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Panther Schneider misses state bid
GB girls tennis
The 2017 Great Bend girls tennis team features front rowAddison Ingram, Gentry Schneider, Mindy Wittig, Alyssia Strickland; second rowNichole Griffin, Jessica Nieto, Remi Ingram, Madison Huslig, Anna Popp, McKenna Cape, Alexis Folkerts; back rowCoach Renee Buntain, Sayler Peplinski, Audrey Muth, Priscilla Ramirez, Katherine Snapp, Dinah Newman, Mollie Phillips, Abbie Moyers, Ruth Williams, Grace Dougherty, head coach Joseph Bliven, manager Robert Frizell.

SALINA —Great Bend’s Gentry Schneider lost two matches to miss qualifying for 5A state tennis by one victory.
Regional runner-up Robyn Logan of Salina South beat Schneider, 6-0, 6-1 in the quarterfinals and Salina South’s Kennedy Herbel downed Schneider, 6-3, 6-3 in the qualifying round for fifth and sixth place. Schneider defeated Valley Center’s Megan Jones, 6-0, 7-5 in the first round.
Great Bend’s doubles teams of Jessica Nieto and Alexis Folkerts and Remi Ingram and Abbie Moyers both lost first-round matches.
5A SALINA CENTRAL REGIONAL
TEAM SCORES—1—Salina Central 17; 2—Salina South 15; 3—Valley Center 9; 4—Andover 8; 5—Newton 7; 6—Great Bend 1; Wichita Heights 1.
SINGLES—1—Emma Sinclair, Andover def. Robyn Logan, SS, 6-4, 6-4
3—Karley Benson, SC def. Callie Sanborn, SC, 6-3, 6-1
5—Victoria Bishop, VC def. Kennedy Herbel, SS, 6-3, 6-1
SEMIFINALS—Sinclair, Andover def. Benson, SC, 2-6, 6-1, 6-1; Logan def. Sanborn, SC, 6-1, 6-2
QUARTERFINALS—Sinclair, Andover def. Bishop, VC, 6-1, 6-2; Benson, SC def Hannah Weers, Andover, 6-1, 6-0; Sanborn, SC def. Herbel, SS, 6-3, 6-1; Logan, SS def. Gentry Schneider, GB, 6-0, 6-1
QUALIFYING ROUND—Bishop, VC def. Weers, Andover, 6-3, 6-2; Herbel, SS def. Schneider, GB, 6-3, 6-3
FIRST ROUND—Sinclair, Andover def. Liz Gladheart, WH, 6-0, 6-0; Bishop, VC def. Ashley Schmidt, Newton, 6-2, 6-1; Weers, Andover def. Addison Ingram, GB, 6-0, 6-0; Sanborn, SC def. Faye Smith, Newton, 6-0, 6-0; Herbel, SS def. Jordana Tucker, WH, 6-0, 6-0; Schneder, GB def. Megan Jones, VC, 6-0, 7-5
DOUBLES—1—Rae Normai-Quinn Rhodes, Newton def. Maddie Stack-Grace Holgerson, SC, 6-2, 6-1
3—Rachel Binau-Sharp, VC def. Jessica Coleman-Sydney McAdoo, SS, 6-4, 6-1
5—Jillian Coleman-Jadyn Zamecnik, SS def. Peyton Kavanagh-Molly Michaelis, SC, 6-4, 6-1
SEMFINALS—Normai-Rhodes, Newton def. Binau-Sharp, VC, 6-4, 6-2; Stack-Holgerson, SC def. Coleman-McAdoo, SS, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2
QUARTERFINALS—Normai-Rhodes, Newton def. Stephenson-Johnson, WH, 6-1, 6-3; Binau-Sharp, VC def. Coleman-Zamecnik, SS, 7-5, 6-2; Coleman-McAdoo, SS def. Kavanagh-Michaelis, SC, 6-4, 6-4; Stack-Holgerson, SC def. Isham0Harden, VC, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
QUALIFYING ROUND—Coleman-Zamecnik, SS def. Stephenson-Johnson, WH, 6-0, 7-6 (8-6); Kavanaugh-Michaelis, SC def. Isham-Hardin, VC, 7-5, 6-3
FIRST ROUND—Stephenson-Johnson, WH def. Hild-Anderson, Andover, 6-4, 6-4; Coleman-Zamecnik, SS def. Conrady-Fujinuma, WH, 6-0, 6-0; Binau-Sharp, VC def. Nieto-Folkerts, GB, 6-0, 6-0; Coleman-McAdoo, SS def. Ingram-Moyers, GB, 6-2, 6-1; Kavanagh-Michaelis, SC def. Arrowsmith, Newton, 6-1, 6-1; Isham-Harden, VC def. Aune-Crumrine, Andover, 4-6, 6-2, (10-8)