{"id":26821,"date":"2025-05-29T11:02:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=26821"},"modified":"2025-05-29T11:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:02:29","slug":"brotherton-mcclure-stay-alive-in-state-tennis-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/brotherton-mcclure-stay-alive-in-state-tennis-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Brotherton, McClure stay alive in state tennis tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Bellmont Braves may have won the team sectional title, but the Adams Central Jets are still playing tennis themselves, as the No. 1 doubles duo of Alexa Brotherton and Macy McClure won a close match at Bluffton Wednesday over their Norwell opponents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IN-Farm-Bureau-Insurance.png?resize=372%2C368&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IN-Farm-Bureau-Insurance.png?w=372&amp;ssl=1 372w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IN-Farm-Bureau-Insurance.png?resize=300%2C297&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Emmaline Johnson and Gabrielle Hoeppner stayed alived as a duo despite the Knights falling to Bellmont last week. They beat the Braves&#8217; top pair of Lilyana Suarez and Ella Ross in straight sets, while Brotherton and McClure were victorious in the Jets&#8217; loss to Bluffton on the same night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?resize=640%2C376&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?resize=1024%2C601&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?resize=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?resize=768%2C451&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brown-Seeds-Ad.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, 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