The girls tennis teams at Lambert and West Forsyth both swept their way into the second round of the Class AAA state playoffs Thursday at home.

The No. 3 Lady Longhorns moved past Cedartown 5-0, while the No. 4 Lady Wolverines took out LaFayette 3-0.

Lambert got victories from Karlee Bryde (6-0, 6-0) and Kealee Heffner (6-0, 6-1) at singles, while Taylor Lefton and Morgan Adams (6-0, 6-0) and Kate Trinkle and Lauren Ewers (6-0, 6-0) easily won at doubles. Lambert earned a forfeit at the third singles match.

For West Forsyth, Jenna Brunner (6-0, 6-0) won at singles. At doubles, it was Taylor Hensley and Sydney Niemi (6-3, 6-1) and Savannah Miller and Amanda Conklin (6-1, 6-1) winning.

Madison Umbaugh had won the first set of her singles match 6-1 and was tied 3-3 in the second set, while Megan Aligheri was just one game into her singles match, when the Lady Wolverines clinched the win and action was halted.

Both teams will compete in the second round of the state playoffs during the coming week. West Forsyth will travel to No. 5 Oconee County, while Lambert will host Johns Creek.

“The competition is about to start getting more difficult. This is what the girls have been working all year for and are eager to step up to the challenge,” Lambert coach Ali Conley wrote in an e-mail.