Players to Watch

* Amir Bagherpour, Woodbridge, singles, Sr.

* Greg Biorkman, University, singles, Sr.

* Javier Carrillo, Dana Hills, singles, Sr.

* Robert Chu, La Quinta, singles, Sr.

* Parker Collins, Corona del Mar, singles, Sr.

* Brock Herman, Servite, singles, Sr.

* Drew Hoskins, Los Alamitos, singles/doubles, So.

* Cody Jackson, Los Alamitos, singles, Sr.

* Christian Jensen, Corona del Mar, singles, Sr.

* Joseph Kao, Sunny Hills, singles, Jr.

* Brian Kent, Dana Hills, singles, Sr.

* Robbie Lamour, Santa Margarita, singles, Fr.

* David Lingman, Woodbridge, singles, Sr.

* Henry Mak, University, singles, Fr.

* Jason Mednick, Aliso Niguel, singles, Jr.

* John Nguyen, Canyon, singles, So.

* Michael Nguyen, Capistrano Valley, singles, Jr.

* Michael Peng, El Dorado, singles, Sr.

* Raj Vyas, Sunny Hills, doubles, Sr.

* Aaron Yovan, University, singles, Fr.

League Favorites

Century: Canyon; Empire: El Dorado; Freeway: Sunny Hills; Garden Grove: La Quinta; Golden West: Servite; Olympic: Brethren Christian; Orange: Brea Olinda; Pacific Coast: University; Sea View: Corona del Mar; South Coast: Dana Hills; Sunset: Los Alamitos.

Key Dates

April 22-24, Ojai Invitational; May 18, 20, 25, 27, June 2, Southern Section team playoffs; May 22, 28-29, Southern Section individual tournament.

1998 Final Poll

1. Dana Hills; 2. Corona del Mar; 3. Woodbridge; 4. Los Alamitos; 5. Sunny Hills; 6. Aliso Niguel; 7. Mission Viejo; 8. Esperanza; 9. Capistrano Valley; 10. Servite.

Notes

Woodbridge, which won back-to-back Division I titles in 1996 and ‘97, has an outside chance at another title with the addition of senior David Lingman, who sat out last year to work on his game with private Coach Mark Kaplan. “We’re better than I thought,” said Lingman, who has committed to Harvard. “I think we can win [Southern Section], but we need our doubles players to be tough in the big matches.”. . . . Esperanza will be without senior Tom Lloyd, who has decided against playing high school tennis to concentrate on junior and satellite tournaments. “We’ll miss him big time,” Esperanza Coach Jean Agee said. “His three points are going to be the difference in a lot of matches.”. . . . Los Alamitos’ already powerful team will be strengthened by the addition of freshmen Jon Mano and Jason Wood, both top-60 players in the boys’ 14 division in Southern California, and sophomore doubles specialist Wagner Wong.