Chimacum's Ray Kaki returns a high volley as doubles partner Sarah Allen guards her alley during the Olympic League 1A tournament. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Chimacum's Ray Kaki returns a high volley as doubles partner Sarah Allen guards her alley during the Olympic League 1A tournament. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

GIRLS TENNIS: Chimacum duo nab district berth; three Sequim players advance to day two

CHIMACUM — Chimacum doubles team Sarah Allen and Ray Maki earned a district berth at the Olympic League 1A championships at Chimacum High School.

Allen and Maki placed second in the doubles competition by winning three matches Tuesday.

The top two singles players and doubles teams move on to districts.

Port Townsend’s Laura De Michelli narrowly missed out on a district spot by placing third. She defeated McKenzie Bailey of Coupeville and Marissa Montero of Klahowya.

The Class 1A West Central District tournament is at Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma next Wednesday.

Olympic League 2A tournament

POULSBO — Three Sequim players advanced to the second day of action, which is today.

Hannah Gauthan is vying for third place in the singles bracket.

She opened Tuesday’s tournament with a 6-2, 6-0 win over North Mason’s Danielle Bosch.

Gauthan then defeated Sharon Wuthrich of Bremerton before falling to North Kitsap’s Danya Wallis in the semifinals.

Gauthan will face North Kitsap’s Amanda Turley today. The winner will move onto the third-place match, while the loser will drop into the fifth-place match.

Sequim doubles Cheyenne Sokkappa and Karen Chan also is in the mix for a third-place finish.

Sokkappa and Chan won their first match before falling into the consolation bracket.

There, they defeated North Kitsap’s Sau Obernberger and Autumn Johnson, who had knocked out Port Angeles’ Emily Basden and Karina Paup-Byrnes.

Sokkappa and Chan defeated Obernberger and Johnson 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.

The Sequim duo will resume play against Olympic’s Kyilene Trottman and Mia Harris today.

For Port Angeles, McKenna Thompson and Hannah Little opened doubles competition with a win over Sequim’s Stephanie Lacour and Kaley Wake 6-2, 6-4.

Thompson and Little then dropped a pair of matches to end their tournament run.

Audrey Little and Jessica Zhu lost their singles openers, but then earned wins in the consolation bracket before being eliminated.

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