Cumberland Valley, Hershey and Camp Hill rode undefeated boys’ tennis division records to win the Mid-Penn Commonwealth, Keystone and Colonial, respectively, last year.
This year, State College, Hershey and Camp Hill are atop those divisions with unblemished marks. And that is close to what the Mid-Penn coaches predicted.
There’s still a long way to go in this season, so we’ll see if Cumberland Valley and State College battle for the Commonwealth crown; Hershey and Lower Dauphin fight for Keystone honors and Camp Hill and Trinity are in the running for Colonial hardware.
Here is a look at some of the players who will try to make that happen, and a look back at those who led the charge last season.
Commonwealth Division (in order of last year's finish)
Cumberland Valley: (15-0 overall, 8-0 in division)
Starters lost: Greg Ballew and Ethan Lynn
Starters returning: Luke Clahane, Sr.; Josh Gaspich, Sr.; Anant Gupta, Sr.; Arsaian Kahn, Sr.; and Rajiv Venkatadri, Sr.
State College: (13-3, 7-1)
Starters lost: Ed Badding and Cooper Josephs
Starters returning: Dan Shull, So.; Sam Wherley, Jr.; Luke Plowden, Sr.; Enrique delCastillo, Jr.; Shreyas Radhakrishna, Jr.
Red Land: (14-2, 6-2)
Starters lost: Ben Kunkel, Mike Bacior, Alex Koscil and Brandon Shoop
Starters returning: Treaton Kerr, Sr.; Luke Sade, Sr.; Paul Hedin, Jr.; Andrew Otto, Jr.; Peter Landis, Jr.
Central Dauphin: (8-8, 4-4)
Starters lost:
Starters returning:
Mifflin County: (8-9, 4-4)
Starters lost: Jacob Cram and Ben Hugendubler
Starters returning: Cody Donaldson, Sr.; Clay Morgan, Sr.; Benjamin Renninger, Sr.; Connor Saltzer, Sr.; and Matt DeBenedetto, Jr.
CD East: (7-8, 4-4)
Starters lost: Nate Beachy and Eric Scheetz
Starters returning: David Wilson, Sr.; Thai Do, Sr.; Young Park, Sr.; Tim Egner, Jr.
Chambersburg: (3-13, 1-7)
Starters lost: Brendan Bittle, Kayshaun Fitzgerald, Brendan Little, Moritz Pletz, Charlie Scanzello, Luke Stricker, Brendon White, and Alex Williams
Starters returning: Mitch Rosenberger, Jr.; Nayyer Malik, Jr.; Haris Ahmed, Jr.; and Jay Padalia, So.
Carlisle: (1-14, 1-7)
Starters lost: Patrick Kennaly, Cody Lebo, Nick Wagner and Shaoliang Zheng
Starters returning: Garrett Albert, Sr.; David Carter, Sr.; Jared Cavanagh, Sr.; John Heffernan, Sr.; Matt Richards, Sr.; Josh Hicks, Jr.
Cedar Cliff: (1-14, 1-7)
Starters lost: Thomas Kutz and Yiannis Mallios
Starters returning: Conner Gill, Sr.; Aneei Maini, Sr.; Seth Wilson, Sr.; Ben Work, Sr.; Ryan Musselman, Jr.; Victor Cavataio, Jr.
Keystone Division
Hershey: (13-2, 6-0)
Starters lost: Elbert Mets, Kabir Singh
Starters returning: Ben Wagner, Sr.; Ben Gette, Sr.; Aaron Ellenberger, Sr.; David Muscalus, Sr.; Jacob Jastrzebski, So.
Mechanicsburg: (11-4, 5-1)
Starters lost: Andrew Baer, Joel Eisenhower, Kevin Koch, Josh Ringquist, Matt Strauch and Evan Vrabel
Starters returning: Sam Eisenhower, Jr.; Preston Gould, Jr.
Lower Dauphin: (10-6, 4-2)
Starters lost: Luke McCormick
Starters returning: Nate Carl, Sr.; Todd Espenshade, Sr.; Tom Graden, Sr.; Rye Morris, Sr.; Tim Fulton, Jr.; Josh Carl, So.; Beck Wiles, So.
Susquehanna Twp.: (6-8, 3-3)
Starters lost: David Ballinger, Ethan DeBroff, Jake DeBroff, Gabe Freedman, David Huber, Alec Kosik, and Elisha Raeker-Jordan
Starters returning: Brandon Fuller, Sr.; Kensey Principe, Jr.
Palmyra: (5-11, 2-4)
Starters lost: Pearce Clary, John Griffin, Tyler Shank, Evan Azzara, Julien Haghani, and Simon Goldhofer
Starters returning: Eric Lynn, So.
Gettysburg: (3-11, 1-5)
Starters lost: Cody Keifer Mason, Jacob Schneckloth
Starters returning: Connor Smith, Sr.
Northern York: (4-13, 0-6)
Starters lost: Caleb Thompson and Alex Crisamore
Starters returning: Ryan Boucher, Sr.; Patrick Daggs, Sr.; Ben Hammen, Sr.; Trevor Kline, Sr.; Rusty Miller, Sr.; Austin Snyder, Sr.; Brian Daggs, So.
Colonial Division
Camp Hill: (12-0, 12-0)
Starters lost: Matthew Leach and A.J. Zdanowicz
Starters returning: Brett Behney, Sr.; Troy Getty, Sr.; James Hepfer, Sr.; Patrick Young, Sr.; Paxton Fitzpatrick, Jr.
James Buchanan: (14-2, 10-2)
Starters lost: Aubrey Brown, Blake Hissong, Colton Kelly, Tyler Pittman, Andrew Rupert, Grant Strawoet, and Garrett Malanka
Starters returning: Clay Leab, Sr.; Clay Murray, Jr.; Matt Schofield, Jr.; and Chance Wishard, So.
Trinity: (9-4, 8-4)
Starters lost: Than Aung, Aaron Bloschichak, Alex Cramer, Nate Gracey, Louis Guyer Nathan Jekel, Chase Ketterman and Mark Moore
Starters returning: Aleks Bloschichak, Jr.; Ben Fodness, Jr.; George Hempt, Jr.; and Gerald Hempt, Jr.
Middletown: (7-6, 6-6)
Starters lost: Cody Friedrich, and Joe Harkins
Starters returning: D.J. Brinton, Sr.; Ivan Hernandez, Sr.; Alex Mosher, Sr.; Harry Kapenstein, Jr.; Travis Patry, Jr.
Bishop McDevitt: (4-10, 3-9)
Starters lost: Matt Fulponi and Ryan Smith,
Starters returning: Steven Lacey, Sr.; Nick Longson, Sr.; Alex Metro, Sr.; Andy Tran, Sr.; Tongyan Wu, Sr.; Ryan Petrasic, Sr.; Chris Mixon, Jr.
East Pennsboro: (3-10, 3-9)
Starters lost: Drew Williams, Andrew Williams, Matt Price, Hai Nguyen and Kevin Dunkleberger
Starters returning: Erik Etter, Sr.; John Linnehan, Sr.; Phil Alsher, Jr.; Tyler Hamilton, So.
Susquenita: (1-14, 0-12)
Starters lost: Dalton Mabius
Starters returning: Chance Swartz, Sr.; Evan Allison, Sr.; Ryan Kirkoff, Sr.; and Ryan Peterson, Sr.; Jared Rosenberger, Jr.; and Joe Aunspach, Jr.