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Larned sweeps girls tennis title
Kristin Anderson
Larneds No. 1 singles Kristin Anderson delivers a backhand winner against Nickersons Katricia Hirsh. Anderson won 8-5 and placed first. - photo by Photo by JANET FLESKE

LARNED — Larned’s No. 1 doubles Macy Haas and Katelyn Sanger, No. 2 Abby Kelty and Ali Leiker and No. 1 singles Kristin Anderson won championships to lead the Indians to first place at Thursday’s Larned Invitational Tournament.
Larned scored 15 points and runner-up Hutchinson Trinity scored 11 points.
Haas and Sanger won matches against Kiowa County and Cimarron. Ellinwood’s Tara Collins and Katelyn Reh surprised Haas and Sanger 8-7 (7-4), but the Indians placed first on a tiebreaker.
Kelty and Leiker beat Ellinwood’s Monica Hammeke and Katharina Adler 8-1 and beat teams from Cimarron and Nickerson.
Anderson beat Nickerson;’s Katricia Hisch 8-5 for first place and also defeated Ellinwood’s Taryn Robl, Cimarron and Kiowa County to place first.
Ellinwood’s No. 2 singles Wittney Hammeke beat Larned’s Cheyenne Liles 8-6 in the championship match.


LARNED INVITATIONAL
TEAM SCORES—1—Larned 28; 2—Ellinwood 17; 3—Cimarron 15; 4—Nickerson 9; 5—Kiowa County 3
NO. 1 SINGLES—1—Kristin Anderson, Larned, 4-0; 2—Katricia Hirsh, Nickerson, 3-1; 3—Taryn Robl, Ellinwood, 2-2; 4—Kanessa Smith-Jones, Cimarron, 1-3; 5—Alyssa Lopez, KC, 0-4
Anderson def. Hirsh, 8-5; Anderson def. Robl, 8-1; Anderson def. Smith-Jones, 8-1; Anderson def. Lopez, 8-0; Hirsh def. Robl, 8-1; Robl def. Smith-Jones, 8-3; ROb; def. Lopez, 8-0
NO. 2 SINGLES—1—Wittney Hammeke, Ellinwood, 3-0; 2—Cheyenne Lile, Larned, 2-1; 3—Daniela Villanueva, Cimarron, 1-2; 4—Shealyn Hubbs, Nickerson, 0-3
Hammeke def. Lile, 8-6; Hammeke def. Villanueva, 8-0; Hammeke def. Hubbs, 8-0; Lile def. Villanueva, 8-2; Lile def. Hubbs, 8-0
NO. 1 DOUBLES—1—Macy Haas-Katelyn Sanger, Larned, 2-1; 2—Raechal Hawley-Kate Moffitt, Cimarron, 2-1; 3—Chris Osborn-McKelvie McMurray, KC, 1-2; 4— 3—Tara Collins-Katelyn Reh, Ellinwood, 1-2
Larned def. Cimarron, 8-2; Larned def. Kiowa County, 8-4; Ellinwood def. Larned, 8-7 (7-4); Cimarron def. Ellinwood, 8-3; Kiowa County def. Ellinwood, 8-6
NO. 2 DOUBLES—1—Abby Kelty-Ali Leiker, Larned, 3-0; 2—Ana Marie Ramirez-Mariana Ramirez, Cimarron, 2-1; 3—Monica Hammeke-Katharina Adler, Ellinwood, 1-2; 4—Alyssa Rosenberg-Hannah Weve, Nickerson, 0-3
Larned eef. Cimarron, 8-1; Larned def. Ellinwood, 8-0; Larned def. Nickerson, 8-1; Cimarron def. Ellinwood, 8-1; Ellinwood def. Nickerson, 8-0