Girls Tennis: State Champions Awarded in All Three Classifications
Photo: Tracy Renck
AURORA – The Colorado High School Activities Association awarded its individual state champions for all seven positions at the Girls Tennis Individual State Championship on Saturday, with the three teams being crowned at Tuesday’s Girls Tennis Dual Team State Championship.
Across the three classifications of individuals, 11 different teams claimed at least one position championship with Cheyenne Mountain leading the way with five individual titles. Ralston Valley picked up four, while Cherry Creek, Colorado Academy and D’Evelyn captured two each. Rounding out the champions were Eaton, Kent Denver, Niwot, Severance, Vail Christian and Valor Christian with one apiece.
Valor Christian’s Caroline Daugherty defended her title at 5A’s No. 1 singles position. In winning a third-straight championship, Daugherty becomes the state’s eighth girls tennis player to win three or more state titles and the first three-time state champion since Kent Denver’s Lila Moldenhauer did so in 4A from 2023-25.
In 4A, Cheyenne Mountain’s Rose Katen was victorious after winning No. 2 doubles a year ago, bringing the No. 1 singles title to Cheyenne Mountain to the first time since Kalyssa Hall did so in 2014. It marks the 10th No. 1 singles championship for the Red-Tailed Hawks.
In 3A, Colorado Academy’s Mira Leon won her first state title to bring the Mustangs their sixth individual championship at No. 1 singles. It marks Colorado Academy’s third No. 1 singles titles in the last six years, as Anna Jordaan was victorious in both 2021 and 2023.
Team champions were crowned on Tuesday at the Dual Team State Championship, with Ralson Valley capturing the 5A title for a third-straight year.
5A Individual: Valor Christian’s Daugherty Rare Three-Peat
5A Team: Ralston Valley Completes Three-Peat at Dual Team Championship
4A Individual: Rose Katen Wins No. 1 Singles as Cheyenne Mountain Claims Five Titles
4A Team: Cheyenne Mountain Defends Team Title for 27th Championship
3A Individual: Third Time’s a Charm for Colorado Academy’s Mira Leon
3A Team: Colorado Academy Completes State Championship Run
5A: Fossil Ridge
4A: Thompson Valley
3A: Colorado Academy
5A: No. 1 Ralston Valley def. No. 2 Cherry Creek, 4-1
4A: No. 1 Cheyenne Mountain def. No. 2 Kent Denver, 4-0
3A: No. 3 Prospect Ridge Academy vs. No. 5 Colorado Academy
No. 1 Singles: Caroline Daugherty (Senior, Valor Christian)
No. 2 Singles: Anna Curran (Sophomore, Ralston Valley)
No. 3 Singles: Scarlett Lutz (Senior, Ralston Valley)
No. 1 Doubles: Mataya Farling/Harlowe Lutz (Ralston Valley)
No. 2 Doubles: Zoe Hochstadt/Ashley Geoghegan (Cherry Creek)
No. 3 Doubles: Kate Decker/Sophia Baig (Ralston Valley)
No. 4 Doubles: Dylan Milo/Riley Farber (Cherry Creek)
No. 1 Singles: Rose Katen (Senior, Cheyenne Mountain)
No. 2 Singles: Alyssa Sadri (Senior, Cheyenne Mountain)
No. 3 Singles: Sophie Zhou (Senior, Cheyenne Mountain)
No. 1 Doubles: Saffron Heroldt/Mary Koury (Cheyenne Mountain)
No. 2 Doubles: Emma Varnum/Sienna Haubert (Cheyenne Mountain)
No. 3 Doubles: Sofia Pina/Drea Dickman (Kent Denver)
No. 4 Doubles: Amy Calderon/Hazel Awsumb (Niwot)
No. 1 Singles: Mira Leon (Junior, Colorado Academy)
No. 2 Singles: Josephine Carter (Sophomore, Severance)
No. 3 Singles: Annika Bhandari (Freshman, Colorado Academy)
No. 1 Doubles: Madi Smith/Trin Salberg (Eaton)
No. 2 Doubles: Camden Allen/Iris Blanch (Vail Christian)
No. 3 Doubles: Nisha Gupta/Sophia Do (D’Evelyn)
No. 4 Doubles: Angela Leider/Julia Leiden (D’Evelyn)
No. 1 Singles
Championship: Caroline Daugherty (Senior, Valor Christian) def. Lynnsey Lu (Freshman, Legacy), 7-6, 6-2
Third Place: Emerson Bonner (Senior, Ralston Valley) def. Irene Cobos (Junior, Fossil Ridge), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
No. 2 Singles
Championship: Anna Curran (Sophomore, Ralston Valley) def. Isabella Robison (Senior, Rock Canyon), 6-3, 6-2
Third Place: Madeline Hochstadt (Sophomore, Cherry Creek) def. Avery Jaggers (Senior, Valor Christian), 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
No. 3 Singles
Championship: Scarlett Lutz (Senior, Ralston Valley) def. Lizzie Harbaugh (Sophomore, Cherry Creek), 6-4, 6-1
Third Place: Ainsley Cunningham (Junior, Rocky Mountain) def. Skylar Smith (Senior, Rock Canyon), 6-2, 6-2
No. 1 Doubles
Championship: Mataya Farling/Harlowe Lutz (Ralston Valley) def. Karissa Manley/Elena Sepesi (Cherry Creek), 6-2, 6-1
Third Place: Sofia Yaron/Ella Bohling (Valor Christian) def. Samantha Garcia Lucero/Abigail Puschaver (Regis Jesuit), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
