The Section 8A Girls Tennis coaches held their seeding meeting in Mahnomen on Friday and there was a fight for the third seed with Crookston and East Grand Forks. After a lengthy discussion, the coaches couldn’t decide so they flipped a coin. East Grand Forks won the coin flip and will be the third seed and Crookston the fourth. The team and individual tournament will be played at Fargo Courts Plus on Thursday, October 10 through Saturday, October 12. The team seeds are below –
TEAM SEEDS –
1. Thief River Falls
2. Perham
3. East Grand Forks
4. Crookston
5. Roseau
6. Park Rapids
7. Wadena-Deer Creek
8. Parkers Prairie
First-day schedule – Thursday, October 10
9:00 AM – #4 Crookston vs #5 Roseau (Match 1)
10:30 AM – #1 Thief River Falls vs #8 Parkers Prairie (Match 2)
Noon – #2 Perham vs #7 Wadena-Deer Creek (Match 3)
1:30 PM – #3 East Grand Forks vs #6 Park Rapids (Match 4)
3:00 PM – Match 1 vs Match 2 winners
4:30 PM – Match 3 vs Match 4 winners
Championship – Friday, October 11
9:00 AM – Semi-final winners
11:00 AM – Individual tournament starts
The Section 8A Invidivual tournament will start on Friday, October 11 after the Section 8A team championship (about 11 AM). Crookston will have six girls competing in the individual tournament.
In doubles, Catherine Tiedemann and Emma Borowicz received the second seed and will look to make a return trip to the state doubles tournament. The other Crookston doubles team, Hayden and Halle Winjum received the sixth seed.
In singles, Emma Osborn received the 13th seed and will play #4 seed Maggie Dietrich of East Grand Forks in the first round. Hannah Lindemoen received the 15th seed and will play #2 Jade Lenius of Perham in the first round.
For a picture of the brackets see the gallery below –
