Durango High School’s Kit Hackett and Chloe and Emily West were on their games in the first round of the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 4A state girls tennis championships Monday in Pueblo.

Now they play the waiting game.

After those first-round victories, Hackett, at No. 3 singles, and the West duo, at No. 4 doubles, ran into stiff competition in the quarterfinals – both losses – and will need to wait until after Tuesday’s semifinals to learn their fate in the playback bracket.

Hackett, a senior, opened with a hard-fought 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-1 victory over Sydney Smith, a freshman from Discovery Canyon.

“She had a shaky start,” DHS head coach Dave Weisfeldt said of Hackett. “Her serve wasn’t as dependable as usual, so it was all second serves. But it was a terrific first-round win.”

Maeve Kearney, a sophomore from Kent Denver, was too much for Hackett in the quarterfinals, cruising to a 6-2, 6-0 victory.

“That girl was just too powerful,” Weisfeldt said of Kearney.

It was much of the same for the Wests – the sophomore twin sisters handled Bree Peters-Maria D’Rosario of Windsor, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round before falling to Toni Troje-Allison Reeder of Air Academy, 1-6, 3-6 in the quarters.

“Another terrific first-round win,” Weisfeldt said of the duo’s opening performance.

heraldsports@durangoherald.com