The Ellsworth High School girls tennis team, hoping to repeat as Class 3-1A state champions, captured the Ellsworth regional title Saturday with 22 points.
Central Plains placed second with 12 points, followed by Hoisington 7, Wakeeney-Trego Community 5. Russell 4, Tribune-Greeley County 3, Osborne 2, Victoria 1 and Norton Community 0.
In singles, Ellsworth’s Karli Hasse placed first and Hannah Vague placed third. In doubles, Ellsworth’s Makenna Anderson-Reygan Coonrod placed first and Cora Kyler-Raegan Williams placed fifth.
In 2025, Ellsworth captured the first Kansas Class 3-1A girls tennis state team championship in program history at the Salina Tennis Center with 44 points.
The duo of Coonrod and Inarie Rippert won the Class 3-1A doubles state title. Haase was the Class 3-1A singles state runner-up.
Hoisington’s Mila Simic placed second in singles, followed by Russell’s Anna-Marie Maxwell, fourth; Tribune-Greeley County’s Mia Reynolds, fifth; and Central Plains’ Eliza Jeffrey, sixth.
Central Plains will send two doubles teams to state: Emery Siemsen-Ashtyn Robl placed second and Aevyn Siemsen-Bella Zink placed fourth.
Wakeeney-Trego’s Trista Smith-Annika Dietz placed third and Osborne’s Claire Mick-Hallie Mick placed sixth.
The Hoisington doubles team of Aubree Martin-Braylin Rossman finished in seventh place to fall just short of qualifying.
Also competing for the Cardinals at regionals were the doubles team of Callie Loesch-Miette Kaiser and Annabelle Gonzalez in singles.
The top six singles players and top six doubles teams in each regional qualified for the Kansas Class 3-1A state tournament next Friday and Saturday (Oct. 16-17) at the Kossover Tennis Center in Topeka.
The Class 4A state girls tennis tournament is also being played at the Kossover Tennis Center. Class 6A takes place at Wichita’s Riverside Tennis Complex. Class 5A takes place at the Andover District Tennis Complex.
