Trenton High School’s doubles team of Lydia Leininger and Astrid Soriano had their season end on Friday afternoon at the Class 1 state tournament in Springfield, falling 6-0, 6-0 to Kennett High School in the opening round.
Kennett’s team came into the match with a record of 30-0. Leininger and Soriano fell to Saxony Lutheran in the first round of consolation round action 6-1, 6-2.
Other results included Chillicothe’s Washburn and Garr falling 2 sets to 1 in first round doubles play. Zuzanna Twarowska of Cameron won in the first round of singles competition 2 sets to 0, before falling to Emelia Kinder 2 sets to 0 in the quarterfinals. Twarowska went onto finish sixth in Saturday’s competition. Chillicothe’s Cami Carpenter lost to Lucy Pace 2 sets to none in first round action.
Chillicothe, having advanced to the Show-Me Showdown with a 5-3 sectional win over Excelsior Springs and a 5-3 quarterfinal triumph over Savannah, finished fourth in the Class 1 tournament, falling to eventual champion Kennett 5-1 in the semifinals, and 5-0 to Notre Dame de Sion in the third place match. Kennett beat Clayton 5-3 in the championship duel. In Class 2, Ladue Horton Watkins won the title match over Fort Zumwalt South 5-0, while St. Joseph’s Academy swept Columbia Rock Bridge for the Class 3 title, 5-0.
