By Mike McGraw
Executive Director
INDIANAPOLIS – The John Shirley Invitational held each year at North Central (Indianapolis) is actually a 16-team affair. The teams, however, play in two eight-team brackets – the top teams play in the Shirley Division, while the remaining eight play in the Buckley Division.
The field changes each year based on the performance of the previous year. The top team in the lower division moves up, while the last-place team in the upper division moves down.
You may properly conclude that the Brebeuf Braves have moved up as far as they possibly can. The fourth-ranked Braves were the entrant that was transferred this year from the lower division to the bracket containing the top eight teams, and they are definitely going to stay.
Brebeuf, you see, won the event by an 11-point margin, claiming three of the five individual championships.
The dominance started at No. 1 singles, where Dougie Barnard defeated Jami Clark of North Central 6-4, 6-7, 7-6(10-3) in the final. The Braves then captured both doubles titles – the No. 1 duo of Charlie Hurst and Chris Plump downing Center Grove’s Cameron Hardin and Caleb Fellers 6-2 and 7-5, the No. 2 unit of Rico Lumanlun and R. Kowlowitz easily defeating North Central’s Matt Johnson and Sam Pfeffer 6-2, 6-1.
The day’s other two champions were Ben Cardwell of North Central, who prevailed at No. 2 singles due to a forfeit, and Rashan Shah of Park Tudor at No. 3 singles.
Team scores
1. #4 Brebeuf 41
2. #6 North Central (Indianapolis) 30
3. #1 Carmel 27
3. #9 Park Tudor 27
5. #3 Center Grove 15
6. #2 Indianapolis Cathedral 14
7. #10 Munster 8
8. #11 Homestead 5
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