Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc.

9150 North Meridian Street, Box 40650, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240-0650

Phone: 317-846-6601    Fax: 317-575-4244    Website: www.ihsaa.org

Blake Ress, Commissioner

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October 21, 2006

 

SINGLES, DOUBLES CHAMPS FINISH UNBEATEN IN 2006

Greenwood’s Chris Herron and the Penn doubles team of Thomas Snelson and Gautham Vaidyanathan completed perfect seasons earning state championships in the IHSAA Individual Tennis State Finals at Park Tudor School in Indianapolis.

 

Herron only took 56 minutes in the championship match to dispose of Floyd Central’s Joseph Boesing, 6-3, 6-2. The senior finished 31-0, including 9-0 in the post-season, to become the first Greenwood player to win the state singles tournament, but the third in four seasons to hail from Johnson County.

 

Herron defeated Delta’s Zach Ervin in the morning semifinals, 6-3, 6-1, while Boesing rallied from a set down to beat Fort Wayne South Side’s Derek Carpenter, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the other semi. Boesing finished his runner-up season at 27-3.

 

In the doubles tournament, Snelson and Vaidyanathan fell behind losing the first set to Jasper’s Nick Seger and Pete Wilson, but won the last two sets, to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. The Penn tandem finished 23-0 and became the first pair from their school to win the state doubles tournament.

 

After earning a bye into Saturday morning’s semifinals, Snelson and Vaidyanathan beat Zionsville’s Marshall Brown and Peter Gunderman, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 to earn a spot in the final. Seger and Wilson, who finished 22-5, beat Carmel’s Kush Govani and Tommy Osborne, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, for the other spot in the championship match.

 

 

State Finals

Date: October 20-21, 2006.

Admission: Free.

Site: Park Tudor School, 7200 N. College Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46240-3016 | School Website | Driving Directions

Records: Records listed are regular season mark followed by post-season tournament mark.

Competitors are listed in bracket order.

 

Singles

Friday, Oct. 20, 2 pm EDT

Joseph Boesing-12, Floyd Central (16-2, 10-0) def. Danny Lewallen-12, Kankakee Valley (14-2, 4-1), 6-1, 6-3.

Derek Carpenter-11, Fort Wayne South Side (17-2, 8-0) def. Ben Seagren-12, West Lafayette (14-5, 5-1), 6-4, 7-5.

Chris Herron-12, Greenwood (22-0, 7-0) def. Troy Brinker-11, Penn (15-1, 6-1), 4-6, 6-3, 6-0.

Zach Ervin-11, Delta (21-1, 7-0) def. Nick Volz-10, Evansville Central (17-3, 6-1), 6-4, 6-1.

 

Saturday, Oct. 21, 10 am EDT

Joseph Boesing-12, Floyd Central (16-2, 11-0) def. Derek Carpenter-11, Fort Wayne South Side (17-2, 8-1), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Chris Herron-12, Greenwood (22-0, 8-0) def. Zach Ervin-11, Delta (21-1, 7-1), 6-3, 6-1.

 

Saturday, Oct. 21, 2 pm EDT

Championship Match – Chris Herron-12, Greenwood (22-0, 9-0) def. Joseph Boesing-12, Floyd Central (16-2, 11-1), 6-3, 6-2.

Consolation Match – Derek Carpenter-11, Fort Wayne South Side (17-2, 9-1) def. Zach Ervin-11, Delta (21-1, 7-2), 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).

 

 

Doubles

Friday, Oct. 20, 2 pm EDT

Marshall Brown-11 | Peter Gunderman-11, Zionsville (16-4, 8-0) def. Blake Applegate-12 | Elliott Willey-12, Michigan City (15-0, 7-1), 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.

 

Saturday, Oct. 21, 10 am EDT

Thomas J. Snelson-12 | Gautham Vaidyanathan-12, Penn (15-0, 7-0) def. Marshall Brown-11 | Peter Gunderman-11, Zionsville (16-4, 8-1), 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.

Nick Seger-12 | Pete Wilson-11, Jasper (14-4, 8-0) def. Kush Govani-11 | Tommy Osborne-12, Carmel (10-6, 8-1), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

 

Saturday, Oct. 21, 2 pm EDT

Championship Match – Thomas J. Snelson-12 | Gautham Vaidyanathan-12, Penn (15-0, 8-0) vs. Nick Seger-12 | Pete Wilson-11, Jasper (14-4, 8-1), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Consolation Match – Kush Govani-11 | Tommy Osborne-12, Carmel (10-6, 9-1) def. Marshall Brown-11 | Peter Gunderman-11, Zionsville (16-4, 8-2), 4-6, 6-0, 7-5.