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2012 BOYS TENNIS TEAM CAPSULES

Dan Stickradt | September 12, 2012 | Comments (1)

2012 BOYS TENNIS TEAM CAPSULES

Below are the 2012 boys tennis team capsules for high schools located in the coverage area for Digital Daily www.northoaklandsports.com and The Real Deal sports and coupons magazine. Additional information can be submitted to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or results@northoaklandsports.com

Auburn Hills Avondale

HEAD COACH: Michael Kopec

2011 RECORD: 3-6-0, 1-5-0 OAA White Division.

LEAGUE TOURNAMENT FINISH: Sixth at OAA-White Tournament (17 points); sixth overall in final standings (four points).

REGIONAL FINISH: Fourth at Division 2 Bloomfield Hills Lahser regional (seven points).

STATE FINALS FINISH: Did not qualify.

SINGLES LINEUP: Jon Phou, sr. (No. 1; currently injured); Kevin Yang, jr. (No. 2); Ben Beckas, sr. (No. 3); Garrett Cook, jr. (No. 4); Anu Reddy, sr. (No. 5).

DOUBLES LINEUP: Craig Marshalek, jr. (No. 1) Max Spurlin, sr. (No. 1); Drew Hutcheson, jr. (No. 2); Jacob Adams, jr. (No. 2); Adam Morton, jr. (No. 3); Siva Koduvayar, jr. (No. 3); Jason Song, jr. (No. 4); Alex Orzechowski, jr. (No. 4); Andy Larsen, jr. (No. 5); Brian VanFleteren, jr. (No. 5).

NOTABLES: Avondale moved up to the OAA-White last season and garnered a sixth-place finish with a young team. Advancement up the charts this season will hinge on development of a roster of a mixture of new and old.

Clarkston

HEAD COACH: Chaz Claus, eighth season.

2011 RECORD: 5-5-0, 3-3-0 OAA White Division.

LEAGUE TOURNAMENT FINISH: Tied for third at OAA White Division league tournament (45 points); fourth overall (9.5 points).

REGIONAL FINISH: Seventh at Division 1 Rochester regional (three points).

STATE FINALS FINISH: Did not qualify.

SINGLES LINEUP: Brendan Greenlee, soph. (No. 1); Scott Schultz, sr. (No. 2).

DOUBLES LINEUP: Johnny Whall, jr. (No. 1); Joey Whall, jr. (No. 1).

KEY LOSES: Andrew Heurmann (No. 1 singles); J.D. Budzinski (No. 2 singles); Jordan Kincaid (No. 3); Trey Hughes (No. 1 doubles); Matt Dahl (No. 1 doubles);

Patrick Bemis (No. 2 doubles) Eric Kurowski, (No. 2 doubles); Zach Finn (No. 2 doubles); Alex Richards (No. 4 doubles).

NOTABLES: Clarkston was a respectable squad last season, finishing in the middle of the pack in the OAA-White and seventh at a loaded Rochester regional. The Wolves, like many local teams, must replace more than half of their lineup, and could battle through a rebuilding campaign.

RETURN TO SENDER: Troy Athens junior No. 1 singles player Richard Zhang should be one of the state’s better players this season. File Photo | Dan Stickradt

Holly

HEAD COACH: Will Sophiea, seventh season.

2011 RECORD: 6-0-1, 6-0-1 Flint Metro League

LEAGUE FINISH: Won flint Metro League tournament (56 points); first overall in final standings (15 points).

LEAGUE TOURNAMENT FINISH: First at FML tournament, first overall in final standings (15 points).

REGIONAL FINISH: Second at Division 2 Holly regional (24 points).

STATE FINALS FINISH: Tied for 17^th overall at Division 2 state finals (two points).

SINGLES LINEUP: Jeff Sophiea, jr. (No.1 singles; league runner-up the past two seasons); Connor Bilkos, sr. (No. 2); Evan Vergith, fr. (No. 3); Dillon Sink, soph. (No. 4);

DOUBLES LINEUP: Craig Richards, jr. (No. 1); Parker Rowse, soph. (No. 1); Taylor Mills, jr. (No. 2); Zac Goodrich, jr. (No. 2); Parker Cuthbert, jr. (No. 3); Aaron Vergith, soph.(No. 3); Morgan Baylis, soph. (No. 4); Gunner LaFave, sr. (No. 4); Mitch Hughes, soph.(No. 5) ; Drew Eggleston, jr. (No. 5).

KEY LOSES: Sam Caldwell (No. 2 singles); Connor Knudson (No. 4 doubles).

