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• •By PeteHallDoes It AllOn way to #8 state ranking, Sectionaland Conference crownsStatsThe team finished with arecord of 15-3. And of theteams 15 wins, 11 of them were5-0 victories.The team this year was thebest team Ive been on in myfour years at South. I felt wewere able to capitalize on otherteams weaknesses, anddemonstrate our superiorityright down the line. Know whatIm sayin? senior DavidBalaban said.Following morningpractices in the pre-season, theteam would go to junior BenDentons house and playVirtua Tennis on his SegaDreamcast. They would havetournaments that would last upto five hours.I was always Tim Henmanwhen I played. He combinedserve and volleying with quickspeed, which is how I play. Ienjoyed beating [freshman]Zac Catozzi when I playedhim, junior Tim Fisher said.In the fifth match of theseason the team visited #2ranked Center Grove with upseton their minds, and came asclose as they ever have todefeating C.G., losing 3-2.We were extremely close toproving to everyone that wewere one of the top three teamsin the state, but we just couldntpull it out. We did, however,show Center Grove that we wereright up there with them,senior Andrew Remak said.After losing his first matchof the season to Jasper, seniorJeff Carter went 20-0 at both #1doubles and #3 singles toconclude his high schoolcareer.That third-set tiebreak lossto Jasper really gave me aterrible feeling inside. Ipromised myself I would neverlet it happen again, and I playedsolid tennis from then on. It isjust sad to think that highschool tennis is over, Cartersaid.0)»NNHJasper: 3-2 LWashington Invit.: 1st out of 8Southport: 5-0 WPerry Meridian: 5-0 WEdgewood: 5-0 WCenter Grove: 3-2 LBNL: 5-0 WColumbus East: 5-0 WBloomington North: 4-1 WBloomfield: 5-0 WConference: Martinsville: 5-0 WConference: Lawrence Central: 5-0 WConference: Bloomington North: 4-1 WColumbus North: 5-0 WSectional: Mooresville: 4-1 WSectional: Martinsville: 5-0 WSectional: Bloomington North: 3-2 WRegional: Rockville: 5-0 WRegional: Center Grove: 4-1 L15-3Brett WhiteAccelerating through hisserve, senior Neal Gwingets off the ground versusEdgewood. Gwin andfellow senior Jeff Carterneeded three sets todefeat the Mustangs.65 I Gothic :: 5J»*^st—^a |
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