Zoe Huffman ended her career on Saturday at Middle Creek Park in Cary as a four-time N.C. High School Athletic Association state champion in girls tennis.
The senior from Maiden High (Maiden, N.C.) won her third 2A singles title, the other two coming her freshman and junior years. Huffman competed as a doubles player in 2016, where she and Toni Laney won the 2A doubles titles.
Huffman is one of just 10 players all-time to win three singles championships. If South Mecklenburg’s Jenna Thompson wins the 4A title tomorrow, she will become the 11th.
Huffman defeated Jessica Fuchs of Oak Grove (Midway, N.C.) 6-0, 6-0. It was Oak Grove’s first time getting a girls tennis player to the finals. The school opened in the fall of 2017 in northern Davidson County.
On the doubles’ side, Alexis Wolgemuth and Emily Campbell from Fred T. Foard (Propst Crossroads, N.C.) defeated Zoe Panizza and Annie Thomas of Lake Norman Charter (Huntersville, N.C.) 6-2, 6-4. Wolgemuth and Campbell are the school’s first doubles state champions and are the only other girls tennis state champs from the school aside from two-time singles champ Lauren Isenhour.
FULL SINGLES RESULTS
Championship, Saturday match: Zoe Huffman (Maiden) def. Jessica Fuchs (Oak Grove) 6-0, 6-0
Semifinals, Saturday matches: Jessica Fuchs (Oak Grove) def. McCollough Perry (Hendersonville) 6-4, 7-5; Zoe Huffman (Maiden) def. Lauren Baddour (Carrboro) 6-0, 6-0.
Second round, Friday matches: McCollough Perry (Hendersonville) def. Abbey Agra (Croatan) 6-2, 6-0; Jessica Fuchs (Oak Grove) def. Toni Laney (Bandys) 6-2, 6-0; Lauren Baddour (Carrboro) def. Diana Alexandrov (Atkins) 6-3, 6-1; Zoe Huffman (Maiden) def. Yinka Mason (Atkins) 6-0, 6-0.
First round, Friday matches: Abbey Agra (Croatan) def. Hannah Pardue (Surry Central) 6-2, 6-3; McCollough Perry (Hendersonville) def. Kaleb Stephens (Bartlett Yancey) 6-1, 6-0; Jessica Fuchs (Oak Grove) def. Madison Holloman (Greene Central) 6-0, 6-0; Toni Laney (Bandys) def. Aiden Rooney (Durham School of the Arts) 6-1, 6-2; Lauren Baddour (Carrboro) def. Camryn Bolick (Owen) 6-1, 6-1; Diana Alexandrov (Atkins) def. Sammie Lilliston (First Flight) 6-1, 6-0; Zoe Huffman (Maiden) def. Savannah Lee (West Bladen) 6-0, 6-0; Yinka Mason (Atkins) def. Gray Tillett (First Flight) 6-0, 6-0.
FULL DOUBLES RESULTS
Championship, Saturday match: Alexis Wolgemuth & Emily Campbell (Fred T. Foard) def. Zoe Panizza & Annie Thomas (Lake Norman Charter) 6-2, 6-4
Semifinals, Saturday matches: Alexis Wolgemuth & Emily Campbell (Fred T. Foard) def. Madison Polyasko & Ella Harris (Smoky Mountain) 6-2, 6-0; Zoe Panizza & Annie Thomas (Lake Norman Charter) def. Allie Fisher & Mae Anna Norris (Pisgah) 6-2, 6-2
Second round, Friday matches: Alexis Wolgemuth & Emily Campbell (Fred T. Foard) def. McKinsey Harper & Logan Wilson (Greene Central) WD-Illness; Madison Polyasko & Ella Harris (Smoky Mountain) def. Skye Mowery & Margaret Thurman (Salisbury) 6-3, 6-3; Allie Fisher & Mae Anna Norris (Pisgah) def. Mamie Smith & Rachel Carter (Surry Central) 7-5, 6-1; Zoe Panizza & Annie Thomas (Lake Norman Charter) def. Sophie Korenek & Abigail Korenek (Dixon) 6-0, 6-1.
First round, Friday matches: McKinsey Harper & Logan Wilson (Greene Central) def. Allie Newsome & Amanda Mull (Central Davidson) 6-3, 6-3; Alexis Wolgemuth & Emily Campbell (Fred T. Foard) def. Chance Ogle & Jayce Gaither (Durham School of the Arts) 6-3, 6-4; Skye Mowery & Margaret Thurman (Salisbury) def. Claire Sheperd & Mia Pagnani (Washington) 7-6 (4), 6-1; Madison Polyasko & Ella Harris (Smoky Mountain) def. Norah Massey & Sarah Kate Watlington (Bartlett Yancey) 6-1, 6-2; Allie Fisher & Mae Anna Norris (Pisgah) def. Jocelyn Mitchell & Avery Headen (Jordan-Matthews) 6-4, 5-7, 6-1; Mamie Smith & Rachel Carter (Surry Central) def. Amanda Haggerty & Ivey Rouse (Spring Creek) 6-3, 7-6 (3); Zoe Panizza & Annie Thomas (Lake Norman Charter) def. Rose Wang & Grace Dai (NCSSM) 6-0, 6-2; Sophie Korenek & Abigail Korenek (Dixon) def. Haily Robertson & Mattie Snow (Surry Central) 6-2, 7-5.
Editor’s Note: This article is based on an Oct. 26 NCHSAA press release.
