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Blake Ress, Commissioner
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October 18, 2008
CENTER GROVE BOYS CAPTURE
TENNIS TEAM TITLE
Third-ranked
Center Grove (21-2) won all three singles matches and one doubles contest to best
No. 5 Zionsville, 4-1, for the state championship in boys
tennis at North Central High School in Indianapolis on Saturday.
It was the
school’s eight state title overall and the second in boys tennis (2001).
The Trojans were coached by Ivan Smith.
Senior
Austin Sansone and juniors Justin Spicer and Caleb
Fellers each picked up team points for Center Grove at No. 1, 2 and 3 singles,
respectively, while the senior tandem of Alex Moffett and Chris Webb won at No.
2 doubles. Sansone claimed a 6-2, 6-3 victory over
Zionsville’s Andrew Kahn, Spicer beat J.P. Dwyer of Zionsville, 6-3, 6-1,
and Fellers defeated Conner Dunn, 6-0, 6-1. Moffett and Webb took a 7-5, 6-1
decision from Max Watson and Taylor Wong.
Zionsville
(21-3) earned its only point at No. 1 doubles where juniors Joe Hammond and
Nick Laconi outlasted Center Grove’s Cameron
Hardin and David Schoch, 6-7 (7-6), 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) in
a match that lasted more than two and a half hours.
Zionsville,
coached by Dan Layton, was playing in the state championship match for the
first time after falling in last year’s state semifinals.
Center
Grove earned its spot in the final match by defeating No. 8 and previously
undefeated Munster, 4-1. Zionsville bested No. 12 Columbus North by the same
score.
In the
consolation match, Columbus North (23-3) edged Munster (22-2), 3-2.
ZIONSVILLE’S
ANDREW KAHN NAMED MENTAL ATTITUDE AWARD WINNER
Zionsville’s
No. 1 singles player Andrew Kahn was selected by members of the IHSAA Executive
Committee as this year’s winner of the Mental Attitude Award.
The award
is presented annually to a senior participant in the state finals who was
nominated by his principal and coach and has demonstrated excellence in mental
attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability.
As a
singles player, Kahn has helped the Eagles advance to the state finals each of
the last two seasons – the school’s only trips to state. He has won
the Hoosier Crossroads Conference Tournament each of the last three years,
twice at No. 2 singles and this year at No. 1.
Academically,
Kahn was recently recognized as a National Merit Semifinalist and has earned
academic honors every semester of his high school career. He is a member of the
National Honor Society, the Athletic Advisory Council and served as an NCAA
Ambassador for its “Stay in Bounds” program. He also has placed
third in the Indiana DECA competition.
Kahn is
undecided on his college choice but intends to study Pre-Law at Washington University
in St. Louis, DePauw or Amherst.
He is the
son of Steve and Cheryl Kahn of Zionsville.
Indiana
Farm Bureau Insurance, the IHSAA’s corporate
partner, presented a $1,000 scholarship to Zionsville High School in the name
of Andrew Kahn.
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