CENTRAL TENNIS PLACES 6TH

Cape Girardeau Central finished sixth in the competitive Great Eight Tennis Tournament Saturday in Columbia.

The Tigers lost to defending-state-champion St. Joseph's 8-1, beat Joplin 7-2 and lost to John Burroughs 7-2.

Lara Golike, the Tigers' No. 3 singles player, won her match against St. Joseph's 6-7 (5-7), and 9-7 in a tiebreaker used in place of a third set.

One of the biggest wins of the day belonged to Central's No. 1 singles player, Eliane Hess, who defeated Joplin's Erin Rosenberg, one of the state's top players, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, and 7-4 in the tiebreaker.

Against John Burroughs, No. 4 singles player Sarah Chaudhari came back in both sets to take a 7-5, 7-5 victory.

Woodland Tournament

Second seeded Bell City won the Woodland Tournament crown late Friday night with a three-set victory over fifth-seed Woodland.

After dropping the first set 5-15, Bell City bounced back with 15-5, 15-12 victories.

To-seeded Leopold needed three sets to defeat third-seeded Meadow Heights in the third-place game, winning 15-10, 9-15, 15-12.

In consolation play, seventh-seeded Advance topped fourth-seeded Zalma 11-15, 15-5, 15-11.

All-tournament team: Erin Jenkins (Advance), Rachel Yount (Meadow Heights), Vickie Pixley (Zalma), Sarah Gowen (Leopold), Megan Keith (Leopold), Jessica Shelby (Bell City), Courtney Brockmeyer (Bell City), Desirae Bollinger (Woodland), Sarah Booth (Woodland) Dianna Lukefahr (Woodland).