but I get back up again.
Bethany Christian vs. Laville
It was a short night at Bethany as the varsity moved to 6-2 on the season with a 5-0 win over Laville.
Most matches were short and too the point as Laville continues to build their program. When I started coaching at Bethany, Laville was one of our close matches and every year we would travel to Laville for a tournament with South Bend Washington, Michigan City Marquette and Laville that was the highlight of the season. They had some really tough players, and they've always been a good team to play. So I was sad several years ago when they had to drop off our schedule because they didn't have enough players. I was pumped to see that had a full varsity this year. I hope that the program is on the way back up.
Mikey was the first to start his match and the first to end. His opponent was simply overmatched by the power and experience that Mikey brings to the #3 singles position. Mikey did a good job keeping things quick, focusing and playing to his strengths, while opponent Troy Siple would not wilt under the pressure of Mikey's serve and did a good job getting it back and making Mikey finish points. But Mikey again played a stellar match, and was able to take it without dropping a game.
Seth had a similar match at #2 singles. He has maybe been playing the most consistently for us lately, always playing his steady game and never backing down in the face of pressure. Seth just seems to know how to have fun and enjoy the points and therefore deflect pressure away from him. He too won, only dropping a few points and closing out at 6-0, 6-0.
#1 singles was a much closer match. Ben Mast took on Trenton Stout, and Stout showed the good strokes he has gained over the season. He was an attacking player who took chances with his forehand and had an outstanding volley. Ben had to make sure of his passing shots if he expected to win points against Stout. After Ben won the first couple games, Stout put the pressure back on to close to within 3-2. At one of the following changeovers, I confronted Ben about how timid he looked on the court, and that he needed to relax and just enjoy the points. This made a huge difference, as Ben began to truly strike the ball and react. Ben won the next 9 games then to win the match.
In the doubles matches, nothing was very different. Austin and Kyle continued to work on their tempo in their match, meaning how hard they swing even when trying to hit winners. They improved some on their mental fight to stay consistent and energetic throughout the matches. Nick continued to attack the net for #2 doubles. Hopefully he is gaining some confidence in that because he is beginning to do it very well. Russell pounded some absolutely awesome serves, and continues to get more consistent every day. Things look good right now...
But we must continue to improve. This is a match in which complacency will be the most dangerous enemy. Even though we played well and even though we won easily, we have not arrived. We do not have all the skills down to compete for the Sectional title. We're getting there, but we will not be able to relax. Not yet.
A couple of double 6-0's tonight, MIkey with his third in a row! That's a record for winning 6-0 sets in a row, breaking his own record with Daniel from last year. Also, Seth Krabill got his first shutout of the year, as did #2 doubles Russell and Nick. There were actually a lot of beautiful points to go along with the simple scorelines, including Seth having a drop shot that my wife even talked to me about after the match. If you can impress my wife, then you have impressed me, even if I didn't see the shot! Something memorable to me was Russell's ace, slicing out wide to be unreachable on the forehand side. Mikey's match didn't have the beautiful points, but Mikey's strokes look about 50 times better right now than they did to start the season. And that improvement is beautiful!
Scores
#1S - Ben Mast - 6-2, 6-0 - Trenton Stout (11)
#2S - Seth Krabill - 6-0, 6-0 - Zach Young (11)
#3S - Mikey Kelly - 6-0, 6-0 - Troy Siple (11)
#1D - Austin Loucks/Kyle Miller - 6-0, 6-2 - Nick Amor (9)/Dominic Lewinski (11)
#2D - Nick Rebec/Russell Klassen - 6-0, 6-0 - Grant Frick (10)/Hunter Horvath (10)
Laville Preview
Details: August 31, 2009 at 4:30 PM. To be played at Bethany Christian High School.
Last Season Review: Last season we defeated the Lancers 5-0 with our JV team. The matches were not especially close, but it was many of the Lancers first experience with tennis.
Laville Details: The good news: Laville does have a full varsity team this year, where last year they only filled 4 positions. The bad news: I have not seen that they have won a match yet this year. I have seen the scores for a loss to Triton and a loss to Rochester. They did win #1S in the match vs. Rochester.
Bethany Christian Details: Bethany Christian comes off a good week that saw us win 4 matches, 2 during the week and 2 at the Concord Invite. Our two losses on the season still come against teams ranked in the State's top 30. Our record stands at 5-2.
Projected Matchups:
#1S - Ben Mast (BC) vs. Trenton Stout (LV)
#2S - Seth Krabill (BC) vs. Zack Young (LV)
#3S - Mikey Kelly (BC) vs. Troy Siple (LV)
#1D - Austin Loucks/Kyle Miller (BC) vs. Nick Amor/Dominic Lewinski (LV)
#2D - Nick Rebec/Russell Klassen (BC) vs. Grant Frick-Hunter Horvath (LV)
Outlook: Laville is celebrating the first season in about three years of having a full team. We are having a good season and starting to play some real confident tennis. Hopefully that will carry over from the weekend and we'll be ready to play our game once again. Ben Mast could have a close match at singles, as both he and Trenton Stout defeated the Rochester player, though Ben did have a more impressive score. The other Laville players are similar to last year, where basically this same set of Bruin players defeated them at all positions. So, this should be a match that we come into with confidence, because we've had experience with these same players before.
JV Invitational Highlights
We finished 3rd at the JV Invitational, defeating Rochester but falling to Jimtown (2-3) and Concord (1-4). Instead of a play by play account of all 3 matches, here are some highlights of the day:
- Blake's double aces to start the match against Rochester (en route to an 8-1 win).
- Evan's falling down volley against Jimtown, that hit a Jimtown player and led the Jimtown player to pound the ball into the net in frustration.
- Evan Eby's consistent play against Concord, always putting the ball in play and coming back from down 1-7 to only lose 4-8.
- Himal's optimism, as we were down to Jimtown 2-1, and Ike was down 1-6, Himal says, "So all we need to do is win Ike's match, right?"
- Wade's awesome net movement, seriously, he may be the player on the team who most wants the ball. I love to see him hit!
- Jake's slice and dice #2 singles win over Concord. He frustrated his opponent (Evan Eby's cousin) by dropping the ball short and then long and hitting with crazy spin.
- Evan Grimes serving consistency in his last two matches. That progress is what we hope to see this season.
- Matt Ebersole and Evan Grimes/Jake Gerig both winning tiebreaks to seal our match against Rochester.
- Ike Lehman's confidence and willingness to do the right things.
- Watching Ike and Himal play on the same side of the court (on accident) during the Concord match, and still winning the point.
- Ryan Minter and Wade Troyer never stopping their effort against Jimtown, striving to win every point.
vs. Rochester: Win 3-0
#1SJV - Matt Ebersole - 9-8 (5)
#2SJV - Blake Shetler - 8-1
#1DJV - Jake Gerig/Evan Grimes - 8-7 (4)
vs. Jimtown: Loss 2-3
#1SJV - Blake Shetler - 8-4
#2SJV - Matt Ebersole - 6-8
#3SJV - Ike Lehman - 4-8
#1DJV - Jake Gerig/Evan Grimes - 8-1
#2DJV - Ryan Minter/Wade Troyer - 2-8
vs. Concord: Loss 1-4
#1SJV - Matt Ebersole - 1-8
#2SJV - Jake Gerig - 8-3
#3SJV - Evan Eby - 4-8
#1DJV - Blake Shetler/Evan Grimes - 1-8
#2DJV - Ike Lehman/Himal King - 4-8
- Blake's double aces to start the match against Rochester (en route to an 8-1 win).
- Evan's falling down volley against Jimtown, that hit a Jimtown player and led the Jimtown player to pound the ball into the net in frustration.
- Evan Eby's consistent play against Concord, always putting the ball in play and coming back from down 1-7 to only lose 4-8.
- Himal's optimism, as we were down to Jimtown 2-1, and Ike was down 1-6, Himal says, "So all we need to do is win Ike's match, right?"
- Wade's awesome net movement, seriously, he may be the player on the team who most wants the ball. I love to see him hit!
- Jake's slice and dice #2 singles win over Concord. He frustrated his opponent (Evan Eby's cousin) by dropping the ball short and then long and hitting with crazy spin.
- Evan Grimes serving consistency in his last two matches. That progress is what we hope to see this season.
- Matt Ebersole and Evan Grimes/Jake Gerig both winning tiebreaks to seal our match against Rochester.
- Ike Lehman's confidence and willingness to do the right things.
- Watching Ike and Himal play on the same side of the court (on accident) during the Concord match, and still winning the point.
- Ryan Minter and Wade Troyer never stopping their effort against Jimtown, striving to win every point.
vs. Rochester: Win 3-0
#1SJV - Matt Ebersole - 9-8 (5)
#2SJV - Blake Shetler - 8-1
#1DJV - Jake Gerig/Evan Grimes - 8-7 (4)
vs. Jimtown: Loss 2-3
#1SJV - Blake Shetler - 8-4
#2SJV - Matt Ebersole - 6-8
#3SJV - Ike Lehman - 4-8
#1DJV - Jake Gerig/Evan Grimes - 8-1
#2DJV - Ryan Minter/Wade Troyer - 2-8
vs. Concord: Loss 1-4
#1SJV - Matt Ebersole - 1-8
#2SJV - Jake Gerig - 8-3
#3SJV - Evan Eby - 4-8
#1DJV - Blake Shetler/Evan Grimes - 1-8
#2DJV - Ike Lehman/Himal King - 4-8
A Closet Obsession with Order
My closet was a wreck and since I hardly ever manage to close the doors on that thing, I decided it was time to get to work. And so after a variety of trips to Lowe’s and a few other places I settled on the Rubbermaid closet system and bought a closet kit plus a few additional items to trip out my closet. I managed to find other places for my clothing for a while, removed the shelf and bar and got started.
The Rubbermaid system goes in relatively easily, my worst problems were fighting with the stud finder that seemed to give some pretty inconsistent readings. I finally got a screw into each stud and hung the top horizontal bar, the long vertical bars hang from that. Each one went in pretty quickly and easily with a screw at the bottom to hold them in place. The brackets have a little plastic do-hicky that snaps in place once the shelf is installed and that keeps the shelves securely in place. All in all I was pretty impressed at how easily the system went together and how secure it felt when it was in. It was far better than I thought wire shelving would be.I started adding clothing and realizing that the new system gave me more rod space, but it was still going to be a tight fit to get all my stuff in that little closet. We’ve had some pretty nice closets over the years, I’ve been a little spoiled. But I knew I could make this one work. It took a while to go through the clothing, trying things on and making assessments about what still worked and what didn’t, but totally worth it.
I made another shopping trip, this one dedicated completely to shopping for hangers. I was in one store where there were some great looking hangers in the display, but some were broken. I considered that a bad sign and kept on walking. I love the look of a closet where all the hangers are consistent and while it took me a few tries to find a store that had enough of the right kind of hangers in stock. I did finally come home with three bags of hangers. Hanging everything and getting it organized was fun. I had no idea I had so many long sleeve shirts of the same color. It’s funny what you realize about your shopping patterns when you get a good look at what you actually have. Apparently I purchase tops in pink/fuchsia, lime and turquoise. Now that I know that, I can fix it. Today I bought purple! =)
I have more shoes than I thought. And getting them all organized in the shoe cubby (thanks to my hubby who put that piece together for me) was fun. Now I can reach for a pair of shoes in no time and I’m now free of the dozens of shoe boxes piled in the floor of my closet. I haven’t worn many of those shoes in a long time just because I didn’t even remember what all I had. And at 25 pairs of shoes (boots stored elsewhere) it is reasonable to think that if I purchase a new pair, removing an old pair shouldn’t be that big of a deal. I already parted with some and that’s great. Notice that I only have one pair of dress shoes that have a back on them, all the rest are either strappy or open back styles. I’m not a big fan of having shoes on the heel of my foot. I think I will keep an eye out for a pair of tennys though. I haven’t had sports related shoes in ages and since I’ve done some jogging lately, it might be good to have the right shoes for that. I suppose I’m a pretty good consumer, huh?!
Some of my favorite features of the makeover include having my jackets and blazers in the same closet with everything else and my tops organized by sleeve length and then color. I now have a tie rack that I use for hanging belts, scarves and tank tops. Love that!
And of course bins for clothing that just wasn’t made for hangers. All in all I’m pretty pleased with how it looks. And as I make my way through the weekend’s laundry, maybe most of it will fit and the rest can go to Goodwill. I do like having a place for everything and everything in its place.
Birch Trees
I completed this quilt a while back but never got around to posting photos of it. I finished up the hand work one Saturday and have been enjoying it on my wall ever since. It's all cotton, many of the colors are hand dyed and I think there is a piece or two of commercial batik in there. The dotted fabric was created using potato stamps in metallic fabric paint. The trees are a natural unbleached muslin that I thought was a nice contrast to the richer colors. I've used a combination of brights and muddy tones hoping that it would make the vivid ones really sing. The colors are machine quilted and the trees are hand quilted with embroidery floss. It took me a while to get the binding completed, it's a pretty complex trick with all the movement in the edging, but I like how it turned out.
Bethany Christian vs. Rochester
Rochester was supposed to return their entire varsity lineup, and with that, this was supposed to be a very close match. But, for reasons unexplained, they did not, and the match did not turn out as close as I thought it might. We won 4-1, and were able to come in 2nd at the Concord Invitational.
#1 doubles had another good match, giving them three close matches in a row. Kyle and Austin did a lot of good things in this match. When they concentrated, focused, and attacked they usually won. I liked the fact that they finished a lot of points at the net. But Rochester's Phil Keim and Cody Hershberger were good players, and when Kyle and Austin relaxed, they pounced. It was interesting to watch a match that was so influenced by the the attitude and focus of the players. Kyle and Austin did a good job of stepping up and winning a close match.
#2 doubles did a similarly good job. Nick and Russell looked like they relaxed a lot from their first match of the day. They were playing with a lot more confidence in what they do. Both have great games from the baseline, and the adjustment that they've been making is finding ways to put pressure on and attack the net. We've been working on volleys and such in practice (when it isn't raining and we're not playing Ultimate Frisbee). It was good to see the work start to pay off. Of course, we keep working and we hope to keep getting better. But this was a nice step in the right direction.
In the #3 singles match, Misha Rebec stepped in to fill Mikey's shoes. Unfortunately, his first foray into varsity singles didn't turn out quite as well as brother Nick's did against Goshen. He played a great match against sophomore Jacob Schoeder, but couldn't quite overcome him. It was a match that was strength against strength, as both Misha and Jacob hit big forehands. Unfortunately, both players also struggled with backhands. Pretty much, neither player could hold their serves, because both players would hit away at their forehands and take control of the point. It was extremely close all the way through, but Misha fell 6-7 (5), 4-6.
#1 singles and #2 singles were similar matches to each other. Ben Mast took on Ryan Bohr, while Seth played against Aaron Stuart. In both matches, the consistency and well crafted attacks of the Bruin players were too much for the Zebras to hit with. The Zebra singles players had great strokes and stayed in many rallies, but if Ben and Seth extended the rallies beyond 15 or so strokes, Bohr and Stuart were susceptible to errant forehands or backhands. And if Ben and Seth took their time and hit good approaches, the Zebras struggled with consistent passing shots under pressure.
