Liz Frech seems to always look a little deeper than the final score when talking about her DP boys tennis team, and that was certainly the case in the Chargers' 12-6 win over visiting Ventura Thursday, which was played in howling wind that sent the ball flying everywhere."When nature intervenes we learn a lot of lessons, particularly about having patience, rolling with the changing conditions and staying focused," she said. … [Read more...]

San Marcos' boys tennis team swept its doubles sets 9-0 for the fifth time this year in a 17-1 demolition of lowly Buena on Thursday.Mario Herrera and Garrett Timmons swept at 0-1-0 as the Royals dropped only eight games through all nine of the doubles sets."We're hitting our first serve with confidence, attacking the net, returning with precision and hitting strong defensive lobs," said coach Jarrod Bradley. … [Read more...]

Cate fought through howling winds Wednesday, sweeping all nine doubles sets en route to a 14-4 boys tennis win at Santa Ynez.Max Sabel went 3-0 in singles play, while Rohit Goswamy and Mark Mullan went the distance in the dubs. Coach Bob Bonning said that strategy changes a bit with the wind."In doubles, what I tell them is to go with thick serves that are going to drop in and then get to the net," said Bonning. "In singles you've got to pay attention to the types of shots the opposition … [Read more...]

Dos Pueblos' Christian Edstrom stepped up for the short-handed boys tennis team on Tuesday, sweeping his sets in a 12-6 non-league victory at Santa Ynez.Edstrom was on his game, defeating Santa Ynez No. 1 Juan Ferrer 6-4 after having lost to him last year. Ferrer won his other two sets for the Pirates.John Kim and Malcolm Sutton joined forces to earn the Chargers three sets in dominating fashion, compiling an 18-2 game advantage for the day. … [Read more...]

Bill Grokenberger bested Beverly Hills' No. 1 in an 8-6 tiebreaker on Tuesday, posting a crucial point for the Santa Barbara boys tennis team in a 11-7 non-league victory at Beverly Hills.Grokenberger won three sets on the day as did the Dons' No. 1 doubles team of Chase Melton and Evan Teufel, which won its sets 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. Dan Diaz and Jim Vaughan took home two sets each in singles, but couldn't beat Gary Parizher, who led Beverly Hills, the No. 1 team in Division III. … [Read more...]

The Dos Pueblos boys tennis team followed through with a 13-5 Channel League victory over San Marcos, completing a match on Monday that was suspended because of rain last Tuesday.Sasha Gryaznov, Christian Edstrom and Austin Cano swept nine sets for the Chargers, who also got three sets from the doubles team of Jake Roberts and Peter Shao to clinch it. … [Read more...]

The Cate boys tennis team defended its home courts on Monday, ousting Division IV's seventh-ranked Viewpoint 11-7 in a non-league matchup.The Patriots showed strength in singles by winning six sets but slipped up in doubles, falling in all but one set.Cate's doubles tandems of Wyatt Geiger-Blake Mackall and Rohit Goswamy-Mark Mullan swept their sets wth relative ease, as did the Rams' No. 1 singles player Max Sabel. … [Read more...]

Santa Barbara High swept all nine doubles sets Thursday in a 13-5 boys tennis win at Dos Pueblos. Chris Grant and Adrian Huffard won the closest doubles set of the day by beating Chargers Eric Zmolek and Peter Shao 6-4, and Dons coach Steve Geremia said that it was the most pivotal set of the match. "That was the key match of the day because it swung the numbers in our favor. DP is a good team and they played well. It was 4-2 at the end of the first round and 9-3 after the second... But in … [Read more...]

San Marcos doubles teams won two first-round tiebreakers to put the Royals' boys tennis team in charge en route to a 13-5 Channel League victory over Ventura on Thursday.Doubles combos Jackson Foster and Parker Funk, and Mario Herrera and Garret Timmons, both playing together for the first time, put San Marcos up 5-1 early thanks to their tiebreak wins. Both teams won two sets on the day while No. 1 doubles Jackson Mann-Scott Messier swept three sets to give the Royals 7 of 9 doubles points. … [Read more...]

The Cate boys tennis team ran its record to a perfect 3-0 in the Condor League after a 13-5 victory over the visiting Laguna Blanca Owls on Wednesday afternoon. The Rams were carried by three-set sweeps in singles by Gregory Mak and in doubles by Jason Park and Cam Seo. Cate's doubles team of Grant Redman and Bill Pomerans won its two sets without a loss as subs. … [Read more...]