Ojai tournament: Lancers’ freshman trails in Boys 16s final

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Temperatures continue to rise out here in Ojai ... and so does the level of tennis.

Thousand Oaks High freshman Marcos Giron lost the first set of the Boys’ 16s singles final in a tiebreaker to David Watson of the Weil Academy and trails in the second set. With Lancers’ teammate Kyle McMorrow cheering him on from the stands, Giron rallied from a 5-2 deficit to take a 6-5 lead but wasn’t able to capitalize on a set point in the 12th game.

McMorrow will play Crossroads’ Reese Milner in the CIF final after Giron’s match. McMorrow was down a break in the second set but won the last three games to close out his semifinal against Brentwood’s Walker Kehrer, 6-3, 6-4, at Thacher. An apparent incorrect line call appeared to cost Milner the first set against top-seeded Fabian Matthews of Corona del Mar, but he rebounded to win, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

The race is still on for the coveted Griggs Cup, awarded to the high school that accumulates the most combined points in singles and doubles. Santa Barbara began the day in the lead with seven points, followed by Crossroads with six and Corona del Mar, Irvine University and Peninsula in a three-way tie for third with five points.

-- Steve Galluzzo

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