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Dominion Post
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Dominion Post
Morgantown High girls' tennis team captures OVAC championship
GLEN DALE – The fourth – and final – day of the OVAC tennis tournament provided some new faces atop the leaderboard at the sun-filled, but wind-swept courts at John Marshall High School. In the 'Small School,' Class 1A-4A division, Oak Glen ended Linsly's 13-year dominance as it nipped the Cadets, 11-10. In the 'Big School' Class 5A race, Morgantown won for the 10th time in the 12 years with a 25-19 triumph over Wheeling Park. Defending champion University was a close third at 17. While the Mohigans captured three of the four singles titles, Wheeling Park's Madeline Bradshaw won the other. The Patriots top-seeded junior prevailed at No. 1 with an 8-0 blanking of Morgantown's No. 2 seed Maya Greenlee in quick fashion. 'It finally feels good to get over the hump. I've been in the finals a couple of times but never won until today,' Bradshaw said. 'I think the wind kind of helped me. I think I played a pretty consistent game that helped me get through the match. 'I felt my serve was pretty good today and I was able to put away some shots,' she added. 'That's what you have to do at this level.' The win was also Bradshaw's 100th of her career. Morgantown won at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 as top-seeded Natalia Cassim defeated Wheeling Park's No. 3 seeded Harper Moores 8-6; No. 1 Annika Chadha topped Wheeling Park's Reese Moores, 8-2; and No. 1 seed Annabell Goodkoontz downed University's third-seeded Hannah Stemple, 8-3. The Golden Bears didn't have a finalist, and only had one semifinalist in Reese Witherow, but, according to veteran head coach Kenneth Keller, 'used a total team effort' in securing the top hardware. This was absolutely a total team effort. Everybody contributed in some way,' Keller noted. 'I'm very pleased. We have a very young team with only one senior. We have four sophomores and a freshman in the starting lineup.' Reese Witherow advanced to the semifinals at No. 4 singles but fell to University's Hannah Stemple in a hard-fought, 9-7, match. Other members of the Oak Glen team are Leah McMahon, Elle Monaco, Zoey Caughey, Ruby Chaney and Roxye Brown. 'It's very exciting to finally win the title,' Keller said. 'I've got plenty of OVAC runner up plaques at the school, so this feels very good.' The Carol Strasser Sportsmanship Award was presented to St. Clairsville's Makayla Hancock. Team scoring was as follows: BIG SCHOOL 1. Morgantown 25; 2. Wheeling Park 19; 3. University 17; 4. Parkersburg South 4 SMALL SCHOOL 1. Oak Glen 11; 2. Linsly 10; 3. Weir 9; 4. Indian Creek 4; 5. Steubenville Catholic 3; 6. Wheeling Central 2; 7. St. Clairsville 1 — Story by Kim North
Dominion Post
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Dominion Post
MHS girls take early lead in OVAC tennis championships
GLEN DALE – The OVAC tennis tournament returned to the John Marshall courts on Wednesday for Day 3 under sun-filled skies with action in girls' doubles. The event concludes Thursday with action in girls' singles. University and Linsly are the defending 'Big School' and 'Small School' champions. All three doubles titles reside in Morgantown, as the Mohigans won at No. 1 and No. 2, while University took No. 3. As a result, Morgantown finished with 10 points, which was two better than Wheeling Park and University. Oak Glen leads Linsly, 6-4, in the 'small school' race. At No. 1, the second-seeded duo of Maya Greenlee and Annika Chadha defeated the No. 1 Wheeling Park tandem of Madeline Bradshaw and Lauren Eskins by an 8-3 count. Both teams advanced with 8-0 quarterfinal victories before Morgantown prevailed 8-3 in its semifinal and Wheeling Park 8-2. At No. 2, Morgantown's No. 1 seeded pairing of Natalia Cassim and Annabelle Goodykoontz topped Wheeling Park's second-seeded sister duo of Harper and Reese Moores, 8-0. The Mohigans won 8-2 in the quarters and 8-0 in the semifinals. The Patriots prevailed 8-0 and 8-6, respectively. At No. 3, the Hawks' No. 2 tandem of Vanessa Wiesinger and Izzy Ringler held off Oak Glen's fourth-seeded team of Roxye Brown and Zoey Caughey. Both teams had to battle their way to the finals as Brown/Caughey won 8-1 in the quarterfinals before upsetting top-seeded Morgantown (8-5) in the semis. University won 8-3 and 8-5 to reach the finals. John Marshall's Akwasi Braun was the Carol Strasser Sportsmanship Award winner on the boys side. The girls winner will be announced following Thursday's action. Team scoring is as follows: BIG SCHOOL 1. Morgantown 10; 2. (tie) Wheeling Park, University 8; 4. Parkersburg South 1 SMALL SCHOOL 1. Oak Glen 6; 2. Linsly 4; 3. Weir 3; 4. (tie) Indian Creek, Wheeling Central 2; 6. Steubenville Catholic 1 — Story by Kim North
