2018 Basic Boys Tennis Capsule

League: Class 4A Desert

Head coach: Bart Black, 11th season

2017 record: 4-8 (4-6 4A Sunrise/seventh)

Returning lettermen: Nine

Top athletes: J.D. Stellavato (Fr.), Chris Jepson (Jr.), Shad Gettman (Jr.), Jacob Cunanan (Jr.), Shane Spencer (Sr.)

Outlook: The Wolves welcome back nine lettermen, including a handful of players who have started the past two seasons.

Black expects Stellavato and Jepson to be the team’s top two singles players at the start of the season, with Gettman, Cunanan and Spencer anchoring the doubles teams.

“We are a bit more experienced than in past years,” Black said. “We hope to earn a top-eight seed for the newly-expanded playoffs.”