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Central drops pair of tennis duals

A. J. Prehn tries to chase down the ball during action from last year's C.C. Lee Tournament at the Northern State University tennis courts. Prehn recorded a tiebreaker victory over an opponent from Harrisburg on Tuesday in Harrisburg. Photo by John Davis taken 1/12/2021
HARRISBURG - The Aberdeen Central tennis team had a tough time weathering the storm on Tuesday. The Golden Eagles won four matches before a pair of rain delays and managed just one victory following that in dropping a pair of duals, falling to Harrisburg 5-4, and then losing to Sioux Falls Christian 8-1. "We’ve played in colder stuff, but that was as windy as we’ve ever played for a long stretch," said Central coach Trent Kurtz. "We did not do a very good job of handling it. I thought our opponents handled it a lot better than us." The day got off to a solid start as the Eagles won four of their first seven matches against Harrisburg. Play began in doubles where the number two team of Mitchell Hofer and AJ Prehn scored a 10-7 victory. "We got a very good win from two doubles. They played really well. That was a fun match," Kurtz said. "Two really good teams, a lot of deuce points both ways, high quality doubles, especially for flight two. It was a very good win for A

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