Tennis: Locals fare well at Junior Satellite Tournament

ANAHEIM - Several Newport Beach and Corona del Mar youngsters fared

well at the 5th annual Anaheim Tennis Center Junior Satellite Tournament,

held Oct. 14-22.

Unseeded Cassity Grandstaff of Newport Beach defeated the No. 4, No. 1

and No. 2 seeds in succession to win the Girls 12 division championship

against Jennifer Chow of Diamond Bar, 7-6 (9-7), 6-1.

Grandstaff also won the girls 12 championships at the 19th annual

Santa Ana Fall Junior Satellite Tournament earlier in October.

Corona del Mar’s Nicholas Gingold defeated Anoush Moin of Mission

Viejo, 6-3, 6-2, in the finals of the Boys 14’s to take the title.

Newport Harbor High’s Cheryl Dobson reached the finals in the Girls

16’s against Christina Lalonde of Orange, while Katie McKitterick of

Corona del Mar also reached the finals of the Girls 12’s against Justine

Vicaldo of Fullerton.

In Girls 14’s, Danielle Drucker of Newport, reached the semifinals

before falling to eventual champion Vicaldo.