After finishing as EDC regular season champions, the Hi-Liners qualified for state as a team and finished the EDC regional individuals tournament with Breck Sufficool and Abby Martineck as EDC doubles champions, Kailee Nielson and Georgia Zaun as EDC doubles consolation champions, and three All-EDC players in Sufficool, Martineck, and Nielson.
The team of Sufficool and Martineck are the third doubles team in less than a decade to win the EDC doubles crown for Valley City. This is the first time since 2015 that two Valley City doubles teams have made it to state, and the first time ever that Valley City has had three All-EDC players in the same year.
For the Hi-Liners their State Tournament ambitions will start with the team tournament on Thursday in Grand Forks. Valley City is the #3 seed from the EDC and will play #2 Bismarck Legacy from the WDA in the opening round at 10am outside at Choice Health and Fitness on courts.
The individuals tournament will be on Friday and Saturday with Sufficool/Martineck securing the top seed in the east and they’ll be opening up against #8W Richter/Bachmeier from Bismarck High. The team of Nielson/Zaun for Valley city is the fifth seeded team in the East and they’ll begin with #4W Ronning/Olson from Minot.
A pair of links has been provided below for the live brackets that will be updated as the tournament progresses.