State tennis: Singles, doubles tourneys open Friday April 19

April 18, 2013 by Les Willsey, AZPreps365


The Division I, II and III state singles and doubles tournaments begin Friday April 19 with the first three rounds of action through April 20 at sites across the Valley.

New singles champions will be crowned in Division I and Division II for boys and girls with last year's champs seniors. Back to defend girls doubles titles are Xavier's Maggie Cohen and Scarlet Rush (D-I) and Catalina Foothills Rachana Bhat and Kirtana Bhat (D-II). Division III seedings have champs returning as No. 1 seeds in singles -- Fountain Hills Max Schell and Estrella Foothills Erin Cory. D-III doubles will see new champions.

Here are sites, start times and top seeds for each of the three divisions:

BOYS

DIVISION I

WHEN: Friday April 19 (10:30 a.m. singles, 1:30 p.m. doubles) and Saturday April 20 (1 p.m. singles and doubles)

WHERE: Friday April 19 at Indian School Park, 4289 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale (first two rounds); Saturday April 20 at Scottsdale Ranch Park, 10400 E. Via Linda, Scottsdale (3rd round)

TOP SEEDS: Singles --  1. Hudson Blake, Brophy; 2. James Ponwith, Chaparral; 3. Kyle Chalmers, Brophy; 4. Yash Parikh, Salpointe. Doubles -- 1. Andrew Dunn-Tyler Linscott, Salpointe; 2. Daniel Hollands-Chrisman Smith, Mesquite; 3. San Wang-Mac Howell, Hamilton; 4. Jeremy Auh-Chase Victor, Desert Mountain.

DIVISION II

WHEN: Friday Friday April 19 (10:30 a.m. singles, 1:30 p.m. doubles) and Saturday April 20 (12:30 p.m. singles and doubles)

WHERE: Friday April 19 at Scottsdale Ranch Park, 10400 E. Via Linda, Scottsdale (first two rounds); Saturday April 20 at Paseo Racquet Center, 6268 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale (3rd round) 

TOP SEEDS: Singles -- 1. Alex Bose, Ironwood Ridge; 2. Mike Lee, Catalina Foothills, 3. Cassidy Reader, Campo Verde, 4. Nate Rasmussen, Catalina Foothills. Doubles -- 1. Cody Petford-Adam Knox, Ironwood Ridge; 2. Luke Carstens-Adrian Cordova, Notre Dame; 3. Quinn Gardner-Andrew Good, Catalina Foothills; 4. Konrad Krolls-Mark Prygolki, Notre Dame.

DIVISION III

WHEN:  Friday April 19 (11:30 a.m.singles, 12:30 p.m. doubles) and Saturday April 20 (3:30 p.m. singles and doubles)

WHERE: Friday April 19 at  Paseo Racquet Center, 6268 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale (first two rounds); Saturday April 20 at  Paseo Racquet Center, 6268 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale (3rd round) 

TOP SEEDS: Singles -- 1. Max Schell, Estrella Foothills; 2. Delaney Harbin, Phoenix Christiain; 3. Matt Fisher, Fountain Hills; 4. David Strong, St. Gregory. Doubles -- 1. Jacob Meyer-Troy Parsons, Valley Lutheran. 2. Nick Smallwood-Alex Smallwood, Safford. 3. Nathan McMaster-Reed Goodman, Thatcher. 4. Tim Schlum-Matt Seiwert, Fountain Hills.

GIRLS

DIVISION I

WHEN:  Friday April 19 (10:30 a.m. singles, 1:30 p.m. doubles) and Saturday April 20 (11:30 a.m. singles and double)

WHERE: Friday April 19 at Gene Autry Sports Complex, 4125 E. McKellips Road, Mesa (first two rounds); Saturday April 20 at Scottsdale Ranch Park, 10400 E. Via Linda, Scottsdale (3rd round)

TOP SEEDS: Singles --1. Caroline Amos, Salpointe; 2. Madison Clarke, Xavier; 3. McKenzie Majerle, Chaparral; 4. Mikayla Morgan, Boulder Creek.  Doubles -- 1. Maggie Cohen-Scarlet Rush, Xavier. 2. Emily Serrano-Madison Majerle, Xavier. 3. Chloe Weihs-Alexandria Penner, Centennial. 4. Nicole Whinery-Maeve McGeorge, Salpointe.

DIVISION II

WHEN: Friday April 19 (10:30 a.m. singles; 1:30 p.m. doubles) and Saturday April 20 (11 a.m. singles and doubles)

WHERE: Friday April 19 at Phoenix Tennis Center, 6330 N. 21st Avenue, Phoenix (first two rounds); Saturday April 20 at  Paseo Racquet Center, 6268 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale (3rd round)

TOP SEEDS: Singles -- 1. Sara Brown, Ironwood Ridge; 2. Alexia Lombardi, Notre Dame; 3. Cristina Oropeza, Nogales; 4. Natalia Lombardi, Notre Dame. Doubles - 1. Rachana Bhat-Kirtana Bhat, Catalina Foothills; 2. Caitlin Railson-Sarah Eversman, Notre Dame; 3. Marissa Baca-Kelsey Brown, Ironwood Ridge. 4. Janine Fernando-Jeunne Fernando, Sabino.

DIVISION III

WHEN: Friday April 19 (8:30 a.m. singles, 10 a.m. doubles) and Saturday April 20 (2 p.m. singles and doubles)

WHERE: Friday April 19 at Paseo Racquet Center, 6268 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale first two rounds); Saturday April 20 at Paseo Racquet Center, 6268 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale (3rd round)

TOP SEEDS: Singles -- 1. Erin Cory, Estrella Foothills; 2. Abbie Denney, Northwest Christian; 3. Courtenay Gleason, Desert Christian; 4. Jenny Fisher, Fountain Hills. Doubles -- 1. Allie Scott-Gabrielle Courtney, Pusch Ridge. 2. Maria Russell-Joey Uzzanti, Northwest Christian; 3. Charlotte Aaron-Rae Aaron, Phoenix Country Day. 4. Haley Brown-Jena Serrano, Fountain Hills.

Play continues and concludes the following week (Friday April 26 and Saturday April 27) with all matches held at Paseo Racquet Center in Glendale. Quarterfinals for all divisions are  April 26 with the semifinals and finals on  April 27.