GT RANKINGS: Jasper cracks first five in fourth poll

By E. Shawn Aylsworth

Managing Editor

The Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association has released its fourth girls tennis poll of the 2009 season, and the news this week is Jasper’s ascension into the first five following a third-place finish at the loaded Carmel Invitational.

The host of that tournament, Carmel once again trades places with Munster as the latter moves from third into second after downing the Greyhounds by one team point. Four-time defending state champion Park Tudor remains No. 1, with Indianapolis Cathedral bumping up one spot from fifth to fourth.

Elsewhere, Terre Haute North continues its steady creep upward in moving from 10th to eighth, while South Bend St. Joseph’s rises three spots from 15th to 12th. Indianapolis Chatard (26th), Kankakee Valley (28th), and Martinsville (29th) are new this week, while West Lafayette (previously 19th), Avon (24th), and Warren Central (29th) fall out of the rankings.

Here are your Top 30 teams from April 27:

1. Park Tudor

2. Munster

3. Carmel

4. Indianapolis Cathedral

5. Jasper

6. Center Grove

7. Terre Haute South

8. Terre Haute North

9. Columbus North

10. Greenwood

11. Brebeuf