Lady Hornets down Palmyra, move on to Class 1, District 7 tennis finals

Fulton's combo of junior Laurel Royer and senior Grace Hegemann prevailed 7-5, 6-3 over Palmyra's Lydia Wilson and Brooke Meyer to clinch the No. 2 seeded Lady Hornets' 5-2 win over No. 3 Palmyra in the Class 1, District 7 team semifinals on Tuesday at the high school athletic complex.

"I told them I couldn't pick out a single kid I wouldn't give a game ball to," Fulton head coach Louis Schnoebelen said. "...It was an absolute, total team effort and all six players had to dig down deep to get this one."

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