CITY SECTION BOYS' TENNIS: TWO OUT OF THREE NOT BAD GRANADA HILLS WINS SINGLES, DOUBLES TITLES.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News Vinnie Amor, Jeremy Jeremy (jĕr`ĭmē), English form of Jeremiah. The Epistle of Jeremy is a title given to the sixth chapter of Baruch. Choo Choo may refer to: People
ERIC Educational Resources Information Center ERIC ERISA Industry Committee ERIC Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (Durham, NC) Lee all said they would have gladly traded in their individual medals for a City Section team championship. But the Granada Hills High boys' tennis standouts agreed Thursday that two out of three titles weren't a bad consolation prize consolation prize n. A prize given to a competitor who loses or does not win the first prize. consolation prize Noun something given to console the loser of a game . Lee, a Calabasas transfer, became only the second Granada Hills player to win a City singles title with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies (also Sherman Oaks CES or SOCES) is a (magnet) public school in the San Fernando Valley, Southern California, United States. of Reseda freshman Ken Mkrtchian at Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). Sports Complex in Encino. Choo repeated as the section's doubles champion, this time with Amor as his partner, defeating Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). of Pacific Palisades' Sepehr Safii and Stephen Surjue 6-2, 6-4. The sweep marked the first time since 1999 that the same school won singles and doubles titles. ``Losing the team championship (to Palisades) made us want it that much more,'' said Choo, who became the seventh player in City history to win two doubles titles. ``And winning it over Pali in the final is even sweeter. I would take the gold for the team over anything, but I just wanted to represent the school and do the team proud.'' Lee and Amor/Choo took similar paths toward capturing their titles, both winning the first four games en route to convincing first-set victories. ``Our team isn't built around just one player. We've got a bunch of players that can win,'' said Lee, who joined two-time winner Nima Roshan (2001-02) as the program's only other singles champion. ``I was going for all or nothing right from the start. Every point counted. I wasn't going to let anything go. My goal was to get to every ball.'' Mkrtchian, the first SOCES SOCES Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies player to reach a championship match, won the first two games of the second set and led 3-2, before Lee ran off four in a row to complete a perfect 10-set run through the tournament. Amor and Choo also trailed in the second set, before Amor rallied from a 15-40 deficit in the eighth game to pull Granada Hills even at 4-4. The Highlanders then broke Surjue in the ninth game, allowing Choo to serve out the match and defend his title after winning with Jared Novak last year. ``That (break) pumped us up big time and we just took it from there,'' said Amor, who helped Granada Hills become the fourth team in City history -- joining Palisades, University and North Hollywood -- to win singles and doubles titles in the same year. erik.boal(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Granada Hills' Jeremy Choo, left, and Vinnie Amor defeated Palisades' Sepehr Safii and Stephen Surjue 6-2, 6-4 in in the City Section doubles final in Encino. (2) Granada Hills Eric Lee retuns the ball in the City Section boys' singles final. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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