Boys tennis season preview at a glance

O.C. preseason top 10

1. University

2. Mater Dei

3. Corona del Mar

4. Northwood

5. Dana Hills

6. Los Alamitos

7. Troy

8. Villa Park

9. Irvine

10. Santa Margarita

Top five returning players

John Huang, Sr, University

Matt Siow, Sr, University

Chris Freeman, Sr, Mater Dei

Charlie Alvarado, Sr, Mater Dei

Warren Hardie, Sr, Dana Hills

Other players to watch

Matt Kawashima, Sr, Beckman; Derrek Siddiqui, Sr., Los Alamitos; Brandon Schlack, So., Los Alamitos; Michael Tang, Sr., University; Kona Luu, So., University; Reo Asami, Fr, University; Ryo Shimizu, Fr, University; David Blakeley, Fr, University; Denis Nguyen, So., Canyon; Jonathan Huang, So., Foothill; Kevin Ginunas, Sr., El Dorado; Jeremy Barnett, Sr., Ocean View; Kevin Cox, Sr., Servite; Justin Thompson, Sr., Troy; Philip Xiao, So., Troy; Junya Yoshida, Sr., Northwood; Brandon Poon, Sr., Trabuco Hills; Jonathan Poon, Fr., Trabuco Hills; Sean Robles, So., Esperanza; Jaime Soliz, So., Foothill; Jim Myers, Jr., Dana Hills; Bryan Chung, Sr., Villa Park; Matt Chung, So., Villa Park; Jonathan Hammel, Fr., Valencia; Eddy Kim, Fr., Valencia; Sean De Young, Jr., Valencia; Omeed Ghassemi, Sr., Mater Dei; Justin Agbayani, Fr., Mater Dei; Gage Gallagher, Jr., San Clemente; Donnie Howren, So., San Clemente; Ali Makmalchi, Sr., Santa Margarita; Gavin Krogius, Jr., Santa Margarita; Jamison Lee, So., Santa Margarita; James Gea, Jr., Irvine; Hoa Do, Jr., Irvine; Nhan Do, Jr., Irvine; Ryan Peyton, Jr., Corona del Mar; Shane Korber, So., Corona del Mar; Parker Glore, So., Marina; Keving Young, So., Marina; Daniel Cancillas, So., Marina; Alex Dumas, Jr., Huntington Beach; Julian Ruffin, Northwood; Andre Halabi, Woodbridge; Erik Heimstaedt, Jr., Newport Harbor; Eli Zaidler, Sr., Estancia; Danny O'Neil, Sr., Estancia; Mark Mahan, Jr., Sunny Hills; Martin Cho, Sr., Sunny Hills; Josh Tuz, Sr., Newport Harbor

Doubles players to watch

Sean Golden, Sr., Los Alamitos; Anthony Nguyen, Jr., University; Justin Kim, Sr., El Dorado; Federico Velasco, Sr., Ocean View; Gio Mola, Sr., Servite; Adam Chaffee, Sr., Troy; Daniel Yang, Sr., Troy; Parker Jung, Sr., Northwood; Chase Logan, Sr., Trabuco Hills; Daniel Nguyen, Jr., Trabuco Hills; Peter Nguyen, Jr., Foothill; Nathan Pratt, Sr., Villa Park; Bhavik Patel, Sr., Villa Park; Kevin Paik, Sr., Valencia; Jason Nguyen, Sr., Valencia; Michael Meghpara, Sr., Irvine; Roy Nielson, So., Marina; Daron Arnold, Sr., Newport Harbor; Cameron Chase, Sr., Newport Harbor; BK Fernandez, Jr., Marina; Dexter Sung, Sr., Sunny Hills

Important dates

Tuesday, University at Mater Dei; Dana Hills at Woodbridge; Wednesday, Northwood at Troy; March 16, Dana Hills at Mater Dei; Troy at Villa Park; March 17, Los Alamitos at University; Mater Dei at Northwood; Corona del Mar at Newport Harbor; March 18, Valencia at Sunny Hills; Laguna Beach at Villa Park; March 19, Newport Harbor at Laguna Beach; Villa Park at Woodbridge; March 20, Valencia at El Dorado; March 24, University at Newport Harbor; March 25, Woodbridge at Newport Harbor; March 27, Santa Margarita at Northwood; March 30, Troy at Valencia; March 31, Corona del Mar at University; Mater Dei at Santa Margarita; April 1, Mater Dei at Los Alamitos; Santa Margarita at Corona del Mar; April 20, Mater Dei at Troy; Corona del Mar at Dana Hills; April 21, El Dorado at Villa Park; April 28, Santa Margarita at Mater Dei; April 29, University at Dana Hills; Northwood at Corona del Mar; Woodbridge at Irvine; April 30, University at Corona del Mar; May 1, Northwood at Woodbridge; May 5, Villa Park at El Dorado; May 7, Woodbridge at Northwood; May 14, 16, 19, 21, CIF playoffs

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