The Lady Warrior tennis team competed in the OHSAA Sectional tournament on Wednesday at Boardman and Struthers High Schools. The Warriors put up a fine effort, but eventually fell to bring the 2026 season to a close.
Winning for West Branch were
Cailyn Brink at singles and the doubles team of
Sophia Hall and
Ava Cope. Brink won an epic battle against her Southeast opponent. After falling 6-7 in the first set she came back to win 6-4 in set two. In the deciding third set she pulled off a 12-10 victory to move on in the tournament eventually falling to an Ursuline opponent.
Hall and Cope also defeated an opponent from Southeast which also took three long sets. The pair took set one 6-4 but fell in set two 4-6. In set three the team outlasted its Pirate opponents winning 10-8. Hall and Cope would then fall to an pair from Poland in the next round.
Also, competing for the Warriors were
Sydney Lane and
Leah Barnett at singles and the doubles team of
Lauren Sanor and
Landry Simon.
Congratulations on the team on a good season as the Warriors won its last three matches to finish 6-6. The team also finished 4-2 in the EBC which was good for second place trailing only EBC champion Marlington.
