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Roncalli splits tennis duals in Milbank

Aberdeen Roncalli’s AJ Prehn, left, returns a volley at the net as his teammate Gannon May, back right, looks on during a doubles match with Aberdeen Central at the Holgate Middle School courts. Prehn and May won a doubles match in Milbank on Monday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/6/2021
MILBANK - Aberdeen Roncalli got its second look at both Lennox and Milbank Area in tennis action on Monday and both were repeat results. The Cavaliers fell to Lennox 7-2 and defeated the Bulldogs 8-1. Roncalli wasn't quite as sharp against Lennox as their first encounter which was a 5-4 setback. "We came out kind of flat against Lennox in most of our matches and the scores definitely showed that," said Roncalli coach JD Carrels. "Lennox is a good team. They took advantage of that and just kind of kept the momentum going." Mason Carrels won a tight match at number four singles, pulling out the second set 7-5. "When they played the first time, Mason actually won in a super tiebreaker. Coming into this one he was well aware that it was going to be a close match," Coach Carrels said. "He was down 2-0 in seemed like the first minute. Those first two games went super quick and then he kind of found his groove." Palmer Johnson defeated his foe from Lennox for the third time thi

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