Bigfork girls second at divisional tennis

RONAN — Bigfork captured the girls Western B-C divisional tennis title on Saturday.

The Valkyries easily claimed the title with a 58- point total. St. Ignatius was second, 38.

Bigfork’s Lana Berg finished second in singles.

Bigfork placed two doubles teams. Alanis Stallknecht and Brook Bonner finished second while Kayla Casalegno and Alauna Weilacher were third.

Eureka’s Kathryn Stein finished third in singles.

Eureka was last in the five-team field with 13 points.

The top four singles and doubles teams from divisional advance to state, which begins Friday in Missoula. The finals will be held Saturday.

The boys, who do not hold a divisional tournament, automatically advance to the state tournament.

Western B-C divisional

At Ronan

Team scores

Bigfork 58, St. Ignatius 38, Troy 29, Ronan 19, Eureka 13.

Singles

Semifinals

Briar Ahlborn, SI, def. Kathryn Stein, E; Lana Berg, B, def. Kayla Billette, SI.

Final

Ahlborn def. Berg.

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Consolation semifinals

Stein def. Daisie VandenBos, SI; Billette def. Genevieve Gibson, B.

Consolation final

Stein def. Billette.

Doubles

Semifinals

Lundin/Lundin, T, def. Casalegno/Weilacher, B; Stallknecht/Bonner, B, def. Bird Rattler/Kiehn, R

Final

Lundin/Lundin def. Stallknecht/Bonner.

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Consolation semifinals

Casalegno/Weilacher def. Hight/Brown, T; Bird Rattler/Kiehn def. Friedlander/Turpin, R

Consolation final

Casalegno/Weilacher def. Bird Rattler/Kiehn