Ottawa junior Zulee Moreland won the Class 1A Ottawa Sectional singles championship on Saturday, while La Salle-Peru captured the team title at the Henderson-Guenther Tennis Facility.

Jessica Kovalcik is a state champion tennis star for Plainfield North and has committed to continue her career at Georgia Tech beginning in the fall of 2025.

The Morris girls tennis team, with Skyler Saelens and Julia Borgstrom finishing first and second in singles, captured its first sectional title since 2015 on Monday afternoon at the La Salle-Peru Sports Complex

Area teams looking to make some noise on the tennis courts. Here are previews of teams from around the Herald-News coverage area.

The Ottawa girls tennis team won their own 1A sectional, and like L-P will send three to the state tournament, with Morris sending a single state qualifier.

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Individuals from L-P, Ottawa, Morris, Streator, St. Bede and Mendota competed in the Class 1A girls Sectional tennis meet on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022 at Ottawa

Kenney-Zarbock doubles team has won 17 straight matches

Ottawa earned 28 points to 21 for runner-up La Salle-Peru and 18 for third place Morris. Coal City was fourth with 13, followed by Mendota with 8, Streator 6, St. Bede and Pontiac 4 each and Kankakee 2. Kankakee McNamara did not score.

Doubles team of Liz Kenney, Gretchen Zarbock lone victors for Morris