The defending Gila Regional champion Douglas Bulldog tennis team kicked off league play Wednesday with an impressive 9-0 win over the visiting Desert View Jaguars.
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Senior Jason Long, playing No. 1 singles for Douglas, won his match in straight sets 6-0, 6-2.
Freshman DJ Campas, playing No. 2 singles, was a 6-2, 6-0 winner.
Jose Ozuna, at No. 3 singles was a 6-2, 6-2 winner and Chris Ruppert was a 6-4, 6-1 winner at No. 4 singles.
Luis Rodriguez won his No. 5 singles match 6-4, 6-4 and Tony Zepeda posted a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles.
In doubles play Long and Campas won their match 8-0, Ozuna and Rodriguez were victorious winning 8-4 and Ruppert and Zepeda won by the same score of 8-4.
In junior varsity singles play Spencer Grijalva won 8-1, Eric Rodriguez won 8-5, Iztac Villanueva won 8-3, Sergio Rodriguez was an 8-2 winner. Michael Blaskey fell 6-8 and Jose Galvez was defeated 1-8.
In doubles play Grijalva and Eric Rodriguez won 8-5, Villanueva and Sergio Rodriguez were 8-5 winners and Blaskey and Galvez won their match 8-4.
Douglas' coach Katie Calderon said afterwards its good to win the matches your supposed to win and she felt going into the match her team had the potential to pull it out and the kids did that.
The coach said her team's effort was equal to that of Tuesday's when they beat Buena.
"Things are starting to click for us," she said. "We still have some things we need to work on especially in doubles."
The coach said she's really happy with the junior varsity's effort because they're mostly freshmen.
The Bulldogs, 2-2, step out of league play today to play host to powerhouse Sabino.
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