The Blue Jay tennis team qualified one of its singles players for the state tennis tournament this past Saturday.
Angeleau Scott started the tennis tournament as the 7th seed and needed to beat a higher seed to have a chance to repeat as a state qualifier. After cruising through his first round 6-0, 6-0 over Man Huynh from Wichita Southeast, Scott got his first chance at state playing against Matt Gonazales, the eventual regional champion from Topeka High. After dropping the first set 6-2, Scott played the second set close and had a chance to send it to a third set, before Gonazales closed out the set 7-5 giving Scott his first loss.
Scott next played Carter Nelson from Manhattan in the round to determine who would make it past the regional tournament. Scott led much of the first set before Nelson came back to win the first set in a tiebreaker. Scott then went on to win two hard fought sets against Nelson, 6-4, 6-3 clinching a trip to state.
Scott then played for 5th place against Chris Gernon Topeka High, but dropped the match 6-4,6-1. Scott advances to the state tennis tournament with a 20-12 record in singles. The state tennis meet will be held this Friday and Saturday at Prairie Village-Harmon Park Tennis Complex in Prairie Village, KS.