PORTLAND — A third consecutive tennis state title for the Summit boys is not going to be easy.

The Storm, who advanced seven players to this weekend’s Class 5A state tournament in Portland, have just two entrants — singles player Chandler Oliveira and the doubles team of Scott Parr and Liam Hall — who are still playing for individual state championships. Oliveira, the No. 4 seed, knocked off Wilson’s David Govshtein 6-2, 6-2 in his first round match Thursday at the West Hills Racquet Club in Portland. Parr and Hall also won their tournament opener, a 6-2, 6-0 decision over Wilson’s Steven Lee and Adrian Morton.

“Going into today, we knew it was going to be a four-team race,” Storm coach Josh Cordell said, listing his team, Marist, Crescent Valley and Churchill all as title contenders. “Crescent Valley’s in the driver’s seat, but we still have a shot.”

Summit’s other state qualifiers were not as successful as Thomas Wimberly and Elliott Sherpa lost their pigtail doubles match and Parker Nichols and William Dalquist fell 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-0 to No. 2 seed Lewis Shotton and Ben McNair from Crescent Valley.

“That match looked like a semifinal contest, not something in the first round,” Cordell said. “But that’s the way the brackets fall sometimes.”

Thursday’s 5A boys opening round took a toll on Central Oregon as a whole as Redmond’s Zach Powell and Mountain View’s Phillip Atkinson both lost their first matches of the tournament. Bend’s Cameron Tulare and Josh Woodland won their pigtail match but then were defeated in straight sets in the first round by No. 1 seed Austin Tyner and A.J. Barko of Marist.

Crescent Valley sits in first place in the team standings entering today’s quarterfinal and semifinal rounds. The Raiders lead the three-day event with six points. Five teams, including Summit, are tied for second with four points.

The 5A boys tourney resumes play today at 9 a.m. with consolation matches.

In other state tennis championships involving Central Oregon participants:

Storm advance doubles teams to quarterfinals: BEAVERTON — Summit ended the first day of the Class 5A girls state tournament at Tualatin Hills Tennis Center in a three-way tie for second place by advancing a pair of doubles teams to the quarterfinal round. Kacie Evans and Lauren Handley won their first-round match 6-1, 6-1 over Wilson’s Amy Schenk and Clare Belott to earn a date with Ashland’s Hanna Greenberg and Vika O’Brien, the bracket’s top seed. The Storm’s Haley Younger and Kelsey Collis also will be playing in the quarters, having bested Marist’s Lauren Sibole and Madison Penn 6-3, 6-2.

Summit’s two doubles teams are the only Central Oregon girls still alive in championship play at the 5A tournament. The Storm’s Ariel Steele and Morgan DeMeyer lost their pigtail match and singles players Lindsey Brodeck of Summit and Bend’s Kaylee Tornay and Sierra Winch dropped their first-round matches, though Tornay did win her play-in contest, 6-1, 6-1 over Nina Brim of Cleveland.

Ashland leads the 5A girls tourney with six points. Summit, Sherwood and Crescent Valley all are tied with four points.

Raven freshman wins opener: EUGENE — Ridgeview’s Brett Blundell blanked Ione’s Kai Arbogast 6-0, 6-0 in the pigtail round at the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A boys championship at the University of Oregon. Blundell, a freshman, will face No. 4 seed Luis Drexler of Estacada today in the first round.

Ridgeview singles, doubles victorious: EUGENE — Ridgeview junior Bailey Simmons moved on to today’s first round with a 7-5, 7-6 (5) pigtail victory, as did her teammates Rhian Sage and Makena Jordison who posted a 6-3, 6-4 play-in win over Sisters’ Hannah Stuwe and Shelbi Thompson. Raven sophomore Caitlin Carr fell in her pigtail match, 6-2, 6-1 to Riverdale’s Michelle Ly.