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Girls tennis: This week’s top 10 explained

ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COM — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:00:13 +0000

Tweet 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: 1. Corona del Mar (12-0) – Ranked No. 1 in CIF-SS DI, the Sea Kings defeated a quality Laguna Hills (11-6) team, 11-7. 2. Dana Hills (14-1) [...]

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Girls tennis: Athlete of the Week

ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COM — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:33:15 +0000

Tweet Jamie Lai Woodbridge 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. Her win tied the teams in sets, 3-3, after the first round [...]

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Girls tennis: Surveying the county

ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COM — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:28:30 +0000

Tweet League 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: 1. Newport Harbor has essentially [...]

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Girls tennis: Woodbridge upsets No. 6 Northwood

ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COM — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:55:37 +0000

Tweet By 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 [...]

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Garden Grove improves record to 7-0

ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COM — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:40:47 +0000

Tweet By ARTIE CASAS OCVarsity staff 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. “Our goal has been to get better the last couple of weeks, and we did not do that today,” Vander Sluis said. “Our momentum [...]

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OCVarsity staff picks: Playing the waiting game

Damian Calhoun — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:21:08 +0000

Tweet If 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 [...]

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Girls tennis: Weekly roundup

ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COM — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:11:31 +0000

Tweet There 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: No. 1 Corona del Mar (10-0) defeated Laguna Hills (11-6), 11-7 The Hawks dominated singles action winning seven of nine [...]

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OCVarsity staff picks: Hooray for Jonathan Kay

Damian Calhoun — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:11:26 +0000

Tweet Kay 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. In other news, the genius Arthur [...]

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Girls tennis: No. 5 St. Margaret’s edges No. 10 Sage Hill

ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COM — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:33:58 +0000

Tweet Momentum can carry a team to victory. 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 [...]

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Girls tennis: Surveying the county

ARTIE CASAS, OCREGISTER.COM — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:19:38 +0000

Tweet A 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: 1. It [...]

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