State girls tennis: Mead’s Katie Kuka advances to fifth/eighth place game

No area girls tennis players are still in the running for a championship, but Mead’s Katie Kuka will play Brooke Demerath of Inglemoor in the 4A fifth/eighth place game at the Columbia Basin Racquet Club in Richland.

2A

Lena Irtingkauf of Clarkston has a chance to take fourth or seventh place, but first she would need a win over Luciana Sobrino of Liberty (Issaquah) at the Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle. A win clinches at least a seventh place finish.

West Valley’s Ava Raney could take fifth or eighth place with a win over Hailey Peterson of Sehome. A win clinches at least eighth place.

1B/2B/1A

Lakeside’s Kendra Gay and Gillian Hartman will face Elizabeth Grubb and Katie Keifer of Chewelah for fourth/seventh place at the Yakima Tennis Club.