Kentlake sophomore Derek Welch won his first match in the singles bracket of the state tennis tournament in two sets against Lucas Tilly of Wenatchee.

Welch then lost to Aman Manji of Skyline and John Stormans of Olympia to finish just shy of placing.

Welch was the number 3 seed out of the SPSL league tournament last fall and the number six seed coming out of the West Central District Tournament.

Tahoma High’s Maddie Turek, who was the the alternate out of the West Central District tournament May 17 and 18, lost her first match of the state tournament 0-2 to Sally Park of Kamiak High School.

Turek then went on to lose to Kailyn Skjonsby of South Kitsap 0-2.