LOCAL NOTES : Mission Viejo’s Bartelt Advances

Page Bartelt of Mission Viejo defeated San Diego’s Susan Hawke, 6-3, 6-1, in the first round of the Mazda Tennis Classic Opportunity Tournament at Beverly Hills Tennis Club. Laguna Niguel’s Erin Bornstedt lost to Claremont’s Laxmi Pouri, 6-4, 6-2.

The winner of the event earns a wild-card entry into the classic’s qualifying tournament at La Costa, July 31 and Aug. 1.

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Brad Fichtel, the Rams’ seventh-round draft choice from Eastern Illinois, has signed. Fichtel, a 6-foot-2, 285-pound center, is the second Ram draft choice to come to terms. Sean LaChapelle, a wide receiver from UCLA, signed last month.

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Tom Tereschuk had been named baseball coach at Servite High, principal Raymond Dunne has announced. Tereschuk, 32, comes to Servite from Whittier California High, where he had a 85-56-2 record in eight years. Tereschuk also will teach English at Servite.

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Santa Margarita graduate Adam Dzierzynski, a 6-foot-1 point guard, said he has agreed to play basketball at Chapman University next season. Dzierzynski averaged 10 points, three rebounds and 9.2 assists and had a 53.4 field-goal and 71.9 free-throw percentages his senior season.

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Evan Alexander, a 6-foot-3 outside hitter from Capistrano Valley High, signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at UC Irvine, Anteater Coach Andy Read said. Alexander earned second-team all-Southern Section and first-team all-South Coast League honors.