2A Girls Tennis: Bearcats Wrap Regular Season With Win Over Wolves

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The Bearcats’ improvement this season showed up on the court Wednesday afternoon in Chehalis.

Facing Black Hills for the third and final time this season, W.F. West picked up a 4-2 Evergreen 2A Conference victory — after losing 4-2 the first time around and dropping a tiebreaker in the teams’ second meeting.

Isabel Vander Stoep and Emma Lund won easily in the No. 1 doubles match, 6-0, 6-1, and Megan Wilks and Mya Davis won 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 2 doubles match.

Sidney Cameron and Morgan Lakey’s win at No. 3 doubles — 6-1, 6-4 — was a highlight, according to Bearcat coach Jack State. The freshman-sophomore duo played their first-ever varsity match on Tuesday and got their first varsity win on Wednesday.

“They’re kids that just work really hard on doing things the right way,” State said. “They went out and they played really well.”

Charlotte Graf, an exchange student from Portugal, won a tight 7-5, 7-6 match against Brittany Riser at No. 3 singles, coming from behind to win each set.

“She really battled, and she has really improved a lot,” State added.



W.F. West (6-8, 1-8 league) may schedule a makeup match against Charles Wright Academy before the Evergreen 2A Conference sub-district tournament, which is scheduled for May 13-14 at Steamboat Island Tennis and Athletic Club.

Tigers Lose to Tumwater in Final Regular Season Match

TUMWATER — Centralia capped its regular season by falling 4-2 to Tumwater in Evergreen 2A Conference action here Wednesday. Rachel Wilkerson earned a win at number two singles for the Tigers, defeating Hunter Wilmovsky, 6-2, 6-0.

The first doubles pairing of Hayden Blaser and Hannah Jeffries had the other win for Centralia. Blaser and Jeffries beat Tumwater’s Mikayla Kee and Piper Schofield in three sets, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3.

“Hayden and Hannah were lethargic the first set,” Centralia coach Deb Keahey, “but the second set they came back and just played really well.”

Added Keahey, “Our girls played better than when we first played Tumwater...The scores were better, even though it didn’t result in a win, but I was pleased with how hard everyone worked.”

The Tigers finish the season 4-5. The team will compete in the Evergreen 2A Conference sub-district tournament May 13-14.