The La Cañada High School varsity boys’ tennis team has been away from the courts since defeating Crescenta Valley High of La Crescenta in a nonleague game on Feb. 28.
The Spartans (2-1 overall) will host Monrovia for a Rio Hondo League match on March 19 at 4 p.m. before visiting South Pasadena on March 22.
FLINTRIDGE PREP
The Wolves secured a narrow 10-8 nonleague victory over visiting Crescenta Valley High of La Crescent on March 11.
Flintridge Prep No. 2 singles player Ray Cabrera swept with scores of 6-0, 6-0 and 6-2, No. 1 singles Jeremy Sieben swept with scores of 6-0, 6-0 and 6-4, and No. 3 singles Nico Stanton also swept with scores of 6-0, 6-1 and 6-1. Meanwhile, the No. 1 doubles team of Finley Shivaram and Logan Wu added a 6-4 victory.
Flintridge Prep (5-1) will visit Duarte for a nonleague match on March 28 at 3:30 p.m. before hosting Crescenta Valley High on April 1 at 4 p.m.
ST. FRANCIS
The Golden Knights lost to visiting Crescenta Valley High of La Crescenta 16-2 in a nonleague match on March 8.
In singles action, No. 3 Armen Balikyan-Bekian won a set with a 6-4 score, while the No. 1 doubles team of Lucas Silva and Rafael Enfiadjian added a 7-5 victory.
St. Francis secured a 10-8 Mission League victory at Crespi High in Encino on March 5.
No. 2 Christian Tchakmakjian won a set with a 7-6 (7-3) score, while No. 3 Balikyan-Bekian added a 6-4 victory.
The No. 1 doubles team of Silva and Enfiadjian swept with scores of 6-2, 6-4 and 7-5, while the No. 2 tandem of Preston Kim and Arek Yacoubian also swept with scores of 6-0, 6-0 and 6-2. Meanwhile, the No. 3 duo of Logan King and Owen Mann won a pair of sets with scores of 6-0 and 6-1.
St. Francis (2-6 overall, 1-2 in league) will host Valley Christian High of Cerritos for a league match on March 20 at 1 p.m. before hosting Crespi High on March 21.
First published in the March 14 print issue of the Outlook Valley Sun.
