Area tennis players make state tourneys

BURLINGTON — Ashleigh Page of Uwharrie Charter Academy reached the second round of the Class 4A state tournament in girls’ tennis before bowing out Friday at Burlington Tennis Center.

Page defeated Addison Dollar of Ashe County 6-0, 6-1 in the first round before falling 6-1, 6-2 to Carrboro’s Morgan Stowe, who was the eventual runner-up.

In Class 4A doubles, Southwestern Randolph’s Larson Kelly and Caroline Farlow were eliminated with a 6-2, 6-2 loss to Foard’s Reese Miller and Leah Akel in the first round.

In Class 3A, the Providence Grove doubles entry of Alisa Shaw and Liz Shoe dropped a 6-1, 6-0 decision to Hendersonville’s Anna MacDowell and Sophia Gallian in the first round.

** In the dual team state playoffs last week, Trinity and Wheatmore reached the Class 4A East Region semifinals before losing.

Second-seeded Trinity defeated No. 10 seed Goldsboro 5-1 before dropping out with a 6-0 loss to third-seeded North Carolina School of Science and Math.

Fourth-seeded Wheatmore topped fifth-seeded Ayden-Grifton 5-2 before falling 6-0 to top-seeded Greene Central.