Abby Stevens was the only Kansas tennis player to win the 16 or 18 singles brackets – in boys’ or girls’ divisions – June 25 through 28 at the Wichita Outdoor Futures event.
The U.S. Tennis Association’s Missouri Valley region includes Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa. Athletes from Nebraska, Oklahoma and Missouri won singles play in the 16 and 18 categories except Stevens, who will be a junior.
She prevailed in girls’ 18 singles Saturday, June 26. Stevens played for Kapaun Mt. Carmel her freshman season and placed fourth in singles at the Class 5A state tournament. She attended Wichita Trinity her sophomore year.
Stevens battled opponents from other states in every round of the girls’ 18. She fought off Sarah Bowen of Edmond, Okla., in the final. Stevens claimed the victory 6-3, 4-6, 10-7. Bowen, a Class 4A state doubles champion last year in Oklahoma, also will be a junior.
In another multistate tournament, girls golf competition is scheduled to end today (June 29) at the Junior 4-State Championship in Ankeny, Iowa. The two-day stroke play event includes teams from four states: Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa.
Those representing Kansas are Cassie Lowell of Concordia High, Brooke Thilges of Manhattan High, Taylor Fagan of Rossville High, Chelsea Nemeth of Halstead High and Alexa Osbourn of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Lowell won the Junior Season Opener June 3 and 4 at Salina Municipal Golf Course in the girls’ 16-18 category. Thilges placed second and Fagan third. Mackenzie Thayer, who will be a junior at Garden City, finished fourth and Madison Murphy, an incoming senior at Bishop Carroll, was fifth. Nemeth followed in sixth place.
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