IOWA CITY — Clinton girls tennis head coach Cindy Rasche described Saturday’s regional final as best as she could.
“It was an epic battle, and a really good match,” she said. “There wasn’t anybody who didn’t just gut it out and give their all. There was nobody who just let it go, and they all played to the end.”
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