Delta’s sixth victory over a state-ranked team this season was its most dramatic. The 13th-ranked Eagles won the championship of the Delta Invitational on Saturday afternoon by beating 17th-ranked Western 4-1. The Panthers returned their full lineup from last year’s team that lost 3-2 to South Bend St. Joseph’s in the semi-state. We expected this… Read More

After a two-year drought, the most dominant program in the history of the Hoosier Heritage Conference is back on top. Delta boys’ tennis clinched at least a share of the HHC championship for the 26th time on Wednesday evening with a 5-0 shutout victory at Pendleton Heights. The 13th-ranked Eagles (13-2 overall) improved to 6-0… Read More

The boys’ tennis continues to grow, not just in physical ability but in mental toughness and grit. Wednesday’s match presented a difficult challenge for several reasons: > The Eagles were up against 14th-ranked Fort Wayne Carroll, a team Delta had narrowly beaten 3-2 on Sept. 6 with the help of two third-set tiebreak wins.  With… Read More

One of the craziest streaks in east-central Indiana sports history gained another notch on Tuesday evening as the visiting Delta boys’ tennis team beat rival Yorktown for the 60th consecutive time. This streak spans 32 years, dating all the way back to when Bill Clinton was president, Charles Barkley was the NBA MVP, Bobby Knight… Read More

For the first time this season, rain interrupted our weekend tennis fun.  But it wasn’t a complete washout as varsity and reserve each got some action in Saturday before the rains arrived. Varsity started the day against Peru at the annual Kokomo Invitational. The Eagles won 5-0 with just one match being extended to a… Read More

Visiting Lapel put some early heat on Delta at all three varsity singles positions, but the young Eagles kept their composure and rallied back for a 5-0 sweep on Wednesday evening. Lapel led 5-2 at No. 1 singles, 4-1 at No. 2 singles, and 6-1 at No. 3 singles.  That means in those three singles… Read More

In the first three weeks of the season, the Eagles competed against 10 different state-ranked teams. That rugged schedule paid off Tuesday evening as Delta traveled to New Castle and blitzed the Trojans 5-0 at the varsity level and 8-0 at the JV level to remain in first place in the Hoosier Heritage Conference. For… Read More

The Eagles used their depth and versatility to put together a great day of tennis on Saturday at the Fort Wayne Carroll Invitational. Using a variety of lineups, 16th-ranked Delta won two of three dual matches and finished third in the powerful tournament. In the opening round, the Eagles used a singles lineup consisting of… Read More

Typically once or twice a season, a varsity singles or doubles match in high school tennis will extend longer than three hours. So when it happens three times in the same evening, you can bet it will be a match that will be remembered for many years. Delta outlasted Greenfield-Central 3-2 on Tuesday night in… Read More

With Shelbyville officially leaving the Hoosier Heritage Conference after this season, the future of the tennis series between Delta and Shelbyville is unclear.  But if Saturday turns out to be the final meeting of the two schools in boys’ tennis, the series ended with a bang. The Eagles won 5-0 in the match at the… Read More