Clay's Ridenour, Miller, Minford's Johnson, Turner make district semis in doubles
The duo of Clay's Caroline Ridenour and Billy Miller, along with Minford's Tate Johnson and Gabe Turner, each finished the year as OHSAA Division II Southeast District Semifinalists in doubles competition, leading a strong year where five different doubles teams from Scioto County, along with singles player Kody Evans of Wheelersburg, all made appearances at the district stage. The second seeded group of Ridenour and Miller, who faced fellow doubles teammates Taylor Culbertson and Jason Wang in the district quarterfinals, overcame a 6-0 loss in the opening set to claim wins of 6-3 and 7-6 (6-3) to advance to the district semifinals. Athens' Griffin Meyer and Max Beymer defeated Ridenour and Miller at that stage in a competitive 6-4, 6-3 count that could've gone either way.
Johnson and Turner, meanwhile, went head-to-head against Wheelersburg's Brady Schomburg and Mason Billiter, defeating the SOC Doubles Runner-Ups by a 6-3, 6-3 margin to advance to the district semifinals on the top side of the bracket. The duo fell to eventual district champions Logan Elm's Mason Wolfe and Zach Speas by 6-1, 6-1 counts at that stage. The fifth doubles team out of Scioto County to make the district tournament — Wheelersburg's Luke Sarver and Cash Watkins — took four games from Athens' Meyer and Beymer before falling by a 6-1, 6-3 count.
In singles play, Wheelersburg's Kody Evans engaged in a spirited battle with Athens' Silas Walter-Wilde. Evans won the opening set by a 6-4 margin and nearly claimed victory in the second, but ultimately fell to Walter-Wilde by a 7-5 margin. Evans dropped the final set to the eventual district runner-up, 6-1.
Tennis will be back in action in Scioto County when the 2026 OHSAA Girls Tennis season begins on Aug. 8, 2026.