The Rock Ridge girls tennis team took an opportunity to make some history on Wednesday, claiming the school’s first state championship of any kind since consolidation by defeating Blake 6-1 for the MSHSL Class AA team championship.

The fourth-seeded Wolverines were nearly perfect on the day at Life Time Bloomington South, dominating top-seeded Mahtomedi 7-0 in the morning semifinals before the afternoon championship match against the third-seeded Bears, who had won the last two Class A titles.

The Wolverines ran a clean sweep of the four singles flights in the championship match, with eighth-grader Ellie Dimberio cruising in a 6-2, 6-0 decision at No. 2 against Blake junior Michelle Pham. At No. 4 Lana Frederick prevailed 6-2, 6-4 but it was No. 3 singles Alice Johnson who finished off t

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