T-town, St. A, EHS Tennis Players Advance To State

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Published on October 18 2021 9:42 am
Last Updated on October 18 2021 9:50 am
Written by Millie Lange

Teutopolis, Effingham St. Anthony and Effingham tennis players advance to the Class 1A State Tournament after placing in the top four at the Effingham St. Anthony Sectional during the weekend.

Robinson won the sectional championship with 26 points followed by Teutopolis 24, Mattoon 16, St. Anthony 14, Effingham 8, Casey-Westfield 6, Paris 6, Hillsboro 4, Charleston 2 and Shelbyville 0.

Advancing in singles were Robinson's Lisa Henry who won the sectional title, St. Anthony's Emily Kowalke who finished second, T-town's Grace Hoene who finished third and fourth-place finisher Kendall Matthews of Paris.

In the first place singles, Lisa Henry defeated Madison Mapes (Effingham), 6-2, 6-0, Annelise Overmeyer (Mattoon), 6-1, 6-0, Kendall Matthews (Paris), 6-2, 6-3 and Emily Kowalke (St. Anthony), 6-3, 6-3.

In the second place singles, Kowalke won over Emily Sherwood (Casey-Westfield), 6-0, 6-5, Caroline Davis (Mattoon), 6-4, 6-1 and Grace Hoene (Teutopolis), 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 before losing to Henry, 6-3, 6-3.

In the third place singles, Hoene won over Hoover Ryder (Hillsboro), 6-0, 6-0 and Zharina Stephens (Robinson), 6-2 6-3 before losing to Kowalke, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 and then downing Kendall Mathews (Paris), 6-0, 6-3

In the fourth place singles, Mathews defeated Ali Adams (St. Anthony), 6-3, 6-2 and Emma Mason (Casey-Westfield), 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 before losing to Henry, 6-2, 6-3 and Hoene, 6-0, 6-3.

In doubles, T-town's Macy Probst and Isabelle Hemmen were the champions. The duo defeated Lyla Long-Hutton (Charleston), 6-0, 6-0, Alana Herr-Sydney Harmon (Robinson), 6-0, 6-0 Lydia Kull-Alia Woomer (Effingham), 6-1, 6-4 and Lucy List-Annie List (Robinson), 6-3, 6-1.

L. List and A. List of Robinson finished second. The pair won the opener on default, then blanked Regan Shumway-Lani Butler (Mattoon), 6-0, 6-0 before downing Lexi Will-Olivia Hemmen (T-town), 6-2, 6-2 and lost to Probst-Hemmen (T-town), 6-3, 6-1.

In the third place doubles, Lexi Will and Olivia Hemmen defeated G. Kroenlein-E. Wendling (Effingham), 6-0, 6-1 then beating Grace Karolewicz and L. Schmidt  of St. Anthony), 6-3, 6-2. They won over L. List-A. List of Robinson, 6-2, 6-2 before beating Lydia Kull-Aila Woomer, 7-6, 6-2.

Lydia Kull and Aila Woomer finished fourth. The pair defeated Izzy Hakman-M. Brown of St. Anthony, 6-3, 6-2 then won over Lily Gregory-Avery Boyer of Mattoon, 6-3, 6-2. They lost to Probst-I. Hemmen of T-town, 6-1, 6-4 and to Will-O. Hemmen of Teutopolis, 7-5, 6-2.

The qualifiers advance to the Class 1A State Tournament this Thursday through Saturday, hosted by Buffalo Grove High School.