The season for the Macomb High girls tennis team came to a conclusion this past weekend in Illinois High School Association Class 1A Sectional competition at Geneseo.
In singles play, Scarlett Brooks lost to top-seeded Madelyn Couri of Peoria Notre Dame 6-0, 6-0.
Also in singles play, Maria Bice defeated Jumana Al Bayati of Kewanee High 6-0, 6-1 in her first match.
Bice then lost to No. 2 seed Kate Walsh of Rock Island Alleman 6-1, 6-0.
Couri and Walsh both reached the final, qualifying for this week’s state finals.
In doubles action, Sophie Hansen and Isabella Gage defeated Sadie Hendrix and McKenzie Dir of Sterling H.S. 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 to win their first match.
But the Bomber duo lost to top-seeded Kendyl Wassenhove and Stella Smith of Geneseo 6-2, 6-0 in the second round.
Meanwhile, Taylor Baldi and Elanah McFadden lost to No. 3 seed Vi Pettit and Jaylee Brudos of Geneseo 6-0, 6-1 in their one and only match.
Both of Geneseo’s doubles teams qualified for the state finals.
In the team standings, MHS tied for fifth out of 10 teams with eight points.
Rock Island Alleman and Geneseo tied for the top spot with 18 points each.
Peoria Notre Dame was third with 16 points, followed by Galesburg H.S. (10), Sterling H.S. and Macomb Following the Bombers were Brimfield (7), Peoria Christian (6), Sterling Newman Central Catholic (2) and Kewanee H.S. (0).
The state tennis finals are scheduled for Oct. 22-24 at Buffalo Grove.
