The Crook County High School tennis program sent a strong contingent to the state tournament, held May 22-24 at Corvallis at the OSU Tennis Center.

District singles champions, Victor Covarrubias and Sami Ramos, both advanced to the quarter finals before losing. District runner-up Callie Winebarger reached the consolation semi-finals.

Ramos, the fourth seed, won her opener over Carrie Li of Oregon Episcopal 6-1, 6-1. She was then upset by Philomath’s Adele Beckstead in a tough one, 6-4, 6-4.

After a bye, Winebarger fell to Carys Chamberland of St. Mary’s 6-0, 6-2. In consolation play, Winebarger beat Isabel Cunningham of Baker 8-4 to reach the consolation semis, but there fell to Nina Rinard of Riverdale 8-1.

Freshman Gabi Ramos lost her opener to Piper Ravassipour of St. Mary’s 6-3, 6-1, then lost a 8-3 match in consolation to Abigail Cunningham of Baker.

The Cowgirls’ doubles squad at state, DeLaney Engstrom and Tayah Hagensee got a bye then won their opener 6-3, 6-3 over a Four Rivers duo. In the quarterfinals, though, the Cowgirl pair lost a 6-3, 6-2 match to a St. Mary’s team that went on to reach the state finals.

Cowboys battle 

District champion Covarrubias got a bye in the first round then survived a bad first set to beat Weston-McEwen’s Trysten Burns 4-6, 6-1, 6-0. Waiting in the quarters, though, was the No. 2 seed from Calin Gable, Zareh Gonzalvo. He was too much to handle and Covarrubias fell 6-0, 6-0.

Both Cowboy doubles teams tasted victory at state.

The district champions, Gregory Hubble and Evan Wood, got a bye then faced a hot team from St. Mary’s and lost 6-1, 6-3. In consolation play, the seniors topped an Irrigon pair in the pro-set 8-2 to reach the consolation quarters. Facing a pair of Klamath Union seniors, Hubble and Wood gutted out an 8-8 (7-5) win to reach the semis. That’s where the season ended for the CC duo as they lost 8-4 to a St. Mary’s tandem.

The Cowboys’ other double entrant, Caleb Decker and Hoyt Kudlac, opened with a nice 6-4, 6-4 win over a Catlin Gable duo. In round two, though, a Catlin Gable pair beat them 6-1, 6-1.