Aaron Castro earned a win in singles, leading West Scranton to a 3-2 win over city rival Scranton on Thursday in a Lackawanna League boys tennis opener.<\/p>\n
The Invaders, who swept the doubles matches, also earned the first career win for new coach Johnny Sinclair.<\/p>\n
Keiner Orozco and Antonio Fiorillo teamed for a win at No. 1 doubles, and Victor Ortiz Toledo and Michael Evanosky added a win for the Invaders at No. 2 doubles.<\/p>\n
Tom Bergman and Yax Patel had wins in singles for Scranton.<\/p>\n
Singles: Bergman (SCR) over D\u2019Augustine, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Castro (WS) over V. Patel, 6-0, 6-3. Yax Patel over Barnansky, 6-4, 6-4; Doubles: Orozco-Fiorillo (WS) over N. Patel-R. Patel, 6-1, 6-3; Ortiz Toledo-Evanosky (WS) over P. Patel-Yug Patel, 6-3, 6-3; Records:\u00a0WS 1-0, SCR 0-1.<\/p>\n
Holy Cross 4, North Pocono 1: At the University of Scranton, Alex Harrison, Ray Zhang, and Alfred Betts swept the singles matches, leading the Crusaders to their opening match win.<\/p>\n
Singles:\u00a0Harrison (HC) over B. Barker, 6-0, 6-1. Zhang (HC) over Kowalski, 6-0, 6-0. Betts (HC) over X. Barker, 6-2, 6-3;\u00a0Doubles:\u00a0Baniya-Gilroy (HC) over Bellefontaine-Maughan, 6-2, 7-5. DeStefano-Moss (NP) over Pilone-Musto, 6-1, 6-1; Records:\u00a0HC 1-0, NP 0-1.<\/p>\n
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