BOYS TENNIS TEAM ARCHIVES

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2009 Season

June 1, 2009 - - - The Tennis Team participated in the first round of the State Tournament this past weekend but did not receive enough points to move on.

The NEC Large Schools Men's All-Stars named Singles Second Team Larry Cheung and Daveth Cheth,  doubles second team, Kevin Mazige-Doodley Alouidor . Honorable Mention goes to Jeremy Dorson. 
 

Daily Item Roundup

Classical 4, English 1  ( and Qualify for State Tournament )

It was a two-fer type of day for the Classical boys tennis team Wednesday at Breed. Not only did the Rams defeat rival English, 4-1, but they also qualified for the state tournament.

"It's always a big deal to beat English, but it's nice to earn a spot in the tournament for the second straight year," Classical coach Chris Hayward said, noting that this is the first time in the history of the program the Rams have qualified for the state tournament two years in a row.

"I'm really proud of the kids," Hayward said. "Hopefully we'll be able to carry this into the playoffs."

Daveth Cheth won at first singles, 6-0, 6-1; Larry Cheung at second singles, 6-0, 6-1; Kevin Mazige-Doodley Alouidor at first doubles, 6-3, 6-0; and Alex Messina-Justin Diamond at second singles, 6-3, 6-2.

 

Danvers 3, Classical 2

At Danvers, the Falcons (9-8, 8-6 Northeastern Conference) came up big in the lower three spots with Matt Arias defeating Cesar Castro, 6-0, 6-2, in third singles, Bob Fuller-Matt Costanza defeating Doodley Alouidor-Kevin Mazige at first doubles, 6-3, 6-1, and Kevin McManus-Mike DeSantis defeating Justin Diamond-Alex Messina at second doubles, 6-3, 6-3. Classical picked up wins from Larry Cheung at first singles, 7-5, 6-1, and Daveth Cheth at second singles, 6-0, 6-1.

The Rams (8-7) and the Falcons both need one more win to qualify for the state tournament.
 

Classical Boys Tennis Edge Peabody

St. Mary's 3, Classical 2

At Breed Middle School, the Spartans (7-7) Grant McKinnon won the deciding match, 6-3, 6-3, to get St. Mary's over the top. Matt O'Hare won 6-4, 6-4 in second singles and Conor Jansen-Matt McDermott won 6-1, 6-0 in second doubles for the other St. Mary's points.
 

Classical Inches Towards Tournament

By Christian Mielcarek / For The Item

Revere 3, Classical 2

At Breed, Classical (5-5) picked up a point a first singles, where Daveth Cheth defeated Steaven Nguyen, 6-4, 6-1, and at first doubles, where Kevin Mazige-Doodley Alouidor defeated John Nguyen-Michael Truong, 6-2, 6-2.
 

Gloucester 4, Classical 1

At Gloucester, Daveth Cheth (6-1, 6-1) was the lone winner for the Rams (5-4) as the Fishermen (3-6) got victories from Chase Kelly (6-3, 6-3), Marcus Busby (7-5, 6-1), and the teams of Brian Hand-Brett Davis (6-3, 5-7, 7-5) and Michael McGovern-Matt Martin (2-6, 6-3, 6-3).
 

Classical 3, Swampscott 2

At Swampscott, the Rams earned their first win against the Big Blue this decade after Kevin Mazige and Doodley Alouidor prevailed in first doubles, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4. Also winning for Classical were Daveth Cheth, second singles (7-5, 6-4); and Jeremy Dorson, third singles (6-4, retire).

For Swampscott (5-2), Colin Toner won first singles (6-0, 6-3) and Dan Goldman and Josh Lunder won first doubles (6-0, 6-0).
 

Classical 4, Saugus 1

At Breed, the Rams (4-3) got the job done with wins from Larry Cheung at first singles, 6-3, 6-2; Daveth Cheth at second singles, 6-0, 6-3; Jeremy Dorson, third singles, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, and Doodley Alouidor-Kevin Mazige at first doubles. Bobbi Raymondi and Alex Eireza won at second doubles for Saugus, 6-4, 6-4.
 

Classical 4, Salem 1

At Salem, Justin Diamond earned his first varsity victory in second doubles along with partner Alex Messina (6-4, 6-3). The Rams' (2-2) other winners were: Larry Cheung, first singles (6-2, 6-1); Daveth Cheth, second singles (6-1, 6-2); and Doodley Alouidor, third singles (6-2, 6-0).
 

Classical Boys Break into the Win Column

Winthrop 5, Classical 0

At Breed, Rams (0-2) coach Chris Heyward liked what he saw from Jeremy Dorson, who lost 3-6, 5-7 at third singles.

"A couple points and he could've easily won," Heyward said. "I'm really proud of him."

Revere 3, Classical 2

At Revere, the Rams (0-1) got points from Larry Cheung, 6-1, 6-1, at first singles and Daveth Cheth, 6-2, 6-3, at second singles.

