Waynesville senior Alyssa Ritchie will lead a contingent of area players into next weekend’s state tennis tournament. Ritchie is the defending D-II state champion. Other state qualifiers in D-II include the Milton-Union doubles team of Sally Trout and Andrea Fetters and the Oakwood doubles team of Anne Connelly and Jackie White.
In D-I, Northmont’s Marianne Bonanno is the lone area qualifier.
The state tennis tournament will be held Friday at the Stickney Tennis Center on the campus of The Ohio State University. It will conclude Saturday at Hilliard Davidson High School.