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Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

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Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

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Brief: Girls’ tennis makes second round of CCS

Hilda Huang, Business Manager
November 7, 2012
Scotty Bara
Aashli Budhiraja (’14) walks in a powerful forehand shot that sailed deep along the right side of the court, winning her the third game in her second set against Leland. Budhiraja, now ranked 48th in California for high-school girls’ tennis, will play as No. 1 single against Saratoga today.

Palo Alto Girls’ Tennis qualified yesterday for the second round in the Central Coast Section Championship Tournament after beating Stephenson High School 14-2. Today, they play league rival Saratoga to determine who will advance to Friday’s match.

After failing to qualify for the CCS Tournament last year, head coach Andy Harader’s new plan for team flexibility and consistency seems to have paid off. The girls begin their CCS run without co-captain and No. 2 single Felicia Wang (’14) due to illness and No. 1 double Tiffany Nguyen (’13), forcing the team to adapt without two important players. Nguyen’s doubles partner, Julianne Le (’14), stepped up and played No. 3 single in the match against Stephenson. Co-captain Sammy Solomon (’13) also stepped up to play No. 1 single.

 

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Hilda Huang
Hilda Huang, Business Manager
Hilda Huang is a senior and joined The Viking in her junior year because of her love for athletics. After serving as a copy editor her junior year, she is now a Business Manager along with fellow Viking Michael Strong. Huang dove varsity for the Swimming and Diving team and was a part of the gymnastics team her sophomore year, but was unable to compete due to injury. Awarded 1st place in the 2012 Art Rosenbaum Scholarship Award for her story "Running After Dark," she is also an avid musician and a huge USA Gymnastics (go Fierce Five!) fan. Follow @hildaphu on twitter, or find more stuff about her at http://curiosity.discovery.com/user/hilda-huang/bio and http://bigthink.com/hildahuang.
Scotty Bara
Scotty Bara, Photo Editor
Scotty Bara is a senior at Paly. He likes anything to do with sports.