The Trenton Lady Bulldogs and Chillicothe Lady Hornets advanced to the district final against one another with semifinal team wins on Tuesday afternoon, as THS beat Richmond 5-2, while the top-seeded Lady Hornets shutout Excelsior Springs. The district final was to be played on Wednesday afternoon, but due to rain, was postponed until Friday afternoon.
Early in the match against Richmond, Trenton picked up a key victory from its strong doubles contingent, with Lexi Gott and Kendall Crowley outlasting Ayria McBee and Mackenzie Phillips in the #1 match by a 9-8 score, with the tiebreak going to a nail-biting finish of 7-5. The #2 doubles match went to the Lady Spartans duo of Kenzie Hughes and Sophia Mendoza 9-7 over Gwyneth Foster and Mallory Sole of THS. The Lady Bulldogs took the advantage out of doubles with a dominating performance in the #3 match by Morgan Dolan and Alaina Overton, teaming for an 8-1 win over Alysha Heath and Audrey McFee.
In singles, Trenton’s wins to clinch the match came at #4, with Sole over Mendoza 6-3, 6-1, #5 from Dolan by a 7-5, 6-3 score over Heath, and in the #6 match, with Overton routing McFee 6-0, 6-1. Richmond’s Hughes, at #2 singles, took a straight set win over Crowley 7-5, 6-4. The matches involving the #1 players of Gott and McBee, and the #3 entries, Foster and Phillips, were not completed, with competition stopped in the cool early evening conditions after Trenton reached five individual wins and the clinching score.
