By John George
The tennis season for both Perham and New York Mills came to an end last week as girls from both schools were eliminated from the 8A Sub-Section Individual Tournament in Sartell.
The only position to advance past the first round for either school was the Eagles No. 1 doubles team of Erica Imsande and Lauri Vorderbruggen. They avenged an earlier loss from this season when they beat the team of Kramer and Quincer from Wadena-Deer Creek, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
The duo then lost in the quarterfinals to W-DC's other doubles team, Anderson and Paavola, 6-1, 6-0.
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"They had a slow start in the quarterfinal," Mills head coach Gary Bach said. "They kept pace with the No. 1 seed from W-DC, but just didn't win the games when they needed to make it closer.
The Eagles other doubles tandem, Margaret Nelson and Casey Kenyon, lost in the first round to a Park Rapids team, 6-3, 6-3. Whitney Kowhler and Alisha Hagen both lost first round singles matches in straight sets.
Perham's Cassie Jensen won her first set at No. 1 singles, 6-1, over Jenna Pike of Park Rapids, but lost the final two sets, 6-3, 6-1. At No. 2 singles, Karlie Miller lost in straight sets to Megan Lawrence on Park Rapids.
The Jackets No. 1 doubles team of Ali Pesch and Abbi Paulseth forced a tie-breaker in their first set against a Staples-Motley team, but lost 7-5 before dropping the second set, 6-1. Perham's No. 2 team of Leah Miller and Amy Pawlowski lost in straight sets.
"Our players went out playing well," head coach Kurt Pesch said.
