Ayala Tournament: High School Showdown

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ayala High School hosted their annual volleyball tournament Friday September 9th and Saturday the 10th. The event had a great turnout with ten schools participating. It was put together by Ayala's head coach Jeff Weihert and its success was accomplished due to the help of parents and student-athlete volunteers. Pool one consisted of the following schools and their coaches: Claremont (Alexa Block), San Dimas (Diane Chiappone &amp; Courtney Hine), Centennial Corona ( Ruben Haro), Don Antonio Lugo (Cherry Baylon) and LaQuinta (David Tran). Pool two had Riverside Poly (Dana Fulwider &amp; Pete Cherniss), Citrus Valley (Amber Tygart &amp; Makinsey Tessitore), Oak Hills (Omar Lopez, Tiffany Tran &amp; Mikael Bastida), Ayala (Jeff Weihert) and South Hills (Tiare Tuitama &amp; Kiara Erving). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The gym was filled with talented and skilled players. For many of the teams, this tournament is the last one before the league starts on September 13th. There were so many great players on the court, that it was impossible to showcase them all. This article is a start to their recognition, one player at a time. Good luck to all of the schools on their season. Congratulations to South Hills for taking first place and San Dimas for taking second! The girls below were shining bright (in order of graduating class)!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_631e279c3281c","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["162757"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":225468,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"[player_tooltip player_id='162757' first='Mia' last='Delahoussaye'] brought the heat to the Ayala tournament with her powerful kills. She is an all-around player who can hit, pass, block and serve.  She would get right on top of the ball and bang it straight down, many times at the ten-foot line. 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