Palisadian Josh Lederman won both of his sets at No. 1 singles to lead the Harvard-Westlake High boys tennis team to a 14-4 victory over Loyola in the CIF Southern Section Division I finals last Wednesday at the Claremont Club. Lederman defeated both Bryan Ross and Ray Alvarez by 6-2 scores in the first two rotations of singles play and was replaced in the third round after the top-seeded Wolverines (22-0) had already clinched their second CIF title in three years. Lederman scored a key doubles victory when Harvard-Westlake beat Brentwood in the Division V final two years ago. It was Harvard-Westlake’s third victory over the unseeded Cubs (20-4), the first two having come in Mission League play. Lederman played No. 1 singles all season for the Wolverines. In Division IV, top-seeded Redondo (27-2) won its first boys’ tennis title in school history by defeating second-seeded Brentwood, 12-6, in a rematch of last year’s final. Brentwood won that match by the same score. Palisadian Aiden Lloyd teamed with partner Michael Riorden to win a set at No. 2 doubles for the Eagles (18-7).
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