by Scott DCamp
Sports Editor

Thief River Falls is returning to the girls state tennis tournament. The Prowlers punched their tickets to state with a 4-3 in over top-seeded Staples-Motley in the Section 8A championship match Friday morning at Courts Plus in Fargo, N.D.

The section championship is Thief River Falls’s first since 2022 and sixth in program history. The Prowlers also picked up wins over Parker’s Prairie, 7-0, and Crookston, 4-3, to reach the championship match. Section play continues this afternoon and tomorrow with the Section 8A individual tournament.

A full recap will appear in next week’s edition of The Thief River Falls Times.

Thief River Falls 4, Staples-Motley 3
Singles – No. 1 -Ronnie Noska, Staples-Motley, def. Braylee Wienen, Thief River Falls, 6-0, 6-1; No. 2 – Jaida Holst, Staples-Motley, def. Piper Greene, Thief River Falls, 6-1, 6-4; No. 3 – Tegan Pray, Thief River Falls, def. Kaylee Perius, Staples-Motley, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5; No. 4 – Jaclyn Novak, Thief River Falls, def. Charlie Noska, Staples-Motley, 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles – Madison Perius/Natalie Hanson, Staples-Motley; def. Samantha Rodahl/Raya Dahlin, Thief River Falls 6-2, 6-4; No. 2 – Olivia Schuster/Kaitlyn Jahn, Thief River Falls, def. Sarah Kroll/Lydia Roelofs, Staples-Motley 6-4, 6-2; No. 3 – Mackenzie Lee/Ava Niebuhr, Thief River Falls, def. Mia Pesta/Alexa Dolezal, Staples-Motley, 6-2, 6-2.

Thief River Falls 4, Crookston 3
Singles – No. 1 – Braylee Wienen, Thief River Falls def. Emma LaPlante, Crookston, 6-2, 6-2; No. 2 – Piper Greene, Thief River Falls, def. Emelia Hoerner, Crookston, 6-3, 6-3; No. 3 – Ava Martin, Crookston, def. Tegan Pray, Thief River Falls, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1); No. 4 – Lauren Tull, Crookston, def. Ava Niebuhr, Thief River Falls, 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles – No. 1 – Logan Brekken/Chloe Boll, Crookston, def. Samantha Rodahl /Raya Dahlin, Thief River Falls, 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 – Olivia Schuster/Jaclyn Novak, Thief River Falls, def. Madelyn Anderson/Grace Boll, Crooksotn, 6-2, 6-4; No. 3 – Mackenzie Lee/Kaitlyn Jahn, Thief River Falls, def. Lucy Smith/Taylor Schulz, Crookston, 6-4, 6-1.

Thief River Falls 7, Parkers Prairie 0
Singles – No. 1 – Braylee Wienen,Thief River Falls, def. Brooke Schilling,Parkers Prairie, 6-0, 6-1; No. 2 – Piper Greene, Thief River Falls, def. Anna Helling, Parkers Prairie, 6-1, 6-3; No. 3 – Tegan Pray, Thief River Falls, def. Cailin Jensen, Parkers Prairie, 6-3, 6-0; Ava Niebuhr, Thief River Falls, def. Lillian Woodbridge, Parkers Prairie, 6-1, 6-1;
Doubles – Samantha Rodahl/Raya Dahlin, Thief River Falls, def. Izzy Langager/Abigail Koep, Parkers Prairie, 6-2, 2-6, 10-6; No. 2 – Olivia Schuster/Jaclyn Novak, Thief River Falls, def. Joanna Krueger/Hattie Truax, Parkers Prairie, 6-3, 6-2; No. 3 – Mackenzie Lee/ Kaitlyn Jahn, Thief River Falls, def. McKayla Vogt/Rebecca Ahlers, Parkers Prairie, 6-0, 6-1.