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)