Foothill’s Clementi paces win

Chris Clementi could have used a nap Thursday afternoon.

Instead, the Foothill senior settled for a Sunrise Region seminfinal win.

Clementi went 3-0 in singles, including a third win on weary legs to help Foothill's boys (12-2) to a 14-4 win over visiting Green Valley (9-4) and a spot in today's Sunrise Region boys tennis final.

"I was really tired," said Clementi, who rallied for a 7-6 win over Green Valley's Jake Cahill in his second match. "But I feel good about it now. I wanted to fall on the floor and just lay down. I couldn't get up, but my coach wanted one more out of me, and I couldn't let him down. So I fought through it in that third match."

Clementi finished with a 6-2 win in his final set, even though his team had clinched the victory.

John Qualls also went 3-0 in singles for Foothill, and Kevin Dion and Dylan Hansel were 3-0 in doubles.

Foothill will meet Southeast League champion Coronado in today's final at 4:30 p.m. at Darling Tennis Center.

* Coronado 16, Liberty 2 -- At Coronado, Matthew Dees went 3-0 in singles as the Cougars (12-0) eliminated the Patriots (12-3). Coronado's Justen English and Xavier Smith went 3-0 in doubles, and Mitchell Smith was 2-0 in singles.

In the Sunset Region:

* Centennial 10, Bishop Gorman 9 -- At Gorman, Centennial (11-2) outlasted the Gaels in a tiebreaker, advancing on points, 35-33.

J.C. Pauli went 3-0 in singles, and Patrick Bolton and Travis Beck were 3-0 in doubles for the Bulldogs.

Kyle Del Rosario and Cody Miller went 2-1 in singles for Gorman (11-3).

Centennial will face Palo Verde in the region final at 4:30 p.m. today.

* Palo Verde 12, The Meadows 6 -- At Palo Verde, Fernando Sunago went 3-0 in singles to help Palo Verde (13-0) gain a spot in the region final with its win over the Mustangs (9-2).

Pascal Nilsson and Tanner Berkabile went 3-0 in doubles for the Panthers.