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Panthers' doubles team places 11th
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MCPHERSON – Great Bend’s No. 1 doubles Taylor Lashley/Samantha Mayers placed 11th with a 8-5 victory over Newton’s Lily Schloneger/Jackie Giles in Thursday’s McPherson Tennis Tournament.

No. 1 singles Kaylin Wahlmeier placed 13th with an 8-1 victory over Newton’s Sadie Houser. Wahlmeier lost a tiebreaker in the second round. Panther Clarice Snapp beat Valley Center’s Cambree Ricks 8-2 to place 15th. McPherson’s Ady Crocker/Jadin Nowell defeated Panthers Danica Strickland/Mackenzie LaViolette, 8-1 for 13th place.

The Panthers scored 15 points and placed eighth. McPherson Red (53) placed first and Goddard Eisenhower (46) finished second.

MCPHERSON TOURNAMENT

TEAM TOTALS—1—McPherson Red 53; 2—Goddard Eisenhower 46; 3—Derby 42; 4—McPherson White 41; 5—Newton 28; 6—Salina Sacred Heart 22; 7—Valley Center 21; 8—Great Bend 15

SINGLES—1—Katie Weiss, SSH def. Maddie Bracy, GE, 8-0; 3—Dragon Rodriguez, McRed def. Masie Brubacher M 8-2; 5—Ella Boline, D def. Kennedy Tully, McWhite, 8-7 (7-5); 7—Hailey Wiens, GE def. Stevie Willey, D, 8-2; 9—Avery Unruh, McRed def. McKenna Paul, McWhite, 8-1; 11—Sam Fraser, VC def. Callie Yohe, SSH, 8-4; 13—Kaylin Wahlmeier def. Sadie Houser, N, 8-1; 15—Clarice Snapp, GB def. Cambree Ricks, VC, 8-2

GREAT BEND—Tully def. Wahlmeier, 8-5; Unruh def. Wahlmeier, 8-7 (7-4); Wahlmeier def. Snapp, 8-1; Weiss def. Snapp, 8-0; Fraser def. Snapp, 8-5

DOUBLES—1—Riggs Kuhn/Brodie Kuhn, McRed def. Kyndall Sandbo/Maryn Sandbo, McRed, 8-3; 3—Erin Olson/Avery Eveland, McWhite def. Leila Kral/Leah Wilkinson, GE, 8-4; 5—Ella Pila/Libby Welu, VC def. Aya Wright-Isabella Nikolova, D, 8-6; 7—Kyler Demel/Emerson Godwin, D def. Jordan Martens/Piper VanCampen, McWhite, 8-6; 9—Shayla Alpers/Jules Elliott, GE def. Holly Goodnite/Marisa Musser, N, 8-7 (7-3); 11—Taylor Lashley/Samantha Mayers, GB def. Lily Schloneger/Jackie Giles, N, 8-5; 13—Ady Crocker/Jadin Nowell, Mc def. Danica Strickland/Mackenzie LaViolette, 8-1; 15—Maya Shaffer/Rebeca Cabral, VC def. Ashlyn Alam/Chaerin Kim, SSH, 8-2

GREAT BEND—Wright/Nikolova, def. Lashley/Mayers, 8-2; Lashley/Mayers def. Crocker/Nowell, 8-6; Goodnite/Musser def. Lashley/Mayers, 8-3; Pila/Welu def. Strickland/LaViolette, 8-0; Schloneger/Giles def. Strickland/LaViolette, 8-2; Strickland/LaViolette def. Alam/Kim, 8-1