The Webster City Lynx girls tennis team made the long road trip east on Wednesday morning, to compete in their Class 1A, Region 6 tennis singles and doubles tournament at Decorah High School in Decorah. The Lynx were joined by the host Vikings, as well as Aplington-Parkersburg, Charles City, Clear lake, Dike-New Hartford, Hampton-Dumont-CAL, Osage and Waverly-Shell Rock.
In the singles tournament, action started with Izzy Feldhaus competing in a play-in match with Dike-New Hartford’s Anna Frahm, as Feldhaus fell in straight sets (6-1, 6-1). Kinzy Koestner would follow against #1 overall seed Adria Neymeyer, and also fell in straight sets (6-1, 6-1).
In the doubles tournament, the duo of Adeline Tesdahl and Allie Severe fell to the duo of Misty Harreld and Izzy Norton from Dike-New Hartford (6-1, 6-3) in the play-in match. All that remained was the duo of Trinity Griffith and Joslin Gourley, as they entered as the #4 seed in the doubles tournament. The duo defeated the team of Hannah Hoffman and Rylee DeBoest in the first round (6-4, 6-0), before being upset in the quarterfinals by the team of Madelyn Norton and Aida Tott from Dike-New Hartford.
Webster City returns to action on Saturday, when they travel to Waterloo to take on Boone in their first round team regional matchup at Byrnes Park Tennis Center.