2016 State Champions!!

2016 State Champions!!
2016 STATE CHAMPIONS!

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Girls Tennis takes STATE!!!!

The Lone Peak Girls Tennis team won the 5A State Championship on Saturday , Oct.8th, a championship they share with Alta High School.It is Lone Peaks 1st State Championship in Tennis.

The previous week, the Knights won the Region tournament, securing a Region 4 Championship and went into the State tournament with three #1 seeds at 1st singles, 3rd singles and 1st doubles, with #2 seeds going to 2nd singles and 2nd doubles.

In the State tournament, everyone contributed points to the State Championship as four positions made it to the semifinals, with three of the positions getting to the finals. After being tied with Alta after the 1st day, the Knights were still tied with Alta going into the final two matches. At 2nd doubles Haley Schettler and Electra Cochran played their steady and heady game to prevail 6-3, 6-3 to win an individual state championship and give Lone Peak a share of the championship. 1st doubles Torie Wake and Lauren Lefrandt battled for over two hours in their match, coming up just short in the third set. The total team points earned gave Lone Peak a Co- Championship.

Team scores: 1. (tie) Lone Peak, Alta 17, 3. Daivs 12, 4. Cottonwood 10, 5. (tie) Bingham, Jordan 8, 7. Viewmont 7, 8. (tie) Lehi, Pleasant Grove 3, 10. (tie) Brighton, est 2, 12. Fremont 12.

No. 1 singles: Saturday semifinals: Kallie Sperry (Jordan) def. Alexis Turley (Davis) 6-3, 7-6 (7-2); Katie Sweet (Cottonwood) def. Taylor Calton (Lone Peak) 7-5, 6-4. Championship: Kallie Sperry def. Katie Sweet 6-4, 6-4.

No. 2 singles: Megan Call (Lone Peak) def. Jilea Forbair (Taylorsville) 6-2, 6-1; Second round: Brianna Turley (Davis) def. Call (Lone Peak) 6-4, 6-0;
Championship: Turley def. Sturt 6-3, 6-0.

No. 3 singles: Saturday semifinals: Alexis Nielsen (Alta) def. Kelsey Didericksen (Pleasant Grove) 6-4, 7-5; Kayla White (Lone Peak) def. Emily Lemmon (Viewmont) 6-3, 6-2. Championship: Nielsen def. White 7-5, 6-2.

No. 1 doubles: Saturday semifinals: Alta def. Davis 6-4, 7-5; Lone Peak (Torie Wake-Lauren Lefrandt) def. Viewmont (Abby Walker-Abbey-Muse) 6-4, 6-4. Championship: Alta (Brie Beck-Ashley Anderson) def. Lone Peak 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

No. 2 doubles: Saturday semifinals: Lone Peak (Haley Schettler-Electra Cochran) def. Alta (Lundy Willis-Mariah Petersen) 7-5,6-2; Bingham def. Viewmont 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. Championship: Lone Peak def. Bingham (Jaelyn Peterson-Amanda Balls) 6-3, 6-3.