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Verbal Abuse From Parents, Coaches Causing Referee Shortage
Verbal Abuse From Parents, Coaches Is Causing A Referee Shortage In Youth Sports Warren Graver raised the whistle to his lips midway through the second half, bracing to shift his focus from the sideline hysterics to the girls’ soccer game at hand three years ago. And that’s when the veteran youth soccer referee saw two…
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Spreading Tennis to Orange County
Each week we visit our Champions of Southern California Tennis – those who go above and beyond to promote and grow the game throughout SoCal and beyond. These individuals and organizations deliver the game of tennis to a variety of audiences, often in places where the significance of tennis goes far beyond the court itself. As we share their…
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Both Southern California teams set for the 2017 Mylan WTT season
As the calendar rolls into June, it is time to shift our attention to the Mylan World Team Tennis season, where six teams consisting of the best professional men’s and women’s tennis players on the planet duel it out during the three-week season. Founded by Billie Jean King in the 1970s, World Team Tennis was…
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Demo a free MXG racquet
Demo a free MXG racquet at participating dealers. HEAD’s new MxG Racquet Series is designed like no other. HEAD challenged themselves over the past 3 years to solve the conflict of Power vs. Control. Research shows that these are the two benefits that tennis players are looking for in a racquet. HEAD’s been able to…
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Nakashima Takes 18s Title; Final Sectional Results
Now Brandon Nakashima knows what true revenge feels like. The 15-year-old from San Diego lived up to his top seeding to capture his third SCTA Junior Sectional Singles title with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win over Irvine 18-year-old Caleb Chakravarthi in the Boys’ 18s singles final on Monday on the final day of the 115th…
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Kuhle Named Girls’ Nationals Tournament Director
A familiar face in Southern California tennis circles has been named the new tournament director of the USTA Girls’ 16s & 18s National Championships. The USTA has named San Diego resident Lornie Kuhle as the new tournament director. Kuhle hopes to raise the profile of an already prestigious event, just like he has the annual…
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LGBT Pride Month: On Court with L.A. Tennis Association
In 1978, a group of tennis players in West Hollywood convened to organize tennis matches among friends. More than a decade later, that group had long since launched the idea of creating a league for players of all levels, attracting more than 600 members to The Los Angeles Tennis Association (LATA). As demand grew, LATA…
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Semifinals Set At SCTA Junior Sectionals
Top-seeded Brandon Nakashima came up big Saturday to advance to the Boys’ 18s semifinals with a solid straight-set win over No. 5-8 seeded UCLA-bound Connor Hance during the 115th Annual SCTA Junior Sectionals. Nakashima will take on another No. 5-8 seed in Siem Woldeab of La Mesa in Sunday’s semis at the Los Caballeros Racquet…
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Saturday’s Sectionals Schedule
The 115th Annual SCTA Junior Sectionals continue on Saturday with the top matchup coming in the Boys’ 18s singles as top-seeded Brandon Nakashima from San Diego takes on Torrance’s Connor Hance at 2 p.m. in the quarterfinals at the Los Caballeros Racquet Club in Fountain Valley. In another highly anticipated quarterfinal, Timothy Sah and Jacob…
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Friday’s Sectional Schedule
The 115th Annual SCTA Junior Sectional continued on Thursday at the host site Los Caballeros Racquet Club in Fountain Valley and other nearby venues. Click on the following for Friday’s Match Schedule Top players in action on Friday include top-seeded Boys’ 18s player Brandon Nakishima and the past two Ojai CIF winners Connor Hance (2016)…