Richards, Burbank Bow Out in Quarterfinals

Clyde Richards didn’t go out with a Southern Section championship, but he didn’t go out with a whimper either.

Richards, retiring after 15 seasons as the Burbank High boys’ tennis coach, saw the Bulldogs go down biting and scratching Tuesday when they lost to Fullerton Troy on games, 71-64, after splitting 18 sets in a Division II quarterfinal match at Troy.

Tigran Martirosyan, playing at No. 1 singles for Burbank (19-3), won his three sets, as did the Bulldogs’ No. 1 doubles unit of Eugene Shin and Min Kang.

Cody Long and Michael Wang won two of three sets at No. 3 doubles, and Jeff Das won two of three sets at No. 1 singles for Troy (25-0).

Richards guided Burbank to the last 13 Foothill League titles and had a 162-2 record in that span.

DIVISION I

Harvard-Westlake 14, Camarillo 4--Jesse Ferlianto swept at No. 2 singles, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, and Andrew Rosenfeld won, 6-2, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 1 singles for No. 2-seeded Harvard-Westlake at Camarillo.

Aron Gortman and Allan Haldeman won two of three matches at No. 1 doubles for Harvard-Westlake (24-4-1).

DIVISION II

Fullerton Sunny Hills 13, Rio Mesa 5--Sunny Hills (17-6) scored eight of nine doubles points in an upset over the No. 3-seeded Spartans (20-2).

Sam Yeu and Richard Kim swept at No. 2 doubles, 6-2, 6-0, 6-4, and Kevin Lee and Daniel Chang swept at No. 3 doubles, 6-2, 6-0, 6-3.

Joseph Kao swept, 7-6 (8-6), 6-0, 6-3, at No. 1 singles for Sunny Hills.

DIVISION III

Westlake 14, Manhattan Beach Mira Costa 4--The top-seeded Warriors (20-0) won the nine doubles matches and rolled at Mira Costa.

Mike Horak and Billy Corso, playing No. 1 doubles, and freshmen Joshua Kuai and Alex Sundling, playing No. 3 doubles, each swept three sets without losing a game.

Zoharbi Narbe and Matt Pardee, playing No. 2 doubles, dropped only two games in three sets.

DIVISION IV

Dos Pueblos 12, La Canada 6--Andy Lin swept at No. 2 singles and teammates Daniel Aleksander and Peter Zee lost only one set for host Dos Pueblos (13-6).

La Canada finished 14-6.

DIVISION V

Crespi 11, Campbell Hall 7--Sophomore Stephen Amritraj won, 6-1, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 1 singles and Mike Smith won, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0, 6-1, at No. 2 singles for the top-seeded Celts at Tarzana Braemar Country Club.

Mike Ianne and Marc McNicoll won two of three sets at No. 3 doubles for Crespi (18-4).

Whitney 12, St. Bonaventure 6--Vik Tiku and Todd Kinsling, playing at No. 1 doubles for St. Bonaventure (12-5), swept their three sets at Cerritos Community Park and finished 33-0.