Tennis: Valkyries win singles, doubles titles
BIGFORK — The Bigfork Valkyries’ tennis trophy case just got a little more crowded.
Bigfork’s Kalia Wicklund claimed the singles title while Brooke Bonner and Alauna Weilacher took the doubles championship at the Western B Divisional girls tennis tournament on Friday.
It was an all-Valkyrie final in the singles bracket. Wicklund defeated teammate Lana Berg 6-7 (4-7), 6-0, 6-1 in the championship match.
Bonner and Weilacher stopped Hannah Bird Rattler and Hannah Kiehn of Ronan in the title match 6-1, 6-3.
The top four singles players and doubles teams advance to state.
Jaime Berg and Sophie Hasselmeier of Bigfork finished third in doubles.
The doubles matches were completed on Friday, but the signles consolation bracket remains unfinished.
Four matches will be played in singles today to determine places 3-6.
Western B Divisional Girls Tennis
Friday
At Bigfork
Singles
First Round
Lana Berg, Bf, bye; Abby Fraley, Bf, def. Kaylee Stecher, Tr, 6-0, 6-03; Sam Ashley, Ro, bye; Daisie VandenBos, Mi, bye; Allie Brown, Tr, bye; Karlee Park, Bf, def. Jenaya Burns, Ro, 6-1. 6-0; Molly Walters, Tr, def. Lindsay Johnson, Mi, 6-0, 6-1; Kalia Wicklund, Bf, bye.
Quarterfinals
Berg def. Fraley, 6-4, 6-2; VandenBos def. Ashley, 6-3, 6-3; Brown def. Park, 6-1, 6-0; Wicklund def. Walters, 6-1, 6-1.
Semifinals
Berg def. VandenBos, 6-4, 6-2; Wicklund def. Brown, 6-1, 6-1.
Championship
Wicklund def, Berg, 6-7 (4-7), 6-0, 6-1.
Consolation
First Round
Stecher def. Walters, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Park, bye; Ashley def. Burns, 6-1, 6-0; Fraley def. Johnson, 7-5, 6-4.
Second Round
Park def. Stecher, 6-3, 6-0; Fraley def. Ashley, 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles
First Round
Brooke Bonner/Alauna Weilacher, BF, bye; Jaime Berg/Sophie Hasselmeier, BF, def. Sam Friedlander/Breanna Turpin, Ro, 6-1, 6-1; Azure Stever/Taylor Brown, Tr, bye; Hannah Bird Rattler/Hannah Kiehn, Ro, bye.
Semifinals
Bonner/Weilacher def. Berg Hasselmeier, 7-5, 6-0; Bird Rattler/Kiehn def. Stever/Brown, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-4..
Championship
Bonner/Weilacher def. Bird Rattler/Kiehn, 6-1, 6-3.
Consolation
Stever/Brown def. Friedlander/Turpin, 6-7 (3-6), 6-4, 6-0.
Third/Fourth Place
Berg Hasselmeier def. Stever/Brown, 7-5, 6-4.