For Revere, Richie Leng won 6-4, 6-4 at third singles; John Nguyen-Mike Traung at first doubles, 6-1, 6-1, and Francisco Tartaglia-Carlos Monroy, 6-2, 6-1.

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2008 Season

Action on the Courts

Captains and Coach Hayward

Classical 4, English 1

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 2

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

By Joyce Erekson / The Daily Item

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

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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2007 Team Photos

Dave Manalaysay, Marc Muller, Matt McNair, James Khun, Vinnie Gonzalez

Evan D’Avolio, Eric Silva, Brian Burgess, Matt Adolph, Andrew Ryback, Alex Rittershaus, Ben Wheeler

Steve Fortucci, Daveth Cheth, Jeremy Dorson, Cesar Castro

Steve Thuo, Larry Cheung, Chris Cole

Salem 3, Classical 2

At Breed, this one was a battle up and down the lineup. Salem's David Powers nipped Dave Manalaysay at first singles, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5; Nick Charlton was leading the first set, 5-1, at second singles when Classical's Larry Cheung had to stop playing due to illness.

Salem's Andy Cabrera and Bryan Choate won second doubles, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 over James Khun and Evan D'Avolio. That was the deciding match.

Classical picked up its points at third singles, where Alex Ritteshaus defeated Melkon Galstian, 6-4, 6-2, and at first doubles, where Eric Silva and Matt McNair won 6-4, 6-4

Danvers 3, Classical 2  5/8/07

At Breed, Alex Rittershaus won his match at third singles, 6-1, 6-1, and Matt McNair and Andrew Ryback won at second doubles for the Rams' two points. McNair and Ryback had lost the first set, 1-6, won the second, 6-4, and were winning 3-2 in the third when a Danvers player had to leave because of Confirmation.

Classical is 4-7 overall, 3-6 in the Northeastern Conference.

Classical Boys Tennis Defeat Revere

Another Win for the Guys -Classical 4, Revere 1

Pictured above is Eric Silva and Jr.Evan D'Avolio who play first singles together and are both captains.

At Breed Middle School, the Rams (2-3) are officially on a roll. Larry Cheung defeated John Mauro, 7-5, 6-4, at first singles; Alex Rittershaus defeated Justin DeSimone, 6-0, 6-1, at third singles; Eric Silva-Evan D'Avolio defeated Jay Guarantello-Julien Velasquez, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2, at first doubles; and James Khun-Vinnie Gonzalez defeated Richie Leng-Steaven Nguyen, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, at second doubles. Dave Leng picked up Revere's only point with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Dave Manalaysay at second singles.

  Classical Comes in Second - - -Winthrop 3, Classical 2   4/10/07

At Classical, the Rams' (0-1) wins came from Dave Manalaysay over Greg Covelle at first singles (7-6, 4-6, 6-2) and Larry Cheung against Eric Famiglietti at second singles (6-2, 6-3).
Alex Rittershaus-Eric Silva and James Khun-Evan D'Avolio played well in the doubles matches.

  Tennis Roster 2007

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Boys Tennis Team 2006

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Boys Tennis Team 2005

    4/27/05 - The current player roster for the 2005 Boys Tennis Team :

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BOYS TENNIS 2004

LCHS Tennis Head Coach: Penny Pension      Site: Breed Middle School  

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Boys Tennis 2003

                 Coach Sam Ep with Captain Josh Walsh            Captain Josh with Girls Captain Sara Paunovic      

Varsity 1st Doubles Jarrid Legere and Captain Aaron Leong                             

                                                                                      JV Doubles Ryan McCarthy and Nathan Legere

Head Coach : Penny Pension              Assistant Coach : Sam Ep

      This was a new year for the Classical boys tennis team.  They had players from last year coming back and also got new players for the future.  The tennis team  started  their season of against Marblehead on April 9, 2003.  

    The coach for the Classical boys tennis team is Ms. Pension.  She also has some help this year with the addition of assistant coach Mr. Ep, who has begun to put the team in shape and help the players with their techniques.  Says Ms. Pension, “I believe that we are going to be good this year because of the players we have coming back from last year and that give us experience.”  She also says that they have added skill players to the team.

    The team has three co-captains; they are Joshua Walsh, Aaron Leong, and David Skahan.  Joshua Walsh is senior returning while Aaron Leong and David Skahan are returning juniors. They are the most experienced.  Other returnees from last year are Tanim Ahmed, Dan Titus, Jarrid Legere, and Celestino Morales.  This adds experience and the new players add depth to the team. 

                                                                                                                     Written by : Tanim Ahmed

            Here is a list of players on the team:

Name                          Grade

Ahmed Tanim               12                              Murray Chris                12

Titus Dan                       12                              Walsh Joshua              12

Donovan Andrew        11                              Doulis George              11

Gorynski Peter             11                              Legere Jarrid                11

Leong Aaron                11                              Lopez Steven               11

Morales Celestino       12                              Skahan David               11

Keo Christsna              10                              Magao Max                   10

Legere Nathan              09                             McCarthy Ryan            09

Pension Jay                  09