Published on October 26, 2026 6:35 am
Last Updated on October 26, 2026 6:35 am
Teutopolis High School tennis players advanced deep into the State Tennis Meet during weekend action.
Cecilia Donsbach and Avery Probst captured four victories at State before seeing their season end in the consolation quarterfinals.
Donsbach and Probst blanked their opponents in the opening round, 6-0, 6-0 then took the second round, 6-2, 6-4.
The pair then suffered their first loss in the third round to Maya Krasny and Shir Paz of Deerfield, 6-3, 6-3.
But the duo fought back to win a consolation fourth round over Kacey Ruger and Morgan Boyc of Triad, 6-2, 7-5. They then claimed the fifth consolation round victory, 6-1, 7-5 over Lainey Laughton and Nina Singh of Lake Forest.
Their season came to an end in the consolation quarterfinals with a loss to Jordan Cheng and Julia Lukey of Marian, 6-3, 6-1.
T-town’s Abbie Lee competed in singles action and opened with a victory over Neely Goetten of Jerseyville, 2-6, 6-3 (10-8) before dropping a loss to Anna Mertel of Prairie Ridge, 6-3, 6-3.
Then in the consolation round, Lee won over Makayla Shields of Kaneland, 6-2, 6-0 and downed Ella Robinson of Salem, 6-2, 6-1. She then won over Chloe Kendall of Morton, 6-2, 6-4. The end in further tournament play came in the consolation round against Eleanor Landers of Lake Forest with a hard-fought match. She fell 3-6, 6-4 (12-10).