Oskaloosa’s Lucy Roach and Presley Blommers came home from the State Girls’ 1A Tennis meet with eighth place medals in doubles on Saturday (5/28). Roach and Blommers began play Saturday with a loss to a team from St. Albert, 6-0, 1-6 and lost the third set tiebreaker 11-9. Then in the seventh place match, a team from Marion defeated Blommers and Roach in straight sets.
At the Osky girls’ tennis team awards banquet, Aubree Blanco received the Coaches award. And Aubree Blanco, Presley Blommers, Autumn DeRonde, Abby Drost, Haruna Mori and Lucy Roach were named to the Little Hawkeye Conference All-Academic team.
In State 1A Girls’ singles, Pella’s Emily Blom finished in sixth place after a straight set loss to Sophia Fain of Columbus Catholic in the fifth place match.
The Boys’ State team tennis semifinals begin Monday (5/31) in Des Moines with Pella taking on Dubuque Wahlert in Class 1A.