at Chillicothe 9, Trenton 0

9/2 at Cameron and 9/4 at Marshall postponed

at Chillicothe 8, Lafayette 1

at Columbia Rock Bridge Invitational
 Each round consisted of two singles matches and two doubles matches.

Chillicothe vs Rock Bridge 3-1	vs St Joe Lafayette 2-2	vs Camdenton 4-0
Ellyn Turner won 2-0	Turner won 2-0	Turner won 2-0
Mollie Marcolla lost 0-2	Madeline Brick lost 0-2	Marcolla won 2-0
Jaimie Baker/Lily Pyrtle won 2-0	Baker/Pyrtle won 2-0	Baker/Pyrtle won 2-0
Montana Vinson/Meredith Brick won 2-0	Vinson/Meredith Brick lost 2-0	Vinson/Madeline Brick won 2-0

 at Chillicothe 6, Kirksville 3

Chillicothe 6, at Marshall 3

St Joseph LeBlond 7, Chillicothe 2

Chillicothe 9, Cameron 0

Chillicothe 9, Trenton 0

Chillicothe 9, Cameron 0

Chillicothe 9, Maryville 0

Chillicothe 9, Benton 0

St Joseph Benton Invitational - 1st

Chillicothe brought home first place in the St Joseph Benton Invitational. Chillicothe defeated Trenton 5-0, beat Excelsior Springs in the semi-finals 5-0 then downed top seed St Joseph LeBlond 4-1 to win the tournament.      Chillicothe's Ellyn Turner won the gold medal for #1 singles, Mollie Marcolla won the gold for #2 singles, Jaimie Baker/Lily Pyrtle won silver for #1 doubles, Montana Vinson and Meredith Brick won silver for #2 doubles and Madeline Brick and Jessica Boyer won gold for #3 doubles.

Chillicothe Quad

Chillicothe's Jaimie Baker and Lily Pyrtle won the doubles crown in the Chillicothe Quad. Baker/Pyrtle beat Muff/Gray of Trenton 8-0, beat Flinn/Middleton of Kearney 8-0 and beat Hazelrigg/Hazelrigg of LeBlond 8-0 for the championship. The Team of Montana Vinson and Meredith Brick lost to Hazelrigg/Hazelrigg 0-8 in the first round, beat Bacon/Miller of Trenton in the second round then lost to Flinn/Middleton 3-8 in the consolation semifinals.       In the singles competition, Ellyn Turner beat Sarah Sanders of LeBlond 8-0, beat Jenna Wiersma of Kearney 8-3 in the semifinals but lost to Lane Hegarty of LeBlond 5-8 to finish 2nd. Molly Marcolla lost to Alyssa Dougan 3-8 in the first round then lost to Alex Massey of Kearney in the 2nd round.

Midland Empire Conference Tournament

Chillicothe's #1 singles player Ellyn Turner downed top seed Lane Hegarty of LeBlond to win her fourth straight Midland Empire Conference Tennis Championship. Turner became just the second Lady Hornet to be crowned a four time Girls Conference champion. Jane Dickinson did the feat in 1989 - 1992.       Turner had a first round bye, beat Alexa Blum of Benton in the quarterfinals, beat Rachel Kendal of Lafayette in the semifinals then avenged a loss from the previous day by beating Lane Hegarty of LeBlond 2-1 for the title.       Mollie Marcolla beat Emily Pierson of Maryville in the first round, lost to Hegarty in the quarterfinals, beat Maria Mercer of Maryville in the consolation quarterfinals then lost to Emily Funk of Cameron in the consolation semifinals.       In doubles competition, top seed Jaimie Baker and Lily Pyrtle were upset by the team of Hazelrigg and Hazelrigg of LeBlond to finish second. Baker/Pyrtle had beaten the Hazelrigg's the previous day in the Chillicothe Quad. Baker and Pyrtle had a first round bye, beat Sanders/Bridges of LeBlond in the quarterfinals, beat Heim/Hollars of Benton in the semifinals before losing the championship match.       Montana Vinson and Meredith Brick beat Walker/Assel of Cameron, beat Constant/Comstock of LeBlond in the Quarterfinals, lost to Hazelrigg/Hazelrigg of LeBlond in the semifinals then lost to Heim/Hollars to finish 4th.

