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2012 OHSAA Boys State Tennis
Tournament
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2012 State Tournament Recap
COLUMBUS, Ohio � The 2012 OHSAA boys state tennis tournament crowned
four new champions on a bright, sunny afternoon at the OSU Outdoor
Varsity Tennis Courts, Saturday, May 26.
Colton Buffington, a senior from Westlake, defeated Liberty Township
Lakota East�s Zach Mueck, 6-2, 6-3, to claim the Division I singles
state championship. It was the first state tennis title for Westlake.
Mueck, a senior, finishes as the Division I singles runner-up for the
third consecutive year. In the consolation bracket, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh
Jesuit�s Aaron Sandberg (So.) defeated Perrysburg�s Jeffrey Schorsch
(Jr.), 6-2, 6-1.
In the Division I doubles bracket, 2011 runner-up Mason�s Miguel Cepeda
(Jr.) and Luke Tsai (So.) made it back to the championship match for the
second consecutive year and defeated Cincinnati Sycamore�s Yuri Karev
(Jr.) and Nakul Narendran (Fr.), 6-1, 6-1, to claim their school�s first
state tennis title. The consolation match featured the other Cincinnati
Sycamore team of Dylan Stern (Jr.) and Nikhil Grandhi (Jr.) defeating
Bellbrook�s Jackson Heinz (Sr.) and Wyatt Heinz (So.), 6-4, 6-2.
Sycamore was the only school in the tournament to qualify two doubles
teams. Bellbrook, which won a doubles state tennis title in 1977,
finished fourth following a 2011 fourth place finish in Division II. Of
note, all four teams that played in the Division I semifinals came from
the Southwest district.
In the Division II singles bracket, Pepper Pike Orange�s Maksim Kan
(Jr.) rolled through his tournament trail and finished by defeating
Cincinnati Country Day�s Patrick Wildman (So.), 6-1, 6-0, in the
championship match. Kan won his first two matches 6-0, 6-0 before being
challenged in his semifinal match (Asher Hirsch; Cincinnati Country
Day), which he eventually won 6-2, 6-2. Wildman improved his overall
finish in this year�s state tournament after a third place finish in
2011. In the consolation bracket, Hirsch defeated Bexley senior Matt
Wareti, 6-3, 6-4.
The Division II doubles championship saw Gates Mills Hawken�s Daniel
Lubarsky (Sr.) and Siddarth Ahuja (So.) defeat Lima Central Catholic�s
John Kidd (Sr.) and Alex Swick (Jr.), in a match that lasted two hours
and 45 minutes. After dropping a heartbreaking 6-7 (7-9) set one, Hawken
saw itself down 5-1 early in the second before coming back and claiming
set two, 7-6 (7-3). They then took a commanding 5-2 lead in the third
and were able to hold on by a final count of 7-5. It was the first state
tennis title for Hawken and Lima Central Catholic finished as the
Division II runner-up for the second consecutive year. In the
consolation game, Gates Mills Gilmour Academy�s Mike Riley (Sr.) and
Weston Noall (So.) defeated Toledo Maumee Valley Country Day�s Grant
MacPherson (So.) and Stephen Shin (Sr.), 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
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Times and Format:
Play begins both days at 9 a.m. with Division II singles players,
followed by Division I singles players, followed by doubles teams.
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