Troy Stuns Sunny Hills in Boys’ Tennis

The Troy boys’ tennis team ended two decades of frustration Thursday when it defeated seventh-ranked Sunny Hills, 10-8, beating the Lancers for the first time since 1978.

Jeffrey Das and Jennings Long weren’t even born the last time Troy beat the Lancers, but the freshmen proved instrumental in stopping the streak, each winning two of three singles matches.

“It’s a great feeling and a long time coming,” said Warrior Coach George Vallance, who was the Troy athletic director in 1978. “There were a lot of 6-12, 5-13 scores, too. We’ve had some shellackings, but I knew this would be the year.”

Troy improved to 10-0 and 1-0 in Freeway League play. Sunny Hills is 6-3, 0-1.

In the Sunset League:

Edison 15, Marina 3--Jeff Malawy of Edison (5-3, 1-0) won in singles, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.

In nonleague boys’ tennis:

No. 4 Capistrano Valley 14, Foothill 4--Mike Nguyen swept in singles, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1, and Matthew Sherman teamed with Chad Wallace to sweep in doubles, 6-0, 6-3, 6-1, for the Cougars (4-0).

Laguna Hills 11, Newport Harbor 7--Laguna Hills’ No. 2 doubles team, Justin Sun and Tim Lee, swept three sets. Newport Harbor’s Nick Kuhle swept in singles, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1. Laguna Hills is 5-4, 1-1.

In Century League golf:

Canyon 213, Foothill 214--Matt Wedin of Canyon shot two-over 36 at Tustin Ranch for Canyon (5-3, 2-0).

In the Sea View League:

No. 7 Irvine 188, Aliso Niguel 193--Irvine’s Andrew Kim had three birdies and one bogey to finish at two-under 34 at Oak Creek. Irvine improves to 6-2, 1-1.

In the South Coast League:

No. 4 San Clemente 198, El Toro 205--San Clemente’s Casey Strohsahl had four birdies and finished with a one-over 37 at Pacific.

In the Sunset League:

No. 3 Huntington Beach 193, Fountain Valley 198--Freshman Gilbert Jalomo, playing in his first league match, had one birdie and finished with a par 36 at Mile Square Park.

Edison 200, Marina 200--Daniel Lee shot a one-under 36 for Edison (3-4, 1-0) in a league opener at SeaCliff.

In nonleague golf:

No. 1 Santa Margarita 392, Carlsbad 393--UCLA-bound senior Steve Conway shot a combined two-day score of two-over 75 at par-37 El Camino and par-36 Coto de Caza (South) for Santa Margarita (6-0).

In Garden Grove League girls’ swimming:

Garden Grove 104, Rancho Alamitos 65--Liz Zuliani won the 50 freestyle in 26.77 seconds and swam the anchor leg on the winning 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays for Garden Grove.

In nonleague boys’ volleyball:

Trabuco Hills 3, Canyon 2--Brett Mandall had 25 kills and Dennis Hong had 18 for the visiting Mustangs (1-4), who won, 15-5, 4-15, 12-15, 17-15, 15-12.