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Lady Hornets
Tennis
9/5/14 at
Benton/Savannah Tournament
1st Place |
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Chillicothe |
beat LeBlond 5-0 |
beat Benton 5-0 |
beat Platte
Co 3-2 |
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Singles |
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Sydnie Whiteside |
Savannah Sanai 10-0 |
Aubrie Silvey 10-0 |
Hannah Fowler 10-1 |
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Kelly Westphal |
Danica Gall 10-0 |
Nicole Bonham 10-2 |
Rachael Valentine 10-2 |
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Doubles |
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Ali Stephens/Jozie Reeter |
Bai/Joel 10-1 |
Brown/Murphy 10-6 |
Lauren/Lauren 10-3 |
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Chelsea Long/Renee Downing |
Aberer/Hamlin 10-0 |
Betts/Adams 102 |
Ivy/Walker 9-11 |
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Julia Minnis/Kiara Botts |
Squires/Robinson 10-3 |
Mignery/Syley 10-2 |
Swisher/Hale 6-10 |
Coach Ed Douglas:
"The Lady Hornets had a big win Friday
in St Joe winning the 8 team Savannah/Benton Invitational.
The Hornets the #2 seed defeated LeBlond in the first
round 5-0 and then Benton in the Semifinals 5-0 before facing
Platte County the #1 seed in the finals. Platte County is
coached by Zach Keith former standout player for the Hornets.
“Zach was one of the best players in Chillicothe
tennis history. His dad and I coached him for four years. He
played on some really good teams with my son’s Jared and Aaron
and Zach’s brother Clint, all Hornet standouts Zach qualified
for the State tournament three times and finished third in the
State in Singles one year and then played four years at
Northwest Mo State University. I can tell you he is an equally
good coach as he was a player and his teams are always well
prepared and coached.”
Platte County was undefeated going into this tournament
and they beat us last year in the finals. Zach told me that
they were a much better team this year than last year team. So
we knew we needed a big effort to win. And although the final
score ended with Chillicothe winning 3-2 it really wasn’t that
close. In this format the first three matches to play were #1
singles, #2 singles and #1 doubles with the #2 and #3 doubles
to be played as courts became available.
With the #2 player in the State playing at #1 singles
you put that in the victory column almost when the match
starts and Sydnie Whiteside produced as expected beating a
good Platte County #1 player 10-1. We moved Ali Stephens, # 4
in the State last year to #1 doubles to give us the best match
ups against a very good #1 Platte County team that had a bunch
of really good wins this year. But Ali dominated and Jozie
Reeter, her doubles partner played extremely well also.
Our girls got on top early and you could tell the
sister team of Laures and Laures was starting to have some
friendly sibling discussions. Stephens and Reeter went on to
steam roll the match 10-3. Probably the #2 singles match was
the match that might have had been a coin toss going into the
match and we knew we needed to win it.
Kelly Westphal won the first three games that all went
to no add in this no add tournament and she won all three
getting off to a 3-0 start. From there she never looked back
and also won decisively 10-2. So when the last two matches
went on we had won the first three 10-1, 10-2, 10-3 handily
and it was all over but the shouting.
#2 doubles team players Renee Downing and Chelsea Long almost
won that match losing a very close 11-9 match and the # 3
doubles team of Julia Minnis and Kiara Botts lost in a very
respectable 10-6 to finish the match at 3-2.
“In addition to being having Coached Zach for four
years, my assistant coach Amanda Hardie played on the girls
team at Northwest and was actually recruited by the Northwest
Coach on a recommendation from Zach. If I had to lose to
somebody I would just as soon it be Zach, but having said that
both Amanda and I would rather win against him than lose to
him if given the choice. Our girls played extremely well and
Coach Marsh and I were very proud of them”
Individually, Sydnie Whiteside won the #1 singles with
wins wins over Savannah Sanai LeBlond 10-0, Aubrie Silvey
Benton 10-0 and Hannah Fowler Platte County 10-1.
Kelly Westphal won the #2 Singles with wins over Danica
Gall 10-0, Nicole Bonham 10-2 and Rachel Valentine 10-2 (same
schools for each of our players) .
Ali Stephens and Jozie Reeter won the #1 doubles
with wins over Nancy Bai/Katie Joel 10-1, Christine Brown and
Destiny Murphy 10-6 and Shelly and Stephanie Laures 10-3.
Chelsea Long and Renee Downing won second at #2 doubles
with wins over Sarah Aberer and Jaileigh Hamlin 10-0,, Mika
Betts and Ellen Adams 10-2 and losing 11-9 to Madalyn Ivy and
Jordan Walker.
The team of Julie Minnis and Kiara Botts finished 3rd
in their division with wins over Jamie Squires and Liz
Robinson 10-3, Kiri Mignery and Calin Syley 10-2 and a finals
lost to Dana Swisher and Madi Hale 6-10.
The Hornets team record improved to 7-1 for the season.
Next week is a busy week with home matches Monday, Wednesday
and Thursday against Lexington, Kirksville and Benton.
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