St. A, EHS Nab Tennis Wins, Mt. Zion Edges T-town

Effingham St. Anthony High School edged Flora 5-4 in tennis competition Thursday.

In singles play, Jenny Wolters downed her opponent at No. 1. Kelly Rentfrow won the No. 3 spot while Tierney Hammer took No. 4. Flora captured the other three spots and the two squads were tied at 3-3 after singles play.

In doubles action, St. Anthony won at No. 1 as Wolters and Anna Schutzbach went 7-5, 6-3. The Bulldogs' Rentfrow and Chloe Malone won at No. 3, 6-4, 7-5 to pull out the victory.

At St. Anthony

Singles

No. 1 -- Jenny Wolters (SA) defeated Bailey Pearce (F), 7-6, 6-0

No. 2 -- Brooke Winka (F) defeated Anna Schutzbach (SA), 6-0, 6-2

No. 3 -- Kelly Rentfrow (SA) defeated Marissa Wagley (F), 9-6, 6-1

No. 4 -- Tierney Hammer (SA) defeated Macy Warren (F), 6-4, 6-4

No. 5 -- Morgen Gindlesberger (F) defeated Mary Claire Wegman (SA), 6-2, 6-1

No. 6 -- Sam Brisco (F) defeated Paige Koester (SA), 6-2, 6-2

Doubles

No. 1 -- Wolters-Schutzbach (SA) defeated Perace-Warren (F), 7-5, 6-3

No. 2 -- Brisco-Winka (F) defeated Hammer-Koester (SA), 6-4, 6-3

No. 3 -- Rentfrow-Chloe Malone (SA) defeated Morgen Luttrell-Allison Carder (F), 6-4, 7-5

At Paris

Effingham picked up a 7-2 victory over Paris in Apollo Conference action. The Hearts took five of the six singles matches.

Winning were Emma Kull, Kyra Bannister, Megan Allen, Tori Sims and Ashley Workman. In doubles, the Hearts took the top spot as Kull and Bannister won 10-3 and No. 3 as Allen and Savannah Blake were winners 10-7.

At Paris

Singles

No. 1 -- Emma Kull (E) defeated Quinn Shockley (P), 6-0, 6-3

No. 2 -- Kyra Bannister (E) defeated Meredith Penczek (P), 6-2, 7-5

No. 3 -- Megna Allen (E) defeated Haley Gates (P), 6-0, 6-1

No. 4 -- Tori Sims (E) defeated Fize Selminoska (P), 6-3, 6-3

No. 5 -- Ashley Workman (E) defeated Janessa Watson (P), 7-5, 6-2

No. 6 -- Miranda Myers (P) defeated Savannah Blake (E), 6-0, 6-3

Doubles

No. 1 -- Kull-Bannister (E) defeated Penczek-Gates (P), 10-3

No. 2 -- Shockley-MacKenzie Martin (P) defeated Workman-Allen (E), 10-9, 8-6

No. 3 -- Allen-Blake (E) defeated Watson-Myers (P), 10-7

Exhibition

Emilie Emberton (P) defeated Miranda Johnson (E), 8-6; Selminoska-Kemper (P) defeated Haley Miller-Olivia Miller (E), 8-1

At Mount Zion

Mount Zion edged Teutopolis 5-4 in action Thursday. T-town picked up two singles wins as Elena Breer won at No. 3, 6-4, 6-1 and Kara Schwinke claimed the No. 6 spot, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4.

T-town then took two of the three doubles wins. Allison Vogt and Breer combined at No. 1 to win 10-1 while Kaitlin Deters and Schwinke won 10-3.

The loss was the first of the season for the Shoes as they drop to 5-1.

In junior varsity action, T-town claimed a 5-1 win over Mount Zion to improve to 5-1.

At Mount Zion

Varsity Match

Singles

No. 1 -- Megan Balgemann (MZ) defeated Allison Vogt (TT), 6-0, 6-3

No. 2 -- Mara Lebo (MZ) defeated Holley Wright (TT), 1-6, 7-5, 7-5

No. 3 -- Elena Breer (TT) defeated Marisa Gissler (MZ), 6-4, 6-1

No. 4 -- Megan Crosby (MZ) defeated Kaitlin Deters (TT), 6-4, 6-4

No. 5 -- Meredith Jones (MZ) defeated Ashley Hemmen (TT), 6-4, 6-1

No. 6 -- Kara Schwinke (TT) defeated Mandy Johnson (MZ), 5-7, 6-1, 6-4

Doubles

No. 1 -- Vogt-Breer (TT) defeated Lebo-Crosby (MZ), 10-1

No. 2 -- Balgemann-Madison Stoecker (MZ) defeated Hemmen-Taylor Deters (TT), 10-6

No. 3 -- K. Deters-Schwinke (TT) defeated Jones-Johnston (MZ), 10-3

Junior Varsity

Singles

No. 1 -- Sidney Brumleve (TT) defeated Carrisa Kretsinger (MZ), 8-5

No. 2 -- Christa Schwinke (TT) defeated Carly Moore (MZ), 8-1

No. 3 -- Audra Breer (TT) defeated Hanna Perry (MZ), 8-6

No. 4 -- Anna Hobson (MZ) defeated Charlotte Wente (TT), 8-2

No. 5 -- Taylor Hartke (TT) defeated Jenna Chervinco (MZ), 5-4, ret.

No. 6 -- Sarah Thoele (TT) defeated Kelsey Pygott (MZ), 8-4