San Juan Capistrano, CA — Great Season! So Far!

Newport Coast, CA — The Lions stayed the course today after dropping first round, 1 - 5.

Fullerton, CA — JSerra clinched the outright Trinity League Championship today in the most epic fashion!

San Juan Capistrano, CA — Almost pulled off a dozen bagels today.... Braves only forfeited 6 sets today, instead of the 12 sets they did last time!

San Juan Capistrano, CA — 'Winning Ugly' is a tennis booked penned by Brad Gilbert. The Lions were the front page of this book today! BUT, got it done in the next to last set...Mickey and Marco, pulled off a huge upset in one of the only 2 doubles sets captured by our duos. Today was a 7 set sweep by single players; Zach and Brady took 3 each and Cole grounded an Eagle for the second time.

Fountain Valley, CA — Trap games are no fun, especially away in 30+ mph wind gales. Very worrisome start as JSerra had trouble getting out of the gates. Down in two pivotal sets, JSerra put the stop to the skids, turned the tide with some timely service breaks to take round 1, 4-2. Rounds 2 and 3 both followed suit for a 8-, round 2 lead and a 12-6 finale. The matches were much tighter than the score shows and KOach felt fortunate to avoid the trap door.

Anaheim, CA — Great revenge game today! Last time the Lions were at OLu, we lost on a 9-9, 73-34 game count verdict, which kept us from the CIF playoffs.

San Juan Capistrano, CA — JSerra doubles carried their weight today, but, it wouldn't have mattered had Zach not upset Servite's top player in the 2nd round! Brady was on Mission Possible ll as he again, in24 hours, takes 6 sets of 6. Duos = Joe Bond playing against his old school with Cade; they posted a round 1 win that basically won the match for us in the beginning. The Charlie/Cade, Gary/Connor and Mikey/Marco proceeded to capture 4 of the last 6 doubles sets for a total of 9 to cinch the final.

San Juan Capistrano, CA — Best opener ever... 14 - 4 over Mater Dei sets the tone for the season as the Lions venture into Trinity League play. "Not gonna lie" states KOach, I was worried until kickoff, then I was fine, kinda sensed it during warmups to be honest. But, we had a GREAT collegiate-like practice Monday, our best of the season, and that is when I felt calm." The coaching staff worked hard to get the boys there, the rest was up to them. "We can only do so much, then they need to get out and play."

San Juan Capistrano, CA — The Lions broke the breakers today, quite a few times..

SANTA ANA, CA — but, we did gang up on Foothill today, beating one of OC's strongest teams, year in and year out.

Huntington Beach, CA — Back to our roots as JSerra traveled to Huntington Beach High School, where the Orahood brothers started there long-tenured tennis journies and short lived football 'careers'. Keith, Kent and I played on these courts for 2 years before Edison HS was built; Keith and I had spring football for the Chargers, on the grass we walked by and I even got cut from basketball on those outdoor courts we trapesed across. Flood of memories for us eveytime we visit, more reason for us to perform well. "We like to win here," states KOach Kirk, "but, 'Bradyless in HB' made for tough sailing." JSerra's doubles teams could only conjure up 1 set, which wasn't enough to help out a great singles outing. Gary with Connor were cruising vs HB's line 3 dubs when they 'tapped out' with an 'injury'. Our doubles suffered 2 real close tiebreaker losses which could have teetered in either direction, but in the other 6 sets that we lost, the Lions only totaled only 12 out of 54 games. "We will be looking inward to find a long-term solution for our duos."

Irvine, CA — JSerra varsity tennis moves to 4 wins no losses on the year with a 14-4 victory in Irvine, over Crean Lutheran. The Saints have a very formidable line 1 doubles and 2 strong singles, their team is stronger than the score suggests. Zach and Brady captured their customary 3 set sweeps which Gary and Connor matched in their doubles sets. Just like yesterdays post, "there's your 9 right there". Marco and Charlie picked up 2 doubles sets. Emilio and HB subbed in, taking a round 3 doubles set. BUT, best for last, Mikey Junge provided all the entertainmet in round 3, coming from behind 1-5, forcing a tiebreaker, fought off several match points, before succumbing 7-9 in the breaker. "Apparently", there was a dog kennel close by and it was very disruptive for both players.

San Juan Capistrano, CA — Hard to believe KOach was worried during round 1 that this was going to be 'Bad Day at Black Rock'...but, the LIONS rebounded quickly in round 2, and Tesoro's coach subbed liberally between round 2 and 3 ....aka, threw in the towel as JSerra picked up their 9th set prior to the 3rd round. Great sweeps by Zach and Brady and at line 1 dubs with Gary and Connor; there's your 9 right there. Subs, HB Warner in singles and Peter Zang with Hudson Aase added to the total.. HB's record is 4-1 in his inaugural year as a Lion netter. Also, Mikey/Marco may have picked up MVP honors had they remained in for round three. KOach was really happy with Caden Faul who lost 2 real close matches in his singles debut this year. AND happy with Cole and Charlie who pulled out a heated set at line 2 after dropping their opening set vs line 3.