Alton Tennis Sectional Preview - The Telegraph - 10/16/2015
PREP GIRLS TENNIS: Alton Sectional
First Posted: 2:05 pm - October 15th, 2015
Alton senior Shannon Willis (above) and the Redbirds girls tennis team will be on their home courts for the Alton Sectional on Friday and Saturday. Play begins at 1 p.m. Friday with singles at LCCC’s Andy Simpson Tennis Complex in Godfrey and doubles at the Alton High courts. Quarterfinals in both singles and doubles will be contested at AHS, with the semifinals in both draws starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at AHS. Edwardsville is seeking its 19th consecutive sectional title and heads a field also including Marquette Catholic, Civic Memorial, Metro East Lutheran, EA-WR, Jersey, Roxana, Greenville and Highland. This is the final season of one-classtennis in Illinois, with a two-class format that will have Edwardsville and Alton in Class AA and the rest of the schools in this field in Class A in 2016.
Billy Hurst / For The Telegraph