Red Oak’s Sophie Walker and two area doubles teams will continue play in the Championship bracket at Girls State Tennis on Thursday.

Walker won her opening two matches to step into the Semifinals on Thursday.  She defeated Kuemper Catholic’s Isabel Schwabe 6-2, 6-2 in the first round and then took down Brooke Jorgensen of Pella 6-4, 6-0 in the Quarterfinals. Next up is a Semifinal match against Anatta Charoenkul of Fairfield in the Semifinals at 10:00am.

Schwabe went to the Consolation bracket and lost to Casie Barba of Spirit Lake-Okoboji 6-3, 7-6. Macy Baker of Red Oak lost her first round singles match to Sofia Ordinteva of Saydel 6-2, 5-7, 6-0. She then went on to win her first round consolation match 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 over Margaret Harn of Columbus Catholic. Baker then fell in the Consolation Quarterfinals to Brooke Jorgensen of Pella 6-0, 6-0.

Glenwood’s duo of Brielle Smith and Brooklyn Taylor came out on top of their opening two matches, as did the Shenandoah doubles team of Nichole and Natalie Gilbert.

Smith and Taylor notched a 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 win over Kendall Evans and Josie Condon of Estherville-Lincoln Central in the first round. Then in the Quarterfinals they took a 6-1, 6-3 win over Katie Wichman and Sadie Hansen of Waverly-Shell Rock. They now move on to face Emily Jasper and Miyahko Coffey of Cedar Rapids Xavier in the Semifinals on Thursday at 10:00am.

Shenandoah’s Gilbert tandem beat Abby Davis and Megan Brock of Independence in the first round 6-1, 6-1. Then in the Quarterfinals the Fillies team took down Deseree Stubbe and CeJay Blakely of Clark 6-0, 6-1. They will face Taylor Hogan and Elysse Trost of Columbus Catholic in the Semifinals also at 10:00am on Thursday.

Kuemper Catholic’s doubles team of Samantha Schwarte and Abby Boes lost in the first round 6-3, 6-3 to Wichman and Hansen of Waverly-Shell Rock. They then won in their first round consolation match 6-3, 6-2 over Tess Paton and Destiney Gridley of Fairfield. The Knights tandem then lost in the Consolation Quarterfinals to Lauren Dilulio and Caroline Bush of Davenport Assumption 6-2, 6-0.