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Courtside wins NorCal titles
Sunnyvale's Chow, Duong both second in tournaments
By Dick Sparrer
It took some clutch performances for the Courtside Tennis Club to win four division championships at the Northern California USTA junior team tennis playoffs in Sacramento.
It took Patrick Brogan's come-from-behind victory at No. 4 singles in the boys 12's; it took the three-set wins posted by Caroline Stege and Diane Tseng in the girls 15's; and it took the doubles win that backed up singles triumphs for Amanda Wise and Audrey Wingo in the girls 18's.
But because of those clutch performances, and a near sweep in the boys 18's, Courtside will send four teams to Southern California this weekend to compete for state championships.
Courtside will be a big part of the NorCal effort, with four teams competing in the six divisions. Mission Hills will represent Northern California in the boys 15's and it will be Alpine Hills in the girls 12's.
Courtside, though, played for all six of those division championships at the Rio Del Oro and Natomas Racquet Club in Sacramento earlier this month, winning four of the titles.
Bastian Bartels of Monta Vista, Steven Golod of Menlo and Ashvin Soin of Saratoga sparked Courtside to a lopsided 5-1 win over Alpine Hills in the boys 18's division.
Because of the dominating performance in singles play, there was no need for the doubles competition.
It was the same story in the girls 15's, with Courtside winning five of six singles decisions to eliminate the need for the doubles matches in a 5-1 win over Auburn Racquet.
Brogan, of Los Gatos, came through with the big win at No. 4 singles to help Courtside take the title in the boys 12's. He pulled out a come-from-behind 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 4 singles to help the locals to a 6-3 win over Alpine Hills.
Wise and Wingo sparked the girls 18's to a 6-3 win over Silicon Valley in the championship match. Wise, of Saratoga, won 6-3, 6-0 at No. 3 singles and Wingo, of Harbor, won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4. The two also teamed for a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 2 doubles.
Laura Boskovich of St. Francis won 6-4, 6-1 at No. 1 singles and Kathy Fawcett of Harbor won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5.
Belinda Rungsea of Lynbrook and Cindy Manit of Woodside combined for a 6-4, 6-1 victory at No. 3 doubles to help Courtside clinch the team win.
It marked the sixth straight title for Courtside in girls 18's play
The title match in the boys 15's went down to a tiebreaker in the last set before Courtside lost a 5-4 heartbreaker to Misson Hills.
Andy Hong and Kevin Lam of Mission Hills outlasted Mike Wu and Derek Rungsea of Courtside 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8) at No. 3 doubles to claim the crucial win in the match.
Anita Athavale of Los Gatos and Sami Kawahara of Willow Glen were the only Courtside winners in a 7-2 loss to Alpine Hills in the girls 12's.
Athavale nailed a 6-0, 6-4 win at No. 4 singles and Kawahara won 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-0 at No. 5.
Junior Fall Classic
The Bartels brothers, Benjamin and Bastian, each won titles at the Alpine Hills Junior Fall Classic in Portola Valley in early August.
Benjamin Bartels knocked off Kevin Casey of Mt. Shasta 6-0, 6-2 to take the boys 18's singles title, and Bastian Bartels edged Dan Duong of Sunnyvale 6-4, 6-3 to win the boys 16's crown.
Benjamin had won 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinals to earn the place in the finals of the boys 18's division.
Other Sunnyvale players competing in the Junior Fall Classic included: Boys 18's--Nick Cirigliano; Boys 16's--Sydney Pang; Boys 14's--Aaron Elbert and Josh Levitz; and Girls 14's--Jessica Travis.
Pacific Coast
Eric Chow of Sunnyvale reached the finals of the boys 14's division before losing at the Pacific Coast Junior Tennis championships held in late July at the Round Hill Country Club in Alamo.
Chow beat Robert Wong of Sacramento 7-5, 6-2 in the quarterfinals and Clancy Shields of Colorado 6-3, 6-0 in the semifinals before losing a tough 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-1 heartbreaker to Austin Moller of Manhattan Beach in the finals.
A.J. Kerin of Saratoga and Liora Gelblum of Cupertino each finished fourth in their divisions and Parker and Bastian Bartels were consolation winners in the tournament.
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