BUFFALO GROVE — Triad’s Averi Moore made history with a fourth-place singles finish, helping the Knights place third at the IHSA Class 1A state girls tennis tournament in Buffalo Grove and other northwest suburban Chicago venues.
Highland’s Nora Kampwerth and Julianne Lindsco finished fifth in doubles, winning six of their seven matches.
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Deerfield won the team championship with 32 points, followed by Chicago University with 20 and Triad with 19. Lake Forest finished fourth with 17 points, and Darien Hinsdale South was fifth with 14. Highland placed 14th with nine points, Jersey tied for 29th with four, and Father McGivney Catholic finished 40th with three.
Moore won her first four matches in the double-elimination tournament, reaching the semifinals by defeating Chicago University’s Sophia Holt 6-1, 6-0. She lost to Deerfield’s Caroline Shi 6-0, 6-0 in the semifinals, then fell to Evie Drexler of Winnetka North Shore Country Day 6-0, 6-2 in the third-place match.
Triad’s Hillary D’Auncy and Lila Gallas went 3-2 in doubles, ending their tournament with a 7-5, 7-5 loss to Deerfield’s Brooke Rubinstein and Ania Zarnecki in the third round of the consolation bracket.
The Knights’ Kacey Ruger and Morgan Boyce also finished 3-2. They lost to Teutopolis’ Cecilia Donsback and Avery Probst 6-2, 7-5 in the fourth consolation round.
Kampwerth and Lindsco’s only loss came in the quarterfinals, where Hinsdale South’s Addy Filipiak and Teodora Savic defeated them 6-1, 6-1. The Highland pair recovered through the consolation bracket and beat Woodstock Marian Catholic’s Jordan Cheng and Julia Lukey 2-6, 6-0, 10-5 in the fifth-place match.
Highland’s Rachael Reckmann and Emma Baudino lost both of their matches. Normal University’s Adi Kim and Hallie Shoneberger eliminated them 6-2, 7-6 in the first consolation round.
Jersey’s Kiley King and Anna Kribs finished 2-2 in doubles. They opened with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 victory over Reckmann and Baudino before losing two of their next three matches. Danville’s Rosabella Breyer and Samantha Brown eliminated them 6-3, 6-2 in the third consolation round.
Jersey singles player Neely Goetten lost two of three matches, ending her tournament with a 6-4, 6-3 loss to Lemont’s Sophia Mietus in the second consolation round.
Father McGivney’s Camila Carruthers and Eleanor Willenborg lost both doubles matches. Peoria Christian’s Izzie George and Kennedi Dewitt eliminated them 4-6, 6-2, 10-7 in the first consolation round.
McGivney singles player Kaitlin Terhaar went 2-2, falling to Freeport’s Angelina Sala 0-6, 6-3, 10-8 in the third consolation round.
Triad and Highland entered the state tournament after winning sectional team championships Oct. 16-17.
At the Triad sectional, the Knights scored 30 points to finish ahead of Jersey with 19 and McGivney with 16. Quincy Notre Dame Catholic placed fourth with 11 points, followed by Metro-East Lutheran with eight. Marquette Catholic and Civic Memorial tied for sixth with six points each, Roxana had four, Bunker Hill had two, and East Alton-Wood River did not score.
Moore won the sectional singles title, followed by Goetten, Quincy Notre Dame’s Lydia Miller and Terhaar. D’Auncy and Gallas won doubles, with Ruger and Boyce second, King and Kribs third, and Willenborg and Carruthers fourth. All qualified for state.
At the Centralia sectional, Highland scored 22 points to edge Flora and Salem, which tied for second with 21 each. Fairfield finished fourth with 10 points. Hillsboro, Mount Vernon and Vandalia tied for fifth with eight each, followed by Centralia with four and Nashville with two. Greenville did not score.
Kampwerth and Lindsco won the doubles title over Highland teammates Baudino and Reckmann. Flora’s Kinley Souder and Mylea Jones finished third, and Flora’s Carsen and Ermesen Forth placed fourth.
Salem’s Ella Robinson won singles, followed by Flora’s Mya Sloan, Salem’s Katee Sellers and Fairfield’s Wren Braddock. The top four singles finishers and doubles teams qualified for state.
