For their playing partners, junior Rebekah Downs and sophomore Kennedy Feldman, it was another fun, competitive meet on their marvelous home courts.

Both Bobcat tandems went 2-1 in their final matches of the season during Tuesday’s IHSAA/IGHSAU Class 2A State Co-Ed Tennis Tournament at the Marshalltown Court Complex.

The duo of Jablonski and Feldman finished in a tie for ninth place after winning their first two matches before a quarterfinal loss. Christensen and Downs coupled up to win their first bout, fall in their second and finish with a win in the consolation bracket.

Feldman and Jablonski began their tournament with a 6-0, 6-0 triumph over the Waterloo West duo of Lydia Orr and Benjamin Young. In the next round, Marshalltown’s pairing outlasted the West Des Moines Valley tandem of Luke Berg and Masha Shapiro, 7-6, 6-4.

PHOTO PROVIDED - The Marshalltown High School team of Rebekah Downs, left, and Nile Christensen paired up to go 2-1 on Tuesday at the IHSAA/IGHSAU Class 2A State Co-Ed Tennis Tournament at the Marshalltown Court Complex.

In the quarterfinals, Cedar Rapids Washington’s Katelynn Kock and Nicholas Berkamper emerged as straight-set winners, 6-3, 6-1.

On the other side of the bracket, Christensen and Downs won their opener 6-2, 6-3, over Maddie Gukeisen and Andrew Day. In the second round, Ankeny Centennial’s eventual 2A champions Abbie and Caleb Peterson beat the Bobcat team 6-0, 6-3.

In the consolation bracket, Christensen and Downs ended their season with an 8-6 triumph over Chloe Palmer and Sam Lindwall of Cedar Rapids Washington.

In all there were 47 doubles teams participating. The tournament had to be transfered to indoor courts in Ames to complete, where Centennial’s Peterson pair defeated Robert Matera and Andrea Porubcin of Bettendorf, 6-1, 7-5.