By The Banner Staff
Deer Creek — The Duncan Lady Demon tennis team made short work of the competition at Deer Creek, rolling to wins in all four divisions to take the overall title with 36 points. The team that finished closest to Duncan was its junior varsity, which had 21. Edmond North placed third and Guthrie fourth at the mid-week tournament.
“I wish it would have been better competition but we got to play again,” Duncan coach Phil Barnes said. “I was real pleased with our J.V. kids. They had a good day.”
Melanie Barnes ran through the competition in No. 1 singles like a hot knife through butter, winning all three of her matches 6-0, 6-0. Her final win of the tournament came against Shawnee Smith of Guthrie. Alyssa Rue finished fourth for the J.V. in No. 1 singles. She opened with a win and fell to Smith in the semifinals 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Rue came back with a 7-6, 6-2 win to reach the third-place match where she dropped a 6-1, 6-2 decision.
Brittany Toone was nearly as dominant as Barnes in No. 2 singles, clearing out the competition without a serious threat. The freshman won her first two matches 6-0, 6-0 and won the tournament with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Alexis Browning of the Bishop McGuinness J.V. Hooker suited up for the Duncan J.V. and dropped her first two matches before winning 6-0, 6-1 to claim seventh.
Both No. 1 and No. 2 doubles were dominated by Duncan as the varsity and J.V. teams faced off in the finals. In No. 1 doubles, Taylor Spradlin and Kate LeValley opened with a 6-3, 6-0 win and a 6-0, 6-1 win to advance to the finals where they knocked off Katherine Jeffords and Samantha Cassidy 6-1, 6-1. Jeffords and Cassidy reached the finals with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win over Oklahoma Christian School and a 6-2, 6-3 win over Guthrie.
Haley Hartzell and Kelsey LeValley breezed through the competition in their first two matches in No. 2 doubles, picking up a couple of 6-0, 6-0 wins. In the finals, they took a 6-2, 6-3 decision over Brooklyn Scott and Britton Scott. The Scott sisters opened with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Deer Creek and beat Oklahoma Christian School 6-1, 6-3 in the semifinals.
