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Central grabs pair of places on opening day of AA tennis tourney

Aberdeen Central’s Laney Gonsor looks to return a volley during a singles match against St. Thomas More earlier this season at the Holgate Middle School tennis courts. Gonsor and Reece Comstock finished fifth at flight three singles during the State AA tennis tourney Thursday in Rapid City. Photo by John Davis taken 9/12/2022
RAPID CITY - Aberdeen Central grabbed a fifth place finish and a sixth place finish in doubles action during the opening day of the Class AA State Tennis Tournament in Rapid City. The Golden Eagles also won five of their six singles matches on the day which saw the majority of the matches played indoors because of rainy weather. The flight three doubles team of Laney Gonsor and Reece Comstock lost their opening match, but bounced back to claim a pair of victories and get fifth place. "It ended with a highlight," said Central coach John Vogel. While the duo lost a tough 10-8 decision to a team from Sioux Falls Lincoln, they were able to regroup and win the last two matches. "They did a good job of keeping focus and doing that," Vogel said. The flight two doubles tandem of Carly Comstock and Livia Douglas split four matches on the day and ended up taking sixth place. That tandem was able to pull off a tie-breaker victory to get into the fifth place match. Aberdeen Ce

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