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Big week of tennis coming up in Aberdeen

Aberdeen Central girls' tennis coach John Vogel, center, talks with Livia Douglas, left and Laney Gonsor, right, during a doubles match last season against St. Thomas More at the Holgate Middle School tennis courts. Photo by John Davis taken 9/11/2023
The girls' tennis season officially started more than a month ago and there has been one day of action on the courts in Aberdeen since then. That is about to change in a major way. Aberdeen Central and Aberdeen Roncalli both have five home duals this week, including one against each other on Saturday to cap off the annual Elliott Extravaganza. Their schedules are nearly identical as both will host St. Thomas More today (Roncalli at 11 a.m. at Northern and Central at 2 p.m. at Holgate), and face Rapid City Central and Rapid City Stevens on Friday, while Central plays Pierre and Roncalli meets Watertown on Saturday. "The next week there’s going to be a lot of tennis," said Central coach John Vogel. "If people like to watch people play tennis, this is a good week." While Roncalli hosted Huron and Mitchell back on Aug. 13, today will be the home opener for the Golden Eagles. "We never really think about it," Vogel said of the schedule. "We’re just so used to going somewh

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