Whitko Netters Edge WawaseeSOUTH WHITLEY – Wawasee won both doubles matches, but Whitko won at all three singles positions to take a 3-2 win over the Lady Warriors in a non-conference girls tennis match Monday. The competition closed out the regular season for both teams.
Senior Morgan Keirn won 6-2, 6-4 over Wawasee sophomore Meg Heinisch at No. 1 singles. Delaney Keirn, the twin sister of Morgan, blanked Peyton Rookstool at No. 2 singles on Whitko’s senior night.
Jackie Werstler won 6-3, 6-4. over freshman Elizabeth Kleopfer at No. 3 singles.
Wawasee’s Kabrea Rostochak and Kendra Doerr beat Whitko twin sisters Grace and Jessica Hook 7-5, 6-3 at No. 1 doubles. The Lady Warriors’ lone senior, Taylor Mock, teamed with Courtney Larson to win at No. 2 doubles.
Whitko won four of six junior varsity matches. Winners for the Lady Wildcats were Natalie Iholtz and Kayla Schipper in singles play, and doubles teams Mahkinsey Myers and Lilly Owsley at No. 1 and Izzy Rayner and Bailey Wright at No. 2.
Valerie Haessig and Ashley Rose won JV matches for Wawasee.
Both teams will play in the Warsaw Sectional. Whitko plays Columbia City at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, with the winner of that match taking on Wawasee at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
