The Husker Tennis team dropped their bid to play at team state last week, losing to a solid North County High School team from eastern Missouri at Fairground Park. The match eliminated the Huskers in the State Quarterfinals. Tennis is a bit of an oddity in how state competition is played out as a player may qualify in ‘Individual/ doubles’ at the ‘individual’ district level, and/or they have a second shot at making state, by their team qualifying together as a team. With that said here are the results from Springfield, with the Huskers competing at state: 2026 Class 1 State Tennis Tournament: Colby Dickmeier & Alex Dyer: 1-2 in doubles (1 of the top 12 teams in the state), 1st Round – lost to Greenwood High School 3-6, 3-6, Consolation 1st round – won over North County #1, 7-5, 6-2, Consolation Quarterfinals – lost to North County #2, 4-6, 6-3, (10-12), Mateo Guillen & Rhett Bums: 0-2 (1 of top 16 teams in the state), 1st round – lost to Bolivar 1-6, 0-6, Consolation 1st round lost to Savannah 1 -6, 1 -6 The Huskers overall had another great season as they were undefeated MRVCE Champions again, State Elite Eight participants, and held an outstanding team record of 18 and 2.