SO. SECTION TENNIS FINALS: HARVARD-WESTLAKE, VIEWPOINT COME AWAY WITH DIVISION TENNIS TITLES.Byline: Sean Martin Sean Martin may refer to:
CLAREMONT - The Harvard-Westlake boys' tennis team has used a strict practice regimen regimen /reg·i·men/ (rej´i-men) a strictly regulated scheme of diet, exercise, or other activity designed to achieve certain ends. reg·i·men n. 1. to become Div. I's dominant tennis power. The Wolverines got a chance to fool around, though, as they huddled hud·dle n. 1. A densely packed group or crowd, as of people or animals. 2. Football A brief gathering of a team's players behind the line of scrimmage to receive instructions for the next play. 3. around the Div. I trophy they were expected all season to win. Team members struck poses, roughhoused and even donned a green caterpillar caterpillar (kăt`əpĭl'ər, kăt`ər–), common name for the larva of a moth or butterfly. Caterpillars have distinct heads and are segmented and wormlike. costume while friends and families took pictures, after the No. 1 seed dominated No. 2 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , 15-3, in Wednesday's championship match at The Claremont Club. ``It was a masterful performance,'' Harvard-Westlake assistant coach Tony Isaacs said. It also was brief. The Wolverines won 10 of the first 12 sets to clinch Clinch, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, formed by the junction of two forks in SW Va., and flowing generally SW across E Tenn. to the Tennessee River at Kingston. the match in 1 hour and 40 minutes, before the third wave of sets began. They won two close matches early to take a dominating 5-1 lead. Sam Wagner was tied at 4 games with Santa Barbara's A.J. Stein before winning 6-4, pumping his fists after each point. Josh Lederman and Michael Vann earned a 7-5 victory over Santa Barbara's Grant Robertson and Greg Soulages in a matchup of the teams' top doubles pairings. Santa Barbara's three points came from Blake Muller Mul·ler , Hermann Joseph 1890-1967. American geneticist. He won a 1946 Nobel Prize for the study of the hereditary effect of x-rays on genes. Mül·ler , Johannes Peter 1801-1858. , who advanced to the semifinals of the Southern Section singles tournament before withdrawing. Harvard-Westlake swept the remaining 15 sets. The Wolverines also won Div. I titles in 2002 and 2004. Wednesday's win was the team's 45th consecutive victory in an 18-set match. ``We didn't care how we won,'' Wagner said. ``We just wanted to leave with a title.'' --Viewpoint repeats: The boys tennis team from Viewpoint of Calabasas won last year's Div. V title, but chances of a repeat seemed slim after the Patriots graduated five of nine starters from the title team. Now Viewpoint seems poised to start a dynasty. It won its second consecutive Div. V title at The Claremont Club, defeating Whitney of Cerritos 13-5. ``I can't believe it,'' Viewpoint head coach Asif Azhar said. ``This was supposed to be a rebuilding year.'' |
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