Yurie Heard of Pembroke Hill beat Ashley Dowden of Helias 2-0 to win the Class 1 individual title. Caroline Pozo of Lafayette Wildwood beat Mary Elliot Burger of St. Joseph’s Academy 2-0 to win the Class 2 title on Saturday at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield.
On the doubles side, Katarina and Alex Rosenberger of Lindbergh won the Class 2 title and Jane King and Amelia Smith of Lindbergh are the Class 1 doubles champions, capping off a great weekend of tennis.
Jason West of MSHSAA recaps some of the highlights from the team tennis championships, plus previews this weekend’s Final Four in softball.
Class 1-Canton is back in the final four after a third place finish last year.
Class 2-Fatima goes for back to back championships. Portageville makes a return trip. They finished third last year.
Class 3-A whole new group of teams with previous state experience. Notre Dame-Cape Girardeau, Lafeyette-St. Joe, Warrenton and Helias Catholic
Class 4-Fox, Staley, Marquette and Joplin are all making first-time appearances.
The new football playoff format is now entering year four and after some resistance, some fans now like the new format. Â Jason West explains the format as teams head into week 10/district play.
