Tennis

Desi McBride of Woodland Hills defeated Woody Hunt of Torrance, 7-6, 7-5, Friday and was the only area player in men’s open singles to advance to today’s semifinal round of the 94th Ojai Valley tournament at Libbey Park.

Mike and Bob Bryan of Camarillo breezed past Tony Marquez and Rufino Navarro of Escondido, 6-0, 6-0, to advance to the final of the boys’ 16 doubles.

One local men’s open doubles team, Brian Bass and Thane Pope of Ojai, advanced to the semifinals. Bass and Pope beat Chris Hastings and Will Marino of Santa Ana, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6. Ventura’s Jacques Manset, teaming with Santa Barbara’s Mark Basham, also advanced.

In girls’ 18-under singles, Ania Bleszynksi of Thousand Oaks defeated Tamara Byrd of Escondido, 4-6, 6-0, 6-0, to advance to the semifinals.

In boys’ interscholastic singles (18 and under), Phillip Tseng of Harvard-Westlake beat Nordhoff’s Steve Tallakson, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6, to advance to the semifinals.

Paul Rogers of Ojai was one of nine regional players who advanced to today’s semifinal round of the Southern California Senior sectional championships at The Racquet Centre of Universal City.

Rogers, one of three players to win in three sets Friday, defeated Chuck Nelson of Santa Monica, 7-6, 5-7, 6-2, in the men’s 60 singles division. Brett Dawson of Glendale beat Jim Shaughnessy of Escondido, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, in the men’s 30 division, and Kay Virgiel of Northridge defeated Elise Steele of Irvine, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4, in women’s 60 singles.

Robert Piken of Studio City (men’s 25 singles), Don Brosseau of Glendale (men’s 45), Niesi Sie of Westlake Village (men’s 50), Gordon Davis of Encino (men’s 55), Heidi Boecking of Sherman Oaks (women’s 50) and Annabelle Nye-Belknap of West Hills (women’s 55) each recorded quarterfinal victories in straight sets.

Track and Field

The Cal State Northridge track and field teams will compete in the inaugural California-Nevada collegiate outdoor championships at UCLA on April 30-May 1 next year.

The meet, brainchild of the California-Nevada Track & Field Coaches Assn., will run from one to three weeks before the championships of the Pacific 10, Western Athletic and Big West conferences, and two weeks before the California Collegiate Athletic Assn. finals.

The new meet will force Northridge Coach Don Strametz to reschedule the Northridge Open, usually held on the first weekend in May. He doesn’t seem to mind.

“I think it will be a big boost to track and field if we can pull it off,” Strametz said of the new meet. “It could create more interest in the sport.”