Story by Coach
Sophie Chambers
Postseason team play began on Monday night for girls'
tennis throughout Missouri, and locally, Chillicothe (district 3
seed) was matched up against Benton (district 6 seed). The lady
hornets tackled the night with all new doubles pairs in order to
divide up power baseline players with partner net attackers. The
choice paid off well when the lady hornets went up 3-0 after
commanding all three doubles matches. Coach Chambers and Coach
Pyrtle were proud to see their girls' flexibility and team spirit
work out for everyone.
In singles play, the #1 players had a very tough match
up showcasing the 2nd and 3rd place individual district finishers,
but after a long battle, Benton came out on top. Chillicothe also
had to forfeit the #3 singles spot due to illness. This brought the
team score to 3-2. In postseason play, the first team to 5 points
ends the night, and in singles, everyone has to play best two out of
three sets, which requires more stamina. At that moment, the rest of
the Chilli squad stepped up big. All four remaining singles' courts
were clearly winning by a set or more, but the first two to finish
were seniors Keeley Shira and Sarah George. These two veterans
cranked out decisive set wins one right after the other in record
time to clinch the victory. The remaining matches featuring Keonnia
Morgan and Jasmine McLean were both up a set and well on their way
to victory as well if allowed to finish.
Chillicothe moves on to the district semi-finals
against the #2 seed Excelsior Springs
Last night's results were as follows:
#1 Doubles -- Micah Crowe & Keeley Shira beat Bella Thomas & Cammie
Peters 8-4
#2 Doubles -- Bianca Clark & Lydia Bonderer beat Alyssa Martinez &
Ali Smith 8-4
#3 Doubles -- Jasmine McLean & Lexy Smith beat Jade Mabion & Riley
Kretzer 8-2
#1 Singles -- Crowe lost to Thomas 1-6, 1-6
#2 Singles -- Morgan & Martinez went unfinished
#3 Singles -- Clark forfeited to Kenna Guyer due to illness
#4 Singles -- Shira beat Peters 6-1, 6-2
#5 Singles -- McLean & Smith went unfinished
#6 Singles -- Sarah George beat Mabion 6-0, 6-1
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