Call them tiebreakers, backbreakers or heartbreakers. In tennis, it’s a matter of which side of the net you land. Clovis West High, at home in Thursday’s Central Section Division I boys championship, did the backbreaking. Bullard, experiencing the opposite on a day it had to have the breaks to upset the top seed and four-year [...]

Clovis West High junior Billy Griffith is playing this week in his second International Tennis Federation tournament after making his debut in the world-class feeder tour a winning one with a championship over the weekend in Claremont. Griffith as a rookie first had to go through a qualifier, then wrapped up his march through the [...]

Fresno State narrowly missed its first women’s tennis sweep of the season, losing only a tight three-set match at No. 1 singles during a 6-1 triumph over the University of San Francisco on Saturday at Golden Gate Park. The No. 56 Bulldogs’ lone blemish came when the Dons’ Andrea Ka outlasted Aishwarya Agrawal 6-3, 3-6, [...]

MERICA JIZMEJIAN School: Clovis East Grade:: Junior By the numbers: Went 13-5 in singles and 10-4 in doubles for Central Section Division I quarterfinalist Timberwolves, including 9-1 in singles and 6-4 in doubles in the Tri-River Athletic Conference. Accomplishments: Placed third in the TRAC, earning all-league honors, and was given the No. 8 seed in [...]

Elite-level high school tennis players often spend their offseasons hitting the courts on the club circuit. Megan Lee, however, spends her winters in the gym and springs and summers on the diamond. The Buchanan High senior rarely picks up a racket until a couple of weeks before school starts in the fall, not that it’s [...]

Central San Joaquin Valley recreational opportunities and announcements. Submit items and search for events using planitfresno.com. All numbers in 559 area code unless otherwise noted. BASEBALL SJV Winter Pro Camp: 6-8 p.m. Friday for all ages; noon-3 p.m. for ages 6-15, and 4-7 p.m. for 16 and over on Jan. 19-20. Figarden Loop Park, 394-9443, [...]