Three area players advanced Thursday to semifinal action in the state high school tennis tournament at Parkersburg.In girls’ quarterfinal action, Genevieve Higgins of Woodrow Wilson defeated Suzanne Cole of Hedges-ville 6-3, 6-1 in No. 2 singles and Linda Looney of Bluefield defeated Kristin Ritter of Huntington 7-5, 7-5 in No. 5 singles.In boys’ play, Billy Gergely of Princeton defeated John Loeffel-bein of East Fairmont 6-4,6-2 in No. i singles.A number of other area players reached quarterfinal action before losing.In girls’ action, Terri Haynes of Parkersburg South defeated Theresa Wise of Woodrow 2-6,6-2,6-3 in No. 3 singles and Dana Re-dinger of South beat Nicole Auville of Bluefield 6-2, 7-5.On the boys’ side, Mark Bidstrup of Parkersburg defeated Kenny James of Mullens 6-4, 6-1; Chris Keiter of Jefferson defeated Ashim Piracha of Princeton 6-1, 6-1; Bill Murray of Morgantown defeated Mike Hickman of Princeton 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Tom Hawker of George Washington defeated Tom Dotson of Greenbrier East 6-2, 6-3 ; Pete Bohn of Charleston Catholic defeated Jason Jenkins of Mullens 6-4, 6-3; Claes Svahnquist of Huntington defeated Miles Spiegel of Bluefield 6-2, 6-2.