Articles Tagged: Tennis

The first fall season ended on Tuesday with Cedar Rapids Xavier and Waukee Northwest defending the team titles they won in June.

Photos from 1A girls state tennis day 2 at the University of Iowa’s Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex in Iowa City, Iowa on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025.

Saints are favored to win another title as team tournament starts 2-day run in Pella

Fleming becomes the ninth girls’ tennis player in state history to win three state singles championships.

Decorah’s Huinker sisters win 11 games in a row to win 6-4, 6-0 at the Class 1A state tennis tournament.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Lily Holland, is a three-time state place winner. She finished fifth as a freshman, second as a sophomore and took fourth last spring.

See photos as the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints hosted the Mount Vernon Mustangs for an Iowa high school Class 1A Team Tennis Tournament Regional match.

Iowa High School Tennis: Team regional start play at multiple sites around the state Saturday, September 20, 2025

This time, it is boys’ tennis that will see change. Beginning this spring, only the top 32 teams in each class will qualify for postseason team play and doubles matches will be contested first with singles to follow.

For the second time in five months, the Saints will be sending their entire team to the Class 1A state singles and doubles tournament after sweeping the titles and runner-up slots at the rain-delayed regional tournament at Grinnell on Thursday.

Iowa Girls Tennis Regionals: Cedar Rapids Washington seniors Lily Belle Barker and Samantha Becker qualified for the state tournament. Liberty's Vivian Kahler was the top seed and she earned a return trip to state. And more.

Regional singles and doubles are first step to state tournaments in October

With the fall season debut, all three ranked programs will host every step of the regional bracket on their road to the Oct. 6-7 state tournament.

Defending Class 1A state champion and top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier will be part of a nine-team field at Grinnell. The Saints feature two-time defending state singles champion Gabi Fleming. Area schools Marion, Mount Vernon, South Tama also are in the regional

Instead of doubling in tennis and golf, the Warrior senior is playing tennis in new season and swimming