Story by Tennis Coach Chambers
    Monday night at the Truman State University tennis courts, the Chillicothe girls' tennis team faced off against a strong Kirksville Tiger team. This was an important match, even though still early in the season, because both teams are opponents in the District 15 playoffs in early October. This August match up determines seeding and home court advantage for playoff season, so a team win was a definite goal for the night.

The Lady Hornets edged out a 5-4 victory over the Lady Tigers with decisive leadership from senior Rylee Washburn and important clutch wins from the entire junior class. Scores were as follows:

Doubles #1 -- Rylee Washburn and Isabella Garr won against Katlynn DeLeon and Madisynn Crawford 8-3
Doubles #2 -- Bryton BeVelle and Micah Crowe lost to Ashley Combs and Diana Lam 6-8
Doubles #3 -- Bianca Clark and Keeley Shira won against Ava Hamlin and Maya Manney 8-4

Singles #1 -- Washburn beat DeLeon 8-0
Singles #2 -- Garr lost to Combs 4-8
Singles #3 -- BeVelle lost to Crawford 6-8
Singles #4 -- Crowe beat Lam 8-0
Singles #5 -- Clark lost to Hamlin 4-8
Singles #6 -- Keonnia Morgan beat Manney 8-3