TENNIS: SOCAL LOOKS COHESIVE IN WIN.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News For a group that never had competed together before Sunday, 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, looked nothing like a first-time outfit in the opening round of the USTA USTA United States Tennis Association USTA United States Telecom Association USTA United States Trotting Association USTA United States Telephone Association USTA United States Twirling Association USTA United States Trademark Association 16-under Intersectional Team Championships. Led by Harvard-Westlake of Studio City's Ryan Thacher and Thousand Oaks' JT Sundling, Southern California didn't drop a set against the Middle States representative en route to a 9-0 victory at Pierremont Oaks Tennis Club in Shreveport, La. Southern California, the second seed in the 16-team tournament, will face No. 8 Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern -- a 6-3 winner Sunday over the Southwest entry -- in today's quarterfinals. Singles matches will begin at 6 a.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT and doubles contests start at noon. All teams consist of eight players with every individual required to compete in at least one match per round. Thacher, the top-ranked 16-under player in the country, set the tone for Southern California with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Casey Watt of Gibsonia, Pa., in one of three boys' singles matches. Sundling, 15, teamed with Arroyo Grande's Andre Dome to record a 6-1, 6-0 win over Courtney Scott and Gary Wang in Wang In (Korean: 왕인; Japanese: Wani (王仁 the lone boys' doubles match. Dome, Orange's Steve Johnson Steve Johnson is the name of:
Isip, who trains at the Weil Academy in Ojai, and Lakewood's Stacey Tan recorded a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Lauren Hankle (East Petersburg, Pa.) and Caryssa Peretz (Cherry Hill Cherry Hill, township (1990 pop. 69,319), Camden co., W central N.J.; name was changed from Delaware township to Cherry Hill in 1961. Largely residential, Cherry Hill has been marked by great development and housing growth, especially since the 1970s. , N.J.) in the lone girls' doubles match. Johnson -- the reigning Southern Section boys' singles champion -- and Hammel defeated Martha Blakely (Reading, Pa.) and Watt 6-4, 6-4 in the mixed doubles match. Top-seeded Florida, No. 3 Southern and No. 4 Texas all advanced to today's quarterfinals in a field that also features a team from the Caribbean and U.S. entries Eastern, Hawaii Pacific, Intermountain, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Missouri Valley, New England, Northern and Pacific Northwest. erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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