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Six Kennett tennis players medal at C1D1 individual district

KENNETT, Mo. - All six Kennett varsity starters earned medals at the Class 1, District 1 individual girls tennis district Friday afternoon at Kennett.

Kennett’s Sydni McAtee and Darcy Campbell placed first in doubles. Kennett’s Anelle Harris and Taylor Hufford took second in doubles. McAtee-Campbell beat Harris-Hufford 6-1, 6-3 in the doubles championship.

Kennett’s Emma Phillips placed first and Kennett’s Alexa Blankenship finished third in singles.

Phillips beat Notre Dame’s Claire Bruenderman 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 in the singles championship. Blankenship beat Dexter’s Malia Cook 7-5, 6-3 in the singles third-place match.

The first and second place finishers in singles and doubles will compete individual sectional play Tuesday at St. Louis.

See district results below:


SINGLES TOURNAMENT

Photo by Dustin Ward, staff
Kennett’s Emma Phillips (right) placed first and Kennett’s Alexa Blankenship (left) placed third in singles at the Class 1, District 1 individual girls tennis district Friday at Kennett.

Round 1

Hillis (Sikeston) def. Mize (Caruthersville) 6-0, 6-3

Wilson (Charleston) def. Frazier (Sikeston) 6-4, 6-1

Blankenship (Kennett) def. Stewart (Caruthersville) 6-0, 6-1

Quarterfinals

Phillips (Kennett) def. Hillis (Sikeston) 6-0, 6-1

Cook (Dexter) def. Smith (Charleston) 6-2, 6-2

Bruenderman (Notre Dame) def. Wilson (Charleston) 6-0, 6-2

Blankenship (Kennett) def. Northcutt (Dexter) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

Semifinals

Phillips (Kennett) def. Cook (Dexter) 6-0, 6-0

Bruenderman (Notre Dame) def. Blankenship (Kennett) 6-1, 6-0

Third Place

Blankenship (Kennett) def. Cook (Dexter) 7-5, 6-3

Championship

Phillips (Kennett) def. Bruenderman (Notre Dame) 4-6, 7-5, 7-5


DOUBLES TOURNAMENT

Photo by Dustin Ward, staff
Pictured left to right are Kennett’s Darcy Campbell, Sydni McAtee, Anelle Harris and Taylor Hufford. McAtee and Campbell placed first in doubles and Harris and Hufford placed second in doubles at the Class 1, District 1 individual girls tennis district Friday at Kennett.

Round 1

Walker-Rickman (Caruthersville) def. Williams-Paris (Charleston) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Smith-Petigrew (Charleston) def. Frazier-Phillips (Sikeston) 6-0, 6-1

Fennewald-Gullette (Notre Dame) def. Porter-Foreman (Caruthersville) 6-0, 6-0

Quarterfinals

McAtee-Campbell (Kennett) def. Walker-Rickman (Caruthersville) 6-0, 6-0

Southard-Stroup (Notre Dame) def. McBride-Northcutt 6-2, 3-6, 6-2

Dorton-Bollinger (Dexter) def. Smith-Pettigrew (Charleston) 6-0, 6-2

Harris-Hufford (Kennett) def. Fennewald-Gullette (Notre Dame) 7-5, 7-5

Semifinals

McAtee-Campbell (Kennett) def. Southard-Stroup (Notre Dame) 6-2, 6-2

Harris-Hufford (Kennett) def. Dorton-Bollinger (Dexter) 6-1, 6-1

Third Place

Dorton-Bollinger (Dexter) def. Southard-Stroup 7-5, 6-4

Championship

McAtee-Campbell (Kennett) def. Harris-Hufford (Kennett) 6-1, 6-3

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