With a 4-1 win at Southmont Tuesday, North Montgomery has secured the Montgomery County title.

No. 1 singles Devan Plant was able to defeat Luke Cope 6-2, 6-1. Matt Jackman defeated Will Glancy 6-2 in both sets in the no. 3 singles spot. The Chargers were able to claim both doubles matches as Mitch Merica and Tyler Swick beat Jack Reimondo and Reese Long 7-5, 6-3. Jaxon Plant and partner Tim Newlin were the only ones to go to the third set as they bested Clayton Berrisford and Ben Paddock 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the no. 2 doubles spot.

Southmont’s Patrick Scheidler defeated Chargers’ Chase Donaldson in the no. 2 singles spot 6-3, 6-0. The Mounties will travel to Lebanon on Sept. 22 for the regular season finale. North Montgomery will travel to Kokomo for the Wildkat Open on Sept. 24. 

The Chargin’ Chargers of North Montgomery came away with a 3-2 victory against their county and conference rival Crawfordsville.

The two doubles matches is where the tide turned quickly as both pairings for the Chargers won their matches in straight sets. Mitch Merica and Tyler Swick defeated Blake Froedge and Mitchell Karp 6-1, 6-0. Jaxon Plant and Tim Newlin were able to get by Josh Blackburn and Parker Watt 6-0, 6-1.

Back and forth. Back and forth.

That was how the night went for No. 2 doubles in the county match-up between Crawfordsville and North.

The ball game was all tied up. The Athenians took two and the Chargers took two. The night rested on two pairs: seniors Trey Barton and Cameron Douglas and freshman Matt Jackman and Jaxon Plant.

Dane Baldwin had won at No. 1 singles against Devon Plant to tie with the most records of Crawfordsville tennis wins. Plant had the upper hand for the first two games but Baldwin quickly came back to win 6-1, 6-0. Juan Huesca took a 6-1, 6-0 win against Luke Welliever. However, No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles for North put the game at a draw.

Mitch Merica and Tyler Swick only gave up one game staying just ahead of Sam Lucas and Reeve Hawkins. A slam from Merica brought the match to a close with No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles still battling it out.

Tyler Swick and No. 1 doubles partner Mitch Merica helped the team overcome the Tiger Cubs 4-1. They defeated Greencastle’s Nathan Gobert and Elijah Lewis in two sets, 6-3, 6-4.

North is at 2-0 in conference and will be prepping for the county match-up against Crawfordsville on Monday.

Aug. 16	at Peru - scrimmage	10 a.m.	Map
Aug. 19	Pike	Canceled	Map
Aug. 23	at Lawrence Central Invite	L, L, W	Map
Aug. 26	Fountain Central	W, 5-0	Recap
Aug. 30	North Montgomery Invite	Champs	Map
Sept. 2	Danville	W, 5-0	Recap
Sept. 3	at Lebanon	L, 5-0	Recap
Sept. 6	at McCutcheon Invite	L, L, L	Recap
Sept. 9	Covington	L	Map
Sept. 11	at Greencastle	L, 3-2	Recap
Sept. 15	at Crawfordsville	L, 4-1	Recap
Sept. 16	Frankfort	W, 4-1	Recap
Sept. 18	at Seeger	L, 3-2	Recap
Sept. 22	at Western Boone	L, 5-0	Recap
Sept. 23	at Southmont	L, 3-2	Recap
Sept. 27	at Kokomo Invite	4th	Map