Cheyenne Mountain clinches 4A girls tennis team title on second day

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PUEBLO — Make room for another trophy in the Cheyenne Mountain High School trophy case.

The Indians’ girls tennis team clinched its sixth Class 4A state championship in a row on Friday at the City Park Tennis Complex.

Cheyenne secured its 19th state girls tennis crown, all coming since 1986, thanks to advancing Kalyssa Hall (No. 1 singles), Daniella Adamczyk (No. 2 singles) and Casey Ahrendsen and Ally Arenson (No. 1 doubles), Tory Lewis and Claire Dibble (No. 2 doubles) and Megan Dibble and Chelsey Geisz (No. 3 doubles) into today’s finals. The finals and third-place matches are at 9 a.m. Saturday.

“I’m very pleased,” said veteran Cheyenne coach Dave Adams, whose team has no seniors. “All year long we were keeping track of St. Mary’s (Academy) and we had two big head-to-head wins against them at No. 2 and No. 3 singles Friday, and we just played very well overall. Maintaining that tradition is a neat thing. Every team that comes in here wants to live up to that legacy. There is some pressure that comes along with it, but I’m real proud of how these girls handled all of this and came through.”

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Cheyenne Mountain completed Friday with 66 points, followed by St. Mary’s Academy (48) and Kent Denver (47) who can’t mathematically overtake the Indians Saturday.

Adamczyk defeated St. Mary’s Suzy Xiao  6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals, and Metz cruised past St. Mary’s Elana Villanueva 6-1, 6-0 in a playback match Friday afternoon to secure the Indians’ state title.

Hall, a sophomore, who won state at No. 1 singles a year ago, is eager to repeat Saturday. Hall meets Alex Weil, a junior from St. Mary’s Academy, in the finals. They haven’t played this season.

“It is just awesome to be a part of another state championship team,” the 5-foot-11 Hall said. “I’m really excited. I’m really happy with our team, especially since we are so young. It’s so cool to be able to contribute to Cheyenne Mountain’s legacy. I’m also really excited to see if I can go get my second state title. If I can pull that out it would be awesome.”

Adamczyk shared some of the same thoughts as Hall about the Indians reaching the state pinnacle again.

“All of our hard work paid off,” Adamczyk said. “It is just a great feeling. I’ve played really solid the past two days, and I just need to keep playing that way (Saturday).”

At No. 3 singles, Pueblo West’s Caitie McCarthy is trying to add another line to her memorable state tournament when she faces Kent Denver’s Maeve Kearney in the finals.

McCarthy, a sophomore, is the first boy or girl to play for a state tennis championship for Pueblo West since the school opened in 1997.

“She is so athletic and she has just played outstanding so far,” said Pueblo West coach Pisciotta about McCarthy who also is a standout softball player. “It is huge for our school and our program for her to get to the finals and hopefully she can keep her momentum going (Saturday).”

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