RAPID CITY - Rapid City Stevens' Billy Paluch and Jack Hamburg defeated Spearfish's pair of Josh Knutson and Todd Tan as the Rapid City Invitational doubles tennis tournament got underway at the Sioux Park courts.

"We played tough and got the better of them," Paluch said of the opening win.

However later in the evening, something rare happened: A doubles team got the better of Paluch and Hamburg for the first time this season.

Sioux Falls O'Gorman's Brad Entwistle and Jameson Goetz defeated Paluch and Hamburg, 10-7 in the number one flight doubles.

It was only the second time that Paluch and Hamburg had lost in their doubles careers.

"It was a close match," said Rapid City Stevens coach Jason Olson. "They (S.F. O'Gorman) were up 9-7 when a ball hit off the net."

"They won the key points because they return the ball so well," said Olson of the O'Gorman pair.