LIONS DUOS ADVANCE ON OPENING DAY OF CIF-SS INDIVIDUALS: It was a victorious opening day of competition for the @jserra.boys_tennis doubles teams of senior HB Warner & junior Kayden Kral and seniors Cade and Connor Faul at Thursday’s Sectionals of the CIF-SS Individual Tennis Championships at Andulka Park Tennis Center in Riverside.

Both teams began the day with a first-round bye into the second round.

Warner and Kral then defeated Riverside Poly’s Matthew Grigsby and Jonathan Brusca (6-2, 6-0) before knocking off Great Oak’s Vrishik Pallaka and Liam Bellewag (6-2, 6-3).

Faul and Faul took to the court and beat Heritage’s Joseph Rodriguez and Trevor Adams (6-2, 6-0) before posting a triumph over Santiago’s Evan Dang and Andy Mingyang (6-3, 6-2).

Both teams will now head into the Round of 32, which is scheduled for Wednesday, May 27th at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont.

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Boys Tennis Match Day: Senior HB Warner and junior Kayden Kral, along with seniors Cade and Connor Faul will represent the @jserra.boys_tennis team at the Sectionals of the CIF-SS Individual Tennis Championships on Thursday at Andulka Park Tennis Center in Riverside.

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LIONS POSTGAME: Sophomore Annabel Raftery supplied the lone run of the game with her 11th homerun of the season, while senior Liliana Escobar tossed a complete game shutout with 10 strikeouts, as the @jserra.softball team defeated the Pacifica Mariners 1-0 in a CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinals game on Wednesday at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove.

Raftery spoke about her big swing in the first inning and continuing to build on a record-setting season, while Escobar discussed her approach in the circle against the Mariners and propelling her team one step closer to a CIF-SS title opportunity.

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