Amritraj Advances in Easter Bowl

No. 4-seeded Prakash Amritraj of Encino defeated Sean Kelleher of Forty Fort, Pa., 6-2, 6-4, in a boys’ 18 division fourth-round match of the U.S. Tennis Assn. Easter Bowl Super National Spring Championships on Monday at the Riviera Resort and Racquet Club in Palm Springs.

Seventh-seeded Lester Cook of Sherman Oaks defeated defending Southern Section champion K.C. Corkery of Manhattan Beach, 7-6 (7-0), 1-6, 6-4, in a boys’ 18 match.

Amritraj and Cook will play quarterfinal matches today.

Amritraj defeated Brian Morton of Costa Mesa, 6-3, 6-2, and Cook beat Daniel Haimovic of Mill Neck, N.Y., 6-4, 6-1, in third-round matches.

Amritraj also teamed with his cousin, Stephen Amritraj of Calabasas, to defeat Miami, Fla. residents Brent Saiontz and Evan Zeder, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), in a fourth-round boys’ 18 doubles match.

In other third-round singles matches Sunday, Brian Wan of Woodbury, N.Y. defeated Stephen Amritraj, 6-2, 6-2, in the boys 18 division.

Adam Fass of Parkland, Fla. defeated Jamil Al-Agba of Ojai, 7-5, 6-4, in a boys’ 16 third-round match, and fourth-seeded Amber Liu of La Mesa defeated Brooke Borisoff of Agoura Hills, 6-0, 6-0, in the third round of girls’ 18 division play.

In girls’ 14 fourth-round play, Kewa Nichols of Amarillo, Texas, defeated Jessica Nguyen of Chatsworth, 7-6 (9-7), 1-6, 6-4, and Stephanie Kusano of Houston, Texas, defeated Celia Durkin of Woodland Hills, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

* Lauren Ritz of Thousand Oaks won the girls’ 14-and-under division final championship match of the 50th annual Central California Classic Open tournament that took place April 7-10 in Bakersfield.

Ritz, 11, and her sister Jenna Ritz, 10, also won the girls’ 12-and-under doubles title.

Drew Jacobs of Moorpark won the boys’ 12-and-under singles championship and John Tyler Sundling and Gregory Punsalan won the boys’ 12-and-under doubles title.

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* Jason Kemp, defensive coordinator last season at North Hollywood, has been promoted to co-coach with Brad Ratcliff.

* Reseda High is holding a retirement party for Coach Joel Schaeffer on May 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Reseda. Schaeffer coached the Regents’ football team for 23 years and retired after last season.

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