Saugus boys’ tennis secures road win over Canyon

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With an 11-6 win over the Canyon Cowboys, the Saugus Centurions have secured their fifth Foothill League tennis win of the season and seventh overall.
In singles play, the Centurions went 6-3 across all three rounds with Joaquin Veizaga going unbeaten in his two matchups, 6-0, 6-0.
Veizaga dropped his third-round matchup to Canyon’s Adam Graham, 6-1, and Graham went 2-1 across all three sets.
In doubles play, the Centurions defeated the Cowboys in two out of the three matchups in the first round.
The Saugus paring of Samuel Payne and Caden Varney was the best-performing pair for the Centurions as they won both matchups in the first and second rounds.
Varney and Payne defeated the Cowboys’ Tristan Singer and James Graham, 6-1, in the first round. In the second round they defeated the Cowboys’ Travis Romero and David Gutierrez.
The Centurions picked up their eighth win of the regular season and fifth win in league play.
The Centurions will look to continue their momentum on Thursday at home against the Valencia Vikings at 3 p.m.
The Cowboys dropped to 2-11 on the season and 1-7 in league play. Canyon will look to bounce back on the road Thursday against the Wildcats at West Ranch High School with first serve set for 3 p.m.
After Tuesday’s games, here are scores from around the Foothill League:
West Ranch 18, Castaic 0: The West Ranch Wildcats (8-1, 8-0) secured their eighth league win of the season with a road victory over the Castaic Coyotes (1-13, 0-7).
The loss was the Coyotes’ seventh league loss of the year and they will look to bounce back at home Thursday against the Golden Valley Grizzlies.
The Wildcats lead the Foothill League with an 8-0 record and host the Canyon Cowboys at West Ranch High School on Thursday.
Both games are set to begin at 3 p.m.

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