Khoury reaches final

Newport Harbor High freshman Robert Khoury, the No. 2 seed in the Sea

View League boys tennis individual championships, defeated Foothill’s

Jay Himber, 6-0, 6-4, in the singles semifinals Wednesday at Laguna

Hills.

Khoury is facing Woodbridge’s Shimpei Suzuki, the top seed, in the

finals. The match began Wednesday but was postponed until today

because of rain. They’re tied in the first set, 1-1.

In doubles, Foothill’s Kyle Roybal and Morgan Serfas defeated

Newport Harbor’s Charlie Farmer and Tyler Deck, 6-3, 6-3. Farmer and

Deck are both juniors

Braunsdorf ousted

* Estancia High freshman Scott Braunsdorf came up just short in

the Golden West League boys tennis singles finals Wednesday, losing

to top-seeded Jason Nguyen of Westminster, 6-1, 6-2.

Braunsdorf, the No. 2 seed, lost the first set in his semifinal

match Tuesday, 0-6, but rebounded to post two consecutive 7-5

victories against Ocean View’s Thomas Nguyen.

The Eagles’ doubles team of Louis Valdes and Chris Cacho took

fourth place in league after falling to a Saddleback duo, 7-6, 4-6,

2-6, Wednesday. Cacho and Valdes were seeded third while the

Saddleback team was the No. 4 seed.

Lightning duo takes 3rd

* The No 1. doubles team from Sage Hill School, Eric Burton and

Tristian Cordier, took home third place in the Academy League boys

tennis finals Wednesday and was named to the league’s first team.

Burton and Cordier lost, 6-1, 6-2, in the semifinals to Jason Lee

and Howard Lai, the top-seeded team and eventual champion from host

Whitney.

In the third-place match, Burton and Cordier battled out a tough

three sets, rallying from a 4-6 loss in the first to take the final

two, 7-5, 7-6 over Whitney’s second-seeded team of James Lhi and

Parag Parekh.

Burton and Cordier will be first alternates for the CIF Southern

Section individual sectionals that begin May 22.

In the Southern Section Division V final rankings, three teams

from the Academy League were ranked in the top five. Sage Hill was

No. 5, with Whitney at No. 1 and Fairmont Prep at No. 3.