The Carmel boys tennis team defeated West Lafayette 5-0 to win the Kokomo regional on Wednesday.
This is the ninth consecutive regional championship for the No. 1-ranked Greyhounds and the 16th overall. Carmel will now advance to the Culver Academies semi-state, where it will play Penn on Saturday for the championship and a trip to the state finals.
Down at the North Central regional, Fishers advanced to the championship there by beating Lawrence North 4-1. Winners for the Tigers were No. 2 singles Marcus Luke 6-0, 6-1; No. 3 singles William White 6-0, 6-0; No. 1 doubles Drew Dixon and Peter Hallam 6-0, 6-4 and No. 2 doubles Sam Barrett and Zachary McEldowney 6-0, 6-0.
Fishers will play North Central at 4:30 p.m. today for the regional championship.
Meanwhile, the Hamilton Southeastern No. 1 doubles team of Matt Meyer and Matthew Parker won the North Central doubles sectional on Wednesday. The Royals duo beat the team from Heritage Christian 6-4, 6-2.
Meyer and Parker will next play at the Fishers doubles regional on Oct. 13.
The Hamilton Southeastern No. 1 doubles team of Matt Meyer (left) and Matthew Parker won the boys tennis doubles sectional Wednesday at North Central. Meyer and Parker will play at the Fishers regional on Oct. 13. (Richie Hall)