LARNED – Larned’s No. 2 singles Ella McNett captured first place, but the Indians were edged 34-32 by Cimarron for the team title at Thursday’s Larned tennis invitational. Mc-Nett downed Kiowa County’s Liberty Gilkey 7-6 (7-1) for first place.
Cimarron beat Larned’s players at the other three spots. Cimarron’s No. 1 singles Emily Goetz beat Larned’s Abby Holt 6-0 for first place. Cimarron’s No. 1 doubles Keira Buchholz/Amanda Housman edged Larned’s Sarah Manry/Reese Watkins, 7-6 (9-7) in a tiebreaker for first place. Cimarron’s Zoey Jantz/Paslie Werth defeated Larned’s Arianna Hemken/Breanna Hemken, 6-4 for first place.
LARNED INVITATIONAL
TEAM SCORES—1—Cimarron 34; 2— Larned 32; 3—Ellinwood 12; Kiowa County 12; 5—Goodland 8; 6—Nickerson 7
NO. 1 SINGLES—1—Goetz, C def. Abby Holt, Larned, 6-0; 5—Coonce, N def. Kiley Troyer, E, 6-0; Holt def. Coonce, N, 6-0; Holt def. Owens, G, 6-0; Holt def. Sneed, KC, 6-0; Goetz def. Troyer, 6-1; Sneed def. Troyer, 6-4
NO. 2 SINGLES—1—Ella McNett, Larned def. Gilkey, KC, 7-6 (7-1); 5—Ava Thill, E def. Lundgren, G, 6-0; McNett def. Lundgren, 6-1; McNett def. Myers, C, 6-1; McNett def. Bontrager, N, 6-0; Gilkey def. Thill, 6-1; Bontrager def. Thill, 7-5
NO. 1 DOUBLES—1—Keira Buchholz/ Amanda Housman, C def. Sarah Manry/ Reese Watkins, Larned, 7-6 (9-7); 3— Stevenson/Schlochtermeier, E def. Horinek/ Nachtigal, G, 7-6 (7-5); Manry/Watkins def. Shultz/Dreiling, N, 6-0; Manry/Watkins def. Horinek/Nachtigal, G, 6-0; Manry/Watkins def. Stevenson/Schlochtermeier, E, 6-0; Buchholz/ Housman def. Stevenson/Schlochtermeier, 6-4; Stevenson/Schlochtermeier def. Shultz/ Dreiling, 6-0
NO. 2 DOUBLES—1—Zoey Jantz/Paslie Werth, C def. Arianna Hemken/Breanna Hemken, Larned, 6-4; 3—Mahra Johnston/ Gracyn Dombroski, E def. Garza/Bhend, G, 6-4 Hemken/Hemken def. Johnston/ Dombroski, 6-2; Hemken/Hemken def. Smith/ Barnes, 6-0; Hemken/Hemken def. Garza/ Bhend, 6-3; Jantz/Werth def. Johnston/ Dombroski, 6-2; Johnston/Dombroski def. Smith/Barnes, 6-2
