{"id":7614,"date":"2023-10-04T20:21:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T00:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=7614"},"modified":"2023-10-04T21:20:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T01:20:36","slug":"brown-keeps-tennis-dreams-alive-with-singles-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/04\/brown-keeps-tennis-dreams-alive-with-singles-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown keeps tennis dreams alive with singles win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Adams Central&#8217;s Ean Brown kept his season alive Wednesday night with a win over Rochester&#8217;s Tanner Reinertz and advanced to the individual regional as one of the few local players still playing in 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brownsectional-482x1024.jpg?resize=482%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brownsectional-scaled.jpg?resize=482%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 482w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brownsectional-scaled.jpg?resize=141%2C300&amp;ssl=1 141w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brownsectional-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1632&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brownsectional-scaled.jpg?resize=723%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 723w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brownsectional-scaled.jpg?resize=964%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 964w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brownsectional-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C2176&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brownsectional-scaled.jpg?w=1205&amp;ssl=1 1205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Adams Central&#8217;s Ean Brown poses with his individual sectional championship ribbon after winning Wednesday at Peru. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 6-1, 6-0 victory came at Peru High School against his Zebra opponent and sets Brown up for a good ten days of practice before he competes again. The individual regional will be held at Kokomo High School on October 14th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad-1024x601.jpg?resize=640%2C376\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?resize=1024%2C601&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?resize=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?resize=768%2C451&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A victory on the 14th would send Brown to the IHSAA State Finals in Indianapolis, as there is no semi-state level in the single-class, single-elimination singles tournament. His record now sits at 16-6 after Wednesday&#8217;s win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He showed tremendous composure tonight,&#8221; said head coach Brent Doster afterwards. &#8220;His first serve was dialed in and his return of serve was the best it has been all year. I am just super proud of this young man on and off the court.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DN2A8951-1-1024x893.jpeg?resize=640%2C558\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DN2A8951-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C893&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DN2A8951-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C261&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DN2A8951-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C669&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DN2A8951-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1339&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DN2A8951-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1785&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DN2A8951-1-scaled.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DN2A8951-1-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ean Brown will get a chance to qualify for the State Finals on October 14th at Kokomo. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the team competition, Huntington North knocked off hosts Peru in a tight 3-2 match, while Homestead advanced with a sweep of Norwell, 5-0. The Vikings and Spartans will face each other for a spot in the Homestead Semi-State, which will take place this Saturday, October 7th. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adams Central&#8217;s Ean Brown kept his season alive Wednesday night with a win over Rochester&#8217;s Tanner Reinertz and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[29,15,26,36],"class_list":["post-7614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-adamscentral","tag-featured","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DN2A9088-scaled.jpeg?fit=2352%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}