Photos: Raymore-Peculiar girls tennis wins Class 3 District 6 championship

The Panthers capture their first district title since 2018

The Raymore-Peculiar girls tennis team entered the Class 3 District 6 tournament as the No. 2 seed after losing its regular-season matchup with Lee's Summit.

The Panthers were able to avenge that regular-season loss in the district championship game on Wednesday, knocking off the top-seeded Tigers 5-3 to win their first district title since 2018.

Raymore-Peculiar, which lost the earlier matchup against Lee's Summit 5-4, improved to 13-1 with its eighth consecutive victory since that lone defeat. The Panthers will next face St. Teresa's Academy (14-4) in the quarterfinals on Monday, Oct. 10.

Here is a look at the match from photographer David Smith:

Raymore-Peculiar at Lee's Summit girls tennis

Photos from David Smith

Published Oct 6, 2022

NATE LATSCH, SBLIVE SPORTS

Nate Latsch is a Regional Editor at SBLive Sports overseeing high school coverage for Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. A veteran sportswriter and multimedia content creator, Latsch has covered high school sports in the St. Louis area and Missouri for 20 years, with a focus on high school football, basketball, baseball and football and basketball recruiting. He has worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLhighschoolsports.com, the Associated Press, FOX Sports Midwest, MLB.com and Scout.com. In addition to covering high school sports, Latsch has covered youth, college and professional sports, including covering the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams, the University of Missouri and Saint Louis University.

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