Finishing runner-up the last three years in the state meet, senior Jen Detkas of Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy hopes her fourth partner in as many years allows her to win the state Division II meet this season.

        CHCA's doubles team of Detkas and Shandon Dowiatt hasn't been challenged thus far in the postseason.

        Detkas and Dowiatt dispatched Badin's Meg Stephenson and Kristin Gorman 6-4, 6-0 in the first round; Milton Union's Susan Penny and Betsy Cress 6-1, 6-3 in the second round; and Alter's Kristin Budde and Abby Showalter 6-4, 6-0 in the semifinals en route to winning the district meet.

        CHCA also sends Alex Gross to state in singles. Gross defeated Kylee Wiegand of Badin in the final, 6-4, 6-1.

        Cincinnati Country Day is sending both its doubles teams to the state meet. Jenna Tysoe and Ashley Baker finished second to CHCA 6-4, 6-1, and the team of Annie Barrett and Sarah Tysoe won the fifth-place match over Milton Union's Julie Kubicki and Sarah Peters.

        In Division I, Grace Kammerer of Seton finished third, defeating Nicole Muzechuk of Chaminade-Julienne to advance to state. Catherine Starr of Walnut Hills also advanced in singles with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Kelly Six of Princeton.

        In doubles action, Ursuline's team of Andye Kelley and Catherine Rentschler took first place with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Lakota West's Marci Morgan and Ashley Jones.

        Anderson's team of Christina Leavy and Emily Okerson also advanced with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Troy's Julie Grove and Sara Spear in the fifth-place match.

        Division I

        (at Thomas Cloud Park, Dayton, Ohio)

        Top five qualify to state meet

        Singles

        Semifinals

        Foster (Wayne) d. Muzechuk (Chaminade-Julienne) 6-0, 6-0; Douple (Centerville) d. Kammerer (Seton) 6-7, 7-6, 7-6.

        Finals

        Douple (Centerville) dd. Foster (Wayne) 7-6, 6-4.

        Third Place

        Kammerer (Seton) d. Muzechuk (Chaminade) 6-4, 6-1.

        Fifth Place

        Starr (Walnut Hills) d. Six (Princeton) 6-3, 6-3.

        Doubles

        Semifinals

        Kelley-Rentschler (Ursuline) d. Echko-H. Alcorn (Centerville) 6-4, 6-4; Morgan-Jones (Lakota West) d. Lopez-S. Alcorn (Centerville) 6-3, 6-3.

        Finals

        Kelley-Rentschler (Ursuline) dd. Morgan-Jones (Lakota West) 6-1, 6-2.

        Third Place

        Lopez-S. Alcorn (Centerville) d. Echko-H. Alcorn (Centerville) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.

        Fifth Place

        Leavy-Okerson (Anderson) d. Grove-Spear (Troy) 6-2, 6-2.

        Division II

        (at Princeton)

        Top five qualify to state meet

        Singles

        Semifinals

        Gross (CHCA) d. Carroll (Alter) 6-0, 6-4; Wiegand (Badin) d. Kanda (Tippecanoe) 6-1, 6-1.

        Championship

        Gross (CHCA) d. Wiegand (Badin) 6-4, 6-1.

        Third Place

        Carroll (Alter) d. Kanda (Tippecanoe) 6-1, 7-6

        Fifth Place

        Culbertson (Greenon) d. Butt (Fenwick) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.

        Doubles

       Semifinals

        Detkas-Dowiatt (CHCA) d. Budde-Showalter (Alter) 6-4, 6-0; J. Tysoe-Baker (CCD) d. Narasimhan-Fischer (Indian Hill) 6-3, 7-5.

        Finals

        Detkas-Dowiatt (CHCA) d. J. Tysoe-Baker (CCD) 6-4, 6-1.

        Third Place

        Budde-Showalter (Alter) d. Narasimhan-Fischer (Indian Hill) 6-3, 6-4.

        Fifth Place

        Barrett-S. Tysoe (CCD) d. Kubicki-Peters (Milton-Union) 6-3, 6-1.

Sports Stories

No. 1 Florida loses to Auburn Miami 30, Akron 27 Wisconsin 20, Ohio State 17 LSU 29, Kentucky 25 Thomas More 63, Franklin 13 Anderson 39, Mount St. Joseph 21 City's 'Ice War' melting Cyclones CEO foresees NHL team here Ducks appear set in goal Philadelphia 4, Mighty Ducks 1 SULLIVAN: Mariners too good to be true Baseball playoffs report Boxer thinking of war, Williams Williams finds home with Nets Martin runs freely in Nets' victory UK's Parker reinjures knee, out for season Best and worst of week in sports High School Insider High school tennis roundup Boys cross country roundup Girls cross country roundup Boys state golf tournament Cincinnati high school results N.Ky. high school results

'Battle of Ohio' matters for a change
Key to game: Get ahead
DAUGHERTY: Not much of a rivalry anymore
Webb faced with stopping McKenzie
Who's got the edge?
Browns-Bengals by the numbers
Warren's trip to N.Y. eye-opening
Picking the winners
NFL power ratings
UC 31, Alabama-Birmingham 17
Dream becomes reality for UC walk-ons
Martin, Big'O' share spotlight
Matta calls surprise midnight practice
XU scraps blue, gray jerseys
PREP FOOTBALL PAGE
Covington Catholic 43, Scott 0
Ohio football scores
How Ohio's Top 10 fared