KELSEYVILLE – On Monday, July 23, the Konocti Junior Tennis League hosted the Konocti Junior Challenger tournament, a United States Tennis Association-sanctioned event at Gard Street tennis courts in Kelseyville.

A total of 16 players participated, and the one-day event featured boys and girls from age 10 to 16.

About half of the players were local participants, with many of them experiencing their first tournament.

Results were:

• Boys 10: Scott Mitchell, Santa Rosa won 6-0, 6-1 over Brandon Fretz of Sacramento.

• Boys 12: Bobby Fretz won 6-0, 6-0 over Daniel Lucas of Kelseyville.

• Boys 14 round robin saw Zak Bohegian of Corte Madera first place, Robbie Jones of Kelseyville in second, Taylor Paulson take third and Garrett Dick of Idaho take fourth.

• Boys 16 Moses Kuzu of Kelseyville took second to Jordan Srouj, of Granite Bay 6-4, 6-4.

• Girls 14 : Taylor Peterson of American Canyon took first, Natalie Sylar of Kelseyville placed second, followed by third-place finisher Grace Nowak of Kelseyville and Darcy McCarrick of Kelseyville, fourth.

The Konocti Junior Tennis league summer tennis camp is still being held each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Gard Street tennis courts.

For more information, call 279-9652.

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Pictured are Natalie Sylar, Darcy McCarrick and Grace Nowak, all of whom played in the Konocti Jr. Challenger Girls 14 match. They placed second, fourth and third place. All are from Kelseyville. Photo courtesy of Ellen Karnowski.

Daniel Lucas, the second place winner in the Boys 12 tournament. hoto courtesy of Ellen Karnowski.

Taylor Paulson, from Kelseyville, the third place Boys 12 winner in the tourney. Photo courtesy of Ellen Karnowski.