Players:
Andrew Courtland, Bryan Gee, Benjamin Issac Goode, Kyle Johnston (captain),
Justin Lee, Teon Lee, Jeffrey Li (captain), Ryan Lim (captain), Nick Losande
(captain), Kenny Thon, Jeremy Wan, Brian Wong
After a year hiatus, The
Alameda Men’s Tennis team participated in the California High School Boys
Tennis Classic in Fresno again. With 112 high school teams entering the
tournament, the AHS team was slotted to play division 3, out of 8 divisions.
The format was 3 singles and 3 doubles.
The boys played 5 matches in 2 days.
3/5
Friday-Friday started bright and early with our first match starting at
8:30am with last year’s winners, Buchanan High.
They also had home city advantage being based out of Fresno.
1st
Match: Alameda 1,
Buchanan Score 5
#1
Singles, A. Courtland started off fast winning the first set 6-2, but losing
the second with just one break 4-6; physically and mentally exhausted, he
loses the tiebreak 3-10. #2 Singles, K. Johnston battles with a shoulder
injury, loses 3-6, 3-6. #3 Singles, B. Gee was our lone winner for this match,
after losing a tight first set 4-6, rallies back hard to win the second,6-2,
then with mental focus wins the tiebreak 10-8. #1 Doubles, R. Lim/J. Li lost
in a close one, 3-6, 6-7(5). #2 Doubs, B.Goode/N.Losande lost, 1-6, 2-6 and
T.Lee/B.Wong, #3 Doubs, losses at 1-6,3-6.
2nd
Match: Alameda
6, Nevada
Union Win 0
After
losing the first match of the day, the Hornets got refocused and were going to
take this one with no mercy. #1
Singles, Courtland rolls through his match with a score of 6-3, 6-1. #2
Singles, Gee does the same with a convincing score of 6-1, 6-2.
A change up with the #3 Singles, proved to all that Jeff Li can do it
all, doubles and singles, with a win of 6-2,4-6,10-3.
New #1 doubles’ team of Lim/Johnston wins with tiebreak in the first
set crushing the opponent, 7(2)-6, then finishing it off with a commanding
performance of 6-1. Freshman team
of Thon/Justin Lee played #3 doubles, wins at 6-1 first set, then finishes it
off with a second set score of 7-5. The seasoned Goode/ Losande team of #2
doubles was the match of the day, losing the first set 7-6, with a tiebreak
score of 14-12; then rallied back, winning the second 6-4, and then the
tiebreak 10-5.
3/6
Saturday- After one lost and one win yesterday, we were slated for the
second group bracket of our division. We were lucky to start the day off a
little later, with the first game at 10 am.
1st
Match: Alameda 2,
East Bakersfield 4
Singles,
Courtland, Gee, and Li all had tough matches against this team and none could
prevail. #1 doubles, Johnston/Lim
proved to us again their physical and mental abilities on court winning, 6-1,
7(4)-6. #2 doubles, Goode/ Losande lost the first set 1-6, rallied back on the
second but were just short, 4-6. Freshman #3 doubles team T.Lee/J.Wan, loses
the first set 3-6, but steamrolls the second 6-1, then wins the tiebreak
12-10.
2nd
Match: Alameda
4,
Bullard
2
The
Singles lineup came out fiercely after all losing the prior match. #1 Singles,
A. Courtland knocks out his opponent, 6-3, 6-3. #2 Singles, B. Gee dominates
his opponent, 6-3, 6-1. #3
Singles, J. Li won by a forfeit from his opponent. #1 doubles, K. Johnston and
R. Lim’s opponents played #1singles and #1 doubles in the opponent’s prior
match with another team. Johnston/Lim
walked on the courts knowing this was going to be a battle but ensured that
the last men standing would be them, with a score of 6-1, 4-6, 11-9.
#2 doubles, Goode/Losande lost in a close one, 3-6, 3-6. #3 Doubs,
T.Lee/B.Wong also lost but not before they take the game to a tiebreak, 1-6,
6-4,8-10.
3rd
Match: Alameda
3, Stockdale
3
#1
Singles, A. Courtland defeats his opponent, 6-1, 6-4. #2 Singles, J. Li loses
in a close one, 7-5, 6-3 and a new player at #3 Singles, B. Goode loses
6-1,6-2. The teams of #1 doubles, K. Johnston/R. Lim and #2 doubles, B. Gee/
N. Losandes wins in tie break matches. K. Johnston. R.Lim 5-7, 6-4, 10-3 and
B. Gee/ N. Losande 4-6,6-4,10-5. #3
doubles, freshmen team of J. Lee/ K. Thon was just a little short, losing,
6-2, 1-6, 10-7.
Results-
Although we were tied in matches with another team for second place in our
bracket, we lost to them by one set and finished 3rd place.
Thanks
to the following parents: Teon’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee and Nick’s dad, Mr. Losande for chaperoning team
members and driving to Fresno. Without them, we could not have taken all the
players that participated. Ryan’s
father, Mr. Lim, volunteered to drive also but was injured a couples of day
prior to the trip during a tennis match. We send our get well wishes to him.
Thanks to Mrs. Losande for assisting us with the hotel arrangements and Sarah
Courtland for being our team photographer.
The Fresno tournament was
proven to be invaluable experience to all the players and I.
It was terrific to see the boys rally back from lose and refocus their
energies to another match. Playing
5 matches in 2 days was an incredible feat for the boys and I commend them.
Great Job!!!! We are off to a wonderful season. GO HORNETS!!!!
