AURORA – Despite rain delays and location changes, particularly in Colorado Springs and Pueblo, the Colorado High School Activities Association awarded its individual state champions for all seven positions at the Girls Tennis Individual State Championship on Saturday.
Across the three classifications, 11 different teams claimed at least one position championship with Cheyenne Mountain, D’Evelyn, Kent Denver and Ralston Valley leading the way with three individual titles. Cherry Creek and Colorado Academy each captured two, with Fairview, Holy Family, Mullen, Peak to Peak and Valor Christian picking up one apiece.
Full Recaps
5A: Caroline Daugherty Captures Valor Christian’s First-Ever Individual Title
4A: Kent Denver’s Lila Moldenhauer Defends Singles Title
3A: D’Evelyn Sweeps Singles Titles
Photo Galleries
- All Season
- 3A Individual State Championships (Alan Versaw)
Brackets
Sportsmanship Award Winners
5A: Rocky Mountain
4A: Mullen
3A: Steamboat Springs
Individual State Champions
Class 5A in Denver
#1 Singles: Caroline Daugherty (So., Valor Christian)
#2 Singles: Jane Roth (Sr., Fairview)
#3 Singles: Scarlett Lutz (So., Ralston Valley)
#1 Doubles: Adia Farling and Cassidy Gordon (Ralston Valley)
#2 Doubles: Riley Loehr and Zoey Hao (Cherry Creek)
#3 Doubles: Mataya Farling and Sofia Elola (Ralston Valley)
#4 Doubles: Julia Karlberg and Beth Munro (Cherry Creek)
Valor Christian’s Caroline Daugherty became the first-ever girls tennis player from Valor Christian to win an individual state title, capturing the #1 singles championship. Fairview’s Jane Roth won her third-straight individual title and first at #2 singles (won #2 doubles in 2022 and 2023), while Ralston Valley’s Scarlett Lutz was victorious in her first-ever state appearance, winning #3 singles. This was the first state title for each of these doubles teams, although it’s the second for Loehr (#3 doubles in 2023), Hao (#4 doubles in 2023) and Karlbert (#4 doubles in 2023).
Class 4A in Colorado Springs
#1 Singles: Lila Moldenhauer (Jr., Kent Denver)
#2 Singles: Sophie Zhou (So., Cheyenne Mountain)
#3 Singles: Rose Katen (So., Cheyenne Mountain)
#1 Doubles: Jocelyn Kelly and Saffron Heroldt (Cheyenne Mountain)
#2 Doubles: Avery Walters and Maisie McMorrow (Mullen)
#3 Doubles: Claire Bookmyer and Sofia Begal (Kent Denver)
#4 Doubles: Sasha Berry and Margaux Lively (Kent Denver)
Kent Denver’s Lila Moldenhauer defended her #1 singles title in 4A, while Cheyenne Mountain’s Sophie Zhou won her first #2 singles title. At #3 singles, Cheyenne Mountain’s Rose Katen won her first singles title after capturing the #1 doubles championship a year ago. Cheyenne Mountain’s Jocelyn Kelly and Saffron Heroldt also teamed up to continue their state title stretch, as Heroldt won the #3 singles title last year and Kelly won #1 doubles. This was their first state title as a doubles team.
Class 3A in Pueblo
#1 Singles: Nicole Celechovsky (Fr., D’Evelyn)
#2 Singles: Evelyn Oltmans (Sr., D’Evelyn)
#3 Singles: Sofia Cieslewicz (Sr., D’Evelyn)
#1 Doubles: Anna Johnson and Violet Tetzeli (Colorado Academy)
#2 Doubles: Josie Adams and Molly Kolachov (Peak to Peak)
#3 Doubles: Kenna Dietz and Raelynn Pickup (Holy Family)
#4 Doubles: Emily Archie and Bea Wadsworth (Colorado Academy)
D’Evelyn swept the three singles titles with Nicole Celechovsky winning the battle of freshmen at #1 singles, teammate Evelyn Oltmans avenging her loss at #1 singles last year to win her first state title at #2 singles and Sofia Cieslewicz winning her third state title at #3 singles. In doubles, Peak to Peak’s Josie Adams won a second-straight doubles title after winning #3 doubles last year, while this was the first state title for each of the other doubles partners.