In summation, this was a good match in which our players played very loose. It had the feel of last year's Sectional final, where the team had played one tight match in the morning against Fairfield, then loosened up for the final. Today, our tight match was against Jimtown, and when we relaxed against Rochester, we played very well. I was more pleased with the way players played, and that the result came as well was a nice bonus. So we move to 5-2 on the season with two matches to start this coming week!
And a moment of beauty... we played some really good tennis in this match. It was tough to pick a point that stood out above the rest. What I'd have to say is that Nick's net putaways were the highlight of this match. Every time I saw him move in and take a slow ball and finish the point, it brought a smile to my face. It happened more than once, so picking one of these points would be a little ridiculous. It was good to see Nick aggressive and punishing at the net.
Scores
#1S - Ben Mast - 6-2, 6-2 - Ryan Bohr
#2S - Seth Krabill - 6-1, 6-1 - Aaron Stuart
#3S - Misha Rebec - 6-7 (5), 4-6 - Jacob Schroder
#1D - Kyle Miller/Austin Loucks - 6-3, 6-4 - Phil Keim/Cody Hershberger
#2D - Russell Klassen/Nick Rebec - 6-2, 6-1 - Kyle Calhoun/Josh Calhoun
Bethany Christian vs. Jimtown
Last weekend, we began a match at just after 1:00 in the afternoon against Jimtown. A week later, at about 10:30 in the morning, we finished it. In a very strange match, we were able to overcome the rain, a forfeit, and eventually our opponent for a somewhat dramatic 3-2 win.
We started the match last Saturday, August 22 after having fallen 5-0 to Concord and watching the rain fall on us for about an hour. We cleared the courts and the match began. One match started off really well for us. Mikey Kelly, playing #3 singles, jumped out to a good lead in the first set as he was able to overpower and attack Jimtown's returning #3 player, senior Bret Giddings. Rain began to fall with Mikey leading the match 6-3, 1-0.
Other matches were also in progress when the storms rolled in. Seth Krabill was two points from taking the first set, while Ben Mast had just lost the first set. #1 doubles and #2 doubles both held leads, but the rain forced us off the court. After a quick check of the radar and coaches deliberation, we decided to postpone until this weekend.
Unfortunately, Mikey had a college visit this weekend, and couldn't make the match. According to IHSAA rules that we figured out as the week went on, this meant that we had to forfeit his match. That was too bad for us obviously, but you roll with the rough times.
So we took to the court this week and resumed our matches. Ben Mast started in a hole, down a set and serving to begin the second. I felt confident that he would play a better match this week, as last week he had played nervous and uncertain against the left-handed Matt Candler. But, unfortunately, this week didn't start any better. I'm not sure what has been throwing Ben off his game so much with Candler, but he just hasn't looked like himself. Where he has been able to attack with his flat forehand and move into the court most of the time, his match against Candler found him constantly pushed back and not able to find any winning combinations. Not too long after they resumed, the #1 match was done, and Ben was on the short side of it.
At #2 singles, Seth won two quick points to win the first set as his match resumed. It was such a weird thing, but with the confidence of a set won, Seth played a great second set. He continues to impress as he controls the points and picks the correct times to push forward to the net. His opponent, senior Shane Cook, does not have the same weapons that Matt Candler had. Still, when he did play to the strengths of his serve and forehand, Seth was able to neutralize these attacks. The result was a quick singles win of our own to leave us down 2-1 in the official score.
#2 doubles, Russell Klassen and Nick Rebec, had started this match with a 4-1 lead. I'm not sure if they weren't ready to play or just expected it to be easy, but they lost all of that lead in about 10 minutes to find themselves in a tight match which we really needed to win. To Russell and Nick's credit, they did not dwell on the lost lead but reasserted themselves at the baseline and at the net. Putting some extra pressure on, they began to crack the Jimmies resurgence. When they took the first set in two games, some of the energy disappeared from the Jimmies #2 doubles team. Russell and Nick took 8 of the last 9 games to close out the match.
So, the match was tied 2-2 and came down to the winner of #1 doubles. Kyle Miller and Austin Loucks had played a couple of really good matches together, including Thursday's comeback third set win over Fremont, but are still finding their way at the #1 doubles position. With the match on the line, I was interested to see how they would adjust to the pressure. They had held a 4-2 lead when play was suspended, and they too resumed play by letting senior Josh George and freshman Brett Aller right back into the match. However, due to a great service game by Austin, we were able to close out the first set.
But the Jimmies doubles just kept coming at us, and we began to compound their attacking tennis with simple errors of our own. Double faults mounted in the second set, and as the mistakes increased, so did our team's frustration. They stopped having fun and enjoying the points and began to focus on the win. And so they also worried about the loss. Or at least that was my impression. But Kyle and Austin tightened up considerably and gave away many errors, and the Jimmies continued to play better and better with every mistake we gave them. The second set went to Jimtown.
So a 10-point tiebreaker would decide it all. Last year, these were not kind to us, as we lost many "super" tiebreakers, twice costing us match wins (one against Concord, one against Westview). I think it is a terrible way to end a match, especially if the team match depends upon it, but... we had to play.
The momentum was against us as well. Jimtown had just played some great tennis and taken the second set, and we had kind of choked. So it was no surprise that we opened the tiebreak tight, and fell behind from the very first point. For awhile we went back and forth, but we were always down. Finally, we found ourselves down 3-6. And then our attitude completely changed. We won a point and got pumped about it. Austin yelled "Come on!" And then we won another point. And then they pushed a volley long. Then we volleyed at their feet. Point after point swung our way, and we won seven points in a row to win the tiebreaker and the match!
I was really proud of the guys who worked hard and well under pressure in this match. After Ben's match, we had to win every position, and we did. It's sometimes tough to perform in those situations. We'll take this experience and hopefully build on it!
Obviously, Kyle and Austin's ability to clinch from 3-6 down in the tiebreaker to a 10-6 win is a thing of beauty! Watching two players work together to pick up an entire team, with the pressure firmly in front of them, it's the thing that makes you want to pump your fist and say "c'mon!" And that's something we need a little bit more from this team, the excitement, the energy, the verbal encouragement and "pumped-upness!"
What you got in you? Confidence!
What you got? Pumped-upness!
The other memorable moment from this match is from #2 doubles. Russell was serving, up 15-love in the game, and pounded a serve into the wrong service box. Luckily for us, the Jimtown player was not quick enough to jump out of the way as the ball struck his sneaker just before he could pull it out of the way. 30-love!
Scores
#1S - Ben Mast - 1-6, 0-6 - Matt Candler (12)
#2S - Seth Krabill - 6-2, 6-2 - Shane Cook (12)
#3S - Mikey Kelly - 6-3, 1-0, suspended - Bret Giddings (12)
#1D - Kyle Miller/Austin Loucks - 6-3, 5-7, (10-6) - Josh George (12)/Brett Aller (9)
#2D - Russell Klassen/Nick Rebec - 6-4, 6-1 - Jake Hoffman (?)/John Gray (?)
Pray.
"We all know we're gonna reap what we sow... So why not just let us forgive everyone, everywhere, everything, all the time..."
--- mewithoutYou, "Bullet to Binary (Part Two)"
It's tricky to pray for your enemies. I mean, Jesus is pretty clear about the fact that we are supposed to pray. But sometimes it is not so easy to figure what we are supposed to pray. "Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you." Okay, and what exactly do I say.
Especially when those "enemies" are actually opponents. What do you pray for people that you have to face off in competition against? We want to win the match, and yet we want the best for our opponents as well. And sometimes, our opponents can make us upset, angry, feeling cheated or completely demoralized.
That's why I think there is a really important prayer for us, that Jesus teaches us from the cross. "Father, forgive them..." Sometimes, in the heat of rivalries or in the heat of competition we can easily turn bitter and angry at opponents. Sometimes when we get our own emotions and self-worth tied up into what we are doing, the game we are playing, whether we win or lose; well, at those times we can feel as if we hate the opponents who just missed a call. Or who we thought missed a call. Or played with their strings to make us get a little tighter on the next serve. Or called a line judge because they thought we might have missed a call. Or... the list goes on and on.
Holding that frustration, that unforgiveness, can be very damaging to us as people. There is a release in letting it go. There is a realization that everyone makes mistakes, we do too, and things will even up. And even more, there is a trust in God.
Forgiveness is a statement that we believe God is working in all the world to make all situations turn about for the good. And maybe he is still working in the people we've been wronged by. But forgiveness is saying that I will not take revenge, I will not try to correct the problem, but I will let God continue to work.
I mean, we need forgiveness too. Just the other day, Russell called a ball out that was clearly in. He didn't mean to. He was convinced that the ball was out. But he made a mistake. We all do. And we don't want everyone holding everything against each other.
Instead, for our part, let's do some letting go when we need to. Let's pray that we will be able to forgive, willing to forgive, and that forgiveness will be extended to us when we mess up.
--- mewithoutYou, "Bullet to Binary (Part Two)"
It's tricky to pray for your enemies. I mean, Jesus is pretty clear about the fact that we are supposed to pray. But sometimes it is not so easy to figure what we are supposed to pray. "Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you." Okay, and what exactly do I say.
Especially when those "enemies" are actually opponents. What do you pray for people that you have to face off in competition against? We want to win the match, and yet we want the best for our opponents as well. And sometimes, our opponents can make us upset, angry, feeling cheated or completely demoralized.
That's why I think there is a really important prayer for us, that Jesus teaches us from the cross. "Father, forgive them..." Sometimes, in the heat of rivalries or in the heat of competition we can easily turn bitter and angry at opponents. Sometimes when we get our own emotions and self-worth tied up into what we are doing, the game we are playing, whether we win or lose; well, at those times we can feel as if we hate the opponents who just missed a call. Or who we thought missed a call. Or played with their strings to make us get a little tighter on the next serve. Or called a line judge because they thought we might have missed a call. Or... the list goes on and on.
Holding that frustration, that unforgiveness, can be very damaging to us as people. There is a release in letting it go. There is a realization that everyone makes mistakes, we do too, and things will even up. And even more, there is a trust in God.
Forgiveness is a statement that we believe God is working in all the world to make all situations turn about for the good. And maybe he is still working in the people we've been wronged by. But forgiveness is saying that I will not take revenge, I will not try to correct the problem, but I will let God continue to work.
I mean, we need forgiveness too. Just the other day, Russell called a ball out that was clearly in. He didn't mean to. He was convinced that the ball was out. But he made a mistake. We all do. And we don't want everyone holding everything against each other.
Instead, for our part, let's do some letting go when we need to. Let's pray that we will be able to forgive, willing to forgive, and that forgiveness will be extended to us when we mess up.
Bethany Christian vs. Fremont
It seemed like the rain was going to chase us from another chance to play, but it stayed away and we had another beautiful night of tennis. A night to bring our varsity record over the .500 mark, hopefully to stay that way for the rest of the season!
After the extremely long bus ride, we tried to shake off the rust and get ourselves going in this match. The Eagles ran out a lineup that was much changed from the weekend tournament that they played. A new #1 singles player was eligible, having just moved into the district from Las Vegas. At the same time, their previous #1 singles player and #2 singles player joined forces to play #1 doubles, creating a powerful team at that spot. The changes made me a bit nervous, because I always like being prepared.
But as soon as the match started, my nerves calmed a bit. That was mostly due to the way that Mikey and Seth started their singles matches. Playing #2 and #3 singles, both players started confidently. Seth's match was moving quickly along as he was positioning himself well in the court to make approach shots, and then moving his opponent, sophomore Matt Hoff, side to side with crisp volleys. He quickly moved to a 3-0 lead, then 5-0, then took the first set without dropping a game.
Meanwhile, Mikey had to deal with a freshman, Tyler Jenkins, who had only played four weeks of tennis but had already developed a massive forehand. While consistency was an issue for the young Jenkins, when he found the court the forehand was about as much of a weapon as any other player on the team. But Mikey was playing a great match as well. The way Mikey moved smoothly to the ball and hit his increasingly well placed and struck forehand were things of beauty. Mikey began to pile on the winners and watch balls sail into the net and beyond the boundaries. Soon, despite some uncomfortable wardrobe problems... Mikey won the first set, 6-0.
Seth and Mikey followed their first sets with similarly smooth second sets. Seth dropped a game when leading 4-1, but Mikey was able to close out the match without dropping a game. This match showed the type of beautiful tennis that these two singles players can play.
But not only them. Ben Mast took on a formidable opponent of his own in junior Joe Stackhouse. Recently moved into the Fremont area, Stackhouse had all around solid strokes. To begin his match against Ben he worked these strokes with great consistency, moving Ben up and back and around the baseline. They traded the first 2 games of what looked like a long and intense match. Ben took a long game to lead 2-1, and I talked to him about staying consistent, and that it was to his advantage to have long rallies. Soon, the Ben I know and love appeared. What was so beautiful was the way that Ben controlled the rallies, moving Stackhouse around the baseline with deep shots, short angles, and consistency. Then Ben would come for the short ball and put it away, simply demoralizing Stackhouse. And soon, it was easy to see that Stackhouse was losing patience and feeling defeated. After splitting the first two games, Ben controlled the match and won 11 straight games to end the match.
The power match of the day, despite the singles beauty, was the #1 doubles match. Kyle Miller and Austin Loucks found themselves up the booming serves of seniors Ryan Palmerton and Mason Hallman. Both had experience, having played #1 doubles last year as well. And they hit their serves really hard. In fact, when they got their serves in, it was difficult to win a point. But they didn't get them in all the time. So Austin and Kyle had to figure out how to manage the rest of their game to take advantage. In the first set, they found themselves overswinging and trying to hit too big of shots themselves. In the second set, they began to find their rhythm. Holding serve and attacking the net, Kyle and Austin turned a 2-6 first set loss into a 6-2 second set win. The third set started well for Kyle and Austin, but then Palmerton and Hallman got their serves going. In the third set the Eagles had about three games that Kyle and Austin could do nothing about, because they hit their serves so well. Despite started the set up 2-0, #1 doubles found themselves trailing 5-4 late in the match. But then Austin held with a great service game, and then Palmerton lost his serve and Kyle took advantage. He knew they were a bit nervous so took some power off of his serves, and watched the Eagles hit three of four returns into the net, giving the Bruins the victory.
At #2 doubles, Russell Klassen and Nick Rebec breezed through a first set where their opponents gave them lots of errors. The Eagles had a hard time at the net and Russell and Nick attacked this weakness. But the Eagles made a good battle of the second set, as Nick and Russell seemed to lose some aggressiveness and fight. Despite struggling with serves throughout the match, Russell and Nick were able to close the match out on Russell's serve, as Nick cut several balls off at the net and Russell hit a big serve up the middle to end the match.
In the JV matches, the singles players also played particularly well. Misha Rebec and Claude Stickler made fairly quick work of their opponents, while Blake Shetler let a 6-1 lead evaporate when his opponent changed styles and began to lob ball him. However, in impressive fashion, he closed out the victory in a tiebreak, despite letting his opponent come all the way back in the match.
