Junction City Lady Jay tennis player, Ally McKenzie, has qualified during regional competition for the Class 6A State Tennis Tournament.

During the regional tournament McKenzie opened with a first-round win over Karina Bello of Wichita North and then dropped her second match against Lauren Pryor of Washburn Rural. In the match to determine qualifying for state, she jumped out to a quick lead against Maddie Pieschl from Topeka High and went on to win 6-4, 6-1. For her final match of the day, McKenzie defeated Kira Schartz of Manhattan 7-5, 6-4 to finish in fifth place in the tournament.

The Lady Jay doubles team of Jordan Dombrowski and Codi Post went 1-2 in the regional as did the doubles team of Anne Kim and Brianna Talley. Alexis Cruz rounded out the final spot for the Lady Jays by dropping a hard fought opening match to Maddie Pieschl 6-3, 6-3.

Washburn Rural captured the regional team championship, and the Lady Jays finished fifth in the team standings.

The Class 6A State Tennis Tournament will be Friday and Saturday, October 14th and 15th in Topeka.