The Park Hill and Park Hill South girls’ tennis teams met up last Tuesday, Sept. 17, at Park Hill, with the Trojans coming away with an 8-1 win over South.

South junior Renae Masson won her singles match. DENNIS SHARKEY/Citizen Photo

The Trojans won all three doubles matches, with No. 1 player Ellie Gaddis and No. 4 Andi Osborne beating South’s No. 1 player Ainsley Arnold and No. 2 player Presley Davis 8-2. The most exciting match pitted Park Hill’s No. 2 player Eladie Marshall and No. 3 player Audrey Bolyard versus South’s No. 3 player Katja Jacimovic and No. 6 player Renae Masson, with the Trojans getting the win 9-8. Park Hill’s Addison Worden and Laney McCabe beat South’s Cate Supinski and Sophia Doane 8-1.

Ainsley Arnold / DENNIS SHARKEY/Citizen Photo

In singles play, Gaddis beat Arnold 8-4; Marshall beat Davis 8-0; Bolyard beat Jacimovic 8-4; Osborne beat Supinski 8-0; and the Trojans’ No. 5 Ava Ciccio beat Doane 8-4. The only win for South was Masson getting an 8-4 win over Park Hill’s No. 6 player, Josie Marshall.

Catherine Supinski / DENNIS SHARKEY/Citizen Photo

South bounced back to get its first conference win on Thursday, Sept. 19, with an 8-1 win over Oak Park and has matches versus North Kansas City and St. Joseph Central this week. Park Hill followed up the win over South with a 6-3 loss to North Kansas City. The Trojans have matches this week versus St. Joseph Central and Oak Park.

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