AURORA | Key dates and information for the 2017 Aurora boys tennis season:
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2017 AURORA BOYS TENNIS KEY DATES, INFORMATION
Key dates: Aug. 14 — Practice begins; Aug. 17 — First scrimmage/regular season match; Sept. 28 — Class 5A boys league play completed; Sept. 29 — 5A boys regionals determined; Oct. 7 — 5A regionals completed; Oct. 12-14 — State championships (5A, Gates Tennis Center, Denver; 4A, Pueblo City Park)
Class 5A Regionals (determined by final league standings): REGION 1 (Centennial League host) — Centennial No. 1, Denver No. 2, EMAC No. 2, Jeffco No. 4, Continental No. 6, Colorado Springs Metro No. 5, Front Range No. 12; REGION 2 (Front Range League host) — Front Range No. 1, Jeffco No. 2, Colorado Springs Metro No. 3, Continental No. 5, Centennial No. 4, Front Range No. 8, Continental No. 11; REGION 3 (Continental League host) — Continental No. 1, Centennial No. 2, Jeffco No. 3, Colorado Springs Metro No. 4, Front Range No. 7, Jeffco No. 7, Continental No. 10, Front Range No. 13; REGION 4 (Denver League host) — Denver No. 1, Colorado Springs Metro No. 2, Front Range No. 4, Jeffco No. 5, Denver No. 4, Centennial No. 7, Continental No. 9, EMAC No. 4; REGION 5 (Southwestern League host) — Southwestern No. 1, Southwestern No. 2, Southwestern No. 3, Continental No. 3, Front Range No. 6, Centennial No. 6, Jeffco No. 8; REGION 6 (Jeffco League host) — Jeffco No. 1, Front Range No. 3, Centennial No. 3, EMAC No. 3, Continental No. 7, Colorado Springs Metro No. 6, Front Range 11; REGION 7 (Continental League host) — Continental No. 2, Colorado Springs Metro No. 1, Front Range No. 5, Denver No. 3, Centennial No. 5, EMAC No. 4, Front Range No. 9; REGION 8 (Front Range host) — Front Range No. 2, Continental No. 4, EMAC No. 1, Jeffco No. 6, Continental No. 8, Colorado Springs Metro No. 7, Front Range No. 10
Aurora leagues: Centennial League — Cherokee Trail, Eaglecrest, Grandview, Overland and Smoky Hill; Continental League — Regis Jesuit; EMAC — Rangeview
Aurora coaches: Cherokee Trail — Liz Creamer; Eaglecrest — Alex Moore; Grandview — Jeff Ryan; Overland — Arlandus Lowe; Rangeview — Eileen Yakish; Regis Jesuit — Laura Jones; Smoky Hill — Jeff Davis
Returning Class 5A state champions: Emilio Gonzalez-Cruz, Regis Jesuit, soph. (No. 2 doubles); Evan Nuss, Regis Jesuit, jr. (state champion, No. 2 doubles)
Returning Class 5A state placers: Gabe Caldwell-Nepveux, Regis Jesuit, sr. (second place, No. 3 doubles); Will Dennen, Regis Jesuit, sr. (second place, No. 1 doubles); Matthew Mahoney, Regis Jesuit, sr. (second place, No. 4 doubles); Matt McCarthy, Regis Jesuit, sr. (second place, No. 3 doubles); James O’Connor, Regis Jesuit, sr. (second place, No. 4 doubles);
Returning Class 5A state qualifiers: Kosta Garger, Regis Jesuit, jr. (No. 1 singles); Patrick Seby, Regis Jesuit, sr. (No. 2 singles); Matas Suziedelis, Grandview, sr. (No. 2 doubles); Matthew Yan, Grandview, sr. (No. 1 doubles)
Other Aurora players to watch: Nathan Abebe, Smoky Hill, sr.; Phillip Albright, Regis Jesuit, fr.; Aric Antisdel, Overland, sr.; Illijah Bailey, Grandview, sr.; Saurav Behera, Cherokee Trail, soph.; Caleb Carlson, Smoky Hill, sr.; Jacobie Dankenbring, Eaglecrest, sr.; Jozef Dankenbring, Eaglecrest, sr.; Tim Domashevich, Smoky Hill, sr.; Camden Ervin, Overland, sr.; Mauricio Ghersi, Cherokee Trail, soph.; Jorge Halvas, Cherokee Trail, sr.; Charlie Hunsucker, Smoky Hill, sr.; Grigor Karakelyan, Regis Jesuit, fr.; Ayr Neto, Eaglecrest, jr.; Jacob O’Connell, Overland, sr.; Evan Richardson, Cherokee Trail, soph.; Brandon Russell, Eaglecrest, jr.; Morgan Schilling, Regis Jesuit, fr.; Shawn Springer, Cherokee Trail, fr.
