Locals bow out at state tennis tourney

BOISE — Marian deTar and Dyllin Cady of Post Falls fell 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 to a team from Capital in the third round of the consolation bracket to end their run at the 5A state tournament at the Boise Racquet and Tennis Club.

Post Falls boys finished tied for 13th, and the girls were 15th.

Sandpoint’s Sophia Meulenberg downed Bonneville’s Susan Lindley 6-2, 6-0 in the consolation bracket for the Bulldogs only win on the second day of the 4A tournament at the Appleton Tennis Complex at Boise State University. Meulenberg was then eliminated by Erica Shenton of Bonneville 6-2, 6-0.

Boise’s boys and Eagle’s girls won 5A titles, and Wood River’s boys and Bonneville’s girls won in 4A.

In 3A, Community School won the boys tournament, with Coeur d’Alene Charter seventh and Clark Fork eighth. Parma won the girls tourney, with Clark Fork fourth and Charter tied for ninth.