Larned cruises to tennis title

LARNED — Larned’s No. 1 singles Ella McNett (4-0) and No. 1 doubles Abby Holt/Sarah Manry (3-0) captured first place to lead the Indians (31) to first place at Thursday’s Larned Tennis Invitational.

McNett defeated Cimarron’s Emily Goetz, 7-4 in the finals. Holt/Manry downed Cimarron’s Dani Kugler/Abby Osborne, 7-6 (7-1) in a thrlling championship match. Larned’s No. 2 singles Reese Watkins lost 7-4 to Kiowa County’s Elizabeth Sneed in the finals. Larned’s No. 2 doubles Ariana Hemken/Breanna Hemken lost 7-3 to Cimarron’s Zoey Jantz/Keira Buchols 7-3 in the finals. 

LARNED INVITATIONAL

TAM SCORES—1—Larned 31; 2—Cimarron 23; 3—Kiowa Co 14; 4—Nickerson 14; 5—Ellinwood 6

NO. 1 SINGLES—1—Ella McNett, L (4-0) def. Emily Goetz, C, 7-4; 3—Liberty Gilkey, KC def. Zoe Coonce, N, 7-2; 5—Kiley Troyer, E; McNett def. Gilkey, 7-5;  McNett def. Coonce, 7-4; McNett def. Troyer, 7-0; Goetz def. Troyer, 7-1; Gilkey def. Troyer, 7-2; Coonce def. Troyer, 7-4

NO. 2 SINGLES—1—Elizabeth Sneed, KC (4-0) def. Reese Watkins, L, 7-4; 3—Kiley Stevenson, E def. Nayely Urrutia, C, 7-4; 5—Carly Bontrager, N; Watkins def. Stevenson, 7-0; Watkins def. Urrutia, 7-5; Watkins def. Bontrager, 7-2; Sneed def. Stevenson, 7-0; Stevenson def. Bontrager, default 

NO. 1 DOUBLES—1—Abby Holt/Sarah Manry, L (3-0) def. Dani Kugler/Abby Osborn, C, 7-6 (7-1); 3—Lanaya Hada/Olivia Rome, N def. Grace Hoskins/Madisyn Schloctermeier, E, 7-3; Holt/Manry def. Hada/Rome, 7-3; Holt/Manry def. Hoskins/Schlochtermeier, 7-1; Kugler/Osborn def. Hoskins/Schlochtermeier, 7-0

NO. 2 DOUBLES—1—Zoey Jantz/Keira Buchholz, C (3-0) def. Arianna Hemken/Breanna Hemken, L, 7-3; 3—Gracyn Dombroski/Grace Sturtz, E def. Jolie Shultz/Macy Wiedeman, N, 7-1; Hemken/Hemken def.  Dombroski/Sturtz, 7-3; Hemken/Hemken def. Shultz/Wiedeman, 7-2; Jantz/Buchholz def. Dombroski/Sturtz, 7-5