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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 16 IHSAA - Pure Spirit. Pure Sport! IHSAA - Pure Spirit. Pure Sport! 17