Glen Lake Girl Power: Inside Leelanau County's Only All-Girls Tennis Program
By Art Bukowski | April 24, 2026
Isabelle Peplinski was quite persistent.
Peplinski, now a senior at Glen Lake Community Schools, was one of a few girls to play on the school’s technically co-ed (but mostly boys) tennis program through her sophomore year.
Although she was indeed competitive, it just didn’t feel quite right.
“I definitely wanted a girls team, because a lot of my friends who I played with in middle school didn’t play tennis in high school due to the fact that it was co-ed,” she tells The Ticker. “So I really wanted the opportunity for them to play without being uncomfortable.”
Peplinski started by getting a list of girls who would play if there …
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