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Rhodes returning to finals

It will be a rematch in the District 4-6 Class 3A Girls Singles Tennis Championship match today.

Hollidaysburg senior Gretta Rhodes, the No. 2 seed, will face top-seeded Qianna Guo, a State College senior, in today’s noon final at Mansion Park.

Guo won last year’s final over Rhodes after falling in the 2020 final to Altoona’s Morgan Stevens. On Tuesday at Mansion Park in the semifinals, Guo edged Stevens, 6-4, 6-4.

Rhodes beat State College’s Kelly Steel in the semifinals, 6-1, 6-1.

Central Cambria’s Marley Ratchford will face top-seeded Nadia Daubert of Forest Hills in the District 6 Class 2A final, also at noon at Mansion Park today.

FIRST ROUND

Zeta Blesh, Central Mountain, def. Allie Minnier, Shikellamy, 6-2, 3-6, 10-3.

Rachel Gallagher, Hollidaysburg, def. Abigail Robertson, Williamsport, 6-4, 6-2.

No. 3 Morgan Stevens, Altoona, def. Ella Knepp, Mifflin County, 6-0, 6-0.

No. 4 Kelly Steel, State College, def. Aiji Binder, Mifflin County, 6-3, 6-0.

Claire Long, Central Mountain def. Allyson McCann, Williamsport, 6-3, 6-1.

Sophia Caputo, Altoona, def. Megan Strohecker, Shikellamy, 6-1, 6-3.

QUARTERFINALS

No. 1 Qianna Guo, State College, def. Zeta Blesh, Central Mountain, 6-0, 6-0.

No. 3 Morgan Stevens, Altoona, def. Rachel Gallagher, Hollidaysburg, 6-1, 6-0.

No. 4 Kelly Steel, State College, def. Claire Long, Central Mountain, 6-1, 6-2.

No. 2 Gretta Rodes, Hollidaysburg, def. Sophia Caputo, Altoona, 6-1, 6-0.

SEMIFINALS

No. 1 Qianna Guo, State College, def. No. 3 Morgan Stevens, Altoona, 6-4, 6-4.

No. 2 Gretta Rodes, Hollidaysburg, def. No. 4 Kelly Steel, State College, 6-1, 6-1.

Central nipped

JOHNSTOWN — The Central girls tennis team fell to 9-6 with a 3-2 loss to Westmont Hilltop at North Fork Country Club.

Ashlynn Renner won at No. 2 singles for Central, and Adacyn James and Kimmy Yingling won at No. 1 doubles.

SINGLES: 1, Allen, WH, def. Ritchey, 10-4; 2, Renner, C, def. Podrebarac, 10-4; 3, Berish, WH, def. Dunn, 10-2.

DOUBLES: 1, James-Yingling, C, def. Williams-Mackall, 10-8; 2, Hong-Johnson, WH, def. Cole-Grill, 11-9.

Records: Central (9-6), Westmont Hilltop (9-5).

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