TENNIS Peretti-Berry win three sectional matches

Canfield's Rachel McGowan and Renee Lesne advanced to the quarterfinals.
MASSILLON -- Gina Peretti and Stephanie Berry of Boardman High won three doubles matches in the Division I sectional tennis tournament Thursday at Jackson Community Park.
In the opening round, Peretti and Berry defeated Shilpi Khetarpal and Christine Vogelgesang of North Canton Hoover, 6-0, 6-2.
The Spartan duo defeated twin sisters Stephanie and Melanie Zimmerman of Perry, 6-0, 6-1, in the second round, and topped Lauren Conway and Jennifer Pleska of Wooster, 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.
"It was a great day for the girls," said Boardman coach Jeff Hammerton. "They were challenged a little in the first round but worked well together and played solid tennis.
"It was important for us to win and survive the first day.
"We go back Saturday to play for a seed and we need to come out of our section with a high seed, because that will get us an important seed for the first round of the district," Hammerton added.
The top four singles players and doubles teams advance to Rocky River for the district next week.
Other matches
Tiffany Kreps and Justine Banks of Boardman won a first-round match, defeating Alisha Schwarz and Sarah Johnson of Alliance 6-1, 6-2, but then lost to second-seeded Sarah Lehman and Meggie Glassburn of Massillon Jackson, 6-0, 6-0.
The Jackson combination competed at state last year.
In singles competition, Boardman's Kristin McNally, who had a bye in the first round, lost to Kristen Cady of Canton GlenOak, 6-4-6-2.
Stephanie Liptak of the Spartans lost to Hien Tieu of Copley, 7-5, 6-0. Teammate Annie Sokolov was beaten by Sarah Moran of Fitch, 6-2, 6-2.
Saturday semifinal action will start at 9 a.m. with consolation and championship matches to follow.
Canfield girls advance
Canfield's Rachel McGowan had a bye in the first round and then won two matches to advance to Saturday's quarterfinals.
McGowan defeated Mary Katherine Stahura of North Canton Hoover, 6-2, 6-3, and then beat Kristy Miller of Massillon Washington, 6-2, 6-0.
Renee Lesnett of the Cardinals also made it to the quarterfinals as she topped Sarah Kokomoor of Copley, 6-0, 6-0, and then defeated Kacy Huff of Louisville, 6-1, 6-1.
Krystle Hively of Canfield lost a first-round match to Chelsey Guerin of Washington, 7-5, 6-4.
The Cardinals doubles team of Jillian Nard and Ashley Nard won a first-round match as they defeated Tara Miller and Jordan Wallace of Fitch, 6-2, 6-1. The Canfield duo then lost to Jen Jacob and Sara Parks of Canton McKinley, 6-1, 6-2.
Jaime Bastian and Nicole Camardo of Canfield won two matches. They defeated Angie Scenna and Samantha Schneider of Fitch, 6-1, 6-0, and then beat Susan Neidlinger and Kate Schwartz of Copley, 7-5, 4-6, 6-0.
The Cardinals girls then lost to Sarah Lehman and Meggie Glassburn of Jackson, 6-1, 6-0.
Fitch's Carrie Dellesky lost to Kristen Cady of GlenOak, 6-2, 6-1. The Falcons' Schneider lost to Samantha Cotten of Lake, 6-0, 6-0.