At the JV doubles positions, Evan Grimes and Matt Ebersole lacked the consistency to finish off their match in a tiebreaker, as forehands went wide and long and serves couldn't find the box. Despite their adept skills at the net, the pair fell at #1 doubles. #2 doubles wasn't that close of a match, though Jake did get several aces and Ike played quite well. They won with an easy scoreline of 8-0.
Overall, this match was a place for our team to show some improvement. And we did. Mikey has been working hard on his forehands, and it showed today in his match. Ben has been trying to find his style of match, and I think today he got closer to finding the right mix. Seth has been working on approaches, and he got those going fairly well. Kyle and Austin needed a match against experienced doubles players in which they prevailed, and they did. Russell and Nick needed to be pushed a bit, and the second set did that a bit.
Their were also weaknesses revealed that need to be corrected, and strengths that aren't quite strong enough yet. We need to get better with our volleys, finishing at the net and being quick in our feet. But that is what we will practice on. The goal is too keep improving and compete for the Sectional, and we have about 5 more weeks to get there.
Varsity: Definitely a thing of beauty to watch Mikey play so well in his singles matches, with forehands being swing into the corner and groundstrokes looking so solid. The double bagel is beautiful once again. Another beautiful moment though, goes to Ben Mast. One point in particular stands out to me. Ben controlled a rally deep to Stackhouse's backhand for about 3 strokes or so. Then he got a short ball and ripped a forehand crosscourt that Stackhouse stretched for and got back in the court. Unfortunately for the Eagles player, Ben let the ball drop and then ripped it to the opposite corner. Stackhouse could only watch. The way that Ben worked the point smaggressively, well, it brought a tear to my eye.
JV: There were a couple of points that I considered for this, but I decided to go with the point that made me most excited for the rest of the season. In their #1 doubles match, Evan Grimes and Matt Ebersole made several common mistakes. They struggled with groundstrokes and serves, BUT they did some awesome doubles things. Like my favorite point of the whole match, where Evan stepped to the center of the net during a rally and put away a forehand volley. It was beautiful in its simplicity and its correctness. So here's to Evan's volley!
Scores
Varsity:
#1S - Ben Mast - 6-1, 6-0 - Joe Stackhouse (11)
#2S - Seth Krabill - 6-0, 6-1 - Matt Hoff (10)
#3S - Mikey Kelly - 6-0, 6-0 - Tyler Jenkins (9)
#1D - Kyle Miller/Austin Loucks - 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 - Ryan Palmerton (12)/Mason Hallman (12)
#2D - Russell Klassen/Nick Rebec - 6-1, 6-4 - Matt Wilcox (10)/Adam Stukey (12)
Junior Varsity:
#1S - Misha Rebec - 8-3 - Jacob Bryant (9)
#2S - Blake Shetler - 8-7 - Brandon Miller (9)
#3S - Claude Stickler - 8-0 - Alec Trine (10)
#1D - Matt Ebersole/Evan Grimes - 7-8 - Brandin Ross (11)/Glen McClain (9)
#2D - Jake Gerig/Ike Lehman - 8-0 - Brant Arnos (10)/Dylan Clark (9)
Fremont Preview
Details: August 27, 2009 at 5:00 PM. To be played at Fremont High School.
Last Season Review: Last season we defeated the Eagles 5-0 here at Bethany. It represented the triumphant return of Johnny Kauffman to the Bruin lineup after his prolonged back injury. Also, it was the match in which we lost the least games total as a team, tied with the Lakeland match.
Fremont Details: Fremont will have played only 1-2 matches this season, but did play in a three team round robin tournament this weekend. They finished last in that tournament, falling behind Prairie Heights, Leo, and Fort Wayne South Side (Leo won). In that tournament, they only won two individual positions, 1 match at #3S and 1 match at #1D.
Bethany Christian Details: Bethany Christian stands at 2-2 on the season. We come off a 5-0 victory over Mishawaka in which we only lost 8 games total as a varsity. It was a good performance, and welcome after losing two matches in the first week of the season to state ranked teams.
Projected Matchups:
#1S - Ben Mast (BC) vs. Mason Hallman (F)
#2S - Seth Krabill (BC) vs. Ryan Palmerton (F)
#3S - Mikey Kelly (BC) vs. Tyler Jenkins (F)
#1D - Austin Loucks/Kyle Miller (BC) vs. Matt Wilcox/Adam Stukey (F)
#2D - Nick Rebec/Russell Klassen (BC) vs. Brandon Miller/Jake Bryant (F)
Outlook: We come in with a fairly strong and confident team, and will need to remained focused throughout these matches. Fremont lost a lot of players from last year, as did we, so our JV should see some familiar faces on the court. We handled the JV match fairly easily last year, and so I would expect that experience to translate over to this year's match. We will need to work hard on our mental game, staying focused and keeping our energy up. These are challenges that we expect to work on for the rest of the season.
Bethany Christian vs. Mishawaka
So, after a schedule error that had parents and players confused, we made it to Mishawaka only two minutes late. Just over an hour later, the match wrapped up, we sang Sarasponda and headed home with a victory.
Mishawaka's new coach greeted us warmly, but had bad news as one of his singles players was ineligible for the match. So he had done some last second swinging around of a lineup that had challenged John Glenn over the weekend, only losing 3-2. He had to mess up some of his doubles teams, and only had one JV player eligible to play.
We took to the red and gray courts after a ten minute warmup and began our play. The Mishawaka team was young and lacked experience at most positions. One thing that they did have, at almost all positions, was the amazing capability to lob.
Ben Mast found this out early in his match. He faced off against senior Adam Barnhart, whose game relied on consistency but very little power. As Ben tried to dictate the points from the baseline and from the net, he more than once found himself backed up with a beautifully weighted lob, falling just inside the baseline. Barnhart had such good hands, even balls hit with pace were coming back to Ben. So Ben started to find more tight angles. This allowed Ben to pile up the winners, as Barnhart struggled to run down all the great shots Ben hit. In the end, Ben was not challenged but got a good match in preparing and having to put the ball away.
Seth Krabill's match at #2 singles was eerily similar to Ben's. Sophomore Bobby LeRoy made Seth work for every point, and at the beginning of the match, Seth let his feet get a little lazy in getting to the loping balls that LeRoy was hitting. Seth found himself leaning back and not preparing early for his shots, and as a result they started flying long. With a quick pep talk and a new attitude, Seth zinged back to life on the court. Soon his feet were finding their position and his shots were zipping across the net, pinning LeRoy deep in the court. After the early stretch of weary feet, Seth rolled off 10 straight games for a 6-2, 6-0 victory.
At #1 doubles, Mikey Kelly and Kyle Miller did Seth two better. They reeled off 12 straight games, without dropping any, to post a double bagel on the night: 6-0, 6-0. It's always a beautiful scoreline, and Mikey and Kyle deserved their reward. Beautiful serves and volleys were the shots of the night, with Kyle using great placement and Mikey playing with his typical power. Mishawaka also had a freshman playing his first match at #1 doubles, and their were times when it was obvious he was over his head.
At #2 doubles, Austin Loucks and Nick Rebec played a doubles team that came with Austin's "high recommendation." Jameson Jones and Nick Hoover were the opponents, and they were very good-natured about a match that didn't go all that well for them. Austin's serve especially was just too well hit and with too much pace for them to handle. I felt the worst in the match when Austin frame one of his powerful serves and hit one of his opponents in the stomach. After the match, I overheard one of Mishawaka's players calling Austin and Nick "testosterone-filled monsters." That's how I've always though of Nick as well.
Russell played the #3 singles position tonight against sophomore Andrew Laubner. It was a solid match in which Russell struggled to find a strategy that worked well. Russell's typical singles strategy is to get the ball back more than his opponent, but that seemed to be Laubner's strategy as well. This led to some long points and some frustration on Russell's part, as he had to attack to get any advantage. He did a good job figuring this out however, and despite a close opening of the first set, Russell breezed through much of the rest of the match.
In the JV matchups, Matt Ebersole and Ike Lehman faced freshamn Brandon Lewis. Both Bruins came away with victories, but I was especially impressed with Matt's ability to move and hit consistent groundstrokes even when his opponent was not hitting with pace. At this point in the season, Matt may be the most improved JV player from last year to this year.
Ike Lehman may be the fastest improving freshman, as he is really starting to figure out both sides of his swing. Tonight provided his first victory, as his dad snapped pictures for the school, capturing the moment forever. Oh, so cute. Okay, for real, Ike played a solid match, confident and keeping the ball in the court. That was good to see.
It was good to play a match against Mishawaka after starting off the season with traditional local powers Northridge and Concord. Sometimes we can feel as though we are not very good when we play the best two teams on our schedule within the first three matches. Getting some wins in shows us where we really stand. Now, we can continue to improve and climb the ladder, so that we can challenge the better teams by season's end.
Varsity: There is one automatic moment of beauty for this match. I don't think anyone can really appreciate how fulfilling and difficult it is to actually post a 6-0, 6-0 score. In other words, all of us were talented enough today to win 6-0, 6-0, but only one team did. So that is a beautiful work of concentration, footwork, effort and more.
But the most memorable shot of the day, the one that we will talk about for the rest of the season? Definitely Austin's serve that hit the Mishawaka player in the stomach. Graciously, Austin refused to take the point, even though it was officially his. In this point, there was a combination of things I actually like... aggressive serve, generosity towards opponents, concern for others, moving on to the next point... but pretty much it was funny. So I won't call it beautiful, but it will be memorable.
JV:
You what is beautiful? When people listen to their coaches. In the JV match between our own team, I saw Himal King practicing the service form that we went over during Friday's practice. I was so happy; it seems silly but people often don't understand the importance of doing exactly what the coaches say. It was maybe my moment of most pride in this match, and it didn't even come as we played another team!
Scores
Varsity
#1S - Ben Mast - 6-1, 6-1 - Adam Barnhart (12)
#2S - Seth Krabill - 6-2, 6-0 - Bobby LeRoy (10)
#3S - Russell Klassen - 6-2, 6-1 - Andrew Laubner (10)
#1D - Mikey Kelly/Kyle Miller - 6-0, 6-0 - Anthony Tomlinson (12)/Andrew Furlow (9)
#2D - Austin Loucks/Nick Rebec - 6-0, 6-1 - Jameson Jones (12)/Nick Hoover (10)
JV
#1SJV - Matt Ebersole - 8-0 - Brandon Lewis (9)
#2SJV - Ike Lehman - 8-3 - Brandon Lewis
Mishawaka Preview
Details: August 24, 2009 at 4:30 PM. To be played at Mishawaka's courts, which are at Baker Park. Directions are below.
Directions:
Take US 20 Bypass West. Exit north on Elm Street (turns into Capitol Ave.). At second traffic signal after exiting US 20 Bypass, turn left (west) onto 12th St. At next traffic light turn right (north) onto Byrkit. Courts are on left in 1/4 mile.
Last Season Review: Mishawaka did not have the most successful of season's last year, and we did have a very successful season. The final scoreline of 5-0 represented these stories well.
Mishawaka Details: Mishawaka's record on the season is 0-2. They've lost once to Jimtown (5-0) and then also to John Glenn (3-2). They have not begun play yet within their conference.
Bethany Christian Details: Bethany Christian stands at 1-2 on the season. We've suffered defeats to Concord (5-0) and Northridge (4-1). We have defeated Goshen (5-0).
Projected Matchups:
We still might change and put Mikey at singles... we'll see.
#1S - Ben Mast (BC) vs. Adam Barnhart (M)
#2S - Seth Krabill (BC) vs. Dylan Thompson (M)
#3S - Nick Rebec (BC) vs. Bobby LeRoy (M)
#1D - Mikey Kelly/Kyle Miller (BC) vs. Anthony Tomlinson/Andrew Laubner (M)
#2D - Austin Loucks/Russell Klassen (BC) vs. Jameson Jones/Andrew Furlow (M)
Outlook: Jimtown defeated Mishawaka 5-0, and we are currently leading Jimtown at most positions. Using that type of logic, this should be a match that we are expected to win. However, Mishawaka will be coming off a match against John Glenn in which they played better, and we will need to be prepared to play our best. The Cavemen return many players with experience, and they certainly do their best to stay in every match. Like many matches we play this year, we can't just assume we will win. Obviously, we hope that both teams will play their best and enjoy the match!
Tournament Postponed
After the first round of the Concord Invitational (see match report below), the tournament was postponed due to rain. We got started in our second match versus Jimtown, and the matches in progress are listed below. We will resume play next Saturday at Concord at 9:00 AM!
vs. Jimtown
#1S - Ben Mast trails 1-6, (Love-15)
#2S - Seth Krabill leads 5-2 (30-15)
#3S - Mikey Kelly leads 6-3, 1-0 (30-40)
#1D - Austin Loucks/Kyle Miller lead 4-2
#2D - Nick Rebec/Russell Klassen lead 4-1
Bethany Christian vs. Concord
So, much like we thought, our day at the Concord Invitational started with a match against Concord. It's a tough way to start a long day and a tough way to wake up in the morning. But we started out of the gate pretty well.
Well, at least our tennis game did. Our actual start to the day was a little rough. In what seems to be an annual tradition of sorts, the bus gave us all sorts of problems as we left from the school. First the parking brake had been left on, and so when I tried to release it, it stuck. So there we were, pullled off to the side on SR 15, trying to pry the pedal forward with a tire iron. Finally, I found a random wire and pushed on it, and off we went.
With a bit of a late start, we arrived, found out our first opponent and warmed up. As we took to the courts, I wasn't sure how much confidence we would come out with, but the beginning of the matches pretty much told the story of the day.
At #1 doubles, I decided to see how Mikey and Kyle would fair against a much stronger team than the Goshen team they dismantled on Thursday. Little did I know that Concord would be the best doubles team we will see this season. Matt Schoeffler and Jared Queener wasted little time taking a lead on the Bruins, and from the first point I knew we were up against formidable competition. Kyle boomed a serve out wide, and Schoeffler simply slid over and cracked a forehand at a severe angle for an outright winner. Nothing Kyle could do about it. Mikey and Kyle fought hard most of the match, but they were up against big forehands and big volleys and experience. It affected them, and they certainly didn't play as well as Thursday. Against such a good team, it might not have mattered anyway, but they fell in this match, 1-6, 2-6.
#2 doubles didn't fair any better. Russell Klassen and Austin Loucks had also pulled out a victory Thursday, looking good at times and falling short at others. In their match Saturday, against seniors Cory Swaller and Michael Ciesielski, they looked good through most of the match. It didn't matter. Ciesielski had played #2 doubles last season, and last year had Concord had been one of only 2 teams to take a victory over our 20-2 #2 doubles team. This year, he and Swaller looked even better than their doubles team last year. They also ripped forehands, like the whole Minutemen squad, and their pace never really gave Russell and Austin a chance to gain a foothold in the match. Only on Austin's serve did we seem to start points on even ground with the Minutemen, as Austin was doing a great job there. We had points here and there where we challenged and were aggressive, but all in all, Swaller and Ciesielski were more talented.
