The Madera boys tennis team headed into the Central Section team tennis playoffs as the No. 10 seed matched up against the No. 7 seeded team in Liberty High of Bakersfield.

While a 3-6 loss ended the Coyotes team playoff hopes, the doubles tandem of Daniel Sheeter and Nick Cook are still making a legitimate claim to being the No. 1 doubles team in the section.

Sheeter won his No. 1 singles match against Liberty's Joel Saslaw 6-4, 6-0 while Cook won the No. 2 match defeating Roger Priuett 6-1, 6-0.

Gurbir Samran gave his opponent a battle in the No. 3 singles match before losing 5-7, 3-6 while Jerry Ramon, Steven Valerio and Shahzad Azair lost the No. 4 through 6 matches.

Sheeter and Cook, who improved to 18-2 on the season and have received the No. 3 seed in the Valley doubles playoffs then faced off against the No. 4 seeded team from Liberty in Saslaw and Priuett. After a close 7-5 win in the first set, Sheeter and Cook turned up the heat in the second set winning handily by the score of 6-0.

"Daniel and Nick really handled their opponents in this match," said Madera head coach David Ramirez. "The quality of their play together has improved dramatically and I am excited to see what they can do together in the playoffs."

The No. 2 doubles team Samran and Ramon lost 4-6, 3-6 while the No. 3 team of Jonathan Powell and Harjeet Singh dropped their match 0-6, 4-6.

Sheeter and Cook will begin their quest for a Valley doubles title Saturday at either Clovis West or Buchanan High.

Paul Stanford Paul Stanford is the sports editor for the Madera Tribune. You can contact Paul at 674.8134 ext. 225 or e-mail at pstanford (at) maderatribune.net The Madera Tribune online subscription To subscribe or log on, CLICK HERE. For more information first, CLICK HERE.