And then there were four at the State Girls Tennis Championships — and one them will be Verona junior McKenna Thorson, yet again.

Thorson won her quarterfinal match Friday afternoon in double-bagel fashion: 6-0, 6-0. She'll play in the semifinals Saturday.

The reigning state runner-up says she's cool, calm and collected this year at the WIAA championship, compared to her run to the title match last year as a sophomore.

"I'm not trying to get too ahead of myself," Thorson said. "I am taking it one step at a time, but obviously, my goal is to win. And I feel like everybody who comes here to compete, everybody wants to win."

"Last year, everything was so new, it was crazy," she added. "I was like, 'wow, I'm getting this far at state.' I was so nervous; I just wasn't really hitting the bal

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