September 30, 2024

The sectional pairings for the 58th Annual IHSAA Boys Tennis State Tournament were revealed to an online audience via IHSAAtv.org this evening.

A total of 292 schools were drawn and placed into brackets for the team tournament which begins Tuesday (Oct. 1) and runs through Saturday (Oct. 5).

The 64 team sectional winners will advance to regional play Oct. 8 and 9 at 16 sites. The regional champions will advance to semi-state play Oct. 12 at Center Grove, Culver Academies, Homestead, and Jasper. The eight-team state finals are scheduled for Oct. 18 and 19 with all matches – quarterfinals, semifinals and statechampionship – being played at North Central High School in Indianapolis.

The Brebeuf Jesuit Braves, the top-ranked team in this week’s poll from the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association (IHSTeCA), will meet Pike in the semifinals of Sectional 36.

The defending state champion and third-ranked Carmel Greyhounds will host No. 12 Guerin Catholic in a Sectional 35 first round match.

State tournament brackets, including dates and times and results for each match, will be uploaded to IHSAA.org this week.

COMPLETE SECTIONAL BRACKETS

All Indiana boys tennis team compete in just one state tournament.


About the Draw
To conduct the random drawing for the state tournament, the IHSAA places ping-pong balls representing each school in each sectional into a lottery-style air mix machine. A motorized fan in the bottom of the machine blows the balls around the inside of the transparent container and air then forces each ball up through a tube in random order. For example, the first ball retrieved from the machine will be the first placement in the first match with the second ball representing their opponent in that match. The third ball to come out is the third placement in the second match with the fourth ball their opponent in the second match.

That same method is followed through all sectionals, regionals and semi-states to determine every team’s
placement in the bracket.

Schools Entered: 292 schools. 291 matches will be played over the three‐week tournament.

Defending Sectional Champions
Andrean, Austin, Avon, Batesville, Bloomington South, Carmel, Center Grove, Chesterton, Columbus North, Connersville, Covenant Christian, Crawfordsville, Culver Academies, Delta, East Noble, Evansville
Memorial, Fishers, Floyd Central, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Fountain Central, Franklin Central,
Frankton, Gibson Southern, Goshen, Greenfield-Central, Hanover Central, Heritage Hills, Homestead,
Huntington North, Indianapolis Cathedral, Jasper, Jay County, Jeffersonville, Lanesville, LaPorte, Leo,
Loogootee, Mooresville, Munster, New Castle, Noblesville, North Central (Indianapolis), North Posey,
Northeastern, Northridge, Norwell, Park Tudor, Penn, Perry Meridian, Peru, River Forest, Seeger, Seymour,
Silver Creek, South Bend Saint Joseph, Sullivan, Terre Haute South Vigo, Twin Lakes, Vincennes Lincoln,
Waldron, Warsaw, West Lafayette, Western, Westview.

Most Consecutive Sectional Championships
43 by Munster (1981-current).

1981 Munster Boys Tennis

Active Sectional Championship Streaks (Three or more years)
43: Munster.
37: Floyd Central.
31: Delta.
22: Penn.
20: Culver Academies.
18: Jasper.
17: Jeffersonville.
15: South Bend Saint Joseph.
14: Carmel.
13: North Central (Indianapolis).
12: Columbus North.
10: Homestead.
8: Westview.
7: Center Grove.
6: Bloomington South, Loogootee, Perry Meridian, Peru, Terre Haute South Vigo.
5: Batesville, Huntington North.
4: Goshen.
3: Avon, Chesterton, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Franklin Central, LaPorte, Northridge.

Won First Sectional Championship Last Year
Sullivan

Top 10 All-Time Sectional Championships

50: Munster.
46: Columbus North, North Central (Indianapolis).
43: Jasper.
42: Homestead.
40: Floyd Central.

37:Carmel, Silver Creek.
36: Center Grove.
35: New Albany, Richmond, West Lafayette.