State ‘A’ Girls Tennis Tournament: Ella Hancock win Flight 1 Singles Title

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Rapid City Christian Comets have never won a girls state tennis title.

But this year, the Comets were hoping to change that.

Unfortunately, the Comets fell short to the Mitchell Kernels on Tuesday who won their second straight state girls tennis championship.

The Kernels finished with 499 points after winning four singles titles and two doubles titles.

Meanwhile, Rapid City Christian won two individual state titles.

Ella Hancock defeated Halli Essington from Milbank to win the Flight 1 singles title.

Plus, Hancock teamed up with Julia Anderson to win the Flight 1 doubles championship.

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Final Team Scores

State A Girls Tennis Tournament

1. Mitchell                             499
2. Rapid City Christian       440
3. Pierre                                 300
4. Milbank                             264
5. Yankton                             239
6. Huron                                226
7. Aberdeen Roncalli          211
8. Vermillion                        142.5
9. Spearfish                           86.5
10. Lennox                              33.5
11. Madison                            33