TOPEKA – Four-time state qualifier Kyla Metro (31-2) of Central Plains won three of four matches to place third at the 3-1A girls state tennis championship. Metro ends a marvelous tennis career with third- and seventh-place singles medals and third and fifth medals in doubles with Brynna Hammeke.
Metro defeated Larned's Abigail Holt 6-1, 6-0 for third place. Wichita Collegiate's singles champion Emma Mantovani defeated Metro 6-1, 6-2 in the semifinals. Metro downed Conway Springs' Haylee Osner 6-1, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.
Larned's Abigail Holt (25-6) reached the semifinals with a 2-6, 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 victory over Rossville's Alivia Sherer. Salina Sacred Heart's Katherine Weiss Outlasted Holt 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinals.
Wichita Collegiate swept its 14th consecutive state tennis championship and 33rd overall girls title.
TOPEKA
TEAM SCORES–1–Wichita Collegiate 55; 2–Marysville 25; 3–Smoky Valley 20; 4–Sterling 17; 5–Salina Sacred Heart 14; 6–Central Plains 13, Conway Springs 13; 8–Larned 12, Hesston 12
SINGLES–1–Emma Mantovani, Collegiate def. Kathy Weiss, Salina Sacred Heart, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1; 3–Kyla Metro, Central Plains def. Abigail Holt, Larned, 6-1, 6-0; 5–Shea Kramer, Marysville def. Lara De Carvalho, Collegiate; 7–Alivia Sherer, Rossville def. Haylee Osner, Conway Springs; 9–Magdalena Rauchholz, Smoky Valley def. Ashlyn Knight, Beloit, 9-4; 11–Makenna Russom, Phillipsburg def. Emily Goetz, Cimarron
SEMIFINALS–Weiss def. Holt, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Mantovani def. Metro, 6-1, 6-2
QUARTERFINALS–Weiss def. De Carvalho, 6-0, 6-3; Holt def. Sherer, 2-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3; Metro def. Osner, 6-1, 6-0; Mantovani def. Kramer, Marysville, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
SECOND ROUND–De Carvalho def. Chelsie Brown, Sterling, 6-0, 6-3; Weiss def. Knight, 6-3, 6-3; Holt def. Innslee Albright, Chaparral, 6-2, 6-2; Sherer def. Russom, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5); Metro def. Greer Kice, Wichita Classical, 6-1, 6-0; Haylee Osner, Conway Springs def. Emily Goetz, Cimarron, 6-2, 6-4; Kramer def. Ella McNett, Larned, 6-1, 6-0; Mantovani def. Karlyn Woelk, Greeley County, 6-0, 6-0
FIRST ROUND–Brown def. Felis De La Cruz, Ellsworth, 6-4, 6-0; Knight def. Mary Pearce, Kingman, 6-2, 2-6 (10-7); Albright def. Ava Spicer, Marysville, 6-4, 6-1; Sherer def. Morgan Koester, Conway Springs, 2-6, 6-0, (10-5); Kice def. Rauchholz, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4; Osner def. Molly Martin, Hesston, 6-4, 6-1; McNett def. Alivia Solida, Phillipsburg, 6-1, 6-1; Woelk def. Aurora Nowlin, Victoria, 6-0, 6-3
CONSOLATION--Rauchholz def. McNett, 9-5
3-1A STATE TENNIS
DOUBLES–1–Laney Conrad/Julia Herrman, Collegiate def. Kinsey Nichols/Tatum Bhargava, Collegiate, 6-1, 6-4; 3–Kate Rowland/Karissa Wilson, Sterling def. Cassie Albin/Kori Kramer, Hesston; 5–Campbell Gaskill/Karee Adam, Smoky Valley def. Isabelle Gracie Riner/Leavie Riner, Osborne, 9-7; 7–Grace Winkler/Kadence Spurgeon, Marysville def. Rose Latta/Aubree Vering, Maryville, 9-7; 9–Adrienne May/Janel Meyer, Conway Springs def. Inarie Rippert/Calli Sheridan, Ellsworth, 9-5; 11–Lily Heline/Kayla Norberg, Smoky Valley def. Ella Wellman/Sunny Carder, Sterling, 9-5
SEMIFINALS–Nichols/Bhargava def. Albin/Kramer, 6-3, 6-2; Conrad/Herrman def. Rowland/Wilson def. 6-7 (9-7), 6-3, 6-0
QUARTERFINALS–Nichols/Bhargava def. Heline/Norberg, 6-1, 6-0; Albin/Kramer def. Riner/Riner, 6-0, 6-3; Rowland/Wilson def. Adrienne May/Janel Meyer, Conway Springs, 6-3, 6-4; Conrad/Herrman def. Gaskill/Adam, 6-3, 6-3
SECOND ROUND–Nichols/Bhargava def. Isabelle Keesee/Jocelyn Billings, Phillipsburg, 6-0, 6-1; Heline/Norberg def. Wellman/Carder, 6-4, 6-4; Riner/Riner def. Grace Winkler/Kadence Spurgeon, Marysville, 4-6, 7-5 (10-5); Albin/Kramer def. Liberty Gilkey/Liz Sneed, Kiowa County, 7-5, 6-2; Rowland/Wilson def. Jaiden Callahan/Kathy Friesen, Hesston, 6-1, 6-0; May/Meyer def. Rippert/Sheridan, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), (10-2); Gaskin/Adam def. Keira Buchhols/Amanda Housman, Cimarron, 6-2, 6-4; Conrad/Herrman def. Dahn Hanlon/Dylan Hawks, Norton, 6-2, 6-4
FIRST ROUND–Keesee/Billings def. Arianna Hemken/Breanna Hemken, Larned, 6-3, 2-6, (10-6); Wellman/Carder def. Kya O’Banion/Anna Malsam, Trego, 6-4, 6-4; Winkler/Spurgeon def. Grace Bender/Sadie Koester, Conway Springs, 6-0, 6-2; Albin/Kramer def. Brook Barnett/Kinley Jacques, Haven, 6-2, 6-1; Callahan/Friesen def. Adah Branam/Nora Neumann, Wichita Classical, 6-3, 6-3; May/Meyer def. Latta/Vering, 6-1, 6-1; Buchholz/Housman def. Ashlyn Armstrong/Ryann Metro/ Central Plains, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5); Hanlon/Hawks def. Jennifer Laufenberg/Jaya Milburn, Ashland, 6-3, 6-2
CONSOLATION–Winkler/Spurgeon def. Hemken/Hemken, 9-5; Armstrong/Metro def. Callahan/Friesen, 9-8 (7-4); Rippert/Sheridan def. Armstrong/Metro, 9-0