NOTABLES: Holly tied Brandon in a dual match but ended up claiming its 19^th straight league title with a win at the conference tournament. The Bronchos only graduated two of its top 12 players and are favored to win this season. Holly could also be a team that could make a dent at the D-2 state finals if it qualifies again and is built for the future with only two seniors in its top 14 players this season. Holly is already 3-0-0 in league play and finished 3-0-0 at th recent Okemos Quad with featured state-qualifying teams from last year in North Farmington, Rochester Stoney Creek and Okemos.

Lake Orion

HEAD COACH: Eric Bracciano, seventh season.

2011 RECORD: 6-7-0, 2-4-0 OAA White Division.

LEAGUE FINISH: Fifth at OAA White Division Tournament (29 points); fifth in final league standings (six points).

REGIONAL FINISH: Sixth at Division 1 Rochester regional (four points).

STATE FINALS FINISH: Did not qualify.

OTHER TOURNAMENTS: Second at Clarkston Invite; third at Troy Athens Invite.

SINGLES LINEUP: Ryan Kaczor, sr. (No. 1; All-Area First Team at No. 1 doubles last season); Jesse Keller, sr. (No. 2); Palmer Hatch, jr. (No. 3); Alex Gandhi, jr. (No. 4).

DOUBLES LINEUP: Bryan VanRooyen, sr. (No. 1); Gavin Mills, soph. (No. 1); Travis Nawrocki, sr. (No.2); Kyle Steinfeldt, jr. (No. 2); Ted Swietlik, jr. (No. 3); Mitchell Bryan, jr. (No. 3); Jan Bernhardt, soph. (No. 4); Kevin Hansen, fr. (No. 4); Kyle Kutchek, jr. (No. 5); Grant Wilson, sr. (No. 5).

KEY LOSES: Eric Kaczor (No. 1 doubles; All-Area First Team); Ryan Lambrecht, sr.

(played No. 2 doubles last season; not playing this season to concentrate on baseball); Nick Ludwig (No. 1 singles); Arthur Pawlikowski (No. 2 singles); Brenden MacDonald (No. 3 singles); Tyler Jackson (No. 2 doubles); Evan Pavlik (No. 4 doubles); Griffin Bessette (No. 4 doubles).

NOTABLES: The Dragons return 8 of 16 players this season but suffered a loss when one of their top players opted not to play and to concentrate on baseball. This team could be wild card in the OAA-White Division if the Dragons can gel in a hurry. They could move up a few slots in the league.

Ortonville Brandon

HEAD COACH: Debbie Sebetic

2011 RECORD: 7-1-1, 6-0-1 Flint Metro League.

LEAGUE TOURNAMENT FINISH: Second at FML Tournament (51 points); second in final league standings.

REGIONAL FINISH: Fourth at Division 2 Holly regional (12 points).

STATE FINALS FINISH: Did not qualify as team; finished 22^nd at D-2 finals (one point) on play of Navarre at No. 1 singles.

SINGLES LINEUP: Spencer Navarre, sr. (No. 1 singles; League MVP); McKenzie Walsh, sr. (No. 2 singles); Nick Skinsacos, sr. (No. 3)

DOUBLES LINEUP: Doubles lineup is still being juggled.

NOTABLES: The Blackhawks will have one of the better 1-2 punches in the area in Navarre and Walsh at the top two singles flights. After finishing second in the FML last season and fourth in the regional, is there enough talent to make a push for another top-two league finish and a state finals berth?

Oxford

NOTABLES: This is a first year club team with only a small handful of numbers. The Wildcats will need to build this program up enough for a full roster before going varsity status in a couple of years.

Pontiac

NOTABLES: No information submitted.

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Pontiac Notre Dame Prep

HEAD COACH: Peter Riley.

2011 RECORD: 5-4-0, 2-2-0 CHSL-AA Division (third in division).

LEAGUE TOURNAMENT FINISH: Seventh at CHSL-AB league finals.

REGIONAL FINISH: Fourth at Division 3 Almont regional.

STATE FINALS FINISH: Did not qualify.

SINGLES LINEUP: Mike Amici, jr. (No. 1; played in Italy last season as exchange student); Tyler Jackson, jr. (No. 2); Brett Boyer, sr. (No. 3); Bobby Joseph, soph. (No. 4).

