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South Park High School juniors Steve Duing and Jonah Jasek rallied to capture the WPIAL 2A Boys Tennis Doubles Championship at Bethel Park High School on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

South Park's WPIAL Tennis Champions – (L to R) Jonah Jasek and Steven Duing.

The No. 1 seeds in 2A, Duing and Jasek won the back-and-forth contest, 6-7 (7-4), 6-2, 6-4 over the No. 3 seeds from Valley High School, Landon Harclerode and Tyler Quinn. The Eagles tandem trailed, 3-2, in the third set, but won four of the last five games. A forehand winner from Jasek sealed the match.

“It was a tough match, but we kept each other positive,” said Duing. “After the tiebreaker we wanted to be more aggressive and start playing more to win.”

“We played hesitant in the first set,” Jasek stated. “It feels good.”

“That was a hard-fought win for them,” said South Park head coach Dawn Kempton. “After the tiebreaker, I told them to go have some fun, enjoy it and then let them do their thing. They knew they needed to be more aggressive and go to the net more. They have played together for 5-6 years and they feed off each other.

“Winning the WPIAL title, it’s rare, it’s special,” added Kempton, whose daughter, Nicole was a WPIAL Girls Singles champion in 2022.

Duing and Jasek are the second South Park tandem to win the WPIAL 2A Boys Tennis Doubles Championship, following Ethan Bowden and Joe Toth in 2021. The South Park boys tennis team will begin competition in the WPIAL 2A team championship starting next week. Duing and Jasek also qualified for the PIAA Doubles Championships in May.

The WPIAL Championship is the fourth of 2024-25 for South Park, which won the 2A Football and Boys Soccer titles and Anna Duncan won the WPIAL Girls Wrestling crown at 124 lbs.

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