By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural seniors Emerie Catlin and Izzy Haggard followed up their city and Centennial League doubles championships with a Class 6A regional title Thursday at Wichita's Riverside Tennis Complex, leading the Junior Blues to the team crown.
Washburn Rural's girls tennis team receives its Class 6A regional championship trophy Thursday in Wichita. [Washburn Athletics]
Washburn Rural seniors Emerie Catlin (left) and Izzy Haggard completed a sweep of city, Centennial League and Class 6A regional doubles titles on Thursday in Wichita. [File photo/TSN]
Catlin and Haggard, who will take a 21-4 record into next weekend's 6A state tournament, capped their regional title run with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Wichita Southeast seniors Mallory Martinez and Lauren Ounaphom in the championship match.
Washburn Rural senior Carolina Chedzoy qualified for her second straight Class 6A state tournament with a runnerup regional finish Thursday at Wichita. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn Rural's Julia Katzer earned a berth in the Class 6A state tennis tournament with a fifth-place regional singles finish Thursday in Wichita. [File photo/TSN]
Michelle Rose's Junior Blues also qualified both of its singles players for state, with senior Carolina Chedzoy posting a second-place finish and Julia Katzer finishing fifth.
Chedzoy dropped a 6-3, 6-2 decision to Junction City sophomore Hannah Micheel in the singles final while Katzer posted a 6-2, 6-2 win over Wichita North's Lena Nguyen in the fifth-place match.
Topeka High junior Madeline Deters earned the second Class 6A state berth of her career with a third-place regional singles finish Thursday at Wichita. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka High's Hailey Caryl (left) and Ava Ritter qualified for the Class 6A state tournament with a fifth-place regional finish Thursday at Wichita. [Submitted photo]
Topeka High qualified three players for state, with junior Madeline Deters finishing third at regionals in singles and the doubles team of junior Ava Ritter and freshman Hailey Caryl taking fifth in doubles.
Deters posted a 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 win over Manhattan junior Keylee Schartz in the third-place singles match while Ritter and Caryl took a 6-4, 6-2 win over Manhattan's Kennedy McCarty and Lia Nickerson in the fifth-place doubles match.
Manhattan won the team title by a 17-13 win over Junction City while Manhattan was third with 10 points and Topeka High fourth with eight points as Centennial League schools swept the top four spots.
The 6A state tournament will be contested at Prairie Village's Harmon Park Tennis Complex on Oct. 18-19.
The remaining Shawnee County teams will compete for state berths in regional competition Friday and Saturday.
Shawnee Heights and Topeka West will compete in a 5A regional on Friday at Harmon Park while Seaman and Highland Park will compete in a 5A regional on Saturday at Bonner Springs.
Hayden compete in a 4A regional on Saturday at Kossover Tennis Center while Cair Paravel Latin and Rossville will participate in a 3A-1A regional Friday and Saturday at Marysville.
CLASS 6A REGIONAL
At Riverside Tennis Complex
Team scores
Washburn Rural 17, Junction City 13, Manhattan 10, Topeka High 8, Wichita Southeast 7, Wichita North 2, Wichita West 1.
Individual results
Singles
Championship -- Hannah Micheel, Junction City, def. Carolina Chedzoy, Washburn Rural, 6-3, 6-2.
Third -- Madeline Deters, Topeka High, vs. Keylee Schartz, Manhattan, NA.
Fifth -- Julia Katzer, Washburn Rural, def. Lena Nguyen, Wichita North, 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles
Championship -- Emerie Catlin/Izzy Haggard, Washburn Rural, def. Mallory Martinez/Lauren Ounaphom, Wichita Southeast, 6-3, 6-3.
Third -- Julia Cho/Gracie Erichson, Junction City, def. Jackie Hsu/Averie Thurston, Manhattan, 7-5, 6-3.
Fifth -- Ava Ritter/Hailey Caryl, Topeka High, def. Kennedy McCarty/Lia Nickerson, Manhattan, 6-4, 6-2.