Nick Rebec took another shot at #3 singles, this time against Concord's coach's son, sophomore Jason Denton. Nick played 100 times better against the young Minuteman. His strokes were more consistent, deeper in the court, and he was able to attack the net. His increased level of play was enough to enable him to win 1 game. Denton had good foot speed and great hands, and most importantly of all made very few mistakes.
As the match wore on, #3S, #2D, and #1D were on about the same pace of match. Within seconds of each other, all of these matches finished, and that meant that we had lost the match, already down 3-0. But two matches were on the courts still, and in those matches the script was very different.
At #2 singles, Seth Krabill was engaged in a powerful match against senior Andre Moore. Moore had dominated the area at #3 singles last fall, and moved up due to some lineup shifting. Seth had not lost a match since his freshman year of high school, going undefeated on the JV last year and notching two victories this season. And Seth was not going away lightly in this match either. He came out confidently and took the lead early, really controlling points and getting Moore to move back and forth and make many errors. But Moore finally got his flat forehand going, and then the match featured some epic points. Both players pounded away at the ball and most points would end with one player stretching for the others brilliant shot. However, Seth never backed down from this challenge. He held the lead at 6-5 in the first set, but couldn't close it out. When Moore tied the match, he began a stretch of play that I have not seen the like of this season. He won the tiebreaker and then the first 5 games of the second set, completely pounding every shot and leaving Seth hustling back and forth on the baseline. But Seth never gave in. Slowly, Moore's form started to crack and Seth picked up his game. He took advantage of everything Moore gave him and brought the match back to 4-5. If he could tie it up, we would have a brand new ballgame, as Moore would have to deal with the crushing disappointment of losing a 5-0 second set lead. Unfortunately, Seth couldn't quite get there, as Moore ended the match with a crushing forehand up the line.
Ben's match at #1 singles was also impressive. He knew that Andre Ziebold had a big forehand, so he hit it into Andre's backhand all the time. And I mean, pretty much all the time. His reward? He won the first set 6-4. Actually, it wasn't just that he was hitting it into Andre's backhand. It was also that he was killing the ball and playing very confidently. Ben has several nice weapons, and can hit for winners when he needs to. It makes him a very dangerous player against people who are "better" than him. In the second set, Andre began to get his feet under him, and attacked back. He ran around the backhand and hit the forehand big, like he can. Ben got on his heels some during the second set, but still competed incredibly well. The match then went into the third set super tiebreaker. In the breaker, points went back and forth, and it was a close competition. At 8-7, Ziebold took the point to put some pressure on Ben. Facing match point, Ben played aggressively but watched a forehand fly agonizingly long.
So, it was an interesting way to start the day. We pushed a great team at the top two positions. In the end, this match showed us something important for the continuity of the program. It isn't necessarily how good you are at the top of the lineup that makes you a great team. It's how good you are at the bottom. Concord is going to be a state ranked team at some point this year, and it isn't because they have the best players in the state. It's because they worked hard from top to bottom and have 7 great players. Much like last year for us, Concord is a deep team. That's got to be our goal by the end of this season, and even as we work forward into next year. Develop all the way through!
With five losses, it could be hard to find moments to celebrate. But not in this match. We played many good points, worthy of beauty. But more than just points, I have to give the moment of beauty award to Ben Mast. Not just for one point, but for the way he played his whole match. It is one thing to have a strategy. What was beautiful about Ben's match was that he relaxed and executed his strategy to perfection. For a good part of the match, he pounded on every forehand, pulled every backhand crosscourt and played to Andre Ziebold's weaknesses. It was beautiful to watch those forehand winners down the line and crosscourt and the concern on Ziebold's face. Relaxing and executing may be the toughest thing in tennis, but it is beautiful when it happens.
Scores
#1S - Ben Mast - 6-4, 3-6, (7-10) - Andre Ziebold (12)
#2S - Seth Krabill - 6-7 (4), 4-6 - Andre Moore (12)
#3S - Nick Rebec - 0-6, 1-6 - Jason Denton (10)
#1D - Mikey Kelly/Kyle Miller - 1-6, 2-6 - Jared Queener (12)/Matt Schoeffler (12)
#2D - Austin Loucks/Russell Klassen - 1-6, 0-6 - Michael Ciesielski (12)/Cory Swaller (12)
A little cabin in the woods
Has been my home since Sunday. I went away to write the book and while I was out there I took some photos. This little song became my very favorite while I was there so it seemed they should go together. I can't believe how many rainbows I've seen this week, some I was able to capture and others I either didn't have the camera or was too late with the camera. I <3 Rainbows, food for the spirit!
Concord Invitational Preview
Here's a brief look at the teams in the Concord Invitational. It will be a tough invitational this year, as we are the least experienced team taking part.
Concord Details: 2-0 on the season. Defeated John Glenn (5-0) and Elkhart Central (5-0). Return five varsity players from a team that was state ranked at one point last season. Definitely the heavy favorites in this tournament on their home courts.
Jimtown Details: 2-0 on the season. Defeated NorthWood (5-0) and Mishawaka (5-0). Return four varsity players from last year's conference champions. All three singles players return. Haven't had the most difficult opposition yet this season, but should provide a stiff test for us tomorrow.
Rochester Details: 1-1 on the season. Defeated South Bend Clay (3-2) and lost to Triton (1-4). Had no upperclassmen on last year's team but it seems that their #1S from last year has yet to play in a match. Most other players return however. Will be interesting to see how we react to their experience.
Bethany Christian Details: 1-1 on the season. Lost to Northridge (1-4) and defeated Goshen (5-0). Return one player from varsity competition last year. Two different lineups in two different matchups with two different results. What's up for Saturday? Who knows. One thing though, we will try to continue the confident and energetic tennis we played against Goshen this weekend, and hope to continue improving.
Bethany Christian vs. Goshen
Link to Goshen News article on this match.
I figured that we would switch things up some this year, so when better to start that tradition than in the second match of the season. Only #1S and #2S varsity and JV stayed the same from the match Tuesday versus Northridge. The results were good tonight, as we ended up with a 5-0 victory on the varsity and a closely contested 4-3 JV win.
The most interesting match tonight was Nick Rebec's #3S match. Nick has been preparing all preseason to play doubles, but yesterday I decided to mix up the lineups and have Nick play singles. So I told him last night he was playing singles for the first time, and that we were going to practice it. Of course, it thunderstormed and we kick-boxed instead. So this was Nick's first singles match in a long time.
Across the net for the Redskins was sophomore Paul Johnson. Last year, Paul had played #2D in our match and lost 6-2, 6-2 to Daniel and Seth. This year in a large Goshen lineup shift, he ended up at the last singles position. The match started well for Nick as the wind blew hard he rushed out to a 4-1 lead. The lefty was sliding his serves right through the wind, hitting nice, deep groundstrokes and taking advantage of Johnson's weak return of serve. But soon, Johnson started to make his way back into the match as Nick's errors starting matching Johnson's. In the second set, Nick and Paul traded games but the tennis was not pretty for awhile. Rallies were lasting less than 10 strokes routinely, and that is interesting because it's the opposite of normal #3 singles.
Finally, Johnson won the second set and the match moved on to the third. Nick again relaxed and played some great tennis, flowing groundstrokes, pretty topspin, and solid serves. However, as Nick surged closer to closing out the match, his nerves began to get the best of them. In several quick games, it was 5-5. But Nick was able to relax one more time, and then pull out a 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 victory.
At the other end of the spectrum from that tight contest were the #1D and #2S matches. Mikey Kelly and Kyle Miller paired at #1 doubles, and played an outstanding match. Mikey hit big serves, Kyle hit big serves, Mikey pounded overheads, Kyle pounded forehands, and the energy that Kyle generated with Austin in the Northridge match carried over into this match. Despite several close games, Mikey and Kyle continued to win the big points. It was good to see aggressive and confident doubles from our #1 team, and good to see them pull out a dominant result. 6-1, 6-1 in the best doubles match Mikey said he has ever played.
And #2 singles was similar. Seth struggled with the wind and his footwork at the beginning of the match. It looked as if Seth just wanted to push the ball back in the court and wait for Stefan Baumgartner to make a mistake. But Stefan wasn't buying it. He played a great consistent match, hanging close with Seth though trailing 4-3. I gave a bit of advice to Seth, "Concentrate on the approach shot, and hit the ball." Seth then began to take authority in the match. His strokes dictated each and every point and Baumgartner began to break down. The second set went quickly, as Seth gained in confidence, placement of shots and power. He ended the match before anyone else: 6-3, 6-1.
#1 singles started off easily enough for Ben Mast as he took on sophomore Seth Koble. Actually, this match looked like a turn around of his match Tuesday against Northridge's Nick Myers. He won the first set confidently 6-2 as he controlled the rallies and forced Koble deep into the court and then found spots to attack and hit winners. Dealing with the wind was a challenge, as Koble continually threw lobs high into the swirling breeze when Ben attacked the net. But except for a few missed overheads, Ben played close to his best in the first set. Not so much in the second though, as Koble began to swing freely and force Ben back on the baseline. Ben lost much of the aggression in his strokes and couldn't find the court at times. However, he knuckled down at the right time and reasserted himself. He took the close second set at 7-5.
Finally, #2 doubles enjoyed a back and forth match. When aggressive and attacking, they would win 2-3 games in a row. But then they would be tentative, rely to much on groundstrokes, barely move their feet, and find themselves in trouble. In the first set they trailed the whole set, finding themselves down 4-3. After a little pep talk about the very things listed above, they ran off 3 games in a row to win the set. Then they continued their movement and rolled to a 3-0 lead in the second. I literally thought they would roll to a 6-0 second set, but they faltered in their aggression and allowed Goshen back into the match. In a match that ended up closer than it could have been, Austin and Russell finished the match out aggressively and could both feel good about their first varsity victories.
In the JV match, things were much closer. To start, Matt Ebersole played #1 singles and his match went right down to the wire. Trading games back and forth, neither player led by more than a game for the entire match. Matt did a good job attacking the net and keeping the pressure on sophomore Philip Bontrager. However, at times his approach shots left a little to be desired, and Bontrager had nice control on his passing shots. The match ended in a tiebreaker, which Matt pulled out 7-4.
At #2 singles, Claude Stickler got behind early but then found an incredible rhythm, especially with his forehand. He kept his opponent, Adam Bratten, deep in the court and was able to force difficult shots. This stride allowed Claude to ease to victory.
#3 singles was Ike Lehman's second attempt at the position. With a strong forehand, Ike kept himself alive in many points. His opponent, sophomore Drew Hostetler, had aggressive strokes and hard topspin, and Ike fended it off well. But long rallies were difficult for Ike to sustain. Despite being close in many games, Ike couldn't find a victory.
The doubles were very fun matches to watch. Blake Shetler and Evan Grimes teamed at #1 doubles and had a long match that also went back and forth. Consistency is still an issue for these sophomores, and so the longer points went the more errors piled up. However, their attacking the net was good to see. Evan still throws himself around like an energetic Gumbi to stretch for every ball and Blake showed a new found power at the net. The result was a down to the wire victory for #1 doubles.
At #3 and #4 doubles, some of our beginners played against some of Goshen's higher JV players. There were moments in these matches that showed promise, like Wade's forehands down the line for winners and his priceless smile, Josh's high ball toss and serve, Himal's energy and forehands, and Evan's tireless net play. However, neither of these matches were won by the Bruins.
Which left the match tied at 3-3, and #2 doubles still on the court. Trailing 4-3, Ryan Minter and Jake Gerig put on a run to take a 5-4 lead. They continued to get tied up, though they would keep taking a one game lead. The keys to their success were feet movement and net play. When Jake was hitting overheads and volleys, the team was winning. When the point became baseline oriented, the team was not. Ryan, as a freshman, did a sufficient job running balls down and putting them back in play, but consistency is still an issue as well. However, they were able to maintain their one game lead and finally capitalize at 7-6, as they broke serve and won the match 8-6.
Varsity:
The varsity moments of beauty are all about authority. When we controlled points in this match, we won the majority. So I have several moments to think about, but two things that stand out were Seth's controlled rallies, sending Baumgartner back and forth at the baseline, then striking the ball hard to the backhand, sending the first volley wide to the forehand then finishing back at the backhand. I loved the way that he controlled that play. The other comes from Kyle and Mikey's match, and the way that they held serve. They brought the power, but the net man was confident and ready to cut anything off and pound it away. The overheads hit in that match were powerful and unafraid. It was the authority and confidence I like to see us play with.
JV:
Wade's smiles were moments of beauty (okay, the team paid me to say that). Actually, Blake's overhead to win the match was my favorite stroke of the night. On match point Goshen made the mistake of floating it Blake's way, and he knew what to do with it. Probably the most powerful overhead I've seen Blake hit, and then the match was over. Good stuff.
Overview:
I was really pleased with the way we played tonight. Most positions, JV and Varsity, played as if they believed they were going to win. With Goshen returning 6 players who had varsity experience, this win was by no means a given. But we played close to potential and made it look easier than it maybe was. And so I was proud of everyone.
Scores
Varsity
#1S - Ben Mast - 6-2, 7-5 - Seth Koble (10)
#2S - Seth Krabill - 6-3, 6-1 - Stefan Baumgartner (11)
#3S - Nick Rebec - 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 - Paul Johnson (10)
#1D - Mikey Kelly/Kyle Miller - 6-1, 6-1 - Andy Van Klaveren (12)/Jonny Tan (11)
#2D - Austin Loucks/Russell Klassen - 6-4, 6-4 - Eli Metzler-Prieb (10)/Nick Dandino (10)
Junior Varsity
#1SJV - Matt Ebersole - 8-7 (4) - Philip Bontrager (10)
#2SJV - Claude Stickler - 8-4 - Adam Bratten (9)
#3SJV - Ike Lehman - 3-8 - Drew Hostetler (10)
#1DJV - Blake Shetler/Evan Grimes - 8-6 - Brenton Jones (12)/Sam Stegelmann (9)
#2DJV - Jake Gerig/Ryan Minter - 8-6 - Sylas Buller (9)/Ben Morrical (9)
#3DJV - Himal King/Evan Eby - 0-6 - Philip Bontrager/Adam Bratten
#4DJV - Wade Troyer/Josh Helmuth - 0-6 - Drew Hostetler/Brenton Jones
Goshen Preview
Details: August 20, 2009 at 4:30 PM. Played at Bethany Christian High School.Last Season Review: Bethany Christian defeated Goshen 4-1, at Goshen High School.
Goshen Details: As far as I have seen, we will be Goshen's opening match of the season. They enter with a 0-0 record.
Bethany Christian Details: On Tuesday evening, we fell 4-1 to Northridge, and lost 7-2 at the JV level. That puts our varsity record and JV record at 0-1. We have played no home matches yet this year, so the Goshen match serves as our home opener.
Projected Matchups:
A bit of a shot in the dark for Goshen, but here we go anyways.