DOUBLES LINEUP: Jesse Lopez, sr. (No. 1); Patrick Mulrenin, sr. (No. 1); Rob Molnar, jr. (No. 2); John Potwardowski, jr. (No. 2); Ryan Connors, fr. (No. 3); Shawn Potwardowski, fr. (No. 3); Clark Meek, fr. (No. 4); Nick Raggio, fr. (No. 4); Jeff Bullard, sr.; Grant Dewey, fr.; Eric Leen, sr., Peter Lucido, sr.

KEY LOSES: Chad Barnhart (No. 1 singles);

NOTABLES: Although the Irish lost its No.1 singles player to graduation, the team picked up a former player that spent last school year in Italy and will now play No. 1 singles. With six of the top eight players back from last season, this team could very well contend for top honors in the CHSL-AA Division and make an honest effort of reaching the Division 3 state finals. This is a young team as three of the six seniors are exhibition players and not in the top 12.There are five freshmen on the varsity roster.

Rochester

HEAD COACH: Jerry Murphy, 39^th season.

2011 RECORD: 5-4-0, 4-2-0 OAA White Division.

LEAGUE TOURNAMENT FINISH: Tied for third at OAA White Division Tournament (45 points); third overall in final standings 95 points).

REGIONAL FINISH: Fourth at Division 1 Rochester regional (nine points).

STATE FINALS FINISH: Did not qualify.

SINGLES LINEUP: Torre Rocco, jr. (No. 1); Collin Periozich, jr. (No. 2); Mike Sepeta, jr. (No. 3); Dillan Solanski, soph. (No. 4).

DOUBLES LINEUP: Axl Patalinghug, jr. (No. 1); Scott Schlagel, sr. (No. 1); Matt Beckstrom, sr. (No. 2); Luke Erunson, soph. (No. 2); Ryan Wu, jr. (No. 3); Sathya Narayanan, jr. (No. 3); Alex Koitman, jr. (No. 4) Matt Randall, jr. (No. 4); Anath Ramaseshan, jr. (No. 5); Frank Corsetti, jr. (No. 5).

KEY LOSES: Vishal Modi (No. 1 singles); Jason Manns (No. 2 singles) Wilson Wong (No. 3 doubles); Ani Mayasandra, sr. (No. 4 singles); Luke Brunson, jr. (No. 1 doubles); Neil Heberer, sr. (No. 2 doubles).

NOTABLES: Featuring a team with only five seniors last season, the Falcons still managed to finish third in the league and fourth at a deep regional behind three senior/junior heavy teams. Could the Falcons be a sleeper pick to contend in the league this season?

Rochester Adams

HEAD COACH: Al Must, 30^th season

2011 RECORD: 13-2, 5-2 OAA Red Division

LEAGUE TOURNAMENT FINISH: Fourth at league tournament; fourth overall

REGIONAL FINISH: Second at Rochester regional.

STATE FINALS FINISH: eighth at Division 1 state finals

SINGLES LINEUP: Justin Hyman, soph. (All-State Honorable Mention last season; top-10 prospect in all of Michigan; League champ at No. 2 singles last season); Charles Xu, jr. (No.2 singles); Rahual Jain, sr. (No. 3 singles); Eric Chuang, jr. (No. 4 singles).

DOUBLES LINEUP: Zhibin Deng, sr. (No. 1); Matt Lilly, soph. (No. 1); Neal Chitin, sr. (returnee); Silvester Jang, soph. (returnee); Josh Lee, sr. (returnee); Ashish Tripali, soph. (returnee); Dan Carniac, jr. (new); Rishi Mehta, jr. (new); Michael Im, sr. (new); Steven Duam, sr. (new).

KEY LOSES: Graduated five players, including Kristoff Saari (No. 1 singles; All-State First Team); Jujun Lee (No. 1 doubles); Stephen Wang (No. 1 doubles);

NOTABLES: The Highlanders have consistently been one of the area’s most dominant teams in the past decade. This year Adams has several first-year varsity players or players playing in a new flight. A 3-0-0 start is promising, but the Highlanders will soon collide in the OAA Red Division against some of the state’s very best. There is plenty of potential here and a possible state qualifying benchmark could be in the works. This could also be a rebuilding year, even within the conference. Time will tell.

Rochester Stoney Creek

HEAD COACH: Heather Redshaw.

2011 RECORD: 3-6-0, 1-6-0 OAA Red Division

LEAGUE TOURNAMENT FINISH: Seventh at OAA Red Division tournament (27 points); seventh in final standings (four points).

REGIONAL FINISH: Third at Division 1 Rochester regional (21 points).

STATE FINALS FINISH: 15^th at Division 1 state finals (three points).

