On a blazing hot Friday, the CHS girls varsity tennis team competed in the Benton Tournament for over six hours. The morning started in all singles play based on ranked brackets for all nine teams. After those matches played out, the afternoon was spent in similarly ranked brackets with doubles pairs. After playing six or seven pro-6 matches each, four lady hornets went home with individual medals, and every player ended the day with a winning record. Junior Anya Moore and senior Rian Mathews actually snagged two medals each for both singles and doubles in their respective ranks. Coach Chambers was most excited that the team as a whole finished fourth out of nine schools since these were almost all schools in their district or conference. The lady hornets only fell to St. Pius, Maryville, and Savannah. Coach said, “This was a great first glimpse of where we stand in the MEC and postseason picture. We know what to expect from here on out, and we have a real shot to fight for our end of season goals.”
Results were as follows:
#1 Singles — Lexy Smith — 5th Place — lost to Savannah 1-6, beat Trenton 7-5, beat Central 6-2, beat Cameron 6-2
#2 Singles — Lydia Bonderer — 7th Place — lost to St. Pius 0-6, beat Trenton 6-1, lost to Savannah 0-6, beat Cameron 6-1
#3 Singles — Summer Gaston — 4th Place — beat Cameron 6-2, lost to Savannah 1-6, lost to St. Pius 2-6
#4 Singles — Rian Mathews — 3rd Place — beat Central 6-2, beat Savannah 6-1, lost to Maryville 4-6, beat Benton 6-0
#5 Singles — Trixie Leppin — 7th Place — lost to LeBlond 3-6, lost to Maryville 2-6, beat Trenton 6-1
#6 Singles — Anya Moore — 2nd Place — beat Trenton 6-0, beat Maryville 6-3, lost to Savannah 0-6
#1 Doubles — Smith & Bonderer — 5th Place — lost to Savannah 4-6, beat Central 6-3, beat Trenton 6-1
#2 Doubles — Gatson & Mathews — 3rd Place — beat Benton 6-0, lost to Maryville 3-6, beat LeBlond 6-1
#3 Doubles — Leppin & Moore — 2nd Place — beat LeBlond 6-0, beat Trenton 6-1, lost to St. Pius 0-6