Tennis: Espinosa finishes second in CTL singles division

The Cascade High boys and girls tennis teams earned some success during the Caribou Trail League championships on May 11.

The Kodiak girls took two of the top four spots in the girls’ singles division. Dorothy Espinosa finished second in the bracket. She defeated Omak's Lupita Moriel in a nail biter, (7-6 (4), 6-1), followed by a win over Cashmere’s Kate Cooper (6-3, 6-4) in the semifinals. Espinosa lost to Chelan’s Emma McLaren in the championship match, (6-0, 6-0).

Molly Wiser finished third in the division, defeating Okanogan's Ali Johnson, (6-2, 6-3) to advance to the semifinals where she suffered a (6-4, 6-2) loss to McLaren. Wiser bounced back to defeat Omak’s Ashley Cline (7-5, 6-1) and Cashmere’s Kate Cooper (6-2, 6-1).

Espinosa was not the only Kodiak to finish No. 2 in her division as Megan Evans and Stella Johnson clinched a second-place finish in the girls doubles bracket.

The duo defeated their Okanogan opponents (6-2, 6-0), then followed with a solid win against their Chelan adversaries (6-3, 6-3). They lost to Cashmere’s Aleah and Lauren Kert (6-0, 6-0) in the championship match.

On the boys’ side, Hans Schlyer finished fourth in the boys singles division.

Schlyer won his first match against Omak's John Bucsko (6-1, 6-3). He followed it up with a victory over Omak's Adam Hendrick (6-2, 4-6, 7-5). After a (6-1, 6-0) loss to Chelan’s Wyatt Habich, he bounced back to defeat Okanogan’s Brendyn Hinger (2-6, 6-1, 6-1) to advance to the third-place match where he lost to Cashmere’s Kane Andruss (6-2, 6-1).

Kolby Hunt and Josh Pedersen were both 1-2 in their respective divisions.

The top four finishers advance to the District 6 championships, May 15 and 18 in Manson.