Three Hamilton County boys tennis teams picked up solid wins on Wednesday.
Carmel improved to 2-0 by sailing past West Lafayette 5-0. The Greyhounds dropped just 11 games in five matches, including a 6-0, 6-0 victory from the No. 2 doubles team of James McNamara and Ethan Zhang.
Hamilton Heights opened its season with a 5-0 victory over Elwood. The Huskies won four matches in straight sets, and one by default.
“We were pleased to start the year with a win tonight, but even more than that we’re pleased at some of the progress that’s already being made this early in the season,” said Heights coach Cameron Scott. “Tonight our guys started to scratch the surface of what they can be, and we certainly want to dig deeper and deeper as we move forward. Our doubles teams are going to get better and better every match, and I know that’s just going to fuel the energy on this team.”
Guerin Catholic beat Lawrence North 4-1. The Golden Eagles swept all three singles positions and also won at No. 2 doubles.
Hamilton Southeastern dropped a tough Hoosier Crossroads Conference match to Avon 3-2 on Wednesday. Both of the Royals’ wins were in the doubles matches.
Carmel 5, West Lafayette 0
No. 1 singles: Timmy Dixon def. Lill 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 singles: Uday Lomada def. Hu 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 singles: Hayden White def. Lee 6-3, 6-1
No. 1 doubles: Will Brune and Garrett Lloyd def. Garinella and Morris 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 doubles: James McNamara and Ethan Zhang def. Tuell and Zhang 6-0, 6-0
Heights 5, Elwood 0
No. 1 singles: Hawkins Hochstedler def. Ball 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 singles: Hudson Hochstedler def. Courtney 6-3, 7-5
No. 3 singles: Adam Gross def. Watters 6-1, 6-0
No. 1 doubles: Zane Remsen and Nick Rice def. Garcia and Mobley 6-2, 7-6 (6)
No. 2 doubles: JP Etchison and Aiden Ray won by default
Guerin Catholic 4, Lawrence North 1
No. 1 singles: Wyatt Metzger def. Satz 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 singles: Michael Wade def. Bruner 6-1, 7-6 (5)
No. 3 singles: Cole Metzger def. Pointer 6-2, 6-3
No. 1 doubles: A.J. Hacker and Shane Shuler lost to McClure and Salvas 4-6, 6-2, 10-7
No. 2 doubles: Ryan McIlvenna and Michael Aikman def. Suiter and MacBeth 6-0, 6-4
Avon 3, Southeastern 2
No. 1 singles: McGuire Wolfe lost 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 singles: Elias Yarling lost 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 singles: Otto Lutz lost 6-4, 6-4
No. 1 doubles: Andrew Myers and Mark Slaninka won 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 doubles: Matthew Parker and Matt Myers won, score n/a
Hamilton Southeastern’s No. 1 doubles team of Andrew Myers and Mark Slaninka won its match with Avon on Wednesday. (Kirk Green)