The Crookston Pirate Girls Tennis team competed in the Highway 10 tournament in Wadena on Tuesday and finished fifth place out of six teams, with Staples-Motley winning the tournament.
TEAM SCORES –
1. Staples-Motley – 18
2. Detroit Lakes – 12
3. Rocori – 11
4. Wadena-Deer Creek – 9
5. Crookston – 7
6. New London-Spicer – 5
Crookston was led by the third doubles team of Katie Seaver and Catelyn Maruska with a second place finish. They beat New London Spicer 6-1, 6-0. In the semifinals, they beat Wadena-Deer Creek in a wild one. They lost the first set 6-0 before winning the second set 6-3. In the tie-breaker, the Pirates won 10-7. In the championship, they lost to a pair from Rocori 6-2, 7-5.
At first singles, the youngster Lauren Tull continued her solid start to the season as she faced one of the top players in the state in Staples-Motley’s Ronnie Noska (made it to the state singles quarterfinals last year) and lost 6-0, 6-1. After a bye, she beat a girl from Detroit Lakes 7-6, 6-2 to finish 5th.
At first doubles, Nora and Bridget Groven had a first round bye before falling to Staples-Motleyin the semifinals before beat New London-Spicer 7-6, 6-4 in the third place match.
All the results are below. Crookston will host the Crookston Invitational at courts throughout town on Saturday.
| CROOKSTON | Opponent | Place | |
| 1st | Lauren Tull | L Ronnie Noska (SM) 6-0, 6-1 Bye W Detroit Lakes 7-6, 6-2 | 5th |
| 2nd | Kaylen Bedard | L Staples-Motley 6-3, 6-2 Bye W Rocori 6-3, 6-4 | 5th |
| 3rd | Ella Capistran | Bye L Staples-Motley 6-3, 6-4 L Detroit Lakes | 4th |
| 4th | Sylvia Christensen | L Rocori 6-1, 6-1 Bye L New London-Spicer 6-1, 6-2 | 6th |
| 1st Dub | Nora Groven Bridget Groven | Bye L Staples-Motley 6-0, 6-0 W New London-Spicer 7-6, 6-4 | 3rd |
| 2nd | Avery Mathews Tegan Fanfulik | L Detroit Lakes 6-1, 6-0 Bye W New London Spicer 6-7, 6-4, 10-4 | 5th |
| 3rd | Katie Seaver Catelyn Maruska | W New London-Spicer 6-1, 6-0 W Wadena-DC 0-6, 6-3, 10-7 L Rocori 6-2, 7-5 | 2nd |
