GREENTOWN, Ind. — Warm up in the sun, then stop for lightning, restart, play one set, pause for rain, drive home, and return the next day to continue indoors.
Delta girls tennis' school-record seventh straight IHSAA regional title was anything but conventional, yet the Eagles won anyway with a 5-0 sweep over No. 27 Alexandria. The match began Wednesday at Marion High School, where lightning delayed the start time, the girls finished about one set and rain eventually postponed the match.
The teams gathered indoors on Thursday at the Howard County Tennis Center in Greentown, where all but the previously-finished No.