ROUNDUP: Centennial boys bounce Bonanza, advance to Sunset semifinals

The Bulldogs moved two of their established singles players to separate doubles teams in an effort to spread out their talent.

Livreri couldn’t help but shake his head and laugh when Centennial’s two clinching wins came from his lone remaining established singles player and a doubles team that had been together all year.

Freshman Lucas Lee and the doubles team of Josh Arias and Brandon Fish won sets minutes apart in the third round, helping Centennial (10-2) eliminate the defending state champion Bengals, 11-7.

“Maybe some guys just needed a little shake up, a little pressure taken off of them,” said Livreri, who moved J.C. Pauli and Travis Beck to doubles Tuesday.

Centennial won two of the first three completed matches of the third round to take an 8-7 lead with three matches still on court, including a doubles match that eventually went to a tiebreaker.

Arias and Fish cemented a 6-4 win over Bonanza’s Jared Hyer and Reed Thuett to put Centennial up 9-7.

Lee beat Bonanza’s Trevor Jacobsen 6-4 to clinch the win.

“Of course I feel pressure when I go out there,” said Lee, who won two of his three matches. “But I just went out and hit my shots.”

Centennial won seven of the nine doubles sets, with Patrick Bolton and Beck going 3-0, Pauli and Tyler Gietzen 2-1 and Arias and Fish 2-1.

Yang Yang was 3-0 in singles for Bonanza (9-3).

Centennial will visit Bishop Gorman in a regional semifinal Thursday.

Bishop Gorman 16, Cimarron-Memorial 2 — At Gorman, Nicholas Lee went 3-0 in singles and Tyler Tucky and Michael Bessen were 3-0 in doubles as the Gaels (11-2) rolled by the Spartans (8-5).

Kyle Del Rosario and Cody Miller each went 2-0 in singles for Gorman. Ryan Hidajat and Greg Ciucci were 2-0 in doubles for the Gaels.

The Meadows 10, Clark 8 — At Clark, Ryan Wells and Jordan Lamothe went 3-0 in doubles as the Mustangs (8-2) edged the Chargers (8-4).

Evan Roth and Nick Reiter each went 2-1 in singles for The Meadows, which will visit Palo Verde in a semifinal Thursday.

Clark’s Se Hoon Park went 2-1 in singles.

Palo Verde 16, Durango 2 — At Palo Verde, Ozzie Abraham and Aaron Liu each went 2-0 in singles as the Panthers (12-0) defeated the Trailblazers (8-6).

Palo Verde’s doubles teams of Zach Bellon and Dillon Casey, Pascal Nilsson and Tanner Berkabile, and Jeremy Mann and Christian Clark all went 2-0.

Durango’s Christian Pate was 2-1 in singles.

In the Sunrise Region:

Green Valley 17, Eldorado 1 — At Eldorado, Jake Cahill and Caleb Camp each went 3-0 in singles as the Gators (9-3) routed the Northeast League champion Sundevils (10-5).

Green Valley’s doubles teams of Alex Zbiegen and Trevor Bukovi, and Ryan Cosgrove and Connor Opdyke each went 3-0.

Foothill 15, Rancho 3 — At Foothill, Joel Stoker and Andreis Castronova went 3-0 in doubles to lead the Falcons (11-2) over the Rams (7-4-1).

Foothill hosts Green Valley in a semifinal Thursday.

Coronado 18, Chaparral 0 — At Coronado, the Cougars (11-0) rolled past the Cowboys (5-5-1).

Mitchell Smith and Matthew Dees each went 2-0 in singles for Coronado. Marc Feldman and Michael Seitz went 2-0 in doubles for the Cougars, who will host Liberty on Thursday.

Liberty 10, Las Vegas 8 — At Las Vegas High, Chrys Castro and Gil Lim each went 3-0 in singles to help the Patriots (12-2) beat the Wildcats (8-5).

Las Vegas’ Zach Blanco and Aaron Walker were 3-0 in doubles.