PORT CLINTON — Northview senior Maddie Peisley defeated Anthony Wayne ninth-grader Jillian To 6-1, 6-2 to claim the Division I singles title at the district girls tennis championships Saturday.

Earlier Saturday, Peisley defeated Mansfield Madison’s Emma Reynolds 6-0, 6-0, and To topped Bowling Green’s Julia Barnett 6-3, 6-2. Both Peisley and To advance to the state tournament Thursday-Saturday at the College of Wooster.

Anthony Wayne junior Mara Boyd and sophomore Cora Langenderfer took the Division I doubles title, defeating Perrysburg juniors Penelope Giammarco and Madison Watkins 6-1, 6-2.

Boyd and Langenderfer beat Notre Dame Academy’s Beth Miller and Emily Miller 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinals, while Giammarco and Watkins topped Ashland’s Elena Hayes and Hannah Miller 6-0, 6-1. The Anthony Wayne and Perrysburg duos both qualify for state competition.

In Division II singles, Maumee Valley sophomore Mari-Yona Shannon defeated Lima Shawnee senior Ava Patel 6-0, 6-2 for the championship.

Shannon topped Norwalk’s Ana Osborn 6-0, 6-0 in the semifinals, while Patel beat Bryan’s Caitlyn DeWitt 6-2, 7-5. All four advance to state tournament play, with DeWitt winning the third-place seeding match 6-2, 6-0.

Ottawa Hills junior Bryn Tangeman and ninth-grader Taylor Kayse won the D-II doubles title, defeating Maumee Valley juniors Layan Ridi and Sofia Avram 6-2, 6-0.

Tangeman and Kayse topped Port Clinton’s Grace Arnold and Nora Pixler 6-0, 6-1 in the semifinals, while Ridi and Avram beat Lima Central Catholic’s Claire Jankowski and Alexa Heffner 6-0, 6-1. All four advance to state tournament play, with Arnold and Pixer taking the third-place seeding match 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.

First Published October 12, 2024, 9:28 p.m.