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Larned Indians win tennis title
No. 2 doubles Ava Mull
Larned's No. 2 doubles player Ava Mull hits a backhand Thursday. Mull and Ella McNett placed first.

LARNED — Larned swept three divisions to dominate Thursday’s Larned Invitational tennis tournament with 30 points. Ellinwood placed runner-up with 17 points. Larned is coached by Mark Lessard.

Larned’s No. 1 singles Aufrey Manry, No. 2 singles Kathryn Holt and No. 2 doubles Ava Null-Ella McNett captured first place.

Manry defeated Kiowa County’s Kaiden Brunkow 7-6 (7-3) in a tiebreaker for first place. Holt downed Nickerson’s Zoe Coonce 7-1 in the championship match. Mull-McNett beat Cimarron’s Melody Carter-Dani Kruger, 7-1 for first place.

Ellinwood’s No. 1 dounles Taryn Robl-Monica Hammeke placed first with a 7-0 victory over Larned’s Corrie Upson-Ruthie Webster.  


LARNED INVITATIONAL

TEAM SCORES

1–Larned 30

2–Ellinwood 17

3–Kiowa County 11

4–Cimarron 10

5–Nickerson 4


NO. 1 SINGLES

1–Audrey Manry, L def. Kaiden Brunkow, KC, 7-6 (7-3); 3–Wittney Hammeke, E def. Cassity Schmidt, C, 7-6 (7-2); Manry def. Hammeke, 7-2; Manry def. Schmidt, 7-4; Manry def. Alyssa Rosenberg, N, 7-1; Brunkow def. Hammeke, 7-4; Hammeke def. Schmidt, 7-6 (7-2); Hammeke def. Rosenberg, 7-1


NO. 2 SINGLES

1–Kathryn Holt, L def. Zoe Coonce, N, 7-1; 3–Madisyn Schloctermeier, E def. Abby Osborn, C, 7-0; Holt def. Schloctermeier, 7-2; Holt def. Osborn, 7-0; Schloctermeier def. Osborn, 7-6 (7-4); Coonce def. Schloctermeier, 7-4


NO. 1 DOUBLES

1–Taryn Robl-Monica Hammeke, E, def. Corrie Upson-Ruthie Webster, L, 7-0; 3–Jordan Toothaker-Mariah Dechant, C def. Olivia Rome-Lindsey Simon, N, 7-0; Ellinwood def. Cimarron, 7-; Ellinwood def. Nickerson, 7-3 Larned def. Cimarron, 7-0; Larned def. Nickerson, 7-4


NO. 2 DOUBLES

1—Ava Mull-Ella McNett, L def. Melody Carter-Dani Kruger, C, 7-1; 3—Liz Sneed-Liberty Gilkey, KC def. Carley Bontrager-Jolie Shultz, N, 7-1; Larned def. KC, 7-1; Larned def. Nickerson, 7-0