Dos Pueblos boys tennis captured a convincing 14-4 win over crosstown rival San Marcos on Tuesday in Goleta.
The Chargers have been the top team in the Channel League all season, improving to 9-0 overall and 6-0 against league rivals with the victory.
“We needed to step up for this match and the entire team played with devotion, commitment and confidence,” Dos Pueblos head coach Alan Richter said.
The strong Dos Pueblos singles attack led the way, winning all nine matchups against the Royals. The tandem of Ciaran Tober-Bridges, Evan Harwin and Neil Sharangpani combined to drop just 11 games in nine sets played.
In doubles, Brendan Gordon, Massey Scott, Ryland Montgomery and Arman Enterazi secured four of the six sets to finish off the win.
Meanwhile, the San Marcos duo of Levi Reece/Nico Holve pulled in three of the team’s four points with a trio of victories, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.
The Royals will host Santa Barbara High on Thursday as their rivalry week continues.
Cate 16, Carpinteria High 2
The Rams continued to roll with a victory over their crosstown rival Warriors on Tuesday in Carpinteria.
“[Cate] is a very good team and obviously very deep as they did not even start their top three singles players,” Carpinteria High head coach Charles Bryant said. “I did not come away from this match as happy as I have been after our last two one-sided losses. It took us a long time to get going today.
“Towards the end of the second round, we started to get a bit more comfortable, although the scores didn’t reflect it. We stayed in points longer and cut back on errors, but it still was not nearly enough.”
Alex Danely, Kendrick Suen and Noah Bien got the start for Cate in singles play, while Kaden Green and Bruce Li both subbed in to earn victories.
The Rams’ pairings of James He/Kenny Wang, Graham Clinger/Kiy Barry, Ramsey Bolton/Nolan Hsing and Kakeru Hirofuji/Nate Koh contributed to a doubles sweep with just six games lost.
The lone Carpinteria points came on a pair of singles victories by Edwin Hernandez.
Cate (10-0, 7-0 Tri-Valley League) will compete in the league individual. tournament on Saturday. The Warriors (7-5, 4-1 Citrus Coast League) will take on Hueneme on Thursday in Carpinteria.
Villanova Prep 11, Bishop Diego 7
The Cardinals concluded their season with a loss to Villanova Prep on Tuesday.
Bishop Diego celebrated its senior class of Joe Similon, Jaden Olds, Ryan Hazelton, Amari Jones and Rene Gonzalez in a Senior Day ceremony pregame.
“I thank them for their commitment to Cardinal tennis, the effort put forth on behalf of the team and the tremendous character which for me made it a pleasure to coach them all,” Bishop Diego head coach Peter Kirkwood said.
Carter Bradley had a strong day for the Cardinals by going 3-0 in singles play, while Similon added a singles victory of his own.
The Bishop Diego pairings of Jaden Olds/Ryan Hazelton, Westin Goodwin/Avery Maurice and Amari Jones/Joaquin Gaona each tallied a win to round out the Cardinals’ scoring.
Bishop Diego rounds out the season with an overall record of 2-10 and a 1-7 league record.