CHEYENNE – The Cheyenne Central girls are in third-place after the first day of the state tournament in Gillette.
Kelly Walsh leads the field with 15 points, while Sheridan is second at 12. Central has 10 points in the team standings.
Not all matches were finished by deadline Thursday.
The Lady Indians had singles players Ashli Smedley (No. 1) and Hailey Mathis-Breitkopf (No. 2) both reached the semifinals, as did the No. 3 doubles tandem of Gracie Osterland and Morgan Kirkbride.
Smedley moved into the semis with a 6-1, 7-6 (2) win over Sheridan’s Sydni Bilyeu. Mathis-Breitkopf rolled to a pair of straight-set victories, dropping just three games.
Osterland and Kirkbride rebounded from a second-set loss to beat Jackson’s Rosey Jones and Whitney Wilcox, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0.
On the boys side, Laramie leads with 12 points. Cheyenne South is in a three-way tie for sixth with 6. Central is tied for eighth (4.5), and East is tied for 10th (3.5).
South junior Andrew Lock dropped just two games in his two No. 1 singles wins. East freshman Colin Crecelius lost to Powell’s Cade Queen in the quarterfinals, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6.
Central’s Nathaniel Thornell reached the No. 2 singles semis with a pair of straight-set wins.
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