
CHS coach Ken Stange and netters (l to r) Zoe Trujillo, Valen Trujillo, Sage Renninger, Payton Aparicio, Fanny Deprelle and Avalon Renninger. (Amy Trujillo photo)
They fought until the final ace.
Facing strong private school competition Thursday, Coupeville High School’s tennis players acquitted themselves nicely at the West Central District III tourney at the Sprinker Tennis Center in Tacoma.
The Wolves, who matched Vashon Island with a tourney-best six competitors, claimed second place in the team standings.
Tourney host Charles Wright Academy, which won both singles and doubles titles, edged Coupeville 23-12 for the team title.
Vashon (7), Klahowya (3), Cascade Christian (3) and Chimacum (0) rounded out the field.
Wolf juniors Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger came within a match of punching their ticket to state, falling in the championship match.
The first loss of the season for the duo, it shouldn’t overshadow their season.
Renninger went 14-1 this year, Aparicio 13-1, and their second-place finish at districts was a serious jump from fifth as sophomores.
With District 3 getting only one slot to state in both singles and doubles, they are the alternates to state if something should befall the champs between now and next weekend.
Senior Valen Trujillo capped her stellar four-year run with the Wolves with a second-straight third-place finish in singles, winning the final three matches of her career.
The trio was joined at districts by foreign exchange student Fanny Deprelle and freshman phenoms Zoe Trujillo and Avalon Renninger.
Complete district results:
Singles:
Valen Trujillo
Lost to Lizzie Maciejewski (Vashon Island) 6-4, 6-1
Beat Sydney Jackson (Klahowya) 8-3
Beat Hailey Sargent (Klahowya) 8-2
Beat Grace Jung (Cascade Christian) 8-2
Fanny Deprelle
Lost to Alexis Schorno (Charles Wright Academy) 6-1, 6-0
Lost to Hannah Nelson (Vashon Island) 9-8(5)
Doubles:
Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger
Beat Beka Lematua/Lizzie Sutherland (Vashon Island) 7-5, 6-4
Beat Heidi Xu/? Wang (Charles Wright Academy) 7-5, 7-5
Lost to Laney Schorno/Mei Ge (Charles Wright Academy) 6-4, 6-2
Avalon Renninger/Zoe Trujillo
Lost to Laney Schorno/Mei Ge (Charles Wright Academy) 6-0, 6-1
Lost to Yulia Fiala/Tobin Vaughan (Vashon Island) 8-4
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