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Larned High girls tennis team - photo by Photo by JANET FLESKE

PRATT — Larned’s Amanda Lessard lost a three-set match to Wellington’s Abby Lowe 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the Pratt 4A tennis regional to miss qualifying for the Class 4A state tennis tournament.
No. 8 seeded Lessard lost to regional champion Sydney Lair of Wichita Collegiate, 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals after she won her first match 6-3, 6-0 over Wichita Trinity’s Stevens.
Larned’s No. 2 doubles team Abby Kelty and Ali Leiker surprised Hays High’s No. 7 seed Joslyn Dinkel and Gabby Taliaferro 7-5, 4-6, 10-8 in a third-set tiebreaker. But Kelty and Leiker lost the next two matches, including a 6-1, 6-2 loss to Scott City’s Krystal Appel and Emma Price for a Class 4A state berth.
Larned’s Kristin Anderson and the doubles team of Macy Haas and Katelyn Sanger lost second-round matches.
PRATT 4A REGIONAL
TEAM SCORES—1—Wichita Collegiate 25; 2—Wellington 14; Maize South 14; 4—Larned 2; Scott City 2; 6—Hays High 1

SINGLES
1st—Sydney Lair, WC def. Lauren Conrad, WC, 6-0, 6-1
3rd—Emma Queen, MS def. Alayna Macias, MS, 6-4, 6-0
5th—Abby Lowe, Well def. Lexi Saffell, Well, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5); Fifth-place qualifier—Lowe def. Amanda Lessard, Larned, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Saffell def. Sarah Wyse, Hays, 6-1, 6-3

SEMIFINALS—Lair def. Queen, 6-0, 6-0; Conrad def. Macias, 6-2, 6-0

QUARTERFINALS—Lair def. Lessard, 6-3, 6-0; Queen def. Lowe, 6-0, 6-4; Macias def. Safell, 6-3, 7-5; Conrad def. Wyse, 6-2, 6-0

SECOND ROUND—Lair def. Ciara Hodgkinson, Pratt, 6-1, 6-1; Lessard def. Stevens, Wichita Trinity, 6-3, 6-0; Lowe def. Aguirre, Scott City, 6-0, 6-0; Queen def. Kaleigh Ashbaugh, Hays, 6-0, 6-0; Macias def. Degollado, Ulysses, 6-1, 6-1; Saffell def. Schroeder, Colby, 6-3, 6-1; Wyse def. Kristin Anderson, Larned, 6-2, 6-4; Conrad def. Lemman, Colby, 6-1, 6-0

FIRST ROUND—Aquirre def. Weber, Wichita Trinity, 9-6; Ashbaugh def. Julieann McClain, Pratt, 9-8 (7-2); Schroeder def. Ervin, Scott City, 9-3

DOUBLES
1st—Greer Cody-Hannah Geoffrey, WC def. McKenna Adams-Kylie Aufdengarten, Well, 6-2, 6-0
3rd—Riley Ruffin-Sallie Lair, WC def. Liz Cole-Courntey Sellens, MS, 6-3, 7-5
5th—Lauryn Snipes-Avery Rusk, Well def. Krystal Appel-Emma Price, Scott City, 6-2, 6-3; Fifth-place qualifier—Snipes-Rusk def. Bullock-Burnett, MS, 6-3, 6-3; Appel-Price deef. Ali Kelty-Ali Leiker, Larned, 6-1, 6-2

SEMIFINALS—Cody-Geoffrey def. Cole-Sellens, 6-0, 6-2; McKenna-Adams def. Ruffin-Lair, 7-5, 6-0
QUARTERFINALS—Cody-Geoffrey def. Bullock-Burnett, 6-0, 6-0; Cole-Sellens def. Snipes, Rusk, 6-4, 2-6, 10-8; Ruffin-Lair def. Appel-Price, 6-1, 6-1; Adams-Aufdengarten def. Kelty-Leiker, 6-2, 6-2

SECOND ROUND—Cody-Geoffrey def. Cusick-Todd, Wichita Trinity, 6-1, 6-1; Bullock-Barnett def. Haas-Sanger, Larned, 6-0, 6-2; Snipes-Rusk def. Logan-Glenn, Scott City, 6-2, 6-0; Cole-Sellens def. Brianna Forinash-Macey Steckel, Haven, 6-0, 7-5; Ruffin-Lair def. Keene-Snyder, Wichita Trinity, 6-1, 6-1; Appel-Price def. Tori Hassler-Nicole Reichenberger, Pratt, 6-4, 6-2; Kelty-Leiker def. Dinkel-Taliaferro, Haven, 6-4, 6-2; Adams-Aufdengarten def. Johnson,-Holmes, YUlysses, 6-0, 6-0

FIRST ROUND—Logan-Glenn def. Culver-Oren, Colby, 9-2; Forinash-Steckel def. Haley Mitchell-Brynn Hampton, Pratt, 9-7; Leene-Snyder def. Payne-Edwards, Ulysses, 9-5; Hassler-Reichenberger def. Britton-Tinkham, Colby, 9-4