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2013 OHSAA Boys Tennis
State Tournament
Coverage
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State Tournament Brackets:
2013 OHSAA Boys
Tennis State Tournament
OSU Outdoor Varsity Tennis
Courts
The Ohio State University, Columbus
May 31 & June 1, 2013
Cincinnati Country Day School becomes 20th program
to have champion and runner-up in same year
COLUMBUS, Ohio � Cincinnati Country Day School became the 20th school to
have a boys tennis state champion and runner-up in the same year at the
2013 OHSAA boys state tennis tournament at the OSU Outdoor Varsity
Tennis Courts, Saturday, June 1. For the second consecutive year the
tournament also crowned four new champions.
The Indians� Patrick Wildman (Jr.) and Asher Hirsch (So.), who finished
second and third during last year�s state tournament respectively,
worked their way through the bracket and faced off for the Division II
singles state championship on the windy Saturday afternoon. Hirsch
eventually defeated his teammate, 6-4, 6-4, and the duo became the first
school to claim the champion and runner-up titles in the same year since
Columbus Academy in 2010. It was Country Day School�s fifth state
singles title, but first since 2009. In the consolation bracket,
Cincinnati Seven Hills� John Larkin (Sr.) defeated Warren John F.
Kennedy�s Jad Abdul-Aal (Sr.), 6-1, 5-7, 6-1.
In the Division I singles bracket, three-time state qualifier Jacob
Dunbar (Sr., Lodi Cloverleaf) defeated 2012 third-place finisher Aaron
Sandberg (Jr., Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit), 6-1, 6-1, to claim the
school�s first boys tennis state title. In the consolation match
four-time state qualifier Stuart Little (Sr., Upper Arlington) defeated
Gahanna Lincoln�s Canyon Teague (Sr.), 6-3, 6-3.
In the Division II doubles bracket, Gahanna Columbus Academy senior
Abram Schottenstein made it back to the state tournament with new
partner Jacob Wareti (Fr.) and defeated Cincinnati Hills Christian
Academy�s Ben Wittkugel (Sr.) and Colin Kenney (Sr.), 6-1, 6-4, to claim
Academy�s fifth doubles state tennis crown. In the consolation match
Gates Mills Hawken�s Adam Lee (Jr.) and Vidyut Yadav (Fr.) defeated
Cincinnati Indian Hill�s Raghav Joshi (Sr.) and Will Jaroszewicz (Sr.),
6-4, 3-6, 6-1.
In the Division I doubles bracket, Upper Arlington�s Jeffrey Melvin
(Jr.) and Nate Wallace (Sr.) won their school�s state-record 17th
doubles state championship and third in the last four years. They
defeated Cincinnati Sycamore�s Dylan Stern (Sr.) and Deepak Indrakanti
(So.). In the consolation match Mason�s Alexander Lebedev (Jr.) and Nick
Blair (So.) defeated Toledo St. John�s Jesuit�s Kevin Brown (So.) and
Ryan Brown (Jr.), 6-1, 6-2.
Click
here to read the 2013 Boys Tennis State Tournament Preview
Times and Format:
Play
begins at the OSU Outdoor Varsity Tennis Courts both days at 9 a.m. with Division I singles players,
followed by Division II singles players, followed by doubles
teams.
Rain
Facility: Elysium Tennis Center, Plain City
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Parking at Elysium
Tennis Center:
Spectators will park at Darree Fields Park,
please enter from Houchard Rd., for the state tennis tournament
should it move indoors to Elysium Tennis Center. The
transportation Company, Capital Transportation will transport
from Darree Fields to Elysium Tennis Center with shuttle service
beginning at 9:30 a.m. There will be no shuttle service on
Saturday, spectators may park at Elysium Tennis Center.
-Click
here for a map of Darree Fields Park location.
-Click
here for a map of Elysium Tennis Center location.
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