Noah Zamora, Manuel Calderon, Gilbert Zamora III, Isaiah Gudino, Ian Saldana, Serjio Gonzalez and Fabian Torres helped Ceres High’s boys tennis team improved to 3-3 in the Western Athletic Conference standings last week.

The fourth-place Bulldogs defeated the Grace Davis Spartans 6-3 on March 29 in Ceres.

“It’s right where I expected us to be,” said Coach Brandon Moring. “Guys are showing up to practice and working hard. They’re continuing to get better. That’s our focus.”

“It’s tough when you have guys that have never played before,” he added. “We don’t have a lot of experience. I’m trying to teach them the basic skills to be competitive. We got a good group. They want to win.”

Noah Zamora topped Tanner Gilbreath 7-5, 6-3 in No. 2 singles play.

Calderon topped Kaleb Santos 6-2, 6-0 in No. 3 singles play.

Gilbert Zamora III topped Tanner Bland 6-2, 6-3 in No. 4 singles play.

Gudino topped Chris Munoz 6-3, 6-2 in No. 5 singles play.

Saldana topped Jared Martinez 6-1, 6-0 in No. 6 singles play.

Gonzalez and Torres topped Colin Kimball and Wyles Mall 6-2, 6-1 in No. 1 doubles play.

Eduardo Ramirez lost 6-2, 6-4 to Diego Cardenas in No. 1 singles play.

Ceres High dropped its No. 2 and 3 doubles matches via forfeit.

“It was a good team victory,” Moring said. “We had some strong performances. All the guys played well.”

Ceres High didn’t field a boys tennis team last spring due to a lack of interest.

“If I can get guys interested in playing the sport, we’ll have numbers and be able to compete,” Moring said.

The Bulldogs will play three times this week.

Ceres High will travel to Modesto today to face Grace Davis and host Johansen on Thursday.

“The goal is to play better than we did last time,” Moring said. “We still got a lot of work to do.”

Hawks split

Central Valley’s boys tennis team secured a split in Central California Conference play last week.

The third-place Hawks improved to 7-3 in the CCC standings following Thursday’s 7-0 triumph over the Livingston Wolves.

Ruben Hernandez, Lourdvic Polanes, Willy Souksavath, Enrique Lepe, Jesus Hernandez, Aiden Sinlapaxay, Joaquin Pulido, Jose Alvarez and Kai Sivongxay contributed to Central Valley’s point total.

Ruben Hernandez prevailed, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 1 singles.

Polanes prevailed, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 2 singles.

Souksavath prevailed, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 3 singles.

Lepe prevailed, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 4 singles.

Jesus Hernandez prevailed, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 5 singles.

Sinlapaxay and Pulido prevailed, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 1 doubles.

Alvarez and Sivongxay prevailed, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 2 doubles.

Central Valley sustained a 6-3 loss while battling El Capitan on March 29 in Ceres.

Ruben Hernandez, Omar Lepe and Enrique Lepe contributed to the Hawks’ point total.

Ruben Hernandez prevailed, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4, at No. 1 singles.

Omar Lepe prevailed, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 2 singles.

Enrique Lepe prevailed, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 5 singles.

Polanes lost 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.

Souksavath lost 7-5, 7-5 at No. 4 singles.

Jesus Hernandez lost 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.

Sinlapaxay and Pulido lost 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 at No. 1 doubles.

Alvarez and Braulio Arellano lost 7-5, 3-6, 10-8 at No. 2 doubles.

Sivongxay and Dylan Chauhan lost 6-4, 6-1 at No. 3 doubles.