Girls Tennis: Helias wins Hannibal tourney

HANNIBAL, Mo. - The Helias Lady Crusaders closed out the regular season with a win in the Hannibal Tournament.

In singles, Abby Dowden, Catherine Conley, Liz Conley, Grace Twehous and Jessica Cowley all went 3-0.

Dowden defeated Kirksville 8-0, Troy 8-4 and Hannibal 8-3. Catherine Conley won all three of her matches 8-0. Liz Conley won 8-0 against Kirksville and Hannibal, while getting an 8-2 victory against Troy. Twehous had an 8-0 win against Kirksville, 8-3 victory versus Hannibal and an 8-4 win against Troy. Cowley was an 8-1 winner in all three matches.

Anna Theroff went 2-1 with wins against Hannibal (8-1) and Kirksville (8-0). She lost 6-8 to Troy.

The doubles teams of Mya Bremer and Ellen Gallaher, Sage Benlage and Carley Drinkard, Sommer Kolb and Rebecca Lage, and Ashley Atkinson and Eleanor Bax all went 3-0.

The team of Macy Markway and Kelsey McKenna went 2-1 with the lone loss being against Atkinson and Bax.

Helias will play either School of the Osage or Richland in the Class 1 District 9 semifinals at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Washington Park.