MISSOULA — Bigfork’s Colter Mahlum will play for a state tennis championship today.

Mahlum defeated Bruce Metz of Troy in Wednesday’s quarterfinal 7-6, 6-0, then dumped Karl Daniels of St. Ignatius 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinal.

He’ll face Hunter Shima of Ronan in the final. Shima survived a 3-setter with Troy’s Creede Garcia in the quarters. Garcia won the first set 7-6, but Shima gathered himself and claimed the next two sets, 6-4, 6-0. He dispatched Cut Bank’s Isaac Matt 6-2, 6-2 in the semis.

Conrad leads in team scores with 24. Troy is second with 18 and Loyola third with 16.

On the girls side, Fairfield leads with 20 points, Conrad is second at 17 and Chinook has 14 points. Bigfork is in fifth place with 12 points.

State B-C tennis tournament

Wednesday

BOYS

At Fort Missoula

Team scores – Conrad 24, Troy 18, Loyola Sacred Heart 16, Valley Christian 15, Bigfork 14, Ronan 14, Cut Bank 10, St. Ignatius 7, Valier 0.

Singles

Quarterfinals – Hunter Shima, Ron, def. Creede Garcia, T, 6-7, 6-4, 6-0; Issac Matt, CB, def. Lane Norberg, VC, 6-1, 6-2; Colter Mahlum, Bf, def. Bruce Metz, T, 7-6 (7-1), 6-0; Karl Daniels, SI, def. Austin Zomer, Con, 6-3, 6-2.

Semifinals – Shima, Ron, def. Matt, CB, 6-2, 6-2; Mahlum, Bf, def. Daniels, SI, 6-2, 6-2.

Doubles

Championship semifinals – Luke Schlosser/Camron Janzen, Con, def. Josh Gilligan/Teddy Muth, Loy, 7-6 (10-8), 6-2; Dylan Dybdal/Adam Richards, VC, def. Austin Duve/Gunner Jordan, T, 6-4, 6-3.

Consolation semis – Gilligan/Muth, Loy, def. Michael Kraft/Robert Jennings, CB, 6-1, 6-1; Kesler Martin/Brett Peters, Con, def. Duve/Jordan, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.

GIRLS

At UM’s Lindsay Tennis Center

Team scores – Fairfield 20, Conrad 17, Chinook 14, Cut Bank 13, Bigfork 12, Townsend 11, Superior 10, Loyola Sacred Heart 9, Baker 8, Darby 8, Wolf Point 8, Whitehall 7, Forsyth 5, Ronan 4, Fort Benton 3, Choteau 2, Boulder 2, Troy 2, Chester 1, St. Ignatius 1, Big Sandy 0, Eureka 0, Valier 0, Valley Christian 0.

Singles

Quarterfinals – Linnea Zier, Ff, def. Kianna Wicklund, Bf, 6-2, 6-3; Katie Diemert, Chi, def. Kyli Gentilini, Bak, 6-4, 6-1; Kristine Warlick, Con, def. Emily Weisgram, Con, 7-4, 6-4; Cary Chamberlain, Sup, def. Annie Anderson, Twn, 6-0, 6-0.

Semifinals – Diemert, Chi, def. Zier, Ff, 6-3, 6-3; Chamberlain, Sup, def. Warlick, Con, 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles

Quarterfinals – Alyssa Hoversland/Ashley Parsley, WP, def. Liz Anderson/Emily Barrett, Ff, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Haley Swank/Kiana Burkhartsmeyer, Chi, def. Megan Fetters/Jade Rodriguez, Con, 6-4, 6-3; Harley Breker/Paige Lewis, Twn, def. Allanis Stalknecht/Shelby Scoggins, Bf, 6-3, 6-2; Kayla Kraft/Jillian Altenburg, CB, def. Jocelyn Caldwell/Allison Sawyer, LSH, 6-1, 6-2.

Semifinals – Hoversland/Parsley, WP, def. Swank/Burkhartsmeyer, Chi, 6-2, 6-2; K. Kraft/Altenburg, CB, def. Breker/Lewis, Twn, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Loser-out – Caldwell/Sawyer, LSH, def. Stalknecht/Scoggins, Bf, 6-4, 6-3; Anderson/Barrett, Ff, def. Fetters/Rodriguez, Con, 6-3, 6-3.