The Tarrier girls’ tennis players are league champions for the second straight year, finishing their season with a 12-2 record.  The team was undefeated in their league for a second year.  A non-league loss to Fife broke their 21 match winning streak, but left the team all the more determined to return to the state tournament where they tied for third last year.

The boys’ tennis team is also practicing this spring in anticipation of the State 1A Tournament which will be held May 15 and 16 at the University of Washington.  They won their league championship during the fall sports season.  Competing for Charles Wright will be Sam Finkleman, Marcus Berglund, and David Ham.  Dillon Truscott qualified for the second year in a row but, for the second year in a row, cannot complete because the tennis playoffs conflict with soccer playoffs.   

The girls’ team suffered an early setback when the school’s top single’s player, Sarika Halanakar, suffered a season-ending knee injury in a match against Washington High School.  None the less, the exceptional performance of the school’s doubles teams ensured their league victory.  Charles Wright’s number one doubles team, Megan Kelley and Katy Quigg, were undefeated after 12 matches this year. 

On April 8, Charles Wright faced Washington and won 3-2 Quigg and Kelley won 6-0, 6-4.  Grace Peterson and Jean Kim won 6-1, 6-3.  Sarah Johnson and Jackie Kirschner won 6-0, 6-1.

Washington and Charles Wright played a rematch on April 14 and CWA again won 3-2 taking all three doubles matches.  Quigg and Kelley won 6-0, 6-4.  Peterson and Kim won 6-0, 6-0.  Lindsay Ehlers and Kirschner won 6-0, 6-1.

On April 16, the girls beat Cascade Christian 3-2.  Charles Wright again won all three doubles matches.  Quigg and Kelley won 6-0, 6-0.  Peterson and Kirschner won 6-3, 6-3.  Ehlers and Natalie Weyerhaeuser won 6-1, 6-4.

On April 21, the Tarriers faced Eatonville.  They won 5-0.  Sara Finkleman and Ehlers won singles matches.  Kelley and Quigg, Peterson and Kim, Johnson and Kirschner won doubles.

On April 22, Charles Wright beat Vashon 3-2.  Kelley and Quigg won 6-0, 6-0.  Peterson and Kim won 6-2, 6-3.  Kirschner and Johnson won 6-4, 4-6, 1-0.

On April 23, the Tarriers lost 3-2 to Fife.  Sara Finkleman won her singles match 6-1, 6-0.  Kelley and Quigg won 6-1, 6-2.

On April 25, the CWA team lost 3-2 to Foster. Kelley and Quigg missed the match.  Finkleman won 6-3, 6-0, and Kirschner and Johnson won 6-2, 6-3.

On April 28, the Tarriers beat Chimacum 4-1.  Finkleman won 6-3, 7-5.  Quigg and Kelley won 6-0, 6-0.  Peterson and Kim won 6-1, 6-0.  Johnson and Kirschner won 6-0, 6-0.

On April 30, Charles Wright played Steilacoom and won 5-0.

Charles Wright clinched the league championship with a 4-1 win over Vashon on May 2.  In singles matches, Finkleman won 6-3, 7-5, and Kim won 6-3, 6-0.  On the doubles side, Kelley and Quigg won 6-4, 6-2, and Peterson and Ehlers won 6-3, 6-0.

The girls will now compete in league and district tournaments as they attempt to individually qualify for the state contest in Yakima on May 23 and 24.