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Radisch, Weeks finish state tournament in seventh place

Published 2:40 pm Tuesday, June 3, 2014

By Ben Watanabe

Tess Radisch backhands a volley during the state 1A girls tennis tournament May 30-31 in Yakima. She and partner Amelia Weeks finished in seventh place after winning two matches and losing two matches.
Tess Radisch backhands a volley during the state 1A girls tennis tournament May 30-31 in Yakima. She and partner Amelia Weeks finished in seventh place after winning two matches and losing two matches.

Amelia Weeks and Tess Radisch finished their South Whidbey girls tennis careers Saturday as the state’s seventh-place 1A doubles team.

The two seniors split four matches, winning two and losing two, at West Valley High School in Yakima at the 1A tennis tournament.

They cruised through their first match against Tenino’s Erin Engebreth and Natalie Hall 6-0, 6-1. In the championship half of the bracket, they faced Okanogan’s Megan Patrick and Shelby Walker and lost 6-2, 6-3.

Facing elimination in a late match on May 30, the first day of the tournament, Weeks and Radisch fought off University Prep’s Madeline Ferry and Mika Inadomi 6-4, 6-3. Playing for fourth place against Cascade’s (Leavenworth) Hailey Hassinger and Katie Whitten, the Falcons fell 6-1, 6-4 and finished in seventh place.

 

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