The Spartans defeated Union County, 5-0, and Rushville, 5-0, to win its own sectional tournament. Connersville last won a regional title in 2019.
Waldron eliminated Southwestern, 5-0, Triton Central, 3-2, and Shelbyville, 3-2, on the way to the program’s third sectional championship (2005, 2019).
The match between the Mohawks and Spartans is one of two regional semifinal matches Tuesday. The other semifinal pits Perry Meridian against Center Grove. The host Trojans are seeking their 33rd regional title while Perry Meridian is chasing its seventh regional championship.
Tuesday’s match winners will meet Wednesday in the regional championship match. The regional champion advances to the Center Grove Semistate on Oct. 7 to face a regional winner from either Columbus North, Indianapolis North Central or Mt. Vernon (Fortville).
The state singles and doubles tournaments start this week at 16 sites across the state including Center Grove where Shelbyville’s and Triton Central’s No. 1 doubles teams will be competing.
Triton Central’s Connor Evans and Eli Sego will face Franklin County’s Trevor Bruns and Ty Bruns Tuesday in a quarterfinal match. The winner then faces Indian Creek’s Landon Sichting and Trent Volz Wednesday in the semifinal round.
Shelbyville’s Karson Schaf and Aiden Smith received a bye into Wednesday’s semifinal round and will face either Roncalli’s Andrew Heiden and Charlie Baker or Franklin’s Brady Tucker and Tyler Jones.
The doubles sectional championship match is slated for 5 p.m. Thursday.
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