Girls tennis: Thompson earns fourth place, state berth at districts

By Michael Dashiell • May 22, 2024 1:30 am
Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Calleigh Thompson returns a shot in a match against Olympic on April 21. Thompson placed fourth at the West Central Bi-District tourney this past weekend and advances to the class 2A state tourney in Seattle that starts May 24.
Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Calleigh Thompson returns a shot in a match against Olympic on April 21. Thompson placed fourth at the West Central Bi-District tourney this past weekend and advances to the class 2A state tourney in Seattle that starts May 24.

Sequim High sophomore Calleigh Thompson doubles the Wolves’ entries in the state tennis tournament set for later this week after battling to a fourth-place finish at the West Central District bi-district tourney, held May 17-18 at the Kitsap Tennis Athletic Club in Bremerton.

Thompson, who placed second at the Olympic League tourney, went 2-2 at the district tourney and advances the the class 2A state tourney set for May 24-25 at the Nordstrom tennis Center in Seattle, where she’ll join classmate Garrett Little, a senior seeking another top finish in the 2A state boys tourney. She will open the state tourney against Anna Samoukovic of Lynden.

Thompson, seeded No. 2 out of the Olympic League, opened districts with a three-set win over Michelle Arjona-Reyes of Renton, the SeaKing No. 4 seed, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. She sealed a state berth in the quarterfinals with a 6-3,6-3 win over Jasmyn Sharp of Washington, the No. 5 seed from the South Puget Sound League (SPSL), before falling in straight sets to the eventual district champ, Taranah Khalighi of Sammamish.

Thompson fell 6-3, 7-5 to the SPSL’s top seed, Cydnee Chapin of White River, in the third/fourth place match.

Thompson, who went 14-5 and placed fifth at league as a freshman, is 13-7 in singles play this season.

Little, the runner-up at the West Central Bi-district tourney in October, had for four years dominated league play. He went undefeated in more than 40 league singles matches, and accumulated a 28-4 postseason record, three league titles, a West Central District crown and back-to-back top-three finishes at state.

Little will open the state tourney against Owen Vellegas of Sedro-Woolley.