Duluth East and Virginia begin play today in the Minnesota high school boys tennis tournament, while individual singles and doubles tournaments are Thursday and Friday.
In the Class AA team quarterfinals, unranked East (15-4) faces No. 6-rated Wayzata at noon at the Baseline Tennis Center in Minneapolis. No. 6 Virginia, unbeaten this season, meets No. 7 Holy Family Catholic of Victoria, Minn., at noon at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis.
The semifinals and finals are Wednesday.
In the Class AA singles tournament, undefeated ninth-grader Dusty Boyer of Forest Lake, Minn. (28-0) opens play at 8 a.m. Thursday, while Duluth East seniors Jake Tideman and Jake Decatur compete in the doubles tournament along with senior Brian Arola and eighth-grader Adam Johnson of Hibbing-Chisholm.
In Class A, Duluth Marshall senior Ethan Lang and sophomore Matt Goldschmidt are in the doubles tournament along with Virginia junior Jordan Krebsbach and sophomore Cody Mauston. In singles is Eveleth-Gilbert senior David Mihm.
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Top-ranked Edina is seeking a second straight Class AA team title, while 2008 Class A runner up Rochester Lourdes is ranked No. 3 and Breck is No. 1.
