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<\/p>\nMITCHELL \u2014 Mitchell High School girls tennis claimed a pair of duals on Monday at Hitchcock Park, with the Kernels sweeping Brookings 9-0 and taking down Sioux Falls Jefferson 7-2, improving to 5-1 this season in dual competitions.<\/p>\n
Facing Brookings, Mitchell swept the doubles matches, losing only two games combined. The No. 1 team of Katie Morgan and Ava Prunty won 6-0, 6-1; Mia Larson and Elliot Smith won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2 doubles and Charlee Cimpl and Taryn Bultje won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 doubles for the Kernels.<\/p>\n
Smith won her No. 4 singles match 6-0, 6-0, with Cimpl and Bultje winning and dropping only one game in their match at Flight 5 and Flight 6, respectively. Prunty was a 6-2, 6-0 winner at Flight 3, and Mia Larson won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 2 singles. Morgan had the hard-fought victory at No. 1 singles, topping Brookings\u2019 Muxi Tian 6-3, 7-5.<\/p>\n
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Mitchell’s Mia Larson returns a shot during a girls tennis dual against Sioux Falls Jefferson on Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, at Hitchcock Park in Mitchell.<\/p>\n
Trey Houchin \/ Mitchell Republic<\/p>\n
Against Sioux Falls Jefferson, Mitchell won five of the six singles matches. That included Elliot Smith winning 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles over Jefferson\u2019s Kinley Peterson and Charlee Cimpl (No. 5) and Ava Prunty (No. 3) both winning their matches by dropping only one game in a two-set victory. No. 2 player Mia Larson won in the third-set match tiebreak 6-4, 4-6, 10-2, while Afton Keller, of Jefferson, downed Mitchell\u2019s Flight 1 player Katie Morgan in the tiebreak, 4-6, 6-3, 10-7.<\/p>\n
The doubles pairings of Larson\/Smith and Cimpl and Taryn Bultje cruised in doubles play with sweeps, including Larson and Smith only dropping one set in a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 2 doubles. Keller and teammate Kaia Pauli edged Mitchell\u2019s No. 1 pair of Morgan and Prunty, 1-6, 6-3, 10-3.<\/p>\n
Mitchell is back in action at 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 when they travel to Harrisburg for a dual match.<\/p>\n
No. 1: Katie Morgan (M) def. Muxi Tian, 6-3, 7-5<\/p>\n
No. 2: Mia Larson (M) def. Sanhita Tummala, 6-3, 6-3<\/p>\n
No. 3: Ava Prunty (M) def. Charlie Butzin, 6-2, 6-0<\/p>\n
No. 4: Elliot Smith (M) def. Gayle Foster, 6-0, 6-0<\/p>\n
No. 5: Charlee Cimpl (M) def. Catie Michna, 6-1, 6-0<\/p>\n
No. 6: Taryn Bultje (M) def. Julia Schefers, 6-0, 6-1<\/p>\n
No. 1: Katie Morgan \/ Ava Prunty (M) def. Muxi Tian \/ Sanhita Tummala, 6-0, 6-1<\/p>\n
No. 2: Mia Larson \/ Elliot Smith (M) def. Charlie Butzin \/ Madeline Enderson, 6-1, 6-0<\/p>\n
No. 3: Charlee Cimpl \/ Taryn Bultje (M) def. Catie Michna \/ Julia Schefers, 6-0, 6-0<\/p>\n
Mitchell 7, Sioux Falls Jefferson 2<\/p>\n
No. 1: Afton Keller (SFJ) def. Katie Morgan, 4-6, 6-3, 10-7<\/p>\n
No. 2: Mia Larson (M) def. Kaia Pauli, 6-4, 4-6, 10-2<\/p>\n
No. 3: Ava Prunty (M) def. Tatum Schuster, 6-1, 6-0<\/p>\n
No. 4: Elliot Smith (M) def. Kinley Petersen, 6-0, 6-0<\/p>\n
No. 5: Charlee Cimpl (M) def. Brynn Pauli, 6-0, 6-1<\/p>\n
No. 6: Taryn Bultje (M) def. Audrey Wilhelm, 6-2, 6-3<\/p>\n
No. 1: Afton Keller \/ Kaia Pauli (SFJ) def. Katie Morgan \/ Ava Prunty (M), 1-6, 6-3, 10-3<\/p>\n
No. 2: Mia Larson \/ Elliot Smith (M) def. Kinley Petersen \/ Isabella Neilan, 6-1, 6-0<\/p>\n
No. 3: Charlee Cimpl \/ Taryn Bultje (M) def. Brynn Pauli \/ Audrey Wilhelmm 6-3, 6-0<\/p>\n
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