Kim and Lee opened with an 8-0 victory of Monrovia's Nikko Cabal and Ryan Nguyen, but met their match in Temple City's Johnny Wang and Chris Lai, 8-5, in the second round.
La Cañada's doubles team of Liwon Lim and Joe Song came just as close to advancing to the semifinals and the second day of the tournament against the No. 1 seed. Lim and Song opened with a narrow win over Temple City's Harvey Gan and Brian Wei, 8-8 (8-6), and then fell to top-seeded Robert Carter and Daniel Gealer of San Marino, 8-5.
The Spartans’ third and final pairing of Leeho Lim and Harrison Zuk knocked off Monrovia's Mark Gauderman and Sam Arrieta in the first round, 8-2, and then fell to San Marino's Mark Lew and Timothy Duong, 8-4.
In singles, La Cañada's Chris Madsen and Pat Finnagin each won a match Monday. Madsen defeated Temple City's Kirby Jou, 8-5, before falling to Monrovia's Robert Pedroza, 8-4. Finnagin opened with a win over Alex Yam of Temple City, 8-3, and was then knocked out by San Marino's Vincent Cheng, 8-2.
BOYS’ GOLF
St. Francis 195, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 218: Johnny Brandt and Nathan Han carded one-over-par 37s on Tuesday to lead the visiting Golden Knights in a Mission League match at Braemar Country Club and clinch a postseason berth. Vince De Pinto and Michael Mozilo each had 40s for St. Francis (9-7, 7-4 in league).
St. Francis 385, Crescenta Valley 417: Vince De Pinto of St. Francis and Crescenta Valley’s Paul Park each carded five-over-par 75s on Monday to share medalist honors in a nonleague match at Brookside Golf Course No. 2. Joe Sarni added a 76 for St. Francis.
