CITY SECTION TENNIS: ECR GRABS FIRST TITLE NO. 1 DOUBLES TEAM TOPS GRANADA HILLS.Byline: Anel Laj Staff Writer It was a spot most athletes dream of. The pressure was on, and both sides needed their doubles team to win. On Thursday at the Warner Tennis Center, El Camino Real's No. 1 doubles team of Shaun Flynn and Nick Kogan held off Granada Hills' No. 2 team of Ananya Sreepathi and Mike Edelson 7-5 in the deciding match of the Conquistadores' 17-12 1/2 City Section boys' tennis championship win. It was the first City Section tennis championship for El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
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On paper, the teams were well-matched, with Granada Hills and El Camino Real splitting games in West Valley League play. However, El Camino Real was the better team this time. Sherman Oaks CES defeated No. 8 seed Poly 16-13 1/2 to win the Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. division. It was the school's first City title in any sport and the first time a magnet school magnet school n. A public school offering a specialized curriculum, often with high academic standards, to a student body representing a cross section of the community. has won a tennis championship. ``I know some of you don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. who we are or where we are,'' said coach Bobby Fredderick. ``We've always lost year after year and to have this team come up with this kind of performance shows that our kids are really special.'' Sherman Oaks CES won 10 of 16 singles sets. The only player to sweep in the Invitational bracket was Poly's Marco Ceballos, who gave up only seven games. After the Granada Hills' No. 3 doubles team of Anand Murthy and Steve Choi beat El Camino Real's Burton Newhan and Eric Muysessian 6-4, it all fell on the shoulders of the Highlanders' No. 2 doubles. ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) had jumped to a 14 1/2-10 1/2 lead, setting up the deciding doubles. Sreepathi and Edelson rallied from a 0-3 deficit to win the next three games. But the momentum turned when Kogan hit a lob (1) See BLOB. (2) (Line Of Business) Refers to people, job titles and product lines, all of which pertain to a specific product or service area of the business. just inside the line, and ECR eventually won after Sreepathi double-faulted on match point. ``I've always thought of that moment when you're on center stage and everyone is watching,'' said Edelson. ``Maybe we didn't win the match, but it was an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. moment. I left my heart out there and we played well. I'm proud of our team and of Ananya . . .'' In singles, No. 2 Matt Jones and No. 4 Bruce Aiken swept their sets, which included crucial and first-time victories over Granada Hills' top player, Nima Roshan. ``I was waiting for this match and getting pumped up for it,'' said Jones, who lost to Roshan 7-6 (6-3) in a league match during the regular season. ``Me and James (Magsino's) goal was to sweep. But I just feel I match up better with Nima. ``As soon as I got a lead I knew I was gonna win. He tends to get down on himself when that happens. I saw his weakness and just won it from there.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Nick Kogan of El Camino Real is congratulated after the team's deciding victory in the City Section finals. Eric Grigorian/Special to the Daily News |
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