Academy Trumps Tiger Tennis

In a matchup of perennial regional challengers, Culver Academy used a pair of singles courts and a split in doubles to defeat Warsaw, 3-2, Wednesday afternoon at the Tiger Tennis Complex.

Sam Cancannon and Chris Bilicic held court at one and two singles. Cancannon shut out Chris Herendeen love and love while Bilicic was almost as efficient against Colton Lind love and two.

The Eagles posted the win official after the two doubles pair of Ean Anderson and Evan Dillon held off Hayden Steger and Hudson Snyder 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.

The Tigers had wins from No. 3 singles when Andrew Gauger dropped Josh Thompkins four and two and the No. 1 doubles group of Justin Stout and David Homme cleared Brian Tao and William Bilicic 7-5, 6-3.

The Culver Academy JV defeated Warsaw 9-3. Results are as follows:

#1S: Ian Smith (C) def. Ryan Wettschurack (W) 8-2
#2S: Andree Darrell (C) def. Nolan Knight (W)  8-0
#3S: George DeVries (C) def. Nick Marsh (W) 8-1
#4S: Nick Marsh (W) def. Bruce Teng (C) 6-3
#1D: Charles Zhang & Vincent Huang (C) def. Spencer Britton & Reuben Williams (W) 8-1
#2D: Santiago Fernandez & Byron Shi (C) def. Brandon Chan & Ethan Hoff (W) 8-1
#3D: Henry Bilicic (C) def. Bryce Pequignot & Keeton Batol (W) 6-0
#4D: Kyler Bartol & Diego Miguel (W) def. Will LeVan & Tommy Schacht (C) 6-4
#5D: Augusta Dotaduy & Jack Benner (C) def. Jarod Barber & Eric Baumgartner (W) 6-3
#6D: Gary Ge & Troy Shen (C) def. Grant Wolfe & Bailey Buhrt (W) 6-3
#7D: Dawson Vilamma & Tanner Lockridge (W) def. Reilly Combs & Jason Lai (C) 6-4
#8D: Jackson Walsh & Om Umare (C) def. Noah Hutton & Jarret Orr (W) 6-0

Warsaw (4-3) will take on its third opponent in three days when the team travels to Plymouth Thursday afternoon for a Northern Lakes Conference tussle.

Concord Takes Command

In what has been a very close boys soccer rivalry in recent years, Concord made no bones it was superior in 2015. The Minutemen ripped the net often in a 5-1 win over Warsaw in Dunlap.

Warsaw’s Eduardo Calderon was the lone goal scorer for the visitors. Concord’s goal scorers were not immediately released.

The Concord JV beat Warsaw 2-1. Alvaro Aguillon had the tally for the Tiger juniors.

The Tigers fall to 1-5 overall with a pair of dates at the Fort Wayne Carroll Invitational this Thursday and Saturday next up on the slate.