all five courts. Advancing out of Thursday’s first round were Jeff Ross at No. 1 singles and Jared Fisher at No. 3 singles, as well as the No. 2 doubles team of Darren Harrell and Jake Oldham. Dean Howdeshell (No. 2 singles) and the No. 1 doubles team of Pete Kauffman and Lucas Shafer earned byes, advancing them on.
NORTHERN STATE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Triton Results)
No. 1 Singles – Jeff Ross (Triton) def. Matthew Dickison (LaVille) 6-0, 6-0 No. 3 Singles – Jared Fisher (Triton) def. Hunter Jaworski (Glenn) 6-3, 6-1 No. 2 Doubles – Darren Harrell/Jake Oldham (Triton) def. Ben Weiss/Drew Sheffer (Glenn) 6-4, 6-0