#1S - Ben Mast (BC) - Andy Van Klaveren (G)
#2S - Seth Krabill (BC) - Stefan Baumgartner (G)
#3S - Nick Rebec (BC) - Seth Koble (G)
#1D - Mikey Kelly/Kyle Miller (BC) - Jonny Tan/Collin Erickson (G)
#2D - Austin Loucks/Russell Klassen (BC) - Nick Dandino/Paul Johnson (G)
Outlook: We'll be shifting our lineup a bit for this matchup, and we'll hope to be balanced and competitive at all positions. Allowing Mikey to play to his natural strengths in doubles might be a plus, and Kyle showed he certainly can bring the energy in the Northridge match. Ben Mast and Seth Krabill both realized that they can compete and win in high varsity positions as they competed well at Northridge. Unlike us, Goshen brings back a lot of players who experienced varsity play last season, as six of their seven projected players played some varsity. That should prove to be an advantage for them. As with all Sectional opponents, this will be an important matchup and give us some answers going forward.
Area Scores - 2009
Simply a place to check the latest scores. I'll give more details, when available, of the teams that we will play.
Tuesday, September 22
Jimtown 5, Laville 0
Westview 5, Central Noble 0
Angola 5, Lakeland 0
Whitko 4, Tippecanoe Valley 1
East Noble 5, New Haven 0
Penn 5, Mishawaka 0
South Bend Riley 4, South Bend Clay 1
South Bend Saint Joseph's 4, South Bend Washington 1
Monday, September 21
Concord 3, Warsaw 2
Northridge 4, Plymouth 1
Goshen 3, Elkhart Memorial 2 (Memorial won #1D, #2D)
Wawasee 5, NorthWood 0
Fairfield 4, Bethany Christian 1
Michigan City Marquette 4, Laville 1
Munster 4, South Bend Saint Joseph's 1
Knox 4, North Judson 1
Friday, September 18
Westview 3, Bethany Christian 2
Thursday, September 17
Fairfield 3, Westview 2
#1S - Steve Blinco (W) def. Wyatt Stutzman (F) 7-5, 6-1
#2S - Nick Pfenning (W) def. Malachi Randolph (F) 6-4, 6-4
#3S - Josh Mullet (F) def. Alejandro Marin (W) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
#1D - Josh Beck/Derick Troeger (F) def. Nick Philley/Nic Hostetler (W) 6-0, 6-4
#2D - Trent Kauffman/Derek Thwaits (F) def. Austin Schlabach/Devin Bonrager (W) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Jimtown 5, Triton 0
#1S - Matt Candler (J) def. Ben Montalbano (T) 6-2, 6-4
#2S - Shane Cook (J) def. Jeff Ross (T) 6-3, 6-1
#3S - Bret Giddings (J) def. Josh Gephart (T) 6-1, 6-1
#1D - Josh George/Jake Hoffman (J) def. Bryant Davenport/Darius Stevens (T) 7-5, 5-7, 7-5
#2D - Nick Anglemeyer/John Raderstorf (J) def. Craig Voreis/Josh Shafer (T) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3
Goshen 3, Plymouth 2
#1S - Andy Van Klaveren (G) def. Andy Landgon (P) 6-4, 6-2
#2S - Seth Koble (G) def. Bo Davidson (P) 6-3, 6-3
#3S - Stefan Baumgartner (G) def. Gabe Vernynckt (P) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (1)
#1D - Preston Bastardo/Connor Flynn (P) def. Jonny Tan/Nick Dandino (G) 7-6 (5), 6-1
#2D - Jon Tyree/Matt Scheetz (P) def. Paul Johnson/Eli Metzler-Prieb (G) 6-1, 6-0.
Concord 4, Northridge 1
#1S - Nick Myers (N) def. Andre Ziebold (C) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
#2S - Andre Moore (C) def. Jeremy Runge (N) 6-2, 6-4
#3S - Jason Denton (C) def. Dave Long (N) 6-3, 6-3
#1D - Jared Queener/Matt Schoeffler (C) def. Dylan Pieri/James Brandenberger (N) 6-2, 6-4
#2D - Cory Swaller/Mike Ciesielski (C) def. Jeff Eash/Cole Wogoman (N) 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
Warsaw 5, NorthWood 0
South Bend Adams 3, Elkhart Central 2
Wawasee 4, Elkhart Memorial 1
Penn 4, South Bend Riley 1
Mishawaka Marian 4, Mishawaka 1
Rochester 4, Knox 1
South Bend Saint Joseph's 4, South Bend Clay 1
Wednesday, September 16
Wabash 4, Manchester 1
Tuesday, September 15
Jimtown 3, Bremen 2 (Bremen won #1D, #2D in two sets)
Fairfield 5, West Noble 0
Warsaw 4, Wawasee 1
Northridge 5, NorthWood 0
Columbia City 3, East Noble 2
Concord 5, Goshen 0
Triton 5, New Prairie 0
Wabash 5, Elwood 0
Plymouth 5, Elkhart Memorial 0
Penn 4, South Bend Saint Joseph's 1
South Bend Clay 4, South Bend Washington 1
South Bend Riley 3, Mishawaka Marian 2
Laville 4, John Glenn 1
Monday, September 14
Westview 4, NorthWood 1 (NW joined best two players to win #1D)
Angola 4, Fairfield 1 (FF won #1D)
Triton 4, Bremen 1
Knox 4, Laville 1
Culver Academy 3, South Bend Riley 2
Saturday, September 12
CONCORD INVITATIONAL
Concord 50 (won #3S, #2D)
Penn 47 (won #1D)
#23 East Noble 42 (won #1S, #2S)
FW Concordia 36
Westview 20
Mishawaka Marian 10
South Bend Clay 8
Lakeland 2
WARSAW INVITATIONAL
#6 Park Tudor 22 (won #2S, #3S, #2D)
#15 Canterbury 19 (won #1D)
S.B. Adams 15 (won #1S)
Warsaw 11
Huntington North 10
Merrillville 9
Goshen 7
Bishop Luers 2
MADISON-GRANT INVITE
Columbia City 44 (won #1S,#3S,#2D)
Eastern 37 (won #2S,#1D)
Blackford 21
FW Blackhawk Christian 19
Madison-Grant 9
Friday, September 11
East Noble 3, Fairfield 2 (EN won singles easy, FF won doubles easy)
Bethany Christian 5, NorthWood 0
Thursday, September 10
Goshen 4, NorthWood 1 (Miro won #1S)
Fairfield 5, Lakeland 0
Jimtown 5, New Prairie 0
Fort Wayne Canterbury 4, Warsaw 1
Westview 5, Fremont 0
Bremen 5, Knox 0
Concord 5, Plymouth 0
Northridge 5, Wawasee 0
Elkhart Central 4, Elkhart Memorial 1
East Noble 3, Fort Wayne Carroll 2
Whitko 3, Rochester 2
South Bend Saint Joseph's 3, Mishawaka Marian 2
South Bend Adams 4, South Bend Riley 1
Penn 5, South Bend Washington 0
John Glenn 5, North Judson 0
Wednesday, September 9
Northridge 5, Warsaw 0
#1S - Nick Myers (NR) def. Will Coen (W) 6-1, 6-1
#2S - Jeremy Runge (NR) def. Bryce Scott (W) 6-3, 7-5
#3S - Dave Long (NR) def. Scott Campbell (W) 6-1, 6-1.
#1D - James Brandenberger/Dylan Pieri (NR) def. Andrew Cutshall/Shawn Carmichael (W) 7-5, 6-1
#2D - Jeff Eash/Cole Wogoman (NR) def. Richard Feng/Keaton Joyner (W) 6-3, 6-4
Wabash Invite Update
Western 4, Eastern 1 (Eastern won #1D)
Wabash 4, Rochester 1
Angola 5, West Noble 0
Fort Wayne Canterbury 5, Westview 0
Elkhart Central 5, Mishawaka 0
Tuesday, September 8
Elkhart Central 3, South Bend Riley 2
Concord 5, Elkhart Memorial 0
Plymouth 5, NorthWood 0
Jimtown 5, John Glenn 0
Goshen 3, Wawasee 2
Penn 5, South Bend Clay 0
Wabash Invite Update
Mississinewa 5, Taylor 0
Saturday, September 5
WAWASEE INVITATIONAL
Jimtown 3, Fairfield 2 (Jimtown won #1S, #2S, #3S)
Jimtown 4, Wawasee 1
Columbia City 3, Jimtown 2
Columbia City 4, Wawasee 1
Columbia City 4, Fairfield 1
Fairfield 3, Wawasee 2
PENN INVITATIONAL
Penn 4, Culver Academy 1
Munster 4, Penn 1
West Lafayette 5, Penn 0
West Lafayette 4, Culver Academy 1
Munster 4, West Lafayette 1
Bethany Christian 3, Triton 2
Thursday, September 3
Elkhart Memorial 5, NorthWood 0
#1S - Spenser Gilbert (EM) def. Ramiro Arguijo (NW) 6-4, 6-0
#2S - Corey Roth (EM) def. Corey Diener (NW) 6-2, 6-1
#3S - Jerahmal Dudley by default!
#1D - Adam Williams/Mazin Hakim (EM) def. Ben Zercher/Tyler Rhoades (NW) 6-2, 6-0 #2D - Pat Kirk/Brady Weaver (EM) def. Shawn Stahley/Jayson Linhart (NW) 6-1, 6-2
Tippecanoe Valley 5, Laville 0
#1S - Isaac French (TV) def. Trenton Stout (LV) 6-4, 6-0
#2S - Tyler Peterson (TV) def. Zach Young (LV) 6-2, 6-1
#3S - Nick Kindig (TV) def. Troy Siple (LV) 6-2, 6-0
#1D - Ethan McDonald/Austin Nelson (TV) def. Nick Amor/Dominic Lewinski (LV) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5)
#2D - Jaren Swihart/Alex Newman (TV) def. Grant Frick/Hunter Horvath (LV) 6-2, 6-1
Wabash Invitational Update:
Eastern 5, Alexandria 0 (Eastern is 5-0)
Taylor 4, Madison-Grant 1 (Taylor is 3-0)
Wabash 5, Maconaquah 0 (Wabash is undefeated)
Warsaw 3, Plymouth 2
Triton 5, Whitko 0
Concord 5, Wawasee 0
Northridge 5, Goshen 0
Jimtown 5, Knox 0
South Bend Adams 4, South Bend Washington 1
South Bend Saint Joseph's 3, Elkhart Central 2
John Glenn 4, New Prairie 1
Mishawaka Marian 4, South Bend Clay 1
East Noble 5, Bellmont 0
Wednesday, September 2
Plymouth 3, Triton 2
#1S - Ben Montalbano (T) def. Andy Langdon (P) 6-1, 1-6, 7-6(5)
#2S - Bo Davidson (P) def. Jeff Ross (T) 7-6(4), 6-0
#3S - Gabe Vervynckt (P) def. Josh Gephart (T) 7-5, 6-4
#1D - Darius Stevens/Bryant Davenport (T) def. Preston Bastardo/Connor Flynn (P) 6-1, 6-4
#2D - Matt Scheetz/Jon Tyree(P) def. Kreig Voreis/Josh Shafer (P) 6-2, 6-3
Bremen 3, John Glenn 2
#1S - Taylor Fanning (B) def. Pat Langel (JG) 6-2, 6-1
#2S - Jordan Hesters (JG) def. Jaxson Burkins (B) 6-3, 6-4
#3S - Briley Bollenbacher (B) def. Adam Anspaugh (JG) 6-0, 7-6 (2)
#1D - Conner Berkebile/Garrett Blad (JG) def. Mitch Cook/Thomas Manges (B) 7-5, 6-4 #2D - Ty Holmes/Alex Overholser (B) def. Travis Weist/Carson Heim (JG) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7)
Knox 3, Tippecanoe Valley 2
#1S - Grant Warren (K) def. Isaac French (TV) 6-0, 6-0
#2S - Tyler Peterson (TV) def. Harrison Metz (K) 6-0, 6-1
#3S - Nick Kindig (TV) def. Kyle Kletz (K) 6-3, 6-2
#1D - Matt Maranto/Ethan Coad (K) def. Ethan McDonald/Jake Foley (TV) 6-1, 6-2
#2D - Jarod Benson/Austin Risner (K) def. Austin Nelson/Jaren Swihart (TV) 6-2, 6-4
New Prairie 4, Laville 1
South Bend Riley 5, Michigan City 0
Elkhart Central 4, South Bend Clay 1
South Bend Washington 3, Mishawaka 2
Tuesday, September 1
Concord 4, Fairfield 1
#1S - Andre Ziebold (C) def. Wyatt Stutzman (FF) 6-1, 6-2
#2S - Andre Moore (C) def. Malachi Randolph (FF) 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-5
#3S - Jason Denton (C) def. Brad Shipley (FF) 6-3, 6-3
#1D - Derick Troeger/Josh Beck (FF) def. Matt Schoeffler/Jared Queener (C) 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (2)
#2D - Mike Ciesielski/Cory Swaller (C) def. Derek Thwaits/Trent Kauffman (FF) 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1
Westview 4, Jimtown 1
#1S - Steve Blinco (WV) def. Matt Candler (J) 6-2, 6-3
#2S - Nick Pfenning (WV) def. Bret Giddings (J) 7-6 (4), 6-4
#3S - Alejandro Marin (WV) def. Cole Peterson (J) 7-5, 6-3
#1D - Shane Cook/Josh George (J) def. Nick Philley/Nic Hostetler (WV) 6-2, 6-2
#2D - Austin Schlabach/Devin Bontrager (WV) def. John Radersdorf/Brett Aller (J) 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (3)
Bremen 4, New Prairie 1
#1S - Taylor Fanning (B) def. Keith Fischer (NP) 5-7, 6-0, 6-1
#2S - Daryl Ralston (NP) def. Jaxson Burkins (B) 6-2, 6-4
#3S - Briley Bollenbacher (B) def. Jordan Wade (NP) 6-0, 6-4
#1D - Mitch Cook/Thomas Manges (B) def. Nate Dennis/Brandon Meyers (NP) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
#2D - Ty Holmes/Alex Overholser (B) def. Chandler Granack/Neco Zahrn (NP) 6-1, 6-3.
Triton 5, Laville 0
#1S - Ben Montalbano (T) def. Trenton Stout (LV) 6-1,6-3
#2S - Jeff Ross (T) def. Zach Young (LV) 6-1,6-0
#3S - Josh Gephart (T) won by forfeit.
