AURORA | The Cherokee Trail girls tennis team won the Far East Invitational for the second straight season Friday.
Coach Paul Whipple’s Cougars racked up 37 points to finish eight in front of Vista PEAK as the two co-hosts — singles early rounds and finals took place at Vista PEAK and doubles early rounds were played at Cherokee Trail — topped a six-team field that also included Eaglecrest, Rangeview and Hinkley.
Originally scheduled to played over two days, the tournament had to be rescheduled and condensed to a single day in the wake of the blizzard and hit the area prior to spring break and two teams originally scheduled to play — Fort Lupton and Smoky Hill — had to drop out.
Kiran Dass (No. 1) and Tanya Solati (No. 3) won singles championships for Cherokee Trail, which also got victories from the No. 1 doubles team of Drishti and Aneri Patel and the No. 2 duo of Lindsey Stolting and Rhea Verma.
Coach Simon Moorwood’s Vista PEAK team advanced three positions to championship matches and the No. 3 doubles team of Daria Rizzone and Faith McFann won the Bison’s only title with a 7-6 (4), 7-5 win over Cherokee Trail’s Kaitlyn Snyder and Harsha Kalagana.
Agnes Park claimed the No. 2 singles championship as Eaglecrest’s only finalist.
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FAR EAST GIRLS TENNIS INVITATIONAL
April 9 at Vista PEAK & Cherokee Trail high schools
Team scores: 1. Cherokee Trail 37 points; 2. Vista PEAK 29; 3. Eaglecrest 24; 4. Rangeview 19; 5. Fort Morgan 18; 6. Hinkley 13
Championship matches
No. 1 singles — Kiran Dass (Cherokee Trail) def. Danielle Klem (Vista PEAK), 7-6 (2), 6-4; No. 2 singles — Agnes Park (Eaglecrest) def. Breann Parks (Fort Morgan), 6-2, 6-4; No. 3 singles — Tanya Solati (Cherokee Trail) def. Harlee Smith (Rangeview), 7-5, 6-1; No. 1 doubles — Drishti Patel/Aneri Patel (Cherokee Trail) def. Marcia Jones/Kailyn Sullivan (Eaglecrest), 6-2, 6-3; No. 2 doubles — Lindsey Stolting/Rhea Verma (Cherokee Trail) def. Dianna Schaaf/Natasha Thornton (Vista PEAK), 6-3, 6-0; No. 3 doubles — Daria Rizzone/Faith McFann (Vista PEAK) def. Kaitlyn Snyder/Harsha Kalagana (Cherokee Trail), 7-6 (4), 7-5; No. 4 doubles — Julia Canales/Riley Bauman (Fort Morgan) won by forfeit over Edita Dyer/Amy Wellington (Cherokee Trail)