SINGLES LINEUP: Nick Fiaschetti, sr. (No. 1;All-State First Team; All-Area First Team; 20-6; lost in state quarterfinals); Vlad Olten, fr. (No. 2); Ben Li, jr. (No. 3); Shyam Sudheera, sr. (No. 4).

DOUBLES LINEUP: Jake Kruk, sr. (No. 1). Chris Stanburg, jr. (No. 1); Gonzalo Pugnaire, jr. (No. 2); Josh Li, jr. (No. 2); Paul Seyferth, jr. (No. 3); Nick Kuntzman, jr. (No. 3); Massimo Polcyn, jr. (No. 4); Kevin Ruprich, jr. (No. 4); Zack Stone, soph. (No. 5); Brandon Meharg, soph. (No. 5).

KEY LOSES: John Seyferth,(No. 1 doubles); Josh Lee, (No. 1 doubles).

NOTABLES: Two years ago the Cougars won the OAA White Division. Last season they were promoted to the OAA Red Division and finished seventh but the strength of schedule helped them finish third at the regional and advance to the D-1 state finals as an at-large team. There is still some carryovers from that team and several new players in the doubles lineup that hope to keep the cougars in the running for a state finals pass come mid-October.

Troy

HEAD COACH: Brian Miska, first season.

2011 RECORD: 7-1-1, 6-0-1 OAA Red Division.

LEAGUE TOURNAMENT FINISH: Second at OAA red Division league tournament (51 points); first overall in final league standings (14.5 points).

REGIONAL FINISH: Second at Division 1 Grosse Pointe South regional (24 points). STATE FINALS FINISH: 11^th at Division 1 state finals (10 points).

SINGLES LINEUP: Brett Forman, sr. (No. 1 singles; state champ in 2010; injured most of last season); Ginai Reddy, jr. (No. 2); Michael Faber, jr. (No. 3); Tarun Kalyaraman, soph. (No. 4).

DOUBLES LINEUP: Saumil Shah, sr. (No. 1); Pramode Mulbugula, jr. (No. 1); Connor Dubay, jr. (No. 2); Alex Balt, jr. (No. 2); Mandu Prahbu, jr. (No. 3); Andrae Ingram, jr. (No. 3); Sachin Ketkar, jr. (No. 4); Kevin Fietsam, jr. (No. 4); Vince Thieu, jr. (No. 5); Adi Das, jr. (No. 5).

KEY LOSES: Noah Rice (No. 1 singles); Vinai Reddy (No. 2); Sanjay Devireddy (No. 3 singles); Matt Kuntzmann (No. 1 doubles); Kento Mizusaki (No. 1 doubles); Mike Kuntzmann (No. 2 doubles); James Hiechel (No. 2 doubles); Nick Fave (No. 3 doubles); Mike Mendola (No. 3 doubles).

NOTABLES: With Brett Forman injured last season, the Colts went from being a state title contender to finishing 11^th at the state finals. Even without him, Troy still won the OAA Red Division and finished second at the regional. The Colts bring back Foreman from injury but have infused a new head coach and several first-year varsity players into the lineup. A total of 10 players from last year’s roster have departed, leaving multiple question marks.

Troy Athens

HEAD COACH: Eric Shipp, eighth season.

2011 RECORD: 7-2-0, 5-1-0 OAA White Division

LEAGUE TOURNAMENT FINISH: Second at OAA White Division tournament (48 points); second in final league standings (12 points).

REGIONAL FINISH: Third at Division 1 Grosse Pointe South regional (17 points).

STATE FINALS FINISH: Did not qualify as team; 17^th (two points) on performance of Zhang at No. 1 singles).

SINGLES LINEUP: Richard Zhang, jr. (No. 1; 25-9; All-State First Team; Round of 16 at state finals); Eric Flewelling, sr. (No. 2); Jason Potter, soph. (No. 3); Sheevan Naik, sr. (No. 4).

DOUBLES LINEUP: Phillip Ma, sr.; Aditiya Yelemanchi, jr.; James Jia, sr; (doubles lineup still in flex).

KEY LOSES: Mehul Gaur, (No. 1 doubles); Kevin Zywicki, (No. 1 doubles); Brian Lee (No. 2 doubles); Stan Smith (No. 2 doubles); Andrew Yan (No. 3 doubles); Grant Loukmas (No. 4 doubles); Sameer Desai (No. 4 doubles).

NOTABLES: Athens missed the state finals as a team by just a point, the second time in four years that has happened;