Anyone looking for excitement on the tennis courts had it in spades Saturday.
The HHS Lady Knights finished finished in second place overall and captured first, second and fifth place individual honors along the way.
It was the 2 doubles contest that had Henryetta fans on their feet and yelling that became the show stopper.
For almost four hours, Emma Thompson and Casi Baileyn slugged it out with their counterparts from Byng,
Henryetta won the opening set 7-5 then wound up tied with Byng coming back for a 7-5 second set.
That put the HHS girls into a best of 7 tiebreaker. HHS grabbed the first two points but Byng came back to tie then move ahead by one 3-2. Bailey and Thompson got that back to 3-3 then led 4-3 but fell 7-6 for second place.
Katie Davis and Kellyn Lollis posted their state championship wins, downing Purcell 6-0, 6-0 then went past Pauls Valley 6-1, 6-1 and Mount St. Marys 6-2 and 3-0. That put them the finals, also against Byng where they won 7-6, 7-5.
HHS 2 singles fourth seed Andrea Wade won her opening match then lost to Lincoln Christian throwing her in the fifth place brackets. She came back from an early loss to Victory Christian to win, setting her up in the semis for a 6-1,6-1 win over Byng and 6-4, 7-5 victory over Metro Christian fir fifth.
The 1 singles spot on the Henryetta card belonged to Abi Dodge. A fifth seed, she lost her opening match with Christian Heritage then was knocked out of contention with a loss to Chisholm.
The Lady Knights had enough points to take second in the state standings behind Christian Heritage Academy and ahead of Byng.
