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CAMS might be a small Carson-based school known for its academics more than its athletic achievements, but its doubles team of Larry Pang and Attila Lassu enjoyed a great milestone.

Pang and Lassu posted a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Brentwood's Chris Lord and Jackson Isaacs to win the Olympic League doubles title Thursday for the first time in CAMS history, according to Coach Larent Lassu. Lord and Isaacs made the CIF semifinals last season.

Here is a picture after winning their doubles title today -- thanks for dressing up guys!

From wild-card team to contender, the South Torrance girls tennis team posted a dramatic 76-70 victory on games after tying previously unbeaten Whittier, 9-9, in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division IV playoffs.

South trailed, 9-7, heading into the final two sets, including a 69-64 deficit on games, so South needed two lopsided victories to draw even and win on games.

Esther Kim posted a convincing 6-0 victory over top singles player Jessica Guerrero, and freshman Gracie Davis sealed it with a 6-1 win over No. 2 singles player Gabby Juarez.

"Esther Kim was huge for us, and Gracie Davis found a way to battle it out and get a big win for us," South coach Kevin May said. "We stuck it out today. I think the tough competition in the Pioneer League helped prepare us for this match."

Kim and Davis swept their three singles sets for South, which plays  the Cerritos-Templeton winner on Saturday.

Whittier, the Del Rio League champ, finishes at 15-1.

It had a surreal feeling to it.

The first-round L.A. City Invitational match between Narbonne and Franklin came down to the last match.

It was so dark, only one court was lit, and that was from a street light right outside the school.

Yet Narbonne senior Lily Kurosaki dug down for a 3-6, 6-4, 12-10 victory that came down to a 10-point tiebreaker instead of a third set.

Narbonne, the ninth seed, advances to play at No. 1 Venice on Wednesday, but there was no mistaking the magnitude of the match as Narbonne won its first playoff match in nearly a decade.

And it was a particularly sweet result for Kurosaki, who had been nagged by a shoulder injury throughout the year.

"Lily's our senior, and it was a big-time match, so for her to come out and win like that was something special," Coach Darrall Odell said. "It meant a lot to everyone, and it was exciting."

Palos Verdes has established itself as the South Bay's top team so far this year, racing to a 3-0 start with quality wins over Harvard-Westlake, Campbell Hall, and Wednesday's 13-5 win over CAMS.

Kathryn Webb and Brooke Schweyer are simply electric in singles, and the No. 1 doubles team of Alex Scotten, pictured on the right, and Charlotte Newell is quite formidable as well.

The scary part? Palos Verdes isn't even playing at full strength yet. Tiffany Jue and Austin Ruth have both been sidelined by injuries and are expected to return soon.

"So far, so good for the preseason," PV coach Danny Moscovici said. "We're still looking to get better and better as the season goes along. When (Jue and Ruth) join the team, we should be fully healthy and in full force."

Come on South Bay fans, let's hear it. Is PV the team to beat in the South Bay? Can they be stopped?

Narbonne's timing couldn't have been any better.

The Gauchos hired Mat Paz as their new girls tennis coach, and he was with the team during its season opener on Thursday against Westchester.

Narbonne was forced to scramble to find a new girls tennis coach after Darryl O'Dell was released from his duties during the first week of school.

"Our new coach fits the needs of our school much better," Narbonne athletic director Melissa Miller said.

In the end, Narbonne may have gotten exactly what it wanted, but the Gauchos certainly took it down to the wire.