Chillicothe 8, Savannah 1

District Tournament - 1st

Chillicothe won their 4th straight District Championship and their 8th in ten years, placing first out of four teams. Chillicothe will also sent three players to the state individual tournament. Chillicothe's Ellyn Turner won her third District championship and became just the second Lady Hornets player to qualify for the state singles tournament for the 4th straight year. Katelyn Barr of Grain Valley was 2nd. Chillicothe Doubles team of Jaimie Baker and Lily Pyrtle became Chillicothe's first district championships since 1997 and qualified for the state tournament for the second straight year.       Mollie Marcolla placed 6th out of 24 entries in singles and Montana Vinson/Meredith Brick placed in the top 8 out of 24 to earn team points and help win the team championship.       Marshall was 2nd in the team standings, Grain Valley 3rd and Higginsville 4th. Chillicothe will host Higginsville in a regional match on Wednesday at 4:00pm at Danner Park. The State Individual Tournaments will be in Springfield October 24th and 25th.

State Regionals

State Team Tournament

Game, Set, Match: Chillicothe! The Chillicothe Lady Hornets downed arch rival St Joseph LeBlond 5-3 to advance to the state semi-finals for the first time in school history. Earlier in the season, LeBlond handed Chillicothe their only regular season loss to become Conference Champions and Chillicothe returned the favor to win the Benton Invitational. Chillicothe started the day with an easy 5-0 win over Kansas City St Pius X in sectional competition to advance to the quarterfinal showdown with St Joseph LeBlond.      Chillicothe picked up wins from Ellyn Turner at #1 singles, Mollie Marcolla at #5 singles and Meredith Brick at #6 singles. With the meet tied at 3, Meredith and Madeline Brick at #3 doubles lost their first set and were trailing in the second set before coming back to win 7-5 and force a third set, winning that one 6-0.  Ellyn Turner and Montana Vinson at #2 doubles won their first set 6-1 and came from behind to win the second set 6-4 and give Chillicothe their first team semi-final appearance in 14 tries in school history. Jaimie Baker and Lily Pyrtle at #1 doubles were in a third set when the Chillicothe won the fifth match up, giving them the quarterfinal victory.      The Chillicothe Lady Hornets have finished 4th in the MSHSAA Girls Team Tennis tournament. Chillicothe lost 5-0 in the semi-finals and third place game to private schools. It was Chillicothe's first appearance in the state semifinals and they were the only public school in the final four.

Sectionals			Quarterfinals
Chillicothe	St Pius X		Chillicothe	LeBlond
Ellyn Turner	Samantha Schnabel	6-1, 6-1	Ellyn Turner	Loree Hazelrigg	5-7, 7-6, 6-1
Jaimie Baker	Olivia Bowse	6-1, 6-0	Jaimie Baker	Lane Hegarty	2-6, 7-5, 3-6
Montana Vinson	Veroni Fernandez	6-2, 6-1	Montana Vinson	Conner Hazelrigg	0-6, 0-6
Lily Pyrtle	Hannah Gerkle	6-3, 6-4	Lily Pyrtle	Laura Looney	1-6, 4-6
Mollie Marcolla	Macy Carnes	6-7, <dnf>	Mollie Marcolla	Sarah Sanders	6-4, 6-0
Meredith Brick	Katie ??	6-3, 6-2	Meredith Brick	Summer Bridges	6-2, 6-4
			Double
x	x	x	Baker/Pyrtle	Hazelrigg/Hazelrigg	2-6, 6-5,<dnf>
x	x	x	Turner/Vinson	Hegarty/Looney	6-1, 6-4
x	x	x	Brick/Brick	Sanders/Bridges	4-6, 7-5, 6-0
Semifinals			Third Place
Chillicothe	Notre Dame de Sion		Chillicothe	M.I.C.D.S.
Ellyn Turner	Ali Patterson	3-6, 1-6	Ellyn Turner	Hannah Wille	1-6, 0-6
Jaimie Baker	Amy Barthouse	0-6, 0-6	Jaimie Baker	Courtney Cassity	dnf
Montana Vinson	Maddie Keller	0-6, 1-6	Montana Vinson	Katherine Desloge	0-6, 0-6
Lily Pyrtle	Emmy Bird	1-6, 0-6	Lily Pyrtle	Riley Thomlison	1-6, 1-6
Mollie Marcolla	Megan Linville	dnf	Mollie Marcolla	Sally Clary	1-6, 0-6
Meredith Brick	Michelle Nogalski	0-6, 5-5 dnf	Meredith Brick	Laura Hollo	1-6, 1-6

State Individual Tournament

Post Season Awards

Parents, coaches and fans said goodbye to arguably the best girls tennis team in Chillicothe school history, at their annual banquet. The Lady Hornets went 10-1 on the season, finished 2nd in conference, were district champions and became the first tennis team in school history to advance to the state team tournament, finishing fourth plus having Ellyn Turner finish 4th in singles and Jaimie Baker and Lily Pyrtle finish 4th in doubles in the state tournament. Turner won the Coaches award. In her career, Turner compiled a record of 82-32 at #1 singles, won four conference titles, three district titles and qualified for the state individual tournament all four years. Turner is one of seven seniors on this year’s squad.