PITTSBURG — Picking up wins in both doubles divisions and in No. 2 singles, Iola High’s Fillies had their second day in a row of action on the tennis courts Thursday.
Hallie Wolf, who missed Wednesday’s home matches because of illness, defeated Ashlee Simpson of Columbus 8-1 in No. 2 singles.
Wolf lost 8-2 to Heather Hobbs of Fort Scott and 8-0 to Pittsburg’s Chapril Stewart and Labette County’s Lakyn Baughman.
Iola’s No. 1 doubles team of Dannette Newland and Autumn Snesrud captured an 8-3 victory over Columbus’ Kelsey Hill and Ryleigh Schoech. The twosome dropped a heartbreaker 8-7 (7-3 to Fort Scott’s Michelle Bontain and Corina Harrison.
Pittsburg’s Sammi Highfield and Kacey Sinclair defeated Newland and Snesrud 8-1. They also lost 8-1 to Kays Julich and Ally Reynolds of Labette County.
Nina Froggatte and Audrey Payne played as the Fillies’ No. 2 doubles team. They took an 8-1 decision over Alyssa Goodson and Brea Mogle of Columbus.
Payne and Froggatte lost 8-1 to Fort scott’s Kalia Dancy and Courtney Crain and 8-1 to Kelsey Eckelberry and Lora Nance of Labette County. Pittsburg’s Rashell Hall and Robin Brummitt cruised past Iola’s pair 8-0.
The Iola varsity has one more regular season tournament then the Southeast Kansas League tournament at Chanute on Oct. 2.
The Class 4A regional is Oct. 8.
Fillies net three wins in tennis at Pittsburg