#1D - Bryant Davenport/Darius Stevens (T) def. Dominic Lewinski/Troy Siple (LV) 6-0, 6-0
#2D - Kreig Voreis/Josh Shafer (T) def. Grant Frick/Hunter Horvath (LV) 6-0. 6-0
Bethany Christian 5, Prairie Heights 0
South Bend Saint Joseph's 5, Mishawaka 0
Wabash 5, Maconaquah 0
Warsaw 5 Goshen 0
South Bend Adams 5, South Bend Clay 0
Wawasee 5, Whitko 0
Northridge 5, Elkhart Memorial 0
John Glenn 4, Knox 1
Elkhart Central 4, South Bend Washington 1
Penn 5, Mishawaka Marian 0
Monday, August 31
Fairfield 5, Fremont 0
#1S - Wyatt Stutzman (FF) def. Joe Stackhouse (F) 6-0, 6-0
#2S - Malachi Randolph (FF) def. Adam Stuckey (F) 6-3, 6-3
#3S - Brad Shipley (FF) def. Tyler Jenkins (F) 6-0, 6-1
#1D - Josh Beck/Derick Troeger (FF) def. Ryan Palmerton/Mason Hallman (F) 6-0, 6-0
#2D - Trent Kauffman/Derek Thwaits (FF) def. Matt Wilcox/Matt Hoff (F) 6-1, 6-2
Bremen 4, NorthWood 1
#1S - Ramiro Arguijo (NW) def. Taylor Fanning (B) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
#2S - Jaxson Burkins (B) def. Brennan Angle (NW) 6-3, 6-2
#3S - Briley Bollenbacher (B) def. Shawn Stahley (NW) 6-0, 6-1
#1D - Ben Sime/Thomas Manges (B) def. Tyler Rhodes/Corey Diener (NW) 6-2, 6-2
#2D - Ty Holmes/Alex Overholser (B) def. Ben Zercher/Jayson Linhart (NW) 6-1, 6-2
Northridge 4, South Bend St. Joseph's 1
Angola 5, Prairie Heights 0
Saturday, August 29
CONCORD INVITE
Concord 5, Bethany Christian 0
Jimtown 4, Rochester 1
Concord 5, Rochester 0
Bethany Christian 3, Jimtown 2
Concrod 5, Jimtown 0
Bethany Christian 4, Rochester 1
---> Concord - 1st, Bethany Christian - 2nd, Jimtown - 3rd, Rochester - 4th
NEW PRAIRIE INVITATIONAL
Elkhart Memorial
John Glenn
Hobart
New Prairie
Michigan City
Michigan City Marquette
Calumet
And the awesome invite:
JOHN SHIRLEY INVITE
Shirley bracket
#4 Brebeuf 41 (won #1s, 1d, 2d)
#6 North Central 30 (won #2s)
#1 Carmel 27
#9 Park Tudor 27 (won #3s)
#3 Center Grove 15
#2 Indianapolis Cathedral 14
#10 Munster 8
#11 Homestead 5
Buckley bracket
#5 Hamilton SE 60 (won all flights)
Jasper 26
#27 Heritage Christian 22
#23 Terre Haute South 18
FW Carroll 14
Bloomington South 14
Kokomo 12
#31 Floyd Central 8
Thursday, August 27
Westview 3, Goshen 2
#1S - Steve Blinco (WV) def. Seth Koble (G) 6-2, 6-2
#2S - Nick Pfenning (WV) def. Jonny Tan (G) 7-5, 6-1
#3S - Alejandro Marin (WV) def. Paul Johnson (G) 6-4, 6-2
#1D - Andy Van Klaveren/Stefan Baumgartner (G) def. Nick Philley/Nic Hostetler (WV) 6-1, 6-1
#2D - Nick Dandino/Eli Metzler-Prieb (G) def. Devin Bontreger/Jonathon Hostetler (WV) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
Concord 5, NorthWood 0
#1S - Andre Ziebold (C) def. Ramiro Arguijo (NW) 6-1, 6-0
#2S - Andre Moore (C) def. Brennan Angle (NW) 6-0, 6-0
#3S - Jason Denton (C) def. Shawn Stahly (NW) 6-0, 6-0
#1D - Matt Schoeffler/Jared Queener (C) def. Corey Diener/Tyler Rhoades (NW) 6-0, 6-0
#2D - Mike Ciesielski/Cory Swaller (C) def. Jayson Linhart/Ben Zercher (NW) 6-0, 6-1
Fairfield 4, Churubusco 1
#1S - Wyatt Stutzman (FF) def. Jesse Lich (C) 6-0, 6-0
#2S - Malachi Randolph (FF) def. Andrew Biddle (C) 6-0, 6-0
#3S - Brad Shipley (FF) by default
#1D - Alex McDowell/Ryan Mey (C) def. Josh Beck/Derick Troger (FF) 6-7 (7-9), 6-2, 6-2
#2D - Trent Kauffman/Derek Thwaits (FF) def. Grant Stephen/Brandon Wormcastle (C) 6-0, 6-0
Triton 4, Mishawaka Marian 1
Angola 5, Leo 0
Warsaw 5, Elkhart Memorial 0
Fort Wayne South Side 4, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers 1
Columbia City 4, Huntington North 1
Penn 4, South Bend Adams 1
Wawasee 5, West Noble 0
South Bend Riley 4, South Bend Saint Joseph's 1
Wednesday, August 26
Fort Wayne Canterbury 5, Fort Wayne Concordia 0
Warsaw 3, Elkhart Central 0 (RAIN)
Tuesday, August 25
Northridge 5, Westview 0
#1S - Nick Myers (NR) def. Steve Blinco (WV) 6-1, 6-1
#2S - Jeremy Runge (NR) def. Nick Pfenning (WV) 6-3, 6-4
#3S - Dave Long (NR) def. Alejandro Marin (WV) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.
#1D - James Brandenberger/Dylan Pieri (NR) def. Nick Philley/Nic Hostetter (WV) 6-1, 6-1
#2D - Jeff Eash/Cole Wogoman (NR) def. Devin Bontrager/Austin Schlabach (WV), no score reported
Fairfield 5, Prairie Heights 0
#1S - Wyatt Stutzman (FF) def. Brandon Buechley (PH) 6-3, 6-4
#2S - Malachi Randolph (FF) def. Travis Northrup (PH) 6-4, 6-2
#3S - Josh Mullet (FF) def. Donald Cook (PH) 6-0, 6-0
#1D - Josh Beck/Derick Troeger (FF) def. Danny Hamm/Tyler Carbone (PH) 6-1, 6-0
#2D - Trent Kauffman/Derek Thwaits (FF) def. Tim Morris/Laine Warnock (PH) 6-0, 6-0
Triton 5, Mishawaka 0
#1S - Ben Montalbano (T) def. Adam Barnhart (M) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
#2S - Jeff Ross (T) def. Dylan Thompson (M) 6-4, 6-1
#3S - Josh Gephart (T) def. Bobby LeRoy (M) 6-4, 6-4
#1D - Bryant Davenport/Darius Stevens (T) def. Anthony Tomlinson/Andrew Laubner (M) 6-2, 6-2
#2D - Jordan Everett/Austin Davis (T) def. Jameson Jones/Andrew Furlow (M) 6-1, 6-0
Wabash 4, Tippecanoe Valley 1
Angola 3, DeKalb 2
Goshen 3, Mishawaka Marian 2 (Goshen won #2S, #1D, #2D)
Wawasee 5, Central Noble 0
Penn 3, Concord 2 (Penn won #1S, #2S, #2D)
Elkhart Memorial 4, South Bend Washington 1
LaPorte 4, South Bend Adams 1
Rochester 4, Laville 1 (Laville won #1S)
North Judson 3, New Prairie 2
Monday, August 24
Fairfield 5, NorthWood 0
#1S - Wyatt Stutzman (FF) def. Miro Arguiyo (NW) 6-1, 6-1
#2S - Malachi Randolph (FF) def. Corey Diener (NW) 6-1, 6-0
#3S - Brad Shipley (FF) def. Shawn Stahly (NW) 6-0, 6-0
#1D - Josh Beck/Derick Troeger (FF) def. Ben Zercher/Brennan Angle (NW) 6-1, 6-0
#2D - Trent Kauffman/Derek Thwaits (FF) def. Tyler Rhoades/Jayson Linhart (NW) 6-0, 6-1
Goshen 3, Elkhart Central 2
#1S - Seth Koble (G) def. Sean Purcell (EC) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
#2S - Nick Burton (EC) def. Johnny Tan (G) 6-3, 6-2
#3S - Brett Morton (EC) def. Eli Metzler-Prieb (G) 6-1, 6-1
#1D - Andy Van Klaveren/Stefan Baumgartner (G) def. Connor Anderson/Mason Braden (EC)6-3, 7-5
#2D - Paul Johnson/Nick Dandino (G) def. Austin Sellers/Peter Thomas (EC) 6-2, 6-3
Bethany Christian 5, Mishawaka 0
Warsaw 4, Mishawaka Marian 1
East Noble 3, Fort Wayne Concordia 2
Knox 5, North Judson 0
New Prairie 3, Michigan City Marquette 2
South Bend Riley 5, Laville 0
South Bend St. Joseph's 4, Bremen 1
Saturday, August 22
DeKalb Invitational
East Noble 34 (won #1S, #2S, #3S), DeKalb 28 (won #1D, #2D), Angola 24, Norwell 20, Bellmont 10, West Noble 8, NorthWood 1, Jay County 1
Goshen Invitational
I could only find Clay's results...
FW Northrup 4, South Bend Clay 1
Goshen 4, South Bend Clay 1
Elkhart Memorial 3, South Bend Clay 2
John Glenn 3, Mishawaka 2
#1S - Adam Barnhardt (M) def. Trey Rhodes (JG) 6-3, 6-3
#2S - Jordan Hesters (JG) def. Dylan Thompson (M) 6-1, 6-0
#3S - Bobby LeRoy (M) def. Travis Weist (JG) 6-4, 6-2
#1D - Connor Berkebile/Garrett Bland (JG) def. Anthony Tomlinson/Andrew Laubner (M) 6-1, 6-2
#2D - Adam Anspaugh/Carson Heim (JG) def. Jameson Jones/Andrew Furlow (M) 6-3, 6-0
Concord Invitational (shortened by rain)
Concord 5, Bethany Christian 0
Jimtown 4, Rochester 1
Northridge 4, Penn 1
Thursday, August 20
Jimtown 5, Mishawaka 0
#1S Matt Candler (J) def. Adam Barnett (M) 6-0, 6-0
#2S Shane Cook (J) def. Dylan Thompson (M) 6-0, 6-0
#3S Bret Giddings (J) def. Bobby LeRoy (M) 6-1, 6-2.
#1D Josh George-Brett Aller (J) def. Anthony Tomlinson-Andrew Laubaer (M) 6-2, 6-0
#2D John Gray-Cole Peterson (J) def. Jameson Jones-Andrew Furlow (M) 6-1, 6-0.
Concord 5, Elkhart Central 0
#1S Andre Ziebold (C) def. Sean Purcell (EC) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
#2S Andre Moore (C) def. Nick Burton (EC) 6-2, 6-2
#3S Jason Denton (C) def. Sean Quinn (EC) 6-2, 6-2
#1D Matt Schoeffler-Jared Queener (C) def. Connor Anderson-Peter Thomas (EC) 6-2, 6-0
#2D Mike Ciesielski-Cory Swaller (C) def. Franklin Fisher-Austin Sellers (EC) 6-3, 6-0
Fairfield 5, Bremen 0
#1S Malachi Randolph (FF) def. Taylor Fanning (B) 6-1, 6-2
#2S Brad Shipley (FF) def. Jaxson Burkins (B) 7-5, 6-4
#3S Trent Kauffman (FF) def. Briley Bollenbacher (B) 6-2, 6-2
#1D Josh Beck-Derick Troeger (FF) def. Mitch Cook-Thomas Manges (B) 6-2, 6-4
#2D Derek Thwaits-Nate Kropf (FF) def. Ty Holmes-Alex Overholser (B) 6-2, 6-0
Triton 4, Rochester 1
#1S Ben Montalbano (T) beat Ryan Bohr (R) 6-0, 6-1
#2S Aaron Stuart (R) beat Jeff Ross (T) 7-5, 7-6 (3)
#3S Josh Gephart (T) beat Jacob Schroeder (R) 6-2, 6-0
#1D Bryant Davenport-Darius Stevens (T) beat Phil Keim-Cody Hershberger (R) 6-3, 6-4
#2D Kreig Voreis-Josh Schaffer (T) beat Kyle Calhoun-Josh Calhoun (R) 6-0, 6-4
Tippecanoe Valley 3, North Judson 2
#1S Christopher Lee (NJ) beat Isaac French (TV) 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
#2S Tyler Peterson (TV) beat Clifton Dolezal (NJ) 6-1, 6-0
#3S John Janiczak (NJ) beat Nick Kindig (TV) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
#1D Jake Foley-Ethan McDonald (NJ) beat Mat Bejes-L.J. Mattraw (TV) 6-3, 6-1
#2D Austin Nelson-Jaren Swihart (TV) beat Christopher Lippelt-Johnnie Shelton (NJ) 7-6, 6-1.
