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TENNIS: AREA PLAYERS SET FOR NATION'S LARGEST EVENT 104TH ANNUAL JR. SECTIONAL BEGINS TODAY.


Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News

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 Valley's top high school tennis players are looking to have a big impact at the nation's largest annual junior event.

The 104th annual Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region,  Junior Sectional Championships, which feature more than 1,500 entries, begin today at Los Caballeros Sports Village in Fountain Valley Fountain Valley, city (1990 pop. 53,691), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1957. Chiefly residential, Fountain Valley also has diverse manufactures, including apparel, computer equipment, semiconductors, and medical equipment. A U.S. navy helicopter facility is there.  and six additional Orange County venues.

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 of North Hollywood's Katarina Reveche, Michelle Sulahian and Jenson Turner, and Harvard-Westlake of Studio City's Ryan Thacher are among the area's top seeded players Noun 1. seeded player - one of the outstanding players in a tournament
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Thacher, entering his junior season, is the nation's top-ranked player in the boys' 16-under division. The Daily News All-Area Player of the Year will test his skills in the 18-under draw, where he is seeded fifth.

All seeded players don't start competing until Wednesday against opponents from the tournament's qualifying draw. Championship matches are scheduled for June 24-25.

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 -- who handed him a 7-6 (3), 6-3 loss May 27 in the Southern Section finals -- in Thursday's round of 16.

Reveche, an incoming senior at Campbell Hall, is the top seed in the girls' 18-under draw. The three-time All-Area selection placed third in the 18-under division at last year's event.

Thirteen other area players are scheduled to compete today in the preliminary rounds of the girls' 18-under division. In the bottom quarter of the draw are former Foothill League champions Marianna Khachatryan, Nadia Sakhakorn and Cassie Strange.

Khachatryan, who played at Burbank High as a freshman before electing to be home- schooled, reached the championship match of the girls' 18-under draw at the Ojai Valley tournament April 29.

She could wind up playing Strange, a Valencia graduate who plans on attending Marist College Marist College is a private liberal arts college of 180 acres (72 ha), located on the east bank of the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, New York, on US 9. The site was established in 1905, and chartered in 1946.  in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in Sunday's second-round qualifying match.

Sakhakorn, the 2004 league champion, received an opening-round bye and will play her first qualifying match Sunday.

Reveche's teammate, junior-to-be Michelle Sulahian, is the fourth seed in the girls' 16-under draw. Sulahian, who reached the round of 32 last year, is also seeded fifth in the girls' 18-under doubles draw with partner Stephanie Hammel of Placentia.

Turner, who suffered a round-of-16 exit at last year's sectionals before reaching the finals of back-to-back tournaments in July, is seeded third in the boys' 16-under draw.

Also seeded in the boys' 16-under division are Malibu's Daniel Moss (fifth) and Thousand Oaks' Kyle McMorrow (eighth).

Another Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown.  standout, JT Sundling, is seeded fourth in the 18-under doubles draw, teaming with Tesoro of Las Flores' Nicolas Meister. Calabasas' Ahmad Shiraz and Johnson are fifth.

Sundling is one of 24 area players who will begin competition today in the preliminary rounds of the boys' 18-under singles draw.

Reseda's Dennis Mkrtchian and Glendale's Sahak Bazrganian -- two rising area standouts -- are seeded seventh and eighth in the boys' 14-under singles draw. Woodland Hills' Jessica Parizher is the fifth seed in the girls' 14-under draw.

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