No. 2 Doubles
Championship: Zoe Hochstadt/Ashley Geoghegan (Cherry Creek) def. Anna Schouten/Reese Bieser (Valor Christian), 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Third Place: Olivia Hendrickson/Julia Campbell (Ralston Valley) def. Rhaya Rogers/Mattie Capes, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
No. 3 Doubles
Championship: Kate Decker/Sophia Baig (Ralston Valley) def. Chagajee Colburn/Anushka Laxminarayan (Cherry Creek), 6-4, 6-4
Third Place: Abby Duran/Isa Bekas (Rocky Mountain) def. Hailey Bengas/Maia Turnbull (Fossil Ridge), 0-6, 6-0, 6-3
No. 4 Doubles
Championship: Dylan Milo/Riley Farber (Cherry Creek) def. Zoe Katsoulas/Reagan O’Neill (Rock Canyon), 6-1, 6-1
Third Place: Harper Pederson/Kari Hresko (Denver South) vs. Nikki Maughan/Lucia Wynn (Mountain Vista), 6-4, 6-1
No. 1 Singles
Championship: Rose Katen (Senior, Cheyenne Mountain) def. Aristea Fulgenzi (Freshman, Windsor), 7-5, 6-1
Third Place: Maridie Schmidt (Sophomore, Grand Junction) def. Lilly Evans (Senior, Mullen)
No. 2 Singles
Champoinship: Alyssa Sadri (Senior, Cheyenne Mountain) def. Nora Rapp (Junior, Kent Denver), 6-1, 6-0
Third Place: Ella Claassen (Sophomore, Durango) def. Grace DeHerrera (Sophomore, Grand Junction), 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 Singles
Chsmpionship: Sophie Zhou (Senior, Cheyenne Mountain) def. Kendra Tooker (Sophomore, Grand Junction), 6-1, 6-1
Third Place: Dylan Sturman (Freshman, Kent Denver) def. Gabriella Gregg (Freshman, Mullen), 6-3, 6-1
No. 1 Doubles
Championship: Saffron Heroldt/Mary Koury (Cheyenne Mountain) def. Addie Aragon/Jane Roth (Mullen), 6-1, 6-2
Third Place: Hallie Silverman/Claire Bookmyer (Kent Denver) def. Riley Green/Bronwyn Whisenant (Air Academy), 6-5, 6-1
No. 2 Doubles
Championship: Emma Varnum/Sienna Haubert (Cheyenne Mountain) def. Arwen Liu/Sofia Begal (Kent Denver), 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
Third Place: Cate McMorrow/Jamie Alexander (Mullen) def. Aida Munkhtogoo/Molly Moquin (Grand Junction), 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 Doubles
Championship: Sofia Pina/Drea Dickman (Kent Denver) def. Kinley Kilcoyne/Harper Young (Air Academy), 6-1, 6-0
Third Place: Ruth Ringer/Ayva Bonicelli (Cheyenne Mountain) def. Georgia Jaffe/Mirabelle Richtel (Niwot), Ret.
No. 4 Doubles
Championship: Amy Calderon/Hazel Awsumb (Niwot) def. Erica Leveille/Eleena Case (Cheyenne Mountain), 7-5, 3-6, 6-1
Third Place: Maddie Bjork/Lily Pendergast (Kent Denver) def. Sunia Scheper/Cecilia Whisenant (Air Academy), 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
No. 1 Singles:
Championship: Mira Leon (Junior, Colorado Academy) def. Alexa Branch (Junior, Vail Christian), 6-1, 6-4
Third Place: JoAnna Carter (Junior, Severance) def. Kylee Mayes (Sophomore, Resurrection Christian), 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 Singles:
Championship: Josephine Carter (Sophomore, Severance) def. Shannon Schmidt (Junior, Prospect Ridge Academy), 7-6, 6-2
Third Place: Heidi Iverson (Senior, Vail Christian) def. Amelia Major (Junior, Berthoud), 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 Singles:
Championship: Annika Bhandari (Freshman, Colorado Academy) def. Myla Moore (Senior, Severance), 6-0, 6-3
Third Place: Kate Gittlein (Sophomore, D’Evelyn) def. Ella Pecinka (Sophomore, Vail Christian), 7-5, 6-4
No. 1 Doubles:
Championship: Madi Smith/Trin Salberg (Eaton) def. Elise Yang/Sheena Wu (Colorado Academy), 6-1, 6-2
Third Place: Olivia Zajac/Autumn Woods (Vail Christian) def. Reagan Leary/Theresa La (Holy Family), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 Doubles:
Championship: Camden Allen/Iris Blanch (Vail Christian) def. Aya Kinoshita/Evelyn South (Eaton), 6-3, 7-6
Third Place: Kate Johnson/Klara Kiesey (Colorado Academy) def. Penelope Hasley/Kyla Hermes (Holy Family), 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 Doubles:
Championship: Nisha Gupta/Sophia Do (D’Evelyn) def. Sabrina Nabonsal/Paige Asbury (Vail Christian), 6-2, 6-3
Third Place: Jillian Crookham/Evelyn Luoma (Holy Family) def. Elsie Schuler/Arianna Rader (Prospect Ridge Academy), 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
No. 4 Doubles:
Championship: Angela Leider/Julia Leider (D’Evelyn) def. Sorenna Cooper/Olivia Babbitt (St. Mary’s Academy), 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
Third Place: Leisl Bennett/Tess Richardson (Holy Family) def. Liz Horwith/Laure-Helene Aussandon (Lutheran), 6-3, 6-3
