WOOSTER – Chillicothe senior Bella Flores finished her high school career by earning All-Ohio status at the Division I state tennis tournament last week.
Flores won her first match Thursday in a 3-hour, 15-minute three-set match 6-7, 6-3, 6-3 against Whitehouse’s Jillian To Anthony Wayne. The win put her in the quarterfinals and qualified her for All-Ohio.
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She then lost her second match in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, to Anna Mancino of Rocky River Magnificat.
This season, Flores was 25-2 overall. She was 18-0 in the regular season and was a section champion. Her high school career record ended with a perfect 32–0 mark in Frontier Athletic Conference play, never losing a set. She also qualified for districts her final three seasons.
Flores has not yet made a decision on where she will attend college, but she plans to continue playing tennis at the next level.
Addison Cassidy of Mason was the DI state champion.
This article was originally published in the Chillicothe Gazette: HS Tennis: Flores named All-Ohioan after finishing elite eight at state
