2016 State Champions!!

2016 State Champions!!
2016 STATE CHAMPIONS!

Saturday, October 6, 2012

REEEEEEE--- PEAT !! 2012 STATE CHAMPIONS!!

The Lady Knights Tennis Team took home the 2012 State Championship for the 2nd year in a row and this year they chose not to share the title!! A truly historic season for the girls in many ways. At the State tournament on Weds Oct.3rd all 5 Knight positions won both matches to enable the whole team to be in the Saturday semifinals. Lone Peak had never advanced all 5 positions to the semifinals before. Saturday morning started out 'brisk', about 45 degrees.
Taylor Calton @ 1st singles played flawless tennis in her Semifinal vs Katie Sweet ( Cottonwood) enroute to a 6-0,6-3 win.
Leah Heimuli @ 2nd singles battled consistent senior Sarah Stuart & won 7-5,6-4 in a hard fought match and Leah would not be denied!
Morgan Hall @ 3rd singles battled Mariah Petersen from Alta & won a 6-3,6-3 match with precision ground strokes and a fantastic serve.
Megan Call & Electra Cochran @ 1st doubles played a tough Alta team and came up with a 6-3,7-6 victory using aggressive play and tough volleys.
Haley Schettler & Lauren Allen @ 2nd doubles steamrolled their way to the final with a 6-0,6-0 win over Davis with their heady, consistent play.

Now new history was being made as no Knight team ever had all 5 positions into the finals. Before the finals, it was learned that Lone Peak only had to win 1 of their 5 finals to become State Champions. With that knowledge, The Lady Knights promptly went out & won three of the five individual championships, taking 2nd in the other two positions, meaning medals for every position.
Taylor Calton won the 1st singles crown with a 6-2,6-3 win over Emily Tanner of Alta using precision groundstrokes and icy determination.
Leah Heimuli went up against arguably the toughest player in the tourney, Breezy Turley, defending champion from Davis and in a match with a deceiving score, Leah battled stroke for stroke before falling 6-2,6-0.Leah served notice that she will be a player to be reckoned with for the next 3 years.
Morgan Hall @ 3rd singles went up against Jensen Emery from Davis, a player with big strokes. Morgan used her serve and her consistency to take home the 3rd singles crown as a freshman, winning 6-4,6-3.
Megan Call & Electra Cochran went up against Davis High in the finals and cruised through the first set before hitting a 'speed bump' in the 2nd set, setting up a 3rd set. Being aggressive as they had been all year and attacking the net, they came away with a 6-0,6-7,6-2 victory to take the 1st doubles crown.
At 2nd doubles Haley Schettler & Lauren Allen had a 3 set battle that went close to 2 hours. Haley & Lauren battled with penetrating ground strokes & determination to split the first 2 sets and fell behind 4-1 in the 3rd set only to come back and tie the match before finally losing 2-6,6-2,4-6.

After all the dust had settled, Lone Peak finished 1st with 26 points, Davis was 2nd with 17 points and Bingham finished 3rd with 11 points.

THANKS FOR A GREAT SEASON GIRLS!!!!!! COACH L