SIOUX FALLS - The Aberdeen Central tennis season came to a close on Friday and it could not have ended in a more fitting way for the Golden Eagles.
The team's final match at the Class AA State Girls' Tennis Tournament featured senior Laney Gonsor, who pulled out a dramatic victory, 12-10 in a tiebreaker, to secure third place at third flight singles.
"That is the perfect way to end this season, and really Laney’s whole high school career with us," said Central coach John Vogel, "because it seems like it’s always coming down to a Laney tiebreaker and we’re all watching it."
That win put the finishing touches on a fifth-place finish as a team for the Eagles, who scored 269 points. Sioux Falls Lincoln won the team title.
Central also received a third place finish from Reese Comstock at fifth flight singles. Things came full circle for Comstock in her 10-7 win over an opponent from O'Gorman.
"Way back when in August, she had to win that in a third set breaker," Vogel s
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