CMA’s Sam Concannon is getting ready for state singles play

Sam Concannon, the No. 1 singles tennis player for Culver Military Academy, will be participating in the individual state tennis tournament this weekend at Park Tudor School in Indianapolis.

Concannon will be playing Bloomington South’s Will Piekarsky in his first round match at 2 p.m. Friday. Concannon is currently 22-0 (16-0 regular season, 6-0 in tournament play). Pierkarsky is 18-5 (13-5, 5-0). Just eight No. 1 singles players and six No. 1 doubles teams play in the individual state tournament.

Concannon moved to the individual tournament after he won his state quarterfinal match against Delta’s Joe Wegner, 6-0, 6-2. The Eagles lost the team competition, though, 4-1. Based on his record, Concannon received the No. 2 seed in the individual tournament.

The semifinals will see the winner of Concannon’s match play at 10 a.m. on Saturday, with the championship match scheduled for 2 p.m. Park Tudor is located at 7200 N. College Ave., Indianapolis. Admission is $5.

BOYS TENNIS INDIVIDUAL STATE TOURNAMENT

Site: Park Tudor School, 7200 N. College Avenue, Indianapolis.

Dates: October 24-25, 2014.

Times: Friday, 2 pm ET; Saturday 10 am, 2 pm ET.

Admission: $5 per person.

Singles

Quarterfinals | Friday, 2 pm ET

Match 1: Danny Rayl (12) Park Tudor (11-0, 7-0) vs. Jack Hibbard (12) Wheeler (19-1, 5-0).

Match 2: Austin Mohamedali (10) East Noble (18-4, 5-0) vs. Ian Landwehr (11) Yorktown (22-0, 6-0).

Match 3: Anthony Sanders (12) Columbus North (14-7, 6-0) vs. Grant Esposito (12) Northeastern (20-2, 5-0).

Match 4: Sam Concannon (11) Culver Academies (16-0, 6-0) vs. Will Piekarsky (11) Bloomington South (13-5, 5-0).

Semifinals | Saturday, 10 am ET

Match 5: Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

Match 6: Winner of Match 3 vs. Winner of Match 4.

State Championship | Saturday, 2 pm ET

Match 7: Winner of Match 5 vs. Winner of Match 6.