Bethany Christian 5, Goshen 0 (see site)
Northridge 5, West Noble 0
Plymouth 4, Wawasee 1
John Glenn 4, South Bend Washington 1
South Bend Riley 5, Marquette 0
Wabash 3, Madison-Grant 2
Scottsburg 4, Eastern 1
East Noble 5, Lakeland 0
Wednesday, August 19
Rochester 3, South Bend Clay 2
#1S Nick Burke (C) beat Ryan Bohr (R) 6-2, 6-4
#2S Aaron Stuart (R) beat Jarrett Keultjes (C) 6-2, 6-1
#3S Jacob Schroder (R) beat Donald Bradley (C) 6-3, 6-1
#1D Austin Green-Peter Lindquist (C) beat Phil Keim-Cody Herschberger (R) 6-3, 6-1
#2D Kyle Calhoun-Josh Calhoun (R) beat John Ovalle-Paul Willis (C) 6-3, 6-2
South Bend Adams 5, Elkhart Memorial 0
Warsaw 3, Columbia City 2
Knox 3, New Prairie 2
Laporte 3, South Bend Riley 2
Tuesday, August 18
Concord 5, John Glenn 0
#1S - Andre Ziebold (C) - 6-1, 6-0 - Trey Rhodes (JG)
#2S - Andre Moore (C) - 6-0, 7-5 - Jordan Hesters (JG)
#3S - Jason Denton (C) - 6-1, 6-1 - Travis Weist (JG)
#1D - Jared Queener/Matt Schoeffler (C) - 6-3, 6-0 - Connor Berkebile/Garrett Blad (JG)
#2D - Mike Ciesielski/Cory Swaller (C) - 6-1, 6-0 - Adam Ansbaugh/Carson Heim (JG)
Jimtown 5, NorthWood 0
#1S - Matt Candler (J) - 6-2, 6-0 - Miro Arguijo (NW)
#2S - Shane Cook (J) - 6-2, 6-0 - Corey Diener (NW)
#3S - Bret Giddings (J) - 6-0, 6-0 - Shawn Stahly (NW)
#1D - Josh George/Brett Aller (J) - 6-0, 6-0 - Ben Zercher/Brennan Angle (NW)
#2D - Jake Hoffman/Jake Ward (J) - 6-3, 6-0 - Jayson Linehart/Tyler Rhoades (NW)
Bremen 5, Tippecanoe Valley 0
#1S - Taylor Fanning (B) - 6-4, 6-1 - Isaac French (TV)
#2S - Jaxson Burkins (B) - 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-5 - Tyler Peterson (TV)
#3S - Briley Bollenbacher (B) - 6-1, 6-2 - Jaren Swihart (TV)
#1D - Ben Sime/Thomas Manges (B) - 7-5, 6-3 - Jake Foley/Ethan McDonald (TV)
#2D - Ty Holmes/Alex Overholser - 6-1, 7-6 (4) - Austin Nelson/Nick Kindig (TV)
Northridge 4, Bethany Christian 1 (see site)
Warsaw 3, Penn 2
New Prairie 3, Clay 2
Columbia City 4, Churubusco 1
Angola 4, FW Snider 1
DeKalb 5, Lakeland 0
Tuesday, September 22
Jimtown 5, Laville 0
Westview 5, Central Noble 0
Angola 5, Lakeland 0
Whitko 4, Tippecanoe Valley 1
East Noble 5, New Haven 0
Penn 5, Mishawaka 0
South Bend Riley 4, South Bend Clay 1
South Bend Saint Joseph's 4, South Bend Washington 1
Monday, September 21
Concord 3, Warsaw 2
Northridge 4, Plymouth 1
Goshen 3, Elkhart Memorial 2 (Memorial won #1D, #2D)
Wawasee 5, NorthWood 0
Fairfield 4, Bethany Christian 1
Michigan City Marquette 4, Laville 1
Munster 4, South Bend Saint Joseph's 1
Knox 4, North Judson 1
Friday, September 18
Westview 3, Bethany Christian 2
Thursday, September 17
Fairfield 3, Westview 2
#1S - Steve Blinco (W) def. Wyatt Stutzman (F) 7-5, 6-1
#2S - Nick Pfenning (W) def. Malachi Randolph (F) 6-4, 6-4
#3S - Josh Mullet (F) def. Alejandro Marin (W) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
#1D - Josh Beck/Derick Troeger (F) def. Nick Philley/Nic Hostetler (W) 6-0, 6-4
#2D - Trent Kauffman/Derek Thwaits (F) def. Austin Schlabach/Devin Bonrager (W) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Jimtown 5, Triton 0
#1S - Matt Candler (J) def. Ben Montalbano (T) 6-2, 6-4
#2S - Shane Cook (J) def. Jeff Ross (T) 6-3, 6-1
#3S - Bret Giddings (J) def. Josh Gephart (T) 6-1, 6-1
#1D - Josh George/Jake Hoffman (J) def. Bryant Davenport/Darius Stevens (T) 7-5, 5-7, 7-5
#2D - Nick Anglemeyer/John Raderstorf (J) def. Craig Voreis/Josh Shafer (T) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3
Goshen 3, Plymouth 2
#1S - Andy Van Klaveren (G) def. Andy Landgon (P) 6-4, 6-2
#2S - Seth Koble (G) def. Bo Davidson (P) 6-3, 6-3
#3S - Stefan Baumgartner (G) def. Gabe Vernynckt (P) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (1)
#1D - Preston Bastardo/Connor Flynn (P) def. Jonny Tan/Nick Dandino (G) 7-6 (5), 6-1
#2D - Jon Tyree/Matt Scheetz (P) def. Paul Johnson/Eli Metzler-Prieb (G) 6-1, 6-0.
Concord 4, Northridge 1
#1S - Nick Myers (N) def. Andre Ziebold (C) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
#2S - Andre Moore (C) def. Jeremy Runge (N) 6-2, 6-4
#3S - Jason Denton (C) def. Dave Long (N) 6-3, 6-3
#1D - Jared Queener/Matt Schoeffler (C) def. Dylan Pieri/James Brandenberger (N) 6-2, 6-4
#2D - Cory Swaller/Mike Ciesielski (C) def. Jeff Eash/Cole Wogoman (N) 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
Warsaw 5, NorthWood 0
South Bend Adams 3, Elkhart Central 2
Wawasee 4, Elkhart Memorial 1
Penn 4, South Bend Riley 1
Mishawaka Marian 4, Mishawaka 1
Rochester 4, Knox 1
South Bend Saint Joseph's 4, South Bend Clay 1
Wednesday, September 16
Wabash 4, Manchester 1
Tuesday, September 15
Jimtown 3, Bremen 2 (Bremen won #1D, #2D in two sets)
Fairfield 5, West Noble 0
Warsaw 4, Wawasee 1
Northridge 5, NorthWood 0
Columbia City 3, East Noble 2
Concord 5, Goshen 0
Triton 5, New Prairie 0
Wabash 5, Elwood 0
Plymouth 5, Elkhart Memorial 0
Penn 4, South Bend Saint Joseph's 1
South Bend Clay 4, South Bend Washington 1
South Bend Riley 3, Mishawaka Marian 2
Laville 4, John Glenn 1
Monday, September 14
Westview 4, NorthWood 1 (NW joined best two players to win #1D)
Angola 4, Fairfield 1 (FF won #1D)
Triton 4, Bremen 1
Knox 4, Laville 1
Culver Academy 3, South Bend Riley 2
Saturday, September 12
CONCORD INVITATIONAL
Concord 50 (won #3S, #2D)
Penn 47 (won #1D)
#23 East Noble 42 (won #1S, #2S)
FW Concordia 36
Westview 20
Mishawaka Marian 10
South Bend Clay 8
Lakeland 2
WARSAW INVITATIONAL
#6 Park Tudor 22 (won #2S, #3S, #2D)
#15 Canterbury 19 (won #1D)
S.B. Adams 15 (won #1S)
Warsaw 11
Huntington North 10
Merrillville 9
Goshen 7
Bishop Luers 2
MADISON-GRANT INVITE
Columbia City 44 (won #1S,#3S,#2D)
Eastern 37 (won #2S,#1D)
Blackford 21
FW Blackhawk Christian 19
Madison-Grant 9
Friday, September 11
East Noble 3, Fairfield 2 (EN won singles easy, FF won doubles easy)
Bethany Christian 5, NorthWood 0
Thursday, September 10
Goshen 4, NorthWood 1 (Miro won #1S)
Fairfield 5, Lakeland 0
Jimtown 5, New Prairie 0
Fort Wayne Canterbury 4, Warsaw 1
Westview 5, Fremont 0
Bremen 5, Knox 0
Concord 5, Plymouth 0
Northridge 5, Wawasee 0
Elkhart Central 4, Elkhart Memorial 1
East Noble 3, Fort Wayne Carroll 2
Whitko 3, Rochester 2
South Bend Saint Joseph's 3, Mishawaka Marian 2
South Bend Adams 4, South Bend Riley 1
Penn 5, South Bend Washington 0
John Glenn 5, North Judson 0
Wednesday, September 9
Northridge 5, Warsaw 0
#1S - Nick Myers (NR) def. Will Coen (W) 6-1, 6-1
#2S - Jeremy Runge (NR) def. Bryce Scott (W) 6-3, 7-5
#3S - Dave Long (NR) def. Scott Campbell (W) 6-1, 6-1.
#1D - James Brandenberger/Dylan Pieri (NR) def. Andrew Cutshall/Shawn Carmichael (W) 7-5, 6-1
#2D - Jeff Eash/Cole Wogoman (NR) def. Richard Feng/Keaton Joyner (W) 6-3, 6-4
Wabash Invite Update
Western 4, Eastern 1 (Eastern won #1D)
Wabash 4, Rochester 1
Angola 5, West Noble 0
Fort Wayne Canterbury 5, Westview 0
Elkhart Central 5, Mishawaka 0
Tuesday, September 8
Elkhart Central 3, South Bend Riley 2
Concord 5, Elkhart Memorial 0
Plymouth 5, NorthWood 0
Jimtown 5, John Glenn 0
Goshen 3, Wawasee 2
Penn 5, South Bend Clay 0
Wabash Invite Update
Mississinewa 5, Taylor 0
Saturday, September 5
WAWASEE INVITATIONAL
Jimtown 3, Fairfield 2 (Jimtown won #1S, #2S, #3S)
Jimtown 4, Wawasee 1
Columbia City 3, Jimtown 2
Columbia City 4, Wawasee 1
Columbia City 4, Fairfield 1
Fairfield 3, Wawasee 2
PENN INVITATIONAL
Penn 4, Culver Academy 1
Munster 4, Penn 1
West Lafayette 5, Penn 0
West Lafayette 4, Culver Academy 1
Munster 4, West Lafayette 1
Bethany Christian 3, Triton 2
Thursday, September 3
Elkhart Memorial 5, NorthWood 0
#1S - Spenser Gilbert (EM) def. Ramiro Arguijo (NW) 6-4, 6-0
#2S - Corey Roth (EM) def. Corey Diener (NW) 6-2, 6-1
#3S - Jerahmal Dudley by default!
#1D - Adam Williams/Mazin Hakim (EM) def. Ben Zercher/Tyler Rhoades (NW) 6-2, 6-0 #2D - Pat Kirk/Brady Weaver (EM) def. Shawn Stahley/Jayson Linhart (NW) 6-1, 6-2
Tippecanoe Valley 5, Laville 0
#1S - Isaac French (TV) def. Trenton Stout (LV) 6-4, 6-0
#2S - Tyler Peterson (TV) def. Zach Young (LV) 6-2, 6-1
#3S - Nick Kindig (TV) def. Troy Siple (LV) 6-2, 6-0
#1D - Ethan McDonald/Austin Nelson (TV) def. Nick Amor/Dominic Lewinski (LV) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5)
#2D - Jaren Swihart/Alex Newman (TV) def. Grant Frick/Hunter Horvath (LV) 6-2, 6-1
Wabash Invitational Update:
Eastern 5, Alexandria 0 (Eastern is 5-0)
Taylor 4, Madison-Grant 1 (Taylor is 3-0)
Wabash 5, Maconaquah 0 (Wabash is undefeated)
Warsaw 3, Plymouth 2
Triton 5, Whitko 0
Concord 5, Wawasee 0
Northridge 5, Goshen 0
Jimtown 5, Knox 0
South Bend Adams 4, South Bend Washington 1
South Bend Saint Joseph's 3, Elkhart Central 2
John Glenn 4, New Prairie 1
Mishawaka Marian 4, South Bend Clay 1
East Noble 5, Bellmont 0
Wednesday, September 2
Plymouth 3, Triton 2
#1S - Ben Montalbano (T) def. Andy Langdon (P) 6-1, 1-6, 7-6(5)
#2S - Bo Davidson (P) def. Jeff Ross (T) 7-6(4), 6-0
#3S - Gabe Vervynckt (P) def. Josh Gephart (T) 7-5, 6-4
#1D - Darius Stevens/Bryant Davenport (T) def. Preston Bastardo/Connor Flynn (P) 6-1, 6-4
#2D - Matt Scheetz/Jon Tyree(P) def. Kreig Voreis/Josh Shafer (P) 6-2, 6-3
Bremen 3, John Glenn 2
#1S - Taylor Fanning (B) def. Pat Langel (JG) 6-2, 6-1
#2S - Jordan Hesters (JG) def. Jaxson Burkins (B) 6-3, 6-4
#3S - Briley Bollenbacher (B) def. Adam Anspaugh (JG) 6-0, 7-6 (2)
#1D - Conner Berkebile/Garrett Blad (JG) def. Mitch Cook/Thomas Manges (B) 7-5, 6-4 #2D - Ty Holmes/Alex Overholser (B) def. Travis Weist/Carson Heim (JG) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7)
Knox 3, Tippecanoe Valley 2
#1S - Grant Warren (K) def. Isaac French (TV) 6-0, 6-0
#2S - Tyler Peterson (TV) def. Harrison Metz (K) 6-0, 6-1
#3S - Nick Kindig (TV) def. Kyle Kletz (K) 6-3, 6-2
#1D - Matt Maranto/Ethan Coad (K) def. Ethan McDonald/Jake Foley (TV) 6-1, 6-2
#2D - Jarod Benson/Austin Risner (K) def. Austin Nelson/Jaren Swihart (TV) 6-2, 6-4
New Prairie 4, Laville 1
South Bend Riley 5, Michigan City 0
Elkhart Central 4, South Bend Clay 1
South Bend Washington 3, Mishawaka 2
Tuesday, September 1
Concord 4, Fairfield 1
#1S - Andre Ziebold (C) def. Wyatt Stutzman (FF) 6-1, 6-2
#2S - Andre Moore (C) def. Malachi Randolph (FF) 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-5
#3S - Jason Denton (C) def. Brad Shipley (FF) 6-3, 6-3
#1D - Derick Troeger/Josh Beck (FF) def. Matt Schoeffler/Jared Queener (C) 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (2)
#2D - Mike Ciesielski/Cory Swaller (C) def. Derek Thwaits/Trent Kauffman (FF) 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1
Westview 4, Jimtown 1
#1S - Steve Blinco (WV) def. Matt Candler (J) 6-2, 6-3
#2S - Nick Pfenning (WV) def. Bret Giddings (J) 7-6 (4), 6-4
#3S - Alejandro Marin (WV) def. Cole Peterson (J) 7-5, 6-3
#1D - Shane Cook/Josh George (J) def. Nick Philley/Nic Hostetler (WV) 6-2, 6-2
#2D - Austin Schlabach/Devin Bontrager (WV) def. John Radersdorf/Brett Aller (J) 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (3)
Bremen 4, New Prairie 1
#1S - Taylor Fanning (B) def. Keith Fischer (NP) 5-7, 6-0, 6-1
#2S - Daryl Ralston (NP) def. Jaxson Burkins (B) 6-2, 6-4
#3S - Briley Bollenbacher (B) def. Jordan Wade (NP) 6-0, 6-4
#1D - Mitch Cook/Thomas Manges (B) def. Nate Dennis/Brandon Meyers (NP) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
#2D - Ty Holmes/Alex Overholser (B) def. Chandler Granack/Neco Zahrn (NP) 6-1, 6-3.
Triton 5, Laville 0
#1S - Ben Montalbano (T) def. Trenton Stout (LV) 6-1,6-3
#2S - Jeff Ross (T) def. Zach Young (LV) 6-1,6-0
#3S - Josh Gephart (T) won by forfeit.
