This past weekend, 200 junior tennis players from Southern California competed in the 39th Annual Knowlwood Tournament in Santa Barbara.While there were many top ranked juniors that competed, Briggs Peus, Spencer Simon, and Annette Goulak were the standouts in the tournament.COMPLETE KNOWLWOOD RESULTSPeus, the No. 1 seed in the boys 10’s division, dominated throughout, winning 7-5, 7-5 in the final. Peus, a local player coached by Jerry Hatchett at Knowlwood, played Connor … [Read more...]
Five SB juniors take on tennis world
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This year's USTA International Spring Championships began on Saturday in Carson, bringing the world's top junior tennis players to the Home Depot Center's USTA Training Center.The fifth annual tournament consists of some of junior tennis’ biggest tennis stars of tomorrow - ranked both nationally and internationally.This year the tough competitors to look out for are 15-year-old Grace Min, of Duluth, Georgia, and Raymond Sarmiento, of Fontana, California, just to name a few. Last year, … [Read more...]
Fullerton full of quarterfinal results
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Fullerton Tennis Patrons hosted its 65th annual designated tournament in February, accepting 1,144 player entries to make it the biggest tournament ever held by them. The tournament drew some of Santa Barbara’s finest junior players including Ryan Peus, Spencer Simon, Lauren Stratman, and Rachel Decker-Sadowski.Ryan Peus, the No. 1 seed in the girls 12-and-under division, reached the quarterfinals after taking out the No. 9-seed Ena Shibahara of Rancho Palos Verdes in a close … [Read more...]
Nguyen, Sundling reach boys 18s doubles final
Saturday, August 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Former Santa Barbara High standout Daniel Nguyen and partner JT Sundling are one victory away from a doubles title at the USTA Junior Tennis National Hardcourt Championships in Michigan. The top-seeded duo will be challenged by eighth-seeded Sekou Coker Bangoura and Nathan Pasha in Sunday's final. Nguyen and Sundling hadn't lost a set the entire draw until fighting off Evan King and Denis Kudla in the semifinals 4-6, 6-0, 6-4. … [Read more...]
Nguyen, Simon, Stratman seek national titles
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Daniel Nyugen and Spencer Simon are still in the hunt for a junior tennis USTA Hardcourt National Championship this week in Kalamazoo, Washington, and Lauren Stratman is in San Diego vying for a girls national title. Nguyen, a Santa Barbara High graduate who is currently playing at USC, and partner JT Sundling have defended their No. 1 seed in the boys 18s well so far, winning two matches in straight sets to reach the Round of 16. … [Read more...]
Simon-Teufel stopped in CIF semis
Sunday, May 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Santa Barbara's Spencer Simon and Evan Teufel were stopped just short of a shot at a CIF title, falling to University's Matt Siow and Reo Asami 7-6, 6-1 in Saturday's second semifinal. Thousand Oaks' Denis Lin and Marcos Giron, who had advanced out of the same regional as Simon-Teufel, defeated Siow-Asami 6-3, 6-2 in the final for their second-straight doubles championship.The doubles finalists will play each other again on Wednesday - but this time in singles - when University and … [Read more...]
Melton crowned Channel League singles champion
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Just when it looked like Dos Pueblos' Sasha Gryaznov had seized control of the Channel League boys tennis singles championship, Santa Barbara's Chase Melton dug his heels in and reversed his fortune, gutting out a 4-6, 6-2, 5-1 victory that ended a tad prematurely after Gryaznov's second bout with leg cramps.The two juniors battled it out for just under two and a half hours at Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club on Tuesday, entertaining spectators with a match filled with long rallies, momentum … [Read more...]
