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BOYS TENNIS PREVIEW

Season starts: Feb. 14

Overview: The return of the All-American team invitational in March and The Ojai tournament in April will spotlight top returning players and talented newcomers. Both events haven’t been played the past two seasons because of the pandemic. University, arguably Orange County’s top team, is among the schools slated to play the All-American tournament, March 25-26 in Orange County. The Trojans are led by UC Santa Barbara-bound Conrad Brown, who has made a quicker than expected return from a knee injury, Coach John Kessler said. The senior could debut at Surf League favorite Corona del Mar on Wednesday. The 120th Ojai, scheduled for April 21-23, will require players and coaches to be vaccinated. The storied event could attract top seniors such as AJ Moore of Portola (Air Force) and Advik Mareedu of Valencia (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps), junior Alan Ton of Fountain Valley (Army), sophomore Mason Bui of Yorba Linda and freshman Cayden Wang of Santa Margarita. Reigning O.C. player of the year Alex Michelsen of Aliso Niguel (Georgia) is not playing high school this spring, Wolverines coach Jeff Pinter confirmed.

Key dates: Regular season ends April 30; CIF-SS team finals at The Claremont Club, May 13; CIF State SoCal Regionals, May 20-21 at The Claremont Club; CIF-SS individual finals, May 26 at Whittier Narrows Tennis Center.

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