ROCKY RIVER, Ohio - Magnificat tennis player Madison Hromada, a two-time district qualifier and part of the school's two coach state tournament championship teams, did not play in the Division I sectional tournament on Wednesday, bringing her high school career to an end. Hromada, a senior, told WEWS-TV that she was suspended from the team. She did not provide a...
Madison Hromada was seeded third in the Division I sectional at Oberlin College but was replaced by a teammate.
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(Peggy Turbett/The Plain Dealer)
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio - Magnificat tennis player Madison Hromada, a two-time district qualifier and part of the school's two coach state tournament championship teams, did not play in the Division I sectional tournament on Wednesday, bringing her high school career to an end.
Hromada, a senior, told WEWS-TV that she was suspended from the team. She did not provide a reason for being suspended. She also told the station she had been intimidated by the parent of another player on the team, whom she did not identify.
Rocky River police confirmed two reports had been filed with its office over earlier incidents at the school involving the tennis team. The reports were unavailable on Thursday, a spokesman said.
Coach Chris Johnson and school president, Sister Carol Anne Smith, did not return phone calls to The Plain Dealer.
Hromada was seeded third in the Division I sectional at Oberlin College. She was scheduled to play Lorain's Kelsey Leyva in a second-round match but was replaced by teammate Maddy Lugli on Wednesday.
Lugli defeated Leyva, 6-4, 6-1, and returned Thursday to beat two other players to advance to next week's district tournament, also at Oberlin College.
The sectional tournament, which leads to an eventual state championship, is for individuals only. The state championships won by Magnificat in 2007 and 2009 were conducted by the state tennis coaches association and not acknowledged by the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
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