Cate's Blake Mackall is a gamer.Mackall pulled out a huge comeback win in the first set of his third-round match and advanced out of Friday's CIF Individual Sectional tennis tournament at home with a gutsy victory over Kevin Bondar of Oaks Christian.Mackall fought off five set points to take the first set in a 10-8 tiebreaker, took a 2-0 lead in the second set and claimed victory when Bondar was forced to retire with a back injury.He earlier defeated the Foothill League champion … [Read more...]
Buckley beats out Rams for semifinal spot
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Buckley won the close sets to gain the advantage in Tuesday's CIF Division 4 quarterfinal match with Cate, which ended in a 13-5 decision.Blake Mackall swept his three sets in singles for Cate, which got one more point in singles from Austin Lokre.Abhay Singh and Brendan Lokre teamed to win Cate's only set in doubles. Their losses were by scores of 6-4 and 7-5. Bill Pomerans/Jack Hoover and Thys Northup/Michael Revord were on the wrong end of several close sets.Cate finishes its … [Read more...]
Games at a premium in Dons-PV CIF match
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In a reminder of how evenly matched the boys tennis teams from Santa Barbara High and Palos Verdes have been this season, the Sea Kings and Dons tied 9-9 once again in Tuesday's CIF Division 1 quarterfinal match.Just like the first time, Palos Verdes tipped the result in its favor with a 79-74 advantage in total games."So we've played them twice now. It's 18-18. It's unbelievable how close it is with them," said Dons head coach Greg Tebbe.The score was tied 3-3, 6-6 and 9-9 after … [Read more...]
Dos Pueblos eliminated after tough draw
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Dos Pueblos boys tennis team received a difficult draw and lost 11-7 to Peninsula in the opening round of the CIF Division 1 playoffs.The Chargers finished second in the Channel League while Peninsula was the runner-up from the Bay League, but was also the No. 10 ranked team in the division."They played tough throughout the match and grinded through every point," coach Liz Frech said.In the singles, both Dos Pueblos freshman showed well. Patrick Corpuz took down Peninsula's … [Read more...]
Warriors fall short in first round
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Carpinteria boys tennis team was unable to gain ground after going down early and lost 15-3 to Dunn in the first round of the CIF Division 4 playoffs.Dunn took a 4-2 lead after the first round, but the Warriors were still very much in the match."We were in many of the games and many of the sets and it was not as one-sided as the final score would indicate," coach Charles Bryant said. "But we would get a little tighter during the 'big' points and the unforced errors would mount … [Read more...]
Cate cruises into second round
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Cate School boys tennis team jumped on Lompoc and cruised to a 14-4 victory in the opening round of the CIF Division 4 playoffs."Every member of the team demonstrated focused composure and competitive spirit through the the entire match," coach Robert Bonning said.The Rams led 6-0 after the first round of play and won eight of the nine doubles matches.In the singles play, Blake Mackall finished at a perfect 3-0, while Parker Gribb came in as a substitute and picked up a win in … [Read more...]
Lokre, Singh win Condor League doubles title
Monday, May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cate's Austin Lokre and Abhay Singh won the Condor League doubles title on Monday by winning a round-robin tournament with teams from Dunn and Laguna Blanca.Lokre and Singh advance to play in the CIF Individual Regional Tournament on May 18.Cate's Blake Mackall had previously won the league's singles title by virtue of an undefeated league season.Laguna Blanca's Ben Furukawa claimed the other CIF singles spot by going 4-0 on the day. Teammate Benji Sorensen went 3-1.The Owls … [Read more...]
Mackall’s sweep positions Cate to beat San Marcos
Saturday, May 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Friday's non-league tangle between San Marcos and Cate went down to games as the two schools were tied 9-9 after three rounds of play. Cate clinched the win with an 82-76 advantage in games.Cate's Blake Mackall was the difference-maker for Cate, winning three sets 7-5, 6-0, 6-0. His 7-5 win came against San Marcos' Petar Jivkov, who had just played for the Channel League singles championship the day before.Austin Lokre and Alex Erling each won a set in singles for Cate as the Rams won … [Read more...]
