Lady Whippets rule MOAC tournament
Shelby captured the Mid Ohio Athletic Conference girls tennis tournament which was completed Saturday at the SHS courts.
The Lady Whippets, who won four of the five positions, finished with 33 points. Marion Harding was the runner-up with 25 and River Valley was third with 21. Following were Marion Pleasant (12), Ontario (9), Clear Fork (7) and Galion (3).
SHS swept all three championships in singles play.
Shelby’s Grace Mahek prevailed at first singles and dispatched Marion Harding’s Nicole Flock in the finals. The loss was the first in two seasons for Flock.
Sadie Smith won at No. 2 singles for the Whippets and upended Lydsey Mcquown of Marion Harding for the crown.
Raegan Gurney provided SHS with the singles sweep by downing Tyler Simmers of Marion Harding in the championship at the No. 3 position.
Mollie Eith and Olivia Fordyce led Shelby to victory in No. 2 doubles. They bested Ashiah Harris and Courtney Cookson of River Valley in finals.
The Whippets No. 1 doubles team of Madison Sharrock and Anna Vogt fell in the title matchup to Harding’s Taryn Simmers and Ryleigh Tillman.
The next competition for the SHS netters is Wednesday at River Valley.
MID OHIO ATHLETIC
CONFERENCE
Girls Tennis Tournament At Shelby High School
Team Scoring — 1. Shelby 33; 2. Marion Harding 25; 3. River Valley 21; 4. Marion Pleasant 12; 5. Ontario
9; 6. Clear Fork 7; 7. Galion 3.
First Singles First Round
Ethereal Trippet, Pl, def. Jerika Cassady, Ga, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Sophie Thompson, RV, def. Claire Henige, On, 6-0, 6-0; Grace Mahek, Sh, def. Maddie Dion, CF, 6-0, 6-1.
Semifinals
Nicole Flock, MH, def. Trippet, Pl, 6-1; 6-0; Mahek, Sh, def. Thompson, RV, 6-0, 6-2.
Finals
Mahek, Sh, def. Flock, MH, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
Third Place
Thompson, RV, def. Trippett, Pl, 8-0.
5th Play In/final
Dion, CF, def. Henige, On, 8-3; Dion, CF, def. Cassady, Ga, 8-1.
Second Singles
First Round
Maura Murphy, Pl, def. Kadence Fairchild, Ga, 6-1, 6-3; Lyndsey Mcquown, MH, def. Paige Divelbiss, On, 6-2, 6-0; Olivia Kaufman, RV, def. Emily Brokaw, CF, 6-3, 6-1.
Semifinals
Mcquown, MH, def. Kaufman, RV, 7-6, 6-1; Sadie Smith, Sh, def. Murphy, Pl, 6-0, 6-2.
Finals
Smith, Sh, def. Mcquown, MH, 6-2, 6-1.
Third Place
Kaufman, RV, def. Murphy, Pl, 8-7.
Fifth Play In/final
Divelbiss, On, def. Brokaw, CF, 8-5; Divelbiss, On, def. Fairchild, Ga, 8-1
Third Singles First Round
Katie Jordan, Pl, def. Elisha Burson, On, 6-2, 6-0; Natalie Klenzman, RV, def. Maddie Clark,
CF, 6-2, 6-0; Raegan Gurney, Sh, def. Coulter, Ga, 6-0, 6-0.
Semifinals
Tyler Simmers, MH, def, Jordan, Pl, 6-1, 6-3; Gurney, Sh, def. Klenzman, RV, 6-0, 6-1.
Finals
Gurney, Sh, def. Simmers, MH, 6-3, 7-5.
Third Place
Klenzman, RV, def. Jordan, Pl, 8-0.
5th Play In/final
Clark, CF, def. Coulter, Ga, 8-2; Clark, CF, def. Burson, On, 8-3
First Doubles First Round
Mariah Goodman-sarah Wiseman, CF, def. Olivia Jordanhannah Miller, Pl, 6-2, 6-3; Katie Richards-grace Ward, RV, def. Emma Maguire-lydia Mccabe, Ga, 6-1, 6-1; Taryn Simmers-ryleigh Tillman, MH, def. Elizabeth Cornabi Perez, On, 6-0, 6-1.
Semifinals
Madison Sharrock-anna Vogt, Sh, def. Goodman-wiseman, CF, 6-0, 6-1; Summers-tillman, MH, def. Richards-ward, RV, 6-4, 6-2.
Finals
Simmers-tillman, MH, def. Sharrock-vogt, Sh, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.
Third Place
Richards-ward, RV, Goodman-wiseman, CF, 8-1.
5th Play In/final Second Doubles
First Round
def.
Corn-perez, On, def. Maguiremccabe, Ga, 8-4; Corn-perez, On, def. Jordan-miller, Pl, 8-1.
Priya Das-courtney Smith, On, def. Zoe Reagan-taylor Henry, Ga, 6-1, 6-1; Sofia Tinnerello-karli Harris, MH, def. Halee Hawkinsmarkley
Watters, Pl, 6-1, 6-2; Mollie With-olivia Fordyce, Sh, def. Liz Langer-jordan Pfeifer, CF, 6-0, 6-0.
Semifinals
Ashiah Harris-courtney Cookson, RV, def. Das-smith, On, 6-2, 6-0; Eith-fordyce, Sh, def. Tinnerelloharris, MH, 6-1, 6-4.
Finals
Eith-fordyce, Sh, def. Harriscookson, RV, 6-1, 6-3.
Third Place
Das-smith, On,. def. Tinnerelloharris, MH, 8-6.
5th Play in/final
Hawkins-watters, Pl, def. Langerpfeifer, CF, 8-6; Hawkins-wetters, Pl, def. Reagan-henry, Ga, 8-7.