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5.0 years ago @ 10:58PM
- Game Date
- Apr 24, 2019
Indiana sent two teams to the Section Doubles tournament held Wednesday at Valley High School in New Kensington. Seniors Philip Colen and Hammad Affan advanced to the quarterfinals with a 10-2 win over Knoch's Josh Goldshelter and John Mack where they lost 10-4 to Riverview's Richie Lyons and Chase Conroy. Sammy Szep, a sophomore, and senior Evan Ray were Indiana's other entry and the duo advanced to the championship by defeating Mike Condron and Jake Harden (Riverview) 10-0, Sam Blair and Adam Walker (Knoch) 10-0 and Sam Barea and Josh Guzzo (Valley) 6-1, 6-2. They take on Valley's Mike Saliba and Aiden Johnson in Thursday's final. Szep and Ray earn a trip to the WPIAL Doubles tournament next week.
Additionally the team earned it's third consecutive Section 3AA championship with a forfeit win over Burrell HS. The Indian's have won 35 section matches in a row since 2016. The WPIAL team tournament starts next week with Indiana seeking its first ever team championship after earning the runner up trophy in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
(submitted by Coach Phil Palko)