With the postseason looming ahead in the near future, the Platte County, Park Hill and Park Hill South girls’ tennis teams earned top-4 finishes at the Suburban North Tournament at Oak Park High School on September 24.
Park Hill’s Katie Miller defeated Platte County sophomore Maggie McBratney 8-6 in the third-place match in the Suburban North Tournament at Oak Park High School on September 24.
With Staley taking the crown with 50 points, Park Hill was the runner-up with 48 points and Park Hill South claimed third place overall with 39 points. Platte County was in a tie with North Kansas City for fourth place as both teams ended with 34 points.
A big reason the Lady Pirates were able to finish in the top-4 was with the trip to the doubles championship by Olivia Holbrook and Ellie Fish. Staley’s doubles team of Ava Gates and Chloe McClendon – who entered the tournament as the second-best doubles team – were favorited in an early matchup with Platte County but the Lady Falcons fell, 8-4.
Platte County has had a girls’ tennis program for 15 years and has only won a flight three times, so it was a historical day for Holbrook and Fish. The duo went on to win the B Doubles.
The victory over Staley pushed Holbrook and Fish to a matchup against Park Hill South’s Sophia Nguyen and Campbell Woodbury and the Lady Pirates comfortably won, 8-0. Park Hill’s Avery Whalen and Faith Moise were waiting for the Platte County doubles team in the finals but the Lady Pirates took the match by a score of 8-5.
Park Hill also made some noise in the individual matches, with unseeded Katie Miller earning third place after she took down Platte County sophomore Maggie McBratney 8-6. McBratney, like Miller, was unseeded as an individual.
Park Hill South had the top-seeded doubles team with Hanna Bytyqi and Vivian Hamilton who took down Platte County senior Cosette Stephenson and junior Addy Mayne in quarterfinals, 8-1. The Lady Pirate duo finished in fifth place after taking down St. Joseph’s Central and North Kansas City.