#1D - Bryant Davenport/Darius Stevens (T) def. Dominic Lewinski/Troy Siple (LV) 6-0, 6-0
#2D - Kreig Voreis/Josh Shafer (T) def. Grant Frick/Hunter Horvath (LV) 6-0. 6-0
Bethany Christian 5, Prairie Heights 0
South Bend Saint Joseph's 5, Mishawaka 0
Wabash 5, Maconaquah 0
Warsaw 5 Goshen 0
South Bend Adams 5, South Bend Clay 0
Wawasee 5, Whitko 0
Northridge 5, Elkhart Memorial 0
John Glenn 4, Knox 1
Elkhart Central 4, South Bend Washington 1
Penn 5, Mishawaka Marian 0
Monday, August 31
Fairfield 5, Fremont 0
#1S - Wyatt Stutzman (FF) def. Joe Stackhouse (F) 6-0, 6-0
#2S - Malachi Randolph (FF) def. Adam Stuckey (F) 6-3, 6-3
#3S - Brad Shipley (FF) def. Tyler Jenkins (F) 6-0, 6-1
#1D - Josh Beck/Derick Troeger (FF) def. Ryan Palmerton/Mason Hallman (F) 6-0, 6-0
#2D - Trent Kauffman/Derek Thwaits (FF) def. Matt Wilcox/Matt Hoff (F) 6-1, 6-2
Bremen 4, NorthWood 1
#1S - Ramiro Arguijo (NW) def. Taylor Fanning (B) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
#2S - Jaxson Burkins (B) def. Brennan Angle (NW) 6-3, 6-2
#3S - Briley Bollenbacher (B) def. Shawn Stahley (NW) 6-0, 6-1
#1D - Ben Sime/Thomas Manges (B) def. Tyler Rhodes/Corey Diener (NW) 6-2, 6-2
#2D - Ty Holmes/Alex Overholser (B) def. Ben Zercher/Jayson Linhart (NW) 6-1, 6-2
Northridge 4, South Bend St. Joseph's 1
Angola 5, Prairie Heights 0
Saturday, August 29
CONCORD INVITE
Concord 5, Bethany Christian 0
Jimtown 4, Rochester 1
Concord 5, Rochester 0
Bethany Christian 3, Jimtown 2
Concrod 5, Jimtown 0
Bethany Christian 4, Rochester 1
---> Concord - 1st, Bethany Christian - 2nd, Jimtown - 3rd, Rochester - 4th
NEW PRAIRIE INVITATIONAL
Elkhart Memorial
John Glenn
Hobart
New Prairie
Michigan City
Michigan City Marquette
Calumet
And the awesome invite:
JOHN SHIRLEY INVITE
Shirley bracket
#4 Brebeuf 41 (won #1s, 1d, 2d)
#6 North Central 30 (won #2s)
#1 Carmel 27
#9 Park Tudor 27 (won #3s)
#3 Center Grove 15
#2 Indianapolis Cathedral 14
#10 Munster 8
#11 Homestead 5
Buckley bracket
#5 Hamilton SE 60 (won all flights)
Jasper 26
#27 Heritage Christian 22
#23 Terre Haute South 18
FW Carroll 14
Bloomington South 14
Kokomo 12
#31 Floyd Central 8
Thursday, August 27
Westview 3, Goshen 2
#1S - Steve Blinco (WV) def. Seth Koble (G) 6-2, 6-2
#2S - Nick Pfenning (WV) def. Jonny Tan (G) 7-5, 6-1
#3S - Alejandro Marin (WV) def. Paul Johnson (G) 6-4, 6-2
#1D - Andy Van Klaveren/Stefan Baumgartner (G) def. Nick Philley/Nic Hostetler (WV) 6-1, 6-1
#2D - Nick Dandino/Eli Metzler-Prieb (G) def. Devin Bontreger/Jonathon Hostetler (WV) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
Concord 5, NorthWood 0
#1S - Andre Ziebold (C) def. Ramiro Arguijo (NW) 6-1, 6-0
#2S - Andre Moore (C) def. Brennan Angle (NW) 6-0, 6-0
#3S - Jason Denton (C) def. Shawn Stahly (NW) 6-0, 6-0
#1D - Matt Schoeffler/Jared Queener (C) def. Corey Diener/Tyler Rhoades (NW) 6-0, 6-0
#2D - Mike Ciesielski/Cory Swaller (C) def. Jayson Linhart/Ben Zercher (NW) 6-0, 6-1
Fairfield 4, Churubusco 1
#1S - Wyatt Stutzman (FF) def. Jesse Lich (C) 6-0, 6-0
#2S - Malachi Randolph (FF) def. Andrew Biddle (C) 6-0, 6-0
#3S - Brad Shipley (FF) by default
#1D - Alex McDowell/Ryan Mey (C) def. Josh Beck/Derick Troger (FF) 6-7 (7-9), 6-2, 6-2
#2D - Trent Kauffman/Derek Thwaits (FF) def. Grant Stephen/Brandon Wormcastle (C) 6-0, 6-0
Triton 4, Mishawaka Marian 1
Angola 5, Leo 0
Warsaw 5, Elkhart Memorial 0
Fort Wayne South Side 4, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers 1
Columbia City 4, Huntington North 1
Penn 4, South Bend Adams 1
Wawasee 5, West Noble 0
South Bend Riley 4, South Bend Saint Joseph's 1
Wednesday, August 26
Fort Wayne Canterbury 5, Fort Wayne Concordia 0
Warsaw 3, Elkhart Central 0 (RAIN)
Tuesday, August 25
Northridge 5, Westview 0
#1S - Nick Myers (NR) def. Steve Blinco (WV) 6-1, 6-1
#2S - Jeremy Runge (NR) def. Nick Pfenning (WV) 6-3, 6-4
#3S - Dave Long (NR) def. Alejandro Marin (WV) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.
#1D - James Brandenberger/Dylan Pieri (NR) def. Nick Philley/Nic Hostetter (WV) 6-1, 6-1
#2D - Jeff Eash/Cole Wogoman (NR) def. Devin Bontrager/Austin Schlabach (WV), no score reported
Fairfield 5, Prairie Heights 0
#1S - Wyatt Stutzman (FF) def. Brandon Buechley (PH) 6-3, 6-4
#2S - Malachi Randolph (FF) def. Travis Northrup (PH) 6-4, 6-2
#3S - Josh Mullet (FF) def. Donald Cook (PH) 6-0, 6-0
#1D - Josh Beck/Derick Troeger (FF) def. Danny Hamm/Tyler Carbone (PH) 6-1, 6-0
#2D - Trent Kauffman/Derek Thwaits (FF) def. Tim Morris/Laine Warnock (PH) 6-0, 6-0
Triton 5, Mishawaka 0
#1S - Ben Montalbano (T) def. Adam Barnhart (M) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
#2S - Jeff Ross (T) def. Dylan Thompson (M) 6-4, 6-1
#3S - Josh Gephart (T) def. Bobby LeRoy (M) 6-4, 6-4
#1D - Bryant Davenport/Darius Stevens (T) def. Anthony Tomlinson/Andrew Laubner (M) 6-2, 6-2
#2D - Jordan Everett/Austin Davis (T) def. Jameson Jones/Andrew Furlow (M) 6-1, 6-0
Wabash 4, Tippecanoe Valley 1
Angola 3, DeKalb 2
Goshen 3, Mishawaka Marian 2 (Goshen won #2S, #1D, #2D)
Wawasee 5, Central Noble 0
Penn 3, Concord 2 (Penn won #1S, #2S, #2D)
Elkhart Memorial 4, South Bend Washington 1
LaPorte 4, South Bend Adams 1
Rochester 4, Laville 1 (Laville won #1S)
North Judson 3, New Prairie 2
Monday, August 24
Fairfield 5, NorthWood 0
#1S - Wyatt Stutzman (FF) def. Miro Arguiyo (NW) 6-1, 6-1
#2S - Malachi Randolph (FF) def. Corey Diener (NW) 6-1, 6-0
#3S - Brad Shipley (FF) def. Shawn Stahly (NW) 6-0, 6-0
#1D - Josh Beck/Derick Troeger (FF) def. Ben Zercher/Brennan Angle (NW) 6-1, 6-0
#2D - Trent Kauffman/Derek Thwaits (FF) def. Tyler Rhoades/Jayson Linhart (NW) 6-0, 6-1
Goshen 3, Elkhart Central 2
#1S - Seth Koble (G) def. Sean Purcell (EC) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
#2S - Nick Burton (EC) def. Johnny Tan (G) 6-3, 6-2
#3S - Brett Morton (EC) def. Eli Metzler-Prieb (G) 6-1, 6-1
#1D - Andy Van Klaveren/Stefan Baumgartner (G) def. Connor Anderson/Mason Braden (EC)6-3, 7-5
#2D - Paul Johnson/Nick Dandino (G) def. Austin Sellers/Peter Thomas (EC) 6-2, 6-3
Bethany Christian 5, Mishawaka 0
Warsaw 4, Mishawaka Marian 1
East Noble 3, Fort Wayne Concordia 2
Knox 5, North Judson 0
New Prairie 3, Michigan City Marquette 2
South Bend Riley 5, Laville 0
South Bend St. Joseph's 4, Bremen 1
Saturday, August 22
DeKalb Invitational
East Noble 34 (won #1S, #2S, #3S), DeKalb 28 (won #1D, #2D), Angola 24, Norwell 20, Bellmont 10, West Noble 8, NorthWood 1, Jay County 1
Goshen Invitational
I could only find Clay's results...
FW Northrup 4, South Bend Clay 1
Goshen 4, South Bend Clay 1
Elkhart Memorial 3, South Bend Clay 2
John Glenn 3, Mishawaka 2
#1S - Adam Barnhardt (M) def. Trey Rhodes (JG) 6-3, 6-3
#2S - Jordan Hesters (JG) def. Dylan Thompson (M) 6-1, 6-0
#3S - Bobby LeRoy (M) def. Travis Weist (JG) 6-4, 6-2
#1D - Connor Berkebile/Garrett Bland (JG) def. Anthony Tomlinson/Andrew Laubner (M) 6-1, 6-2
#2D - Adam Anspaugh/Carson Heim (JG) def. Jameson Jones/Andrew Furlow (M) 6-3, 6-0
Concord Invitational (shortened by rain)
Concord 5, Bethany Christian 0
Jimtown 4, Rochester 1
Northridge 4, Penn 1
Thursday, August 20
Jimtown 5, Mishawaka 0
#1S Matt Candler (J) def. Adam Barnett (M) 6-0, 6-0
#2S Shane Cook (J) def. Dylan Thompson (M) 6-0, 6-0
#3S Bret Giddings (J) def. Bobby LeRoy (M) 6-1, 6-2.
#1D Josh George-Brett Aller (J) def. Anthony Tomlinson-Andrew Laubaer (M) 6-2, 6-0
#2D John Gray-Cole Peterson (J) def. Jameson Jones-Andrew Furlow (M) 6-1, 6-0.
Concord 5, Elkhart Central 0
#1S Andre Ziebold (C) def. Sean Purcell (EC) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
#2S Andre Moore (C) def. Nick Burton (EC) 6-2, 6-2
#3S Jason Denton (C) def. Sean Quinn (EC) 6-2, 6-2
#1D Matt Schoeffler-Jared Queener (C) def. Connor Anderson-Peter Thomas (EC) 6-2, 6-0
#2D Mike Ciesielski-Cory Swaller (C) def. Franklin Fisher-Austin Sellers (EC) 6-3, 6-0
Fairfield 5, Bremen 0
#1S Malachi Randolph (FF) def. Taylor Fanning (B) 6-1, 6-2
#2S Brad Shipley (FF) def. Jaxson Burkins (B) 7-5, 6-4
#3S Trent Kauffman (FF) def. Briley Bollenbacher (B) 6-2, 6-2
#1D Josh Beck-Derick Troeger (FF) def. Mitch Cook-Thomas Manges (B) 6-2, 6-4
#2D Derek Thwaits-Nate Kropf (FF) def. Ty Holmes-Alex Overholser (B) 6-2, 6-0
Triton 4, Rochester 1
#1S Ben Montalbano (T) beat Ryan Bohr (R) 6-0, 6-1
#2S Aaron Stuart (R) beat Jeff Ross (T) 7-5, 7-6 (3)
#3S Josh Gephart (T) beat Jacob Schroeder (R) 6-2, 6-0
#1D Bryant Davenport-Darius Stevens (T) beat Phil Keim-Cody Hershberger (R) 6-3, 6-4
#2D Kreig Voreis-Josh Schaffer (T) beat Kyle Calhoun-Josh Calhoun (R) 6-0, 6-4
Tippecanoe Valley 3, North Judson 2
#1S Christopher Lee (NJ) beat Isaac French (TV) 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
#2S Tyler Peterson (TV) beat Clifton Dolezal (NJ) 6-1, 6-0
#3S John Janiczak (NJ) beat Nick Kindig (TV) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
#1D Jake Foley-Ethan McDonald (NJ) beat Mat Bejes-L.J. Mattraw (TV) 6-3, 6-1
#2D Austin Nelson-Jaren Swihart (TV) beat Christopher Lippelt-Johnnie Shelton (NJ) 7-6, 6-1.
Bethany Christian 5, Goshen 0 (see site)
Northridge 5, West Noble 0
Plymouth 4, Wawasee 1
John Glenn 4, South Bend Washington 1
South Bend Riley 5, Marquette 0
Wabash 3, Madison-Grant 2
Scottsburg 4, Eastern 1
East Noble 5, Lakeland 0
Wednesday, August 19
Rochester 3, South Bend Clay 2
#1S Nick Burke (C) beat Ryan Bohr (R) 6-2, 6-4
#2S Aaron Stuart (R) beat Jarrett Keultjes (C) 6-2, 6-1
#3S Jacob Schroder (R) beat Donald Bradley (C) 6-3, 6-1
#1D Austin Green-Peter Lindquist (C) beat Phil Keim-Cody Herschberger (R) 6-3, 6-1
#2D Kyle Calhoun-Josh Calhoun (R) beat John Ovalle-Paul Willis (C) 6-3, 6-2
South Bend Adams 5, Elkhart Memorial 0
Warsaw 3, Columbia City 2
Knox 3, New Prairie 2
Laporte 3, South Bend Riley 2
Tuesday, August 18
Concord 5, John Glenn 0
#1S - Andre Ziebold (C) - 6-1, 6-0 - Trey Rhodes (JG)
#2S - Andre Moore (C) - 6-0, 7-5 - Jordan Hesters (JG)
#3S - Jason Denton (C) - 6-1, 6-1 - Travis Weist (JG)
#1D - Jared Queener/Matt Schoeffler (C) - 6-3, 6-0 - Connor Berkebile/Garrett Blad (JG)
#2D - Mike Ciesielski/Cory Swaller (C) - 6-1, 6-0 - Adam Ansbaugh/Carson Heim (JG)
Jimtown 5, NorthWood 0
#1S - Matt Candler (J) - 6-2, 6-0 - Miro Arguijo (NW)
#2S - Shane Cook (J) - 6-2, 6-0 - Corey Diener (NW)
#3S - Bret Giddings (J) - 6-0, 6-0 - Shawn Stahly (NW)
#1D - Josh George/Brett Aller (J) - 6-0, 6-0 - Ben Zercher/Brennan Angle (NW)
#2D - Jake Hoffman/Jake Ward (J) - 6-3, 6-0 - Jayson Linehart/Tyler Rhoades (NW)
Bremen 5, Tippecanoe Valley 0
#1S - Taylor Fanning (B) - 6-4, 6-1 - Isaac French (TV)
#2S - Jaxson Burkins (B) - 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-5 - Tyler Peterson (TV)
#3S - Briley Bollenbacher (B) - 6-1, 6-2 - Jaren Swihart (TV)
#1D - Ben Sime/Thomas Manges (B) - 7-5, 6-3 - Jake Foley/Ethan McDonald (TV)
#2D - Ty Holmes/Alex Overholser - 6-1, 7-6 (4) - Austin Nelson/Nick Kindig (TV)
Northridge 4, Bethany Christian 1 (see site)
Warsaw 3, Penn 2
New Prairie 3, Clay 2
Columbia City 4, Churubusco 1
Angola 4, FW Snider 1
DeKalb 5, Lakeland 0
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