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Tippecanoe- The Red Devils opened the season last week with a 5-0 loss to Greenville. Phillip Bullard lost at first singles to Noah Haupt 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, while at second singles, Tipp’s Eric Staley lost to Craig Manges 6-0, 6-4. Tipp’s Michael Gross also lost at third singles 6-4, 6-1.

At first doubles, Sam and Casey Kronour lost to Alex Lance and Tyler Davis 6-4, 6-4, and at second doubles, it was Zach Wildermuth and Evan Hill losing to Austin Grote and Josh Smith 6-1, 7-5.

The other games last week for the Red Devils were cancelled due to the weather, as their game against Tecumseh and Lehman will likely be rescheduled.

Tecumseh- Tecumseh started off the week with a solid 3-2 victory over Milton Union in a non-conference match. Phillip Brumbaugh defeated Tecumseh’s Mitchell Foland at first singles 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, then won their second match on the day, as Luke Ferguson defeated Michael Green 6-2, 6-1 before the Arrows fought back to win the third singles match as Anton Brehmer defeated Caleb Black 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.

The Arrows needed to win the doubles matches to defeat the Bulldogs. At first doubles, Will Sims and Allen Eben lost the set to Nick Brumbaugh and Logan Dickison 6-3, before the Tecumseh duo won the last two 7-6, 6-4.

Finally at second doubles, Tyler Adams and Sam Mulkey defeated Adam Krepper and Ethan Dohner 6-3, 6-1 to wrap up the team victory.

Also last week, Tecumseh defeated Cedarville 4-1. Foland won at first singles over Jason Brown 6-1, 6-1, and Green won his second singles match over Ben Heath 6-2, 6-4. The lone Tecumseh loss was at third singles, as Brehmer lost to Colton Lewis 6-4, 1-6, 14-12 in the tie breaker.

Sims and Eben defeated Ian Waltz and Everett Tye 6-2, 6-0 at first doubles, and at second doubles it was Adams and Mulkey over Sarah Pitts and Bryan Crossman 6-1, 6-0.

In a CBC contest, Tecumseh defeated Shawnee 4-1. Green and Brehman all won their singles matches, while both doubles teams were also winners for the Arrows.

Also, last week it was reported that Troy swept the series against the Arrows in their non conference game, when the final score was actually 4-1 Troy.

Troy- The Trojans defeated Northridge 5-0 last week in a non-league contest. Scores were unavailable for this match.

Troy continued their strong start to the season with a 5-0 victory over Stebbins. Shane Essick defeated Conner Schrock 6-0, 6-0 in the first singles match, and also sweeping all 12 games was third singles player Matt Schmitt. At second singles, Elijah Sadier defeated Riley Timbrook 6-0, 6-1 to give the Trojans an easy sweep in the singles matches.

At first doubles, Troy’s Andrew Magoteaux and Nick Pruis defeated Mike Hoff and Kyle Higgins 6-2, 6-1 to continue the shutout for the Trojans, and at second doubles, Carter Hench and Jack Johnston cruised past Dylan Clad and Mike Schuster 6-1, 6-0.

With the win, Troy stood 5-0 on the season.

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