REDWOOD FALLS — Taylor Duncan of Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg finished second in Section 3A individual tournament Tuesday, securing a berth in the state tournament.
Duncan lost to Luverne’s Pierce Cunningham in the championship match, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Duncan advanced by beating Yellow Medicine East’s Ean Clarke in the semifinals, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Clarke then beat Jacob Zollner of Redwood Valley 6-2, 6-0 to finish third in the section.
In doubles play. Blake Frahm and Griffin Jarchow of Luverne beat Redwood Valley’s Andrew Muetzel and Drew Lundeen 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 in the championship. Both teams are headed to the state tournament.
Muetzel and Lundeen beat Tyler Hadfield and Hunter LeClair of Benson/KMS in the semifinals, 6-4, 6-4.
Hadfield and LeClair wound up fourth, losing to Pipestone’s Isaac Stiles and Cole Paulson 6-3, 6-4 in the third-place match.
The state Class A individual tournament is June 9-10 at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis.
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