Sumner Newscow report — Wellington doubles partners Cruz Cornejo and Logan Robinson have reached the championship semifinals and can not finish lower than fourth in the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament in Prairie Village.

The Crusader duo defeated Denney/York of Independence 6-2, 6-3 and Baer/Courtois of Chapman 6-2, 6-1 after receiving a first-round bye. They are playing Maddix/McLeonon of Independence sometime this morning.

The other Wellington duo, Addi and Gracie Thomson were eliminated. After beating Thompson/Weber of Miege 4-6, 6-1, 10-7, the duo lost to top seed Blackman/Ramesh of Collegiate 6-1, 6-3.

In the consolation bracket, the duo defeated Gerdel/Bullock of Topeka Hayden 8-2. They were then beat by another Hayden team, Wichman/O’Bray 8-o. That eliminated them from the tournament.

We will be updating Cornejo/Robinson’s progress on X (Twitter) throughout the day.