The girls tennis team has been keeping busy with a lot of games. In total this season, they have participated in six competitions.
On Aug. 29, six girls went to Cimarron, where the team placed second overall, with senior Isabelle Jones placing third in singles, and senior Maycie Holdeman placing seventh in singles. Both double teams, senior Alyse Zimmerman with senior Kaelin Maier and junior Delia Dixon with junior Emersyn Sander, placed first.
On Sept. 10, they traveled to Great Bend and placed second overall. Holdeman placed second in singles, and Jones placed fourth. Maier and Zimmerman placed second in doubles, and senior Kallyn Meyers and senior Tori Miller also placed second in doubles.
At Salina Central on Sept. 14, Holdeman placed 19th and Jones placed 17th in singles. Maier and Zimmerman placed 8th in doubles, and Dixion and Sander placed 13th in doubles. Overall, the team placed seventh in the tournament.
Kayla Brown, the head tennis coach, said, “We had really good matches across the board in Salina. Not all of them ended in a win, but the benefit from that day outweighs the final records.”
In Victoria, they overall placed second on Sept. 16. Jones placed first, and senior Hannah Crain placed second, both in singles. The double teams, Meyer with Miller and seniors Riley Dreher and Karley Schlautman, both placed second.
The next day, on Sept. 17, they traveled to Dodge City, where they placed fifth overall. Junior Ani McClure placed 14th in singles, and junior Melissa Boland placed 8th in singles. Meyers and Miller placed 11th in doubles, and junior Savannah Clingan and junior Mya Ploutz placed ninth in doubles.
Finally, in recent action, Hays High hosted a tournament on Sept. 21 and had two teams competing. The Gold Team placed first overall, with Holdeman placing third and McClure also placing third in singles. The Gold Team’s double teams placed first, with those teams being Meyers with Miller and Maier with Zimmerman. The Maroon Team placed third overall, with Jones placing fifth and Boland placing second in singles. Sander and Dixon placed second, and Crain and Schlautman placed fourth in doubles.
“I have been really pleased with both the varsity and JV competitions we have participated in so far this season,” Brown said. “The new players have really improved their skills and become more confident on the court. The returns are taking the skills they already have and taking them to the next level.”
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