RAPID CITY The Brookings Bobcats are in 12th place after competing on the first day of the SDHSAA Girls State Tennis Tournament at the Sioux Park & Parkview Tennis Complex on Thursday.
The Bobcats have 26 points after the first day of the tournament with three singles competitors advancing to the consolation semifinals.
Rapid City Stevens leads the tournament after the first day with 300 points followed by Sioux Falls Lincoln with 266 points, Watertown with 224 points, Mitchell with 220 points and Aberdeen Central with 217 points.
The tournament will conclude beginning at 9 a.m. MDT Friday.
Singles
11th-seeded Sophie Tanner lost to sixth-seeded Ellie Huber of OGorman 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Flight 1 bracket. Tanner rebounded to defeat Rapid City Centrals Angela Limun 10-1 in the consolation quarterfinals and will face Brandon Valleys Keera Kriech in the consolation semifinals on Friday.
Anika Hooda was the 13th seed in Flight 2 and lost her first-round match to fourth-seeded Afton Keller of Sioux Falls Jefferson 6-1, 6-2. Hooda won her consolation quarterfinals match against Sioux Falls Roosevelts Abbi Paulsen 10-8 and advances to Fridays consolation semifinals match against Brandon Valleys Sophia Menden.
Yuki Zhu was the 10th seed in the Flight 3 bracket. After losing her first-round match to seventh-seeded Sarah Jamous of OGorman 6-2, 6-1, Zhu advanced to the consolation semifinals via bye and will face Sioux Falls Washingtons Zoriah VanDeVendel on Friday.
Maya Gent was the 13th seed in Flight 6. After losing to Watertowns Jade Smith 6-0, 6-0 in the first round, Gent defeated Rapid City Centrals Mia Rivers 10-0 to advance to the consolation semifinals, where shell face Brandon Valleys Makenna Beck on Friday.
Lada Senchanka was the 12th seed in the Flight 4 bracket. Senchanka lost her first-round match to OGormans Wilnel Farhat 6-3, 6-3 and lost to Sioux Falls Roosevelts Hazel Pederson 10-1 in the consolation quarterfinals.
Alison Glover was the 13th seed in Flight 5 and lost to fourth-seeded Cayda Weiss of Watertown 6-0, 6-0. Glover lost 10-5 to Sioux Falls Roosevelts Vada Jacoby in the consolation quarterfinals.
Doubles
The team of Tanner and Hooda was the 11th seed in Flight 1. They lost to the sixth-seeded team of Julie Knie and Avery Tennant of Aberdeen Central 6-1, 6-1 in the first round but defeated Angela Limun and Kili Cole of Rapid City Central in the consolation quarterfinals 10-9. Tanner and Hoodas run ended when they were defeated by Brandon Valleys Keera Kriech and Claudia Scholten in the consolation semifinals.
The team of Zhu and Senchanka was the 11th seed in the second flight. They lost to the sixth-seeded team of Reese Comstock and Chloe Ladner (Aberdeen Central) 6-2, 6-3 in the first round but advanced to the consolation semifinals with a 10-2 win over Kristen Schlueter and Nevaeh Keenan of Sioux Falls Roosevelt. Zhu and Senchankas run ended when Zoriah VanDeVendel and Allyson Corp of Sioux Falls Washington advanced by default.
The team of Glover and Gent was the 13th seed in Flight 3. They lost to the fourth-seeded team of Mitchells Katie Morgan and Mia Larson 6-0, 6-0 in the first round and lost to the team of Hazel Pederson and Vada Jacoby of Sioux Falls Roosevelt in the consolation quarterfinals.
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