High school tennis: Every girls player from Peoria area headed to 2026 IHSA state finals

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The Illinois High School Association will serve up its 2026 girls tennis state finals next weekend.

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Sectionals were held Saturday, Oct. 17, setting the field for the two classes. Morton won a Class 1A sectional championship, while Dunlap won the program's first-ever Class 2A plaque as well as a fifth consecutive sectional title.

The three-day state finals are Thursday, Oct. 22, Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24 in Buffalo Grove.

State qualifiers include the top four finishers in singles and doubles at sectional play. Here is a full list of Peoria-area qualifiers.

Who from the Peoria area is headed to IHSA girls tennis state finals in 2026?

Every athlete from the Journal Star area headed to the state finals next weekend in Buffalo Grove.

Class 1A

  • Singles — Madelyn Couri (Peoria Notre Dame, jr.); Bianca Cisel (Brimfield, jr.); Chloe Kendall (Morton, sr.); Alexis Mogul (Metamora, jr.); Joyce Newman (Limestone, sr.); Addison Piecha (LaSalle-Peru, sr.)
  • Doubles — Metamora (Olivia Weldon, sr. and Alison Liesen, sr.); Morton (Lauryn Elsesser, jr. and Kaylee Rassi, jr.); LaSalle-Peru (April Pescetto, sr. and Ella Lannen, jr.)

Class 2A

  • Singles — Anna Yu (Dunlap, jr.); Isabella Gusso (Dunlap, sr.)
  • Doubles — Dunlap (Katherine Brewer, soph. and Sia Verma, soph.)

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