St. Peter’s takes annual Sam Sabback Invite

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St. Peter’s won the Sam Sabback Invite this past weekend after a tie-break decision.

Six teams competed in the 4^th annual Sam Sabback Invite at the Bucyrus Community Courts. St. Peter’s and Upper Sandusky tied for first place with team scores of 14 but the nod was given to St. Peter’s, who came out of the invite with the most first place finishers.

Marion Harding finished the day with a score of 10 while local teams Bucyrus and Galion ended with 7 and 3, respectively. Clear Fork rounded out the team scores with two.

Results from the championship round are as follows:
1^st Natalie Zitko (St. Peter’s) defeated Ashley Russell (Marion Harding) 8-3
2^nd Gracie Cornell (St. Peter’s) defeated Kayla Gault (Upper Sandusky) 8-5
3^rd Hannah Novack (St. Peter’s) defeated Paige Burger (Upper Sandusky) 8-6
1^st Hawkins/Mollenkopf (Bucyrus) defeated Street/Randolph (Marion Harding) 8-3
2^nd English/VorHees (Upper Sandusky) defeated Russell/Pitts (Marion Harding) 8-5

Results from the consolation round are as follows:
1^st Sara Gier (Upper Sandusky) defeated Katelyn Smith (Galion) 8-3
2^nd Alyssa Musselman (Bucyrus) defeated Ashleigh Russell (Marion Harding) 8-5
3^rd Kalyn Gimble (Galion) defeated Taylor Weirich (Clear Fork) 8-0
1^st McQown/Pryor (Upper Sandusky) defeated Conrad/Klaus (Clear Fork) 8-0
2^nd Cobb/Baker (St. Peter’s) defeated Hinkle/Kelly (Bucyrus) 8-6