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2012 OHSAA Boys State Tennis Tournament Coverage

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2012 OHSAA Boys State Tennis
Tournament
Coverage

 

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State Tennis Tournament Brackets
Singles - Division I | Division II
Doubles - Division I | Division II

 

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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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