PORTLAND — Several local tennis players will be in action today when the Maine Principals’ Association Singles Tournament kicks off at the Portland Racket and Fitness Center.

The tournament will begin at 8:30 a.m. today with the first and second rounds. On Saturday, the remaining players will compete in the round of 16 and quarterfinal matches at Lewiston High School. The state semifinals and finals are set for Monday at Bates College in Lewiston. Action starts at 9:30 a.m. and the finals are scheduledfora1p.m.start.

In boys’ action, three Thornton Academy players will be competing today with No. 3 seed Dariy Vykhodtsev, Viktor Schwarz and Jack Xiao all qualifying for the tournament.

Schwarz will take on Mount Desert Island’s Kaleb Payson in a first-round match at 8:30 a.m., while Xiao will battle Hall-Dale’s Andrew Peterson in a 12:45 p.m. match.

Vykhodtsev has a bye into the second round. He will face the winner of Portland’s Peter Gribizis and Mattanawcook Academy’s Tysen Libby at 4:45 p.m.

If Schwarz earns a first-round win, he will face Caribou’s Ethan Plourde. With a first-round victory, Xiao would take on Mt. Blue’s Evan Backus.

In the girls’ tournament, Kennebunk/ Wells’ Rosemary Campanella earned the fourth seed and Thornton Academy’s Grace Pickering and Eva Sachs also made the field.

Pickering will face Piscataquis Community’s Alanna Whitney at 8:30 a.m. in the opening round. At 11:15 a.m., Sachs will battle Boothbay’s Mackenzie Colby.

Campanella will face the winner of Hermon’s Alex Allain and Erskine Academy’s Ellie Hodfkin at 3:30 p.m. in the second round.

With a first-round win, Pickering would earn a shot at Lewiston’s Maddi Roy in the next round. Sachs would face No. 11 Lexi Epstein of Waynflete in the second round.