The Trenton High School doubles team of Emma Gilham and Lexi Gott went 2-1 on Saturday, taking third place in individual districts, moved indoors to the Genesis Courts in St. Joseph due to the damp weather conditions. Â
Gilham and Gott, in opening round action, took down Bailey Bell and Reese Robertson of Bishop LeBlond by a 6-2, 6-3 final score, moving into the semifinals. In the semifinals, Trenton’s duo lost the opening set against Sydney Brown and Kally Horn of Benton 6-4, but rallied to claim the middle set 6-2. The Benton side took the final set 6-3 to advance. Â
In the third place match, Gilham and Gott beat Chiara Ghera and Cayren Barnett of Maryville in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, winning third place medals and All-District honors in the process.
The Trenton doubles team of Kendall Crowley lost in opening round play to Maggie Church and Natalie Johnston of Benton by a score of 5-7, 6-2, 1-6.
Trenton’s singles entries struggled to straight set defeats in St. Joseph, with Latorrie Johnson falling to Maryville’s Addison Hall, 1-6, 2-6, while Elle Neal of the Lady Bulldogs lost to Megan Schuster of Savannah, 2-6, 4-6.
Photo credit – Twitter / @trentonbulldogs / St. Joseph, MO
