What started off as a gloomy day ended that way, too.
The Durango High School girls tennis team lost both of its Round 1 matches at the CHSAA Class 4A Girls State Tennis Tournament on Thursday in Pueblo but only after waiting out a rain delay that pushed the Class 4A start from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
At No. 2 singles, freshman Sarah Harrelson lost to defending state champion Payton Fielding of Cheyenne Mountain 6-0, 6-2.
“She’s really good,” first-year DHS head coach Laura Ehlers said of Fielding. “You know what though, Sarah looked really good. She was just totally outplayed.”
No. 1 doubles team Kit Hackett and Meredith Nass lost 6-2, 6-0 to Kaylee Pott and Annie Hertel of Valor Christian.
All three will wait and see how their first-round opponents fair in Round 2, hoping to make the playback bracket.
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