The REPORTER
The Noblesville boys tennis team won its own Noblesville Invitational last Saturday.
The Millers scored 33 points, edging out runner-up Mount Vernon by three points. Noblesville got flight victories from Zane Panning at No. 3 singles, while Jack Brenneman, Dane Campbell and Coleman Kratz guided Noblesville to a win at No. 2 doubles. (Brenneman and Campbell played the first-round match, then Kratz and Campbell played the next two.)
Panning won the No. 3 singles championship match 6-4, 6-2, while Kratz and Campbell claimed the No. 2 doubles championship 6-3, 6-2. In the other flights, No. 2 singles Parker Stallings and No. 1 doubles Rory Bushong and Liam Shepard finished second, while Ethan Feliciano placed third at No. 1 singles.
Noblesville beat Mount Vernon in three of the flights. At the time, the Marauders were ranked No. 24 in the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association rankings. The Millers got some notice, as they debuted at No. 28 in this week’s ranking list.
Noblesville celebrated with a 3-2 victory over No. 25 Brownsburg Tuesday in a Hoosier Crossroads Conference meet. Feliciano won at No. 1 singles to clinch the match, 6-0, 1-6, 6-4. The Millers’ other points came from Panning at No. 3 singles, 6-2, 6-3, while Bushong and Shepard cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 1 doubles.
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University won the Harrison Invitational last Saturday.
The Trailblazers beat Hanover Central 5-0, Harrison 4-1 and Benton Central 4-1. Sophomore Kothe Birge was unbeaten for the day, winning two matches at No. 1 singles and a No. 2 singles match against Benton Central. Owen Schellhaase got the No. 1 singles victory over BC. No. 2 doubles Hughie Baker and Carson Kilgore went a perfect 3-0 at No. 2 doubles. Freshman Evan Glueshik won a pair of No. 3 singles matches.
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Westfield split a pair of matches to begin the week.
The Shamrocks fell to No. 6 Guerin Catholic 3-2 on Monday, but rebounded to beat Hamilton Southeastern 4-1 on Tuesday. All three teams are ranked: The Golden Eagles are sixth, the Shamrocks are 20th and the Royals are 24th.