Edison doubles team reaches state

PORT CLINTON — The Edison tandem of Alli Vogus and Torri Keyser reached the semifinal round of the Division II doubles bracket on Wednesday at Port Clinton, which earned the pair a spot at next week's state championships in Mason. Vogus and Keyser opened with a win over Bryan's Brooke Taylor and Haylee Wheeler (6-2, 6-2). They followed that up with a win over Lima Central Catholic's Paige Brinkman and Claire Janowski by scores of 6-3, 6-3. Vogus and Keyser will return to Port Clinton to finish the semifinal and final rounds to determine seeding for next week's state championships on Saturday. For Norwalk, the doubles team of Dezi Hernandez and Megan Miller opened with a win over Lima Shawnee's Ava Patel and Cara DeBrosse by scores of 6-2, 6-7 (2) and 6-4. The team then fell in the second round to Bryan's Emilee Bassett and Reese Grothaus by scores of 6-3, 6-0. In singles play, Willard's Summer Kennard fell in her first round match against Lima Shawnee's Rose Kottapalli by scores of 6-3, 7-5. BOYS GOLF Minor 22nd at district LIMA — Norwalk boys golf senior Ian Minor had identical rounds of 41-41 to finish with an 82 on Wednesday at the Division I district championships held at the Shawnee Country Club. Minor was tied for the 11th-lowest score in the field and finished 22nd overall as an individual, seven strokes off the pace for one of the two individual qualifying spots for state.