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St. Albert duo makes it to quarterfinals of State Co-Ed Tennis

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June 9th, 2021 by admin

2021 State Co-Ed Tennis Championships were held on Tuesday. Class 1A played at the Waveland Tennis Courts in Des Moines.

The St. Albert duo of Landry Miller and Jeff Miller were able to advance all the way to the Quarterfinal round. They won their opening match 6-0, 6-0 over a duo from Saydel. They then won their Second Round match 6-2, 6-1 over a duo from Dubuque Wahlert. They then fell in the Quarterfinals to Sasha Hyacinth and Joseph Haag of Waterloo Columbus Catholic 6-4, 6-3.

The only other area team to win a match was Clarinda’s Mayson Hartley and Nathan Brown. They won their first round match 7-5, 6-1 over a team from Knoxville. They then fell to the same duo from Columbus Catholic that knocked out St. Albert. That second round match was 6-0, 6-1.

Some other duos from Kuemper Catholic, Shenandoah, Clarinda, and St. Albert competed and you can see the full results here: tennis-2021-1acoed

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Miyako Coffey and Matthew Schmit were the Champions with a 6-2, 6-0 win in the Finals over Fairfield’s Yana Gaskell and Blake Holden.