CENTERVILLE, Ind. – The Centerville boys tennis team is on top after Saturday’s competition in the Tri-Eastern Conference Tournament.
The Bulldogs have 32 points, while regular season champion Knightstown in second with 27 points.
Centerville will be in four of the five finals contests on Monday with the action staring at 5 p.m.
The Panthers have three in the finals.
Lincoln, which is in third place with 16 points, has two singles players in the finals.
Tri High is in fourth place with 11 points. The Titans have a doubles team in the finals.
The other teams in order were Hagerstown 9 points, Northeastern 6, Union City 6, Winchester 3 and Union County 0.
Championship Matches
Singles
No. 1 – Witte (C) vs. Morris (L)
No. 2 – G. Dalton (K) vs. Surles (C)
No. 3 – Cox (L) vs. Porter (K)
Doubles
No. 1 – Montour/Reed (C) vs. Rottinghaus/Jeffries (T)
No. 2 – Brown/Jellison (C) vs. Yoder/Chandler (K)
First Round
Singles
No. 1 – Falck (T) def. Stansberry (UCO) 10-2; Witte (C) def. Falck (T) 6-0, 6-0; Dale (H) def. Spence (UCI) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Morris (L) def. Irwin (N) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2; A. Dalton (K) def. Graft (W) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2 – Becker (T) def. Fulk (UCI) 11-9; G. Dalton (K) def. Becker (T) 6-0, 6-7 (4-7), 6-1; Davis (H) def. Berry (L) 6-3, 6-2; Surles (C) def. Schulte (UCO) 6-1, 6-2; Kenworthy (N) def. Allister (W) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
No. 3 – Duncie (W) def. Glaze (T) 10-2; Cox (L) def. Duncia (W) 6-1, 6-0; Jaykoski (N) def. Crawley (C) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4; Jefferis (UCI) def. Kottka (UCO) 6-1, 7-5; Porter (K) def. Shilling (H) 6-0, 6-4.
Doubles
No. 1 – Loesch/Bradbury (UCI) def. Fuller/Hall (UCO) 10-4; Montour/Reed (C) def. Loesch/Bradbury (UCI) 6-0, 6-0; Legear/Pegg (W) def. Feree/Edwards (K) 6-3, 6-1; Neal/Girdley (H) def. White/Cohee (N) 6-0, 6-2; Rottinghaus/Jeffries (T) def. Mettler/Dalryple (L) 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2 – Vernon/Duran (L) def. Tipton/Moore (UCO) 10-0; Brown/Jellison (C) def. Vernon/Duran (L) 6-1, 6-0; Steel/Stevens (T) def. Orr/Henley (H) 6-2, 6-2; Yoder/Chandler (K) def. Runkle/Wagner (W) 6-2, 6-1; Bradbury/Carpenter (UCI) def. Gulley/Thompson (N) 6-4, 7-6 (7-2).
Second Round
Singles
No. 1 – Witte (C) def. Dale (H) 6-0, 6-0; Morris (L) def. A. Dalton (K) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3.
No. 2 – G. Dalton (K) def. Davis (H) 6-0, 6-4; Surles (C) def. Kenworthy (N) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.
No. 3 – Cox (L) def. Jaykoski (N) 6-1, 6-3; Porter (K) def. Jefferies (UCI) 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles
No. 1 – Montour/Reed (C) def. Legear/Pegg (W) 6-3, 6-0; Rottinghaus/Jeffries (T) def. Neal/Girdley (H) 6-0, 7-5.
No. 2 – Brown/Jellison (C) def. Steel/Stevens (T) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4; Yoder/Chandler (K) def. Bradbury/Carpenter (UCI) 5-7, 7-5, 6-2.