Trojans' girls tennis team to begin Section 2AA play at Hutchinson
The Worthington Trojans are the No. 6 seed in the Section 2AA girls tennis tournament that begins Tuesday. WHS will play a quarterfinal match at third-seeded Hutchinson that's scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
Worthington comes into the tournament on the heels of back-to-back victories, as the Trojans won a pair of matches Thursday at the Worthington Middle School courts against both Pipestone and Redwood Valley.
Against the Arrows, WHS was triumphant 7-0. In singles, beginning at No. 1, Lily Brown was victorious in three sets. No. 2 Kah Blu Moo and No. 3 Claire Schultz both won by scores of 6-1, 6-0, and No. 4 Isabella Poe picked up a 6-2, 6-0 triumph. In doubles, the No. 1-seeded tandem of Emma Hietbrink and Madison Poe earned a three-set win, while No. 2 duo Maria Shwe and LweKaPaw Ehmu won by forfeit. No. 3 Nallely Escalante and Lisbeth Soto were victorious 6-4, 6-2.
In the Redwood Valley match, the Trojans came out on top 5-2. Brown won 7-6, 1-6, 10-3. Schultz won 7-5, 6-1 and Isabella Poe won 6-4, 4-6, 10-8. In doubles, Hieitbrink and Madison Poe won 6-0, 6-4 and Isabella Kouame and Soto won 6-2, 7-6.
The winner of Tuesday's Hutchinson-Worthington match will meet either No. 2 Mankato East or No. 7 New Ulm in the semifinals on Thursday at the higher seed. The finals will be next Monday in Owatonna.
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The Murray County Central/Fulda Warrior cross-country teams hosted a multi-team invite Monday at the Slayton Country Club.
MCC/F's Aiden Appel was the individual winner in the boys competition with a time of 17:32, which was exactly 35 seconds faster than second-place David Botello Ramos of Jackson County Central. The Warriors' Alexander Betz was third, followed by Worthington's Asrat Bonnett in fourth, Micah Janssen of MCC/F in fifth, the Trojans' Evan Meyer in sixth, Aiden Lichter of Adrian-Ellsworth in seventh, and JCC's Kayden Mitchell and Brycen Mitchell in eighth and ninth, respectively.
Other top finishers for MCC/Fulda were: Carter Larson, 11th; Conner Pieske, 12th; Tyler Reith, 15th and Bobby Keller, 16th. For the Trojans, Braddock Marquardt was 13th and Ryan Phelps 19th. Cody Wiedert was 14th for A-E. Grant Ambrose was 17th for JCC. The Warriors were first in the team standings with 32 points, followed by JCC and Worthington.
In the girls race, MCC/Fulda's Laiken Farris crossed the finish line first in 21:25. JCC's Naiya Ayers was second, A-E's Keyona Klingenberg was third, the Warriors' Mara Clarke was fourth and JCC's Stevie Untiedt fifth.
Top finishers for the Dragons were: Charlotte Lichter, seventh; Lucy Thier, 11th; Olivia Bullerman, 12th; Peyton Bohlke, 16th; and Jozie Cuperus, 18th. MCC/Fulda also had Isabella Schreier place eighth and Holland Vogel 17th. Carly Clark was 15th for JCC. Emily Dahlquist was 13th for the Trojans. A-E finished first out of the four competing teams, with JCC second.
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