HSE Boys Tennis finished their season in 9th place in the state. They started their season off shaky with a loss against Carmel 0-5 on August 15th. We asked senior George Ostrowski what it was like to start the season off with a loss and he said.
“So every season we always start off playing Carmel, which is always a tough opponent as they have won several state championships and always find themselves in the top 3 in rankings. Most of us are discouraged at first just because of the fact that we play them first, which is why i think most of our team loses. Brady Rhoades and I started off hot when we won the first set easily but we fell the rest of the match, but everyone has learned to push that aside as we cant base the whole season off of one loss. So Brady and I just learned from that and we only lost 1 other match the whole season.”
The team starts to move into a more positive direction with a win against Brownsburg High school 5-0 on August 22nd. The boys had a close game with Zionsville but fell 2-3 on August 27th. The boys then competed in the John Shirley Invitational at Homestead High school on August 31st and placed 4th. Brebeuf High School placed 1st and Carmel High School and Homestead High School tied for 2nd place. The next game was against Westfield away at Westfield on September 3rd and won 3-2.
The season started to head in a great direction with a conference win against Noblesville High school 4-1 on September 5th. The boys head into a win streak with a clean sweep against North Central High school 5-0 on September 9th. The boys then headed into Mudsock week with their heads held high and won 3-2 against Fishers on September 10th. We asked senior Leo Mcveigh how he felt about winning the Mudsock trophy this year he said
“It felt good since we didn’t win last year, so it felt good knowing we have improved. But it was also cool because of how hard our doubles fought to win it for us.”
As the boys carried on after a Mudsock win they won 4-1 against Avon High school on September 12th. In a tough battle against Center Grove High school on September 14th the boys came short 0-5 ending their win streak. Even though they had a tough loss over the weekend the boys came back strong with a win against Franklin Central 5-0 on September 16th. The boys then had a close match against Park Tudor High school 3-2 on September 18th. The team then heads in the HCC Championship at Fishers High school on September 19th and September 21st ending in 2nd place with Zionsville right above them in 1st. Coming to the end of September the boys had one more game before sectionals against Cathedral High school, they won 4-1 on September 25th.
With October just starting the boys head into sectionals on October 2nd Against Anderson High school, they win 5-0 securing the Royals into the 2nd round of sectionals. The 2nd round is played on October 3rd and against Fishers high school which in the regular season they won 3-2, so the boys went into the match confident. The team fought hard but came up short ending the team season 2-3.
Doubles partners Landon Osswald and Tyler Rich continue on in the Individual competition. They played Shenandoah High school in sectionals on October 8th winning in split sets securing their spot in regionals undefeated. The first round of regionals was against Shelbyville High school on October with an ending score of 6-4, 7-5 sending the boys straight into the 2nd round of regionals against Brownstown Central High school. The boys win with a score of 7-5, 6-2 sending them straight to the doubles state championship.
“It was awesome qualifying for state!! The feeling of accomplishing something that only few teams in our school’s history is something I’ll never forget. We played really good and had to beat some tricky teams to get to state including our arch rival fishers. It was all a really enjoyable experience for sure!” says junior Landon Osswald
” I was very excited because it would be the first time I had reached state in high school tennis. However, I was focused and felt prepared since I had improved a lot over the season.” says Senior Tyler Rich
The boys had made it far while still being undefeated heading into state on October 25th and 26th at Park Tudor High school. The first round was against Western and the boys were ready. They won the first round of state 6-2, 6-3 sending them straight into the second round against Carmel. The second round was played on October 26th early in the morning and the boys were ready. In a tough battle the boys sadly loss to Carmel 2-6 ending the 2024-2025 season.
