Prairie Girls Tennis

Xavier twins, Jasper in state semifinals

Xavier's twin sister duo of Claire and Jeanne Bouchard, along with teammate Allison Jasper, advanced to the semifinals on Thursday in Class 1A state girls tennis tournament at Ankeny.

The Bouchards had a tough road to the semifinals. In the first round, they needed a first-set tiebreaker win before pulling away in the second set to win 7-6, 6-1 over Creston/Orient Macksburg's Caitlin McIlravy and Sydney Dunphy.

Three sets were needed for the twins to advance through the quarterfinals against Ryan Petievich and Hanna Schoning of Spirit Lake/Okoboji. The Bouchards prevailed, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.

They will meet Red Oak's Micayla Taylor and Grace Blomstedt in a 10 a.m. semifinal match.

Jasper, the No. 3 seed, had a much easier time advancing to the semifinals. She lost just three games in wins over Osage's Amber Schwarting (6-0, 6-0) and Haley Schneiderman of Aplington-Parkersburg (6-1, 6-2).

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Warriors nip Hawks, reach state semis

Washington sophomores Kelly King and Hannah Sherman were way late for their soccer team’s match at Iowa City West Wednesday night. Once again.

They figure they’ve missed the start of about half of the Warriors’ games this year, but always with a good excuse.

Rare two-sport athletes in the same season, King and Sherman spent four hours on tennis courts in Cedar Rapids Wednesday afternoon and into the evening.

Both were key players in Washington’s hard-fought 5-3 win over a tough Prairie squad in the quarterfinals of the Class 2A state team tennis tournament played at both Jefferson High School and the Veterans Memorial Tennis Center.

Each of them won her singles match handily.

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Wash, Prairie girls earn date at state

The Washington and Prairie girls tennis teams won Class 2A regional titles Saturday and will meet in the quarterfinals of the state tournament.

The Warriors and Hawks will battle Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Tennis Center.

Washington, which is the defending state champion, blanked Marshalltown and Cedar Falls in the regional tournament Saturday.

Prairie topped Dubuque Hempstead and Iowa City West.

REGIONAL FINALS

Washington 5, Cedar Falls 0

Singles

1. Lilly Hartman (W) vs Madison McCann, 6-2 (did not finish)
2. Hannah Sherman (W) def. Becky Hughes, 6-1, 6-2
3. Kelly King (W) def. Ariana Mitra, 6-1, 6-2
4. Jennifer Greif (W) def. Emma Redington, 6-2, 6-0
5. Eliza Sunderman (W) def. Rachel Paup, 6-2, 6-2
6. Laura Gibson (W) def. Kalleigh Kress, 6-0, 6-0

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Caro, doubles team to state for Hawks

ELDRIDGE - Prairie's Vale Caro won the Class 2A regional singles title Thursday at North Scott, downing Dubuque Hempstead's Morgan Streff, 6-0, 6-0, in the final match.

Both players advanced to state. Prairie's doubles team of Karleigh Schilling and Anna Postnikov lost a 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7) to Clinton's Samantha Brisch and Riley Hubbert. The Hawks duo advanced to state as the runner-up.