Girls Tennis

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 Ottawa doubles team of seniors Emma Cushing and Rylee O'Fallon won 33 matches, Interstate 8 Conference and La Salle-Peru Sectional championships, finished 6th at the IHSA Class 1A state meet and are the 2023 Times Tennis Players of the Year.

Lots of wins, lots of fun and lots of 'blonde moments' - Madyson Block said she couldn't have asked for a better senior year partnered with Jetta Weaver. The duo are the Daily Chronicle girls tennis players of the year.

Meet the 2023 Northwest Herald All-Area girls tennis team.

Jacobs' Kylie Cohn follows in the footsteps of former teammate Chloe Siegfort as Fox Valley Conference Tournament No. 1 singles champion and Northwest Herald Girls Tennis Player of the Year.

A look at the top girls tennis players in the NewsTribune area for the 2023 season.

La Salle-Peru senior Kaylie Reese and junior Elena Leone are the 2023 NewsTribune Girls Tennis Players of the Year after winning 14 matches, placing in multiple tournaments and getting within a win of the state tournament.

The St. Charles North doubles team of Shannon Lu and Danielle Dejanovich, who finished with a 24-3 record, a doubles sectional title and and a fifth round consolation bracket finish at the state meet, is the Kane County Chronicle co-Player of the Year.

Dixon junior Grace Ferguson went 4-0 to win the Class 1A Rochelle Sectional on Oct. 14 and qualify for state for the third year in a row. She has been voted the Sauk Valley Media Athlete of the Week by readers and answered a few questions.

The 2023 IHSA State Tennis Championship Finals were held at Buffalo Grove High School on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023.

Dixon junior Addison Arjes won her opening-round match in singles play, but all four local competitors were eliminated during the first day of competition at the IHSA girls tennis state meet. Plus more local results in Thursday's roundup.

Tennis players from Marian Central, Johnsburg and Jacobs moved on to the second day of the state tournament. Plus more volleyball and girls swimming scores.

Big day at state tennis for Sycamore plus more area volleyball scores.

Plainfield North, Providence and Lincoln Way West were among the winners at the girls state tennis tournament Thursday. Plus more area volleyball scores.

Images from the first day of the IHSA girls state tennis tournament on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.