OBERLIN — The two Westlake doubles teams participating in the Division I girls’ tennis sectionals each moved on to the semifinals on the tournament.

The team on Julia Dunbar and Michelle Djohan defeated Elyria’s Emily Henceroth and India Fields 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals and will face Magnificat, who defeated Avon Lake 6-1, 6-0.

Also making the semifinals for Westlake doubles were Bhargavi Maheshwer and Dana Miller, as they beat Lakewood in three games to face Magnificat’s second doubles’ pair in the semifinals.

The Demons also had a pair of singles’ players win on Monday, as Lauren Golick, the tournament’s top seed, defeated John Marshall’s Brittany Schill 6-0, 6-0. Melissa Dhohan won 6-0, 6-1 to move on to the next round of sectional play.

Other local players of note in the tournament include Lorain’s Marina Melendez who overcame a 1-0 game deficit to move on the next round on play, winning 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Rachel Pickering of Midview defeated
Lorain’s Buffy Inchaurregui 6-3, 6-1 to continue on.

Play resumed today at 1 p.m. with the second, third and fourth round of singles at Oberlin College.

This week may be the start of football season, but the high school sports season actually started two weeks ago when boys' and girls' golf season kicked off.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association sponsors six girls and four boys sports in the fall season.

The girls have the choice of play soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey.
Some older Lorain County sports fans might actually remember field hockey. Lake Ridge Academy had a field hockey team for over 30 years before dropping the sport earlier this decade. Now the only school between the Cuyahoga River and the Toledo border to have a field hockey team is Magnificat High School in Rocky River.

On the boys side, football, golf, cross country and soccer are the sporting options in the fall season.

Football is the most popular boys sports in the fall with 718 sports participating. There are 679 boys golf teams, 580 cross country teams and 553 boys soccer teams in Ohio.

On the girls' side volleyball is the most popular sport with 793 schools taking part. Next is cross county with 514, soccer is close behind with 493 high school teams. Tennis is fourth with 404 teams participating. Golf is next with 269 teams. Field Hockey is at the bottom of the list with just 35 schools still playing the sport.