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Golden Eagles return veteran tennis squad this spring

AJ Prehn, of Aberdeen, looks to return a volley during a boys 18 and under singles match last summer at the C.C. Lee Open Tennis Tournament at the Northern State University tennis courts. Photo by John Davis taken 7/9/2024
If experience leads to success, the Aberdeen Central tennis team should have a big spring ahead. The Golden Eagles return their entire lineup for the upcoming season, which gets underway later this week. "That’s the nice part of not having any seniors last year," said Central coach Trent Kurtz. "Obviously, you miss some leadership and you miss some experience last year, and now we’re on the other end of that. Now we have a lot of guys with experience." The Golden Eagles will be led once again by seniors AJ Prehn, Mason Ligon, Mika Dannen, Brock Anderson and Carson Goethals, juniors Gannon Pederson, Wyatt Kiesz, and Josiah Grandpre, sophomore Aric Tennant, and freshman Dawson Pederson. With such an experienced crew returning, Kurtz said it gives the squad a better starting point than in some years. "They know what the expectation is and then the expectation for them higher this year obviously than it was last year. Last year for a lot of them it was first year playing

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