There are two newcomers into the top 10 and quite a few shifts among the remaining eight teams.
Here are some details on the top 10 teams:
![]() Archive for the 'Artie Casas' TagGirls tennis: This week’s top 10 explainedOctober 28th, 2008, 5:00 am by ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COMThere are two newcomers into the top 10 and quite a few shifts among the remaining eight teams. Here are some details on the top 10 teams: Girls tennis: Athlete of the WeekOctober 27th, 2008, 12:33 pm by ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COMWoodbridge High The Warriors’ No. 2 singles player out-lasted Northwood’s No. 2 player, 7-5, in the opening round to help her team pull off the upset win, 11-7, and secure at least a share of the Sea View League title. Read the rest of this entry » Girls tennis: Surveying the countyOctober 24th, 2008, 5:28 pm by ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COMLeague girls tennis champions are being crowned all around the county. By now the contenders have separated themselves from the pretenders. But in order to succeed in the CIF playoffs it’s a tough nonleague schedule that really makes the difference.
Here are 10 things I know about girls tennis: Football: Tustin squares off with CanyonOctober 24th, 2008, 12:17 pm by ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COMBy ARTIE CASAS and CHRIS TOBOLSKI OCVarsity.com Times are changing in the Century League. El Dorado use to be the king of the hill and untouchable, winning three straight league titles. All that changed when Canyon defeated the Golden Hawks, 37-27, last week. Girls tennis: Woodbridge upsets No. 6 NorthwoodOctober 24th, 2008, 11:55 am by ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COMBy BRENT SHAVER For OCVarsity.com The Woodbridge girls tennis team didn’t beat Northwood two weeks ago, but the Warriors came away with a feeling that they could. Northwood defeated Woodbridge on games, 69-60, after the teams were tied in sets, 9-9, the first time the two squads met on Oct. 7. The Warriors carried their optimism into Thursday afternoon’s rematch at Northwood and turned it into an 11-7 upset win that all but wrapped up a share of the Sea View League title with the Timberwolves. Garden Grove improves record to 7-0October 24th, 2008, 12:40 am by ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COMBy ARTIE CASAS GARDEN GROVE — An ugly victory is what Garden Grove coach Ron Vander Sluis called his team’s 49-21 victory over La Quinta on Thursday night. OCVarsity staff picks: Casas says it’s time to simplifyOctober 23rd, 2008, 6:40 pm by ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COMIt’s time to stop second-guessing my gut instincts with these football picks. I took one look, saw there were some no-brainers on the list this week, then I went with my first reaction with the close games. (I’ll let the readers decide which games were the easy ones to pick.) OCVarsity staff picks: Playing the waiting gameOctober 23rd, 2008, 4:21 pm by Damian Calhoun, OCVarsity.com since 2004If it wasn’t for a text message sent to Mr. Albano at 1:30 p.m., then I would still be sitting and waiting for him to make his selections for our staff contest here in Week 7. That’s what I get for dealing with the media superstar. (Note, he didn’t respond until 4:17 p.m.) Even Jason Eichelberger sent his picks in before Albano. Amazing. Also, apologies to Jonathan Kay. He actually went 7-1 last week and not 6-2. Props to Kay. He’s still in last. Now the picks … Girls tennis: Weekly roundupOctober 23rd, 2008, 1:11 am by ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COMThere haven’t been any upsets this week, but it’s still early and there are several good games going on around the county today. Here are a few scores from the first half of the week: OCVarsity staff picks: Hooray for Jonathan KayOctober 20th, 2008, 7:11 pm by Damian Calhoun, OCVarsity.com since 2004Kay knows Mater Dei. Jon Kay was the only one to pick the Monarchs to win their pitched rivalry against Servite. In other shocking news, Kay went 6-2 on the week, one week after he went 2-6. He’s still in last place, but you have to start somewhere. Girls tennis: No. 5 St. Margaret’s edges No. 10 Sage HillOctober 18th, 2008, 5:33 pm by ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COM
St. Margaret’s captured that momentum when Mary Rachel Walsh and Allie Davis beat Sage Hill’s Rain Billingsley and Isa-Maria Taskinen, 6-4, in the girls tennis No.1 doubles set. That win propelled the Tartans to a 10-8 victory over the Lightning on Friday at the Balboa Bay country club. Girls tennis: Surveying the countyOctober 17th, 2008, 5:19 pm by ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COMA lot of interesting tennis going on now that league play and the All-American Tournament have happened. Teams are starting to round into form and a lot of top 10 teams have already squared off. Here’s a look at what’s going on and a few nuggets of info from around the county: |