Rose's Frazier loses in state semifinal

Lauren Frazier's run at a state tennis championship came to an end in the semifinals of the 4-A singles tournament Saturday in Raleigh.

R.J. Reynolds' Chloe Willetts defeated Frazier, J.H. Rose's top-seeded player, 6-3, 6-4. Willetts went on to win the singles title after beating Myers Park's Grace Baker, the defending state champ, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

Rose's season isn't over. The Rampants host Hoggard in a dual team playoff match on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Rose cross country

J.H. Rose's Esther Fisher qualified for the 4-A state cross country meet after taking 12th place in the Eastern Regional race Saturday at Hope Mills South View.

Frazier led the Rampants to a 13th-place finish in the girls' meet, clocking in with a time of 19 minutes, 48 seconds. Lexie Schustrom of Pinecrest won the girls' race in 18:38.

Tommy Houmard led the Rose boys with a 32nd-place finish in a time of 17:25. The Rampant boys took 17th place.

Terry Sanford's Chase Christianson took first place in the boys' meet with a time of 15:45.

The state meet is scheduled for next Saturday in Winston-Salem.

Conley soccer

D.H. Conley's boys' soccer team wrapped up second place in the Coastal Conference after defeating West Carteret, 3-2, in a tiebreaker match in Morehead City on Saturday.

Takechika Kamogawa scored a goal and Francis Paye had a pair of goals and an assist for the Vikings (10-9-3, 10-4-1 Coastal), who will find out Monday when and where they'll play in the postseason.