LEWISTON — Kaitlyn Becker booked her ticket to the 4A State Championship with a gritty performance.

The Bonners Ferry High freshman, after losing her opening match in a third-set tiebreaker, rattled off four straight wins to take third place in girls singles at the 4A District 1-2 championship held this past Friday and Saturday at Lewiston High.

Becker, who defeated Etta Corkill of Coeur d'Alene Charter by a score of 6-1, 6-1 in the third-place match will move on to state, which will be held this upcoming Friday and Saturday at both Ridgevue High and Owyhee High. John Becker served as Bonners Ferry High's interim coach at districts and will do the same for state.

Also competing for the Badgers at the district tournament was junior Daniel Woelfle, who just missed the final state qualifying spot with a sixth-place finish in boys singles. Woelfle won his opening round match against Coeur d'Alene Charter's Rapael Reynaud, the eventual third-place finisher, by a score of 6-4, 6-3 before falling in a pair of close matches.

Woelfle and Becker both found a way to co-op with Sandpoint's junior varsity team this season and are believed to be the first ever players to represent Bonners Ferry High at a district tennis tournament.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES (top 3) — 1, Coeur d'Alene Charter 62. 2, Clearwater Valley 36. 3, Grangeville 28. 

BOYS TEAM SCORES (top 3) — 1, Coeur d'Alene Charter 76. 2, Clearwater Valley 11. 3, Grangeville 8. 

OVERALL TEAM SCORES (top 3) — 1, Coeur d'Alene Charter 138. 2, Clearwater Valley 47. 3, Grangeville 36.

Bonners Ferry Results

BOYS SINGLES — SECOND ROUND: Daniel Woelfle, d. Rapael Reynaud, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 6-4, 6-3. SEMIFINALS: Mattis MacMillan, Coeur d'Alene Charter, d. Daniel Woelfle, 6-3, 6-3. FIFTH-PLACE MATCH: Cooper Hermes, Coeur d'Alene Charter, d. Daniel Woelfle, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

GIRLS SINGLES — SECOND ROUND: Anna Francis, Grangeville, d. Kaitlyn Becker, 6-4, 5-7, 10-6. CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND: Kaitlyn Becker, d. Remington McGhehey, Orofino, 6-0, 6-0. CONSOLATION THIRD ROUND: Kaitlyn Becker, d. May Wigglesworth, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 2-6, 6-4, 10-7. CONSOLATION SEMFINALS: Kaitlyn Becker, d. Via Gantes, Clearwater Valley, 7-6 (7), 6-3. THIRD-PLACE MATCH: Kaitlyn Becker, d. Etta Corkill, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 6-1, 6-1.