OTTUMWA — There have been plenty of familiar names that have continued to come back each summer to be a part of the Dan Staggs Tennis Tournament.

There will be familiar names that return again to play in the ninth edition of the tournament, which gets underway this week with play in the junior division on Wednesday. Continuing the theme of the most recent Ottumwa High School boys tennis season, however, there will be some new names that will be testing the returning players building off a love for a newfound sport.

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