by Scott Sacry
The Western A Divisionals tennis tournament was held at Fort Missoula on May 16-18. Corvallis’s girls and boys teams both took 1st place, while the Hamilton boys and girls teams both took 2nd place.
In the finals for the boys’ singles, Hamilton’s Andy Purcell defeated Corvallis’s Ryan Hutchison 4-6, 6-4, 6-0. In the boys’ doubles final, Corvallis’s Chance Jessop and Grant Wilcox defeated Hamilton’s Finn Dufresne and Jason Chaplin 6-3, 6-1.
In the girls’ singles final, Hamilton’s Ciara Hanley defeated Corvallis’s Ava Wilcox 6-1, 6-1. In the girls doubles, Corvallis’s team of Jayde Venema and Brecklyn Jessop took 2nd place. The Class A State tennis tournament is in Missoula on May 25-26.
