BOYS TENNIS TEAM 2008
LCHS Tennis Head Coach: Chris Hayward
Action on the Courts
Captains and Coach Hayward
Classical 4, English
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At Breed, winning for the Rams (9-6) were Alex Rittershaus, first singles (6-3,
6-2); Eric Silva, third singles (6-1, 6-1); Ben Wheeler-Evan D'Avolio, first
doubles (6-7, 7-6, 6-1); and Ryan Houde-Matt Adolf, second doubles (6-0, 6-1).
Classical 5, Salem 0
At Salem, Larry C. won 7-6, 6-0. Daveth C. won 6-0. 6-0. Ben W. and Evan D. won 6-2, 6-0. ZackO. and Chris C. won 6-2, 6-2. Alex R. won, as usual.
Beverly 3, Classical
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At Breed, the match came down to second singles where Beverly's Greg Crane
nipped Alex Rittershaus, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2. The Rams (7-5) won at first doubles with
Eric Silva-Ben Wheeler, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, and second doubles, with Zac
Osborne-Brian Houde, 6-4, 6-4. The Rams' Daveth Cheth lost a barnburner at third
singles, 4-6, 6-7.
Classical Blanks Revere
The Classical High boys tennis team upped its record to 7-4 Monday with a 4-0 win over Revere at Winchester.
M'head 5, Classical 0
At Marblehead, the Magicians (9-0) had wins from Collin Hyte at first singles,
6-1, 6-1; Alec Eidelman, 6-0, 6-2, at second singles; and Sean O'Connor at third
singles, 6-1, 6-0. Chris Conn-Kyle Benowitz won at first doubles, 6-0, 6-4, and
Chris Butterfield-David Traynor won at second doubles, 6-0, 7-5.
The Rams (6-4) had strong play from Jeremy Dorson, who competed in his first
varsity mach and did well despite a loss. He paired with Evan D'Avolio in second
doubles.
Saugus
3, Classical 2
At Saugus, the Rams' (6-2) Eric Silva-Ben Wheeler beat
Shawn Durant-Rob Snow, 6-1, 6-3 in first doubles and Zac Osborne-Evan D'Avolio
won 2-6, 6-0, 7-5 over Torrin Hanlon-Bobby Raymandi in second doubles for
Classical.
Saugus' Nick Bertrand beat Larry Cheung, 6-2, 6-2 in first singles; Bryan
Boyajian won 6-1, 7-5 over Alex Rittershaus in second singles; and Chris
DiChiara beat Daveth Cheth, 6-4, 6-3, in third singles for the Sachems.
Classical
4, G'ster 1
At Breed, the Rams' (6-1) Larry Cheung won 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 at first singles; Alex
Rittershaus defeated Chris Lufkin 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 at second singles; Daveth Cheth
lost 6-7, 5-7 at three; Eric Silva-Ben Wheeler won at first doubles, 6-4, 5-7,
6-1; and Brian Houde-Zac Osborne won at second doubles, 6-2, 6-4.
Swampscott Stops Classical in Bout of Undefeateds The Daily Item
The
Swampscott High boys tennis team defeated Classical, 4-1, Wednesday at Breed,
but the Rams, who went into the match undefeated, went down swinging.
Swampscott's Alex Hanbury defeated Larry Cheung, 6-1, 6-0, at first singles and
Josh Ruskin defeated Classical's Alex Rittershaus, 6-3, 6-3, in the two spot.
Classical picked up its win at third singles, with Daveth Cheth defeating
Brandon Poulin, 7-5, 6-4.
The first doubles match went three sets with Swampscott's Chris Kaplan-Sam
Andler defeating Ben Wheeler-Eric Silva, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. In second doubles, Scott
Leffler-Jared Jacobs defeated Classical's Brian Houde-Zac Osborne, 6-4, 6-2.
Swampscott is 6-1, 5-0 Northeastern Conference and the Rams are 5-1.
Tennis Team does it Again - Against English
The
Classical High boys and girls made it a clean sweep in tennis Friday, with the
boys defeating English 5-0 and the girls winning 4-1. Both matches were at
Breed.
In the boys match, the Rams improved to 5-0. Larry Cheung defeated Dara Chhan at
first singles, 6-7, 6-3, 7-5; Alex Rittershaus defeated German Gorodovsky at
second singles, 6-3, 7-5, and Daveth Cheth defeated Jose Ayala, 6-1, 6-1, in
third singles.
In doubles, Eric Silva-Ben Wheeler topped Alex Bannikov-Matt Border, 6-0. 6-1,
and Zac Osborne-Brian Houde defeated Travis Bacon-Gagfon Bomeo, 6-1, 6-0.
Classical Boys Win their Third Straight Match
The Classical High
boys tennis team is off to a 3-0 start thanks to a 5-0 win over Salem Friday at
Breed.
"A lot of kids worked hard at tennis all summer. I guess it's paying
off," Classical coach Chris Hayward said.
Larry Cheung won 6-3, 6-1, at first singles; Alex Rittershaus took second
singles, 6-3, 6-1, and Daveth Cheth won at third singles, 6-4, 6-3. The Rams
were equally successful in doubles, with Eric Silva-Ben Wheeler winning 6-2,
6-3, and Zac Osbourne-Brian Houde winning 6-0, 6-0, in the two spot.
Here are some photos from a recent away game. Look at the fine form and stances of some of our finest tennis players.
Alex, Daveth, Eric and Ben Provide Tennis Win over Beverly
The
Classical boys tennis team had to wait until the very end, but it got a second
win in the Northeastern Conference on Tuesday with a 3-2 win at Beverly.
The Rams' (3-2, 2-0 NEC) Alex Rittershaus won 7-5, 6-3 at second singles; Daveth
Cheth took a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 win in third singles; and Eric Silva-Ben Wheeler won
6-0, 7-6 at first doubles.
Boys Earn Big Victory
It was a banner day for Classical High tennis Monday with both the boys and girls teams picking up wins for their new coaches.The girls, under first-year
coach Kevin McDormand, squeezed past Revere, 3-2, at Winchester Indoor Tennis
Club. The Rams picked up a point at first singles, with Amanda Harney winning
7-6 (7-0), 7-6 (7-4). The first doubles team of Chelsie Osborne-Colleen Donovan
won 7-6, 6-4, and Sochitta Men-Jesie Carredano pulled out a three-setter at
second doubles.
McDormand took over the head coaching job for Penny Pension, who retired as head
girls and boys coach last year after retiring from teaching. With girls tennis
moving to the spring, two new coaches were needed. Chris Hayward took the boys
team, which defeated Revere, 4-1, at Breed.
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