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Panther tennis misses qualifying
GB team1 coach Joseph Bliven, Katherine Snapp, Audrey Muth, Remi Ingram, Anna Popp, Abbie Moyers Alexis Folkerts.jpg
Great Bend tennis coach Joseph Bliven joins Panthers Katherine Snapp, Audrey Muth, Remi Ingram, Anna Popp, Abbie Moyers, Alexis Folkerts and assistant Zac Bartel at Garden City.

VALLEY CENTER — Great Bend’s doubles team Alexis Folkerts-Abbie Moyers lost 7-5, 6-3 to Valley Center’s Kara Harden-Alexa Bedecarrartz to miss qualifying for the 5A state tennis tournament.

Folkerts-Moyers (11-12) defeated the Wichita Heights tandem of Brooklyn Conrady-Eliska Vagnerova 6-4, 6-1 to get within one victory of qualifying for the 5A state tournament. Newton’s Quinn Rhodes-Kenzi Gillespie defeated Folkerts-Moyers 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.

Singles players Remi Ingram (8-13) and Anna Popp (15-21) lost first-round matches to be eliminated. McPherson’s Perrin Schneider defeated Ingram, 6-3, 6-1. Andover Central’s April Page defeated Popp, 6-1, 6-1. 

Great Bend’s doubles Katherine Snapp-Jessica Nieto (3-2) lost 6-4, 6-4 in a hard-fought match against McPherson’s 5A state qualifiers Ashley Achilles-Sydney Achilles. 

Valley’s Center Jessica Sharp defated Andover’s Sarah Sinclair 6-1, 6-0 for the singles title.

McPherson’s Taylor Bruce-Ceanna Allen plays Andover Central’s Samara Haenggi-Jazzy Williams for the doubles championship scheduled Monday afternoon at Wichita’s Riverside Tennis Center .


5A VALLEY CENTER REGIONAL

TEAM TOTALS

1—McPherson 16

2—Valley Center 14

3—Andover High 12

4—Andover Central 9

5—Newton 5

6—Great Bend 1


SINGLES

1—Jessica Sharp, VC def. Sarah Sinclair, Andover, 6-1, 6-0 

3—Emma Sinclair, Andover def. Mallory Feather, VC, 6-0, 6-0

5—Rachel Carlson, McPherson def. Perrin Schneider, McPherson, 6-1, 6-3 

STATE QUALIFYING MATCHES—Schneider def. Madelynn Hamm, Newton, 6-3, 6-3; Carlson def. April Page, AC, 6-0, 6-3

SEMIFINALS—Sharp def. Emma Sinclair, 6-3, 6-0; Sarah Sinclair def. Feather, 6-3, 7-5

QUARTERFINALS—Sharp def. Hamm, 6-0, 6-1; Emma Sinclair def. Schneider, 6-2, 6-0; Feather def. Carlson, 6-7 (7-4), 6-3, (10-7); Sarah Sinclair def. Page, 6-3, 6-4 

FIRST ROUND—Sharp def. Madison Hill, WH, 6-0, 6-0; Hamm def. Kaleigh Ashbaugh, Hays, 5-7, 6-2, (10-7); Schneider def. Remi Ingram, GB, 6-3, 6-1; Emma Sinclair def. Blanca LeMonnier, AC, 6-2, 6-1; Carlson def. Kylie Fujinuma, WH, 6-0, 6-0; Feather def. Hallie Watkins, Newton, 6-1, 6-1; Page def. Anna Popp, GB, 6-1, 6-1; Sarah Scinlair def. Lynsie Hansen, Hays, 6-0, 6-1 


DOUBLES

1— Taylor Bruce-Ceanna Allen, McPherson def. Samara Haenggi-Jazzy Williams, Andover Central, 6-3, 6-1

3—vs. Quinn Rhodes-Kenzi Gillespie, Newton def. Ashley Achilles-Sydney Achilles, McPherson, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1

5—Kara Harden-Alexa Bedecarrartz, VC def. Hilary Tallman-Ellie Geoffrey, Andover Central, 6-1, 6-3

STATE QUALIFYING MATCHES—Harden-Bedecarrartz def. Alexis Folkerts-Abbie Moyers, GB, 7-5, 6-3; Tallman-Geoffrey def. Crumrine-Weers, Andover, 6-1, 6-4; 

SEMIFINALS—Bruce-Allen def. Rhodes-Gillespie, 6-3, 6-1; Haenggi-Williams def. Achilles-Achilles, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4

QUARTERFINALS—Bruce-Allen def. Harden-Bedecarrartz, 6-1, 6-2; Rhodes-Gillespie def. Folkerts-Moyers, 6-2, 6-3; Haenggi-Williams def. Tallman-Geoffrey, 6-2, 6-3; Achilles-Achilles def. Crumrine-Weers, 6-2, 2-6 (10-7)

FIRST ROUND—Harden-Bedecarrartz def. Sydney Benjamin-Aurelia Tan, Andover, 6-2, 7-5; Folkerts-Moyers def. Brooklyn Conrady-Ellie Vagnerova, Wichita Heights, 6-4, 6-1; Rhodes-Gillespie def. Trinity Quint-Macey Speier, Hays, 6-0, 6-0;  Haenggi-Williams def. Cattie Arrowsmith-Faye Smith, Newton, 6-0, 6-3; Tallman-Geoffrey def. Brianna Forinash-Cori Isbell, Hays, 6-3, 6-3; Achilles-Achilles def. Katherine Snapp-Jessica Nieto, GB, 6-4, 6-4; Crumrine-Weers def. Alex Barbour-Kassie Kinniburgh, VC, 7-5, 7-6 (9-7)