{"id":21386,"date":"2025-10-24T06:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=21386"},"modified":"2025-10-24T06:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:50:17","slug":"area-players-compete-extremely-well-at-state-tennis-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/tennis\/21386-area-players-compete-extremely-well-at-state-tennis-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Area Players Compete Extremely Well At State Tennis Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Area players did extremely well at the State Girls Tennis Tournament Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Teutopolis High School&#8217;s Anna Probst and Abbie Lee went unbeaten on the day. The pair won over Madison Reade and Kendyl Wassenhove of Geneseo, 6-0 7-5 before downing Madeleine Smith and Morgan Smith of Richton Park Southland College Prep Charter, 6-0, 6-1. They then beat Alexia Conine and Callie Zhao of Winnetka North\u00a0 Shore Country Day, 6-1, 6-1.<\/p>\n<p>The pair enter the quarterfinals and will take on Jenna Remke and Julia Lukey of Woodstock Marian at Buffalo Grove today.<\/p>\n<p>Avery Probst won her opening two matches in singles play. She downed Maysen Pethoud of Sycamore, 6-0, 6-2 then won over Jordan Cheng of Woodstock Marian 6-4, 6-3. She fell against Addy Filipiak of Darien Hinsdale South, 6-0, 6-0.<\/p>\n<p>That drops her into the fourth round consolation against Elaine McNamara of LaGrange Park Nazareth Academy today.<\/p>\n<p>Adi Davidson and Allie Ruholl won over Charlotte\u00a0 McEvoy and Lainey Laughton of Lake Forest, 6-4, 7-5. They fell to Kennedy Taylor and Natalie Beck of Glen Carbon Father McGivney, 6-2, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>The pair came back to win over Abby White and Leah Range of Jacksonville, 7-5, 6-1 before exiting the tournament with their second loss, this one to Alondra Espino and Megan Ardaugh of Joliet Catholic Academy, 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham St. Anthony&#8217;s Ellie Link and Mia Kinkelaar claimed two victories in doubles action.<\/p>\n<p>Link and Kinkelaar won their opening match over Lila Ezell and Avery Olson of Sycamore, 6-0, 6-0 and then downed Lara Burca and Eloise Khoury of Chicago Payon, 6-2, 6-1.<\/p>\n<p>The pair then fell to Isabella Gusso and Katherine Brewer of Dunlap, 2-6, 6-0, 7-6 (4). That dropped them into the fourth round consolation where they will face Alondra Espino and Megan Ardaugh of Joliet Catholic Academy today.<\/p>\n<p>Liv Hoene and Nora Trupiano won their opener over Alexis Keener and Samantha Pilgrim of Chicago Payton, 7-5, 6-3. They fell in the second round to Alexis Nilles and Katherine Nilles of Maroa-Forsyth 6-3, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>The duo bounced back to win over Madison Reade and Kendyl Wassenhove of Geneseo, 7-5, 7-5.<\/p>\n<p>They will face Gabi Pecoraro and Addie Cortese of Normal University today in the third round consolation.<\/p>\n<p>Newton had two singles players competing and both picked up two losses each to exit the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Jailyn Hall lost to Kruthi Ramanath of Urbana University, 6-0, 6- before dropping the second match to Evelyn Johnson of Crystal Lake Central, 6-0, 6-0<\/p>\n<p>Olivia Sornberger lost to Abigail Harris of Bethalto Civic Memorial, 7-5, 6-0. She then fell to Shreya Patel of Morris, 3-6, 6-0 (10-1).<\/p>\n<p>The tournament continues today and will finish out with the finals Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Area players did extremely well at the State Girls Tennis Tournament Thursday. 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