Patriots hand Bull Dogs first loss of season

Alek Devidze

Co-No. 17 Columbus North won the No. 1 singles match, but dropped the other four to take a 4-1 Conference Indiana boys tennis loss to Terre Haute North Saturday.

Alek Devidze beat Cam Bacon 6-0, 7-5 at No. 1 singles for the Bull Dogs (3-1, 1-1).

Columbus North’s Max Wei fell to Ben Caddick 6-3, 6-3 at No. 2 single, and Jace Branham lost to Noah Walker 6-3, 6-2 at No. 2 singles. Teddy Littrell and Vince Sasse fell to Christian Foltz and Garrett Hawthorne 6-2, 2-6, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles, and Jaishal Padmanabhan and Harsil Gandhi lost to Parker Higham an Brady Klopfenstein 6-1, 6-4 at No. 2 doubles.