Girls 18s Junior National Championship; The Winners Are….

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Girls 18s Junior National Championship was held in Columbus Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on April 28-30. Six teams from the Southern California Region placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in five out of seven divisions and one team from the Northern California Region placed in one division. Congratulations to each team, player, and coaching staff who brought home hardware from the Girls 18s Junior National Championship. In order of division below.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Open:</strong> Wave 18- Juliana with a record of 9-1 took 1st place. Coached by Juliana Conn, Brennan Dean, Darrell Dilmore, and Nicholas Rubacky. Congratulations go to [player_tooltip player_id='161445' first='Julia' last='Blyashov'], Mia Compas, [player_tooltip player_id='161762' first='Lily' last='Dwinell'], Angela (Mariah) Hughes, [player_tooltip player_id='162760' first='Koko' last='Kirsch'], [player_tooltip player_id='160948' first='Katerina' last='Lutz'], Tehya Maeva, Jillian Neal, [player_tooltip player_id='162805' first='Cayla' last='Payne'], Shanelle Puetz, [player_tooltip player_id='160339' first='Eva' last='Rohrbach'], [player_tooltip player_id='160346' first='Auburn' last='Tomkinson'], and Gianna Wardy.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>USA:</strong> Vegas Aces 18 Under Armour although out of Nevada is in the Southern California Region therefore they are included in this article of California winners. They took 2nd place with a record of 7-3. Coached by Steven Wesley, Luisa Moli Savelio, and Ruben Herrera. Congratulations go to Mia Arambula, Camdyn Carpenter, Tova Craig, Nanea Merryman, Jaiden Perez, AnnaMaria Ramos, Enisilina Savelio, Alivia Stone, Sarah Sullivan, Aby Tibesar, and Morgan Wale.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Liberty:</strong> Legacy Girls 18 Elite coached by James Ker, Lance Nua, and McKenna Hafner came in 1st place with a record of 8-1. Congratulations go to Laurel Barsocchini, [player_tooltip player_id='538020