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First Posted: 3/20/2014 Berwick BulldogsCoach: Matt Shrader
2013 Record: 7-4 
Home Courts: Berwick High School 
Key Returners: Luke Whitenight, Blake Whitmire, Dominic Scicchitano, Cole Gordner, Nick Oliver, Mike Dyer, Giuseppe Baratta. 
Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;I am very hopeful for this season. We have a lot of young players that are now coming back to the court with a year of experience. I feel like we will be strong in both singles and doubles. I am looking forward to a record similar or even better than last year.&#8221; 
Coughlin CrusadersCoach: Teresa Popielarski
2013 Record: 2-9 
Home Courts: Kirby Park
Key Returners: Ben Manarski, Troy Bankus, Ryan Hutz, John Jones, Mike Klimek.
Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;I had three players injured, so if we can stay healthy we can be okay. I think we should have a decent year, hopefully better than last year.&#8221;
Crestwood CometsCoach: Scott Lenio
2013 Record: 11-2, WVC Class 3A champions
Home Courts: Wright Township Park
Key Returners: Robert Keenan, John Andrews, David Madl.
Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;The team lost all seven starters from last year. This is the first time in the 19 years I have been coaching that this has happened. It will definitely be a learning curve for the players and coaches on the team. The players this year are inexperienced in league play but we hope to improve as the year goes along. The weather has hampered our ability to form a starting lineup. We will be adjusting the lineup as the season goes along. Most of the teams lost a starting player or two but losing the entire lineup will be an uphill battle so I would hope to try and get to .500 and see if we can upset a team or two along the way.&#8221;
Dallas MountaineersCoach: Joe Pugliese
2013 Record: 7-4
Home Courts: Dallas High School
Key Returners: Steve Wempa, Frank Hullihen, Nick Muldoon.
Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;We are very inexperienced with three returning starters and none have played singles before. So we&#8217;re trying to build good doubles teams and replace the singles players we lost.&#8221;
Hazleton Area CougarsCoach: Robert Freeman
2013 Record: 6-5
Home Courts: None
Key Returners: Whister Yuhas, Donald Tedesco, Mauro Notaro, Austin Yevak, Adam Trula, Nico Makuta.
Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;I&#8217;m hoping we&#8217;ll be competitive and maybe improve on last year&#8217;s record.&#8221;
Holy Redeemer RoyalsCoach: Joe Suchoski
2013 Record: 5-6 
Home Court: Kirby Park
Key Returners: Josh Wychock, Chris Pawlenok, Robert Dougherty, Thomas Caffery, Gaetano Bounsante, Mike Pegarella, Arvind Murali.
Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;Graduating all three singles players from last year, we will be very inexperienced at singles. Josh, Russell (Kutish) and Chris have started the season playing singles. The doubles teams will vary with some combination of Robert, Thomas, Gaetano, Erik (Gaueaas), James (Blewitt) and Bailey (Endler) rotating in and out. The weather has really made it hard to judge the strengths of 17 players, so the lineup is subject to change as players challenge for position. Even with a young, inexperienced team, I hope to improve upon last year&#8217;s record.&#8221;
MMI Prep PreppersCoach: Mark Dryfoos
2013 Record: 1-10
Home Courts: MMI Prep High School
Key Returners: Billy Spear, Michael Eisenheart, Lou Dryfoos.
Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;We have a very young team this year, but a very talented team. We&#8217;re really working on just bulding the right foundation, but I think we&#8217;re gonna do very well this year.&#8221;
Pittston Area PatriotsCoach: Kim Collins
2013 Record: 9-2
Home Courts: Pittston Area Middle School
Key Returners: Trent Woodruff, Tyler Woodruff, Terry Briggs, Christian Charney, Johnathon Durling.
Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;Our team has a lot of potential for success. We have so much experience coming back in the singles lineup, so there&#8217;s a lot of potential for success.&#8221;
Tunkhannock TigersCoach: Jeff Underwood
2013 Record: 5-6 
Home Courts: Tunkhannock High School
Key Returners: Nate Underwood, Tony Shao, Dan Grednip, Luke Straley, Ben Keiser, Colin Franko, Gerard Mirabello.
Outlook: Plenty of depth could allow for an improvement from last season&#8217;s record.
Wyoming Area WarriorsCoach: Bill Roberts
2013 Record: 0-11
Home Courts: Pittston Area Middle School
Key Returners: Nick Leon, Mike Wruben, Aaron Carter, Tom Rose
Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;I think we&#8217;re gonna challenge every match, I think it&#8217;ll be close. We have a lot of heart and I think we&#8217;ll win some this year. We have a couple new people come out so we have to slot them, and it&#8217;ll be tough for them because they&#8217;re still learning.&#8221;
Wyoming Seminary Blue KnightsCoach: Allison Joanlanne
2013 Record: 11-0 
Home Courts: Wyoming Seminary High School
Key Returners: Chris Kim, Matt Cartwright, Matt Obeid.
Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;We hope to have a great season. We hope to be undefeated again, and hope to win districts which is always our goal. Every year we hope to do it, so we&#8217;re gonna give it a shot again.&#8221;
Wyoming Valley West SpartansCoach: Jim Zimmerman
2013 Record: 3-8
Home Courts: Hamilton Park
Key Returners: Pat Kendall, Brian Novitski, Dan Miller, Chris Bloom, Dan Taren, Matt Finnegan, Anthony Barbose.
Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;We&#8217;re just looking to get better as the season goes along. With the weather, it was hard to get out for practice, but we&#8217;re trying to get in as much (practice) as we can and we&#8217;re just hoping to improve on last year&#8217;s record.&#8221;

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