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Panther tennis team competes at Lyons
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LYONS – Great Bend’s tennis team clinched a trio of third-place finishes at the Lyons tennis tournament. Great Bend’s No. 2 singles Clarise Snapp (2-2), No. 1 doubles Samanatha Mayers/Taylor Lashley (2-1) and No. 2 doubles Danica Strickland/Kylie McCormick (2-1) placed third. Great Bend placed third with 27 points.

In third-place matches, Snapp downed Nickerson’s Carly Bontrager 6-5; Mayers/Lashley beat Chaparral’s Kenzie Haydock/Atlanta Ward 6-2; and Strickland/McCormick downed Nickerson’s Larissa Dreiling/Mylee Smith, 6-3.

Great Bend’s No. 1 singles Kaylin Walhmeier placed fourth with a 6-3 loss to Nickerson’s Zoe Coonce.

LYONS TOURNAMENT

TEAM SCORES—1—Pratt 39; 2—Chaparral 37; 3—Great Bend 27; 4—Nickerson 17; 5—Lyons 13; 5—Ashland 11

NO. 1 SINGLES—1—Inslee Albright, C def. Bailey Jackson, P, 6-4; 3—Zoe Coonce, N def. Kaylin Wahlmeier, GB, 6-3; 5-Jen Laufenberg, A def. Shelby Johnston, L 6-0; Wahlmeier def. Johnston, 6-1; Jackson def. Wahlmeier, 6-2

 NO. 2 SINGLES—1—Kena Sterling, P, 4-0; 2—Jaya Milburn, A, 2-2; 3—Clarise Snapp, GB, 2-2; 4—Carly Bontrager, N, 1-3; Kabrie Chance, C, 1-3; Sterling def. Snapp, 6-1; Milburn def. Snapp, 6-2; Snapp def. Bontrager, 6-5; Snapp def. Chance, 6-4

NO. 1 DOUBLES—1—Karsyn Sharp/Jadyn Thompson, P def. Stormy Cash/Tipton French, C, 6-5; 3—Samantha Mayers/Taylor Lashley, GB def. Kenzie Haydock/Atlanta Ward, C, 6-2; 5—Victoria Contreras/Mia Bryant, L def. Ria Shah/Jolie Shultz, N, 6-2; Mayers/Lashley def. Contreras/Bryant, 6-2; Sharp/Thompson def. Mayers/Lashley, 6-2

 NO. 2 DOUBLES—1—Anahi Pina/Kendal Webb, L def. Abi Reeves/Kate Rames, C, injury; 3—Danica Strickland/Kylie McCormick, GB def. Larissa Dreiling/Mylee Smith, N, 6-3; 5—Lib Schaffer/Keimarla Thompson, P def. Sofia Bruno/Syd Reazin, L, 6-1; Strickland/McCormick def. Schaffer/Thompson, 6-4; Pina/Webb def. Strickland/McCormick, 6-3