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Great Bend doubles team earns home title
GB doubles champions

Great Bend's Abbie Moyers/Anna Popp captured the No. 1 doubles division at Saturday's Great Bend Tennis Invitational. Moyers/Popp downed Garden City's Ashleigh Chappel/Syd Nanninga 8-2 in the championship match. The Panthers' tandem also defeated teams from  Liberal, Dodge City, Hoisington and Ellinwood to reach the finals.

Garden City (69) won the team title and Great Bend Red (41) finished runner-up.

At No. 1 doubles, Liberal's Katie Classen/Ara Jurado defeated Ellinwood's Monica Hammeke/Wittney Hammeke, 8-6 for third place.

At No. 1 singles, Hoisington's Audrie Harms defeated Great Bend's Remi Ingram 8-0 for third place. Garden City's Sage Riggs defeated WaKeeney-Trego's Carol Brungardt, 8-3 for first place.

At No. 2 singles, Dodge City's SamNguyen downed Great Bend's Grace Dougherty 8-5 for third place. Garden City's Brooke Ptacek defeated Trego's Kelsey Kinderknecht, 8-3 for first place. 

At No. 2 doubles, Liberal's Riddhi Bombaywala/Brianna Sanders defeated Great Bend's Lakyn Smith/Kaylin Wahlmeier, 8-6 for third place. Dodge City's Becca Unruh/Jazmin Rios downed Garden City's Peighton Tull/Chloe Powell, 8-4 for first place. 

GREAT BEND INVITATIONAL

TEAM SCORES—1—Garden City 69; 2—Great Bend Red 41; 3—Dodge City 39; 4—Liberal 38; 5—Wakeeney Trego 37; 6—Hoisington 33; 7—Ellinwood 19; 8—Great Bend Black 8

NO. 1 SINGLES—1—Sage Riggs, GC def. Carol Brungardt, WT, 8-3; 3—Audrie Harms, H def. Remi Ingram, GB Red, 8-0; 5—Priscilla Vasquez, L def. Faith Heath, DC, 8-3; 7—Madisyn Schlochtermier, E def. McKenna Cape, GB Black, 8-1

Riggs def. Harms, 8-0; Riggs def. Schlochtermier, 8-2; Riggs def. Cape, 8-2; Riggs def. Harms, 8-0; Brungardt def. Schlochtermier, 8-2; Schlochtermier def. Cape, 8-7 (8-6); Brungardt def. Cape, 8-2; Brungardt def. Ingram, 8-3; Harms def. Heath, 8-1; Harms def. Vasquez, 8-2; Ingram def. Harms, 8-4; Ingram def. Heath, 8-4; Heath def. Schlochtermier, 8-1; Vasquez def. Cape, 8-4 

NO. 2 SINGLES—1—Brooke Ptacek, GC def. Kelsey Kinderknecht, WT, 8-3; 3—Sam Nguyen, DC def. Grace Dougherty, GB Black, 8-5; 5—Samantha Colson, H def. Jaciana Rivera, L, 8-5; 7—Daphne Doll, E def. Mollie Phillips, GB Black, 8-5; Ptacek def. Doll, 8-4; Kinderknecht def. Doll, 8-5; Doll def. Phillips, 8-1; Ptacek def. Phillips, 8-1; Kinderknecht def.Phillips, 8-1; Nguyen def. Colson, 8-4; Colson def. Rivera, 8-5; Dougherty def. Colson, 8-5; Nguyen def. Dougherty, 8-7 (10-8); Dougherty def. Rivera, 8-7 (7-4)

NO. 1 DOUBLES—1—Abbie Moyers/Anna Popp, GB Red def. Ashleigh Chappel/Syd Nanninga, GC, 8-2; 3—Katie Classen/Ara Jurado, L def. Monica Hammeke/Wittney Hammeke, E, 8-6; 5—Jewel Escobar/Mariana Ortiz, DC def. Isballe Gonzalez/Tessa Fry, H, 8-2; 7—E def. Madison Huslig/Mya Ward, GB Red, 8-5

GB Red def. L, 8-1; GB Red def. DC, 8-0; GB Red def. H, 8-4; GB Red def. E, 8-4; GC def. E, 8-2; E def. WT, 8-5; E def. GB Black, 8-0; DC def. H, 8-7 (7-2); L def. H, 8-2; H def. WT, 8-4; WT def. GB Black, 8-5; GC def. GB Black, 8-1 

NO. 2 DOUBLES—1—Becca Unruh/Jazmin Rios, DC def. Peighton Tull/Chloe Powell, GC, 8-4; 3—Riddhi Bombaywala/Brianna Sanders, L def. Lakyn Smith/Kaylin Wahlmeier, GB Black, 8-6; 5—Ashlynn George/Mallory Reif, H def. Maddy Moritz/Allison Schneider, WT, 8-2; 7— Grace Hoskins/Kiley Troyer, E def. Madison Huslig/Mya Ward, GB Black, 8-0

DC def. GB Black, 8-1; DC def. H, 8-7 (8-6); DC def. GB Red, 8-4; GC def. E, 8-1; GC def. GB Black, 8-4; WT def. E, 8-5; GB Black def. E, 8-5; GB Black def. WT, 8-0; L def. H, 8-4; H def. GB Red, 8-4; L def. GB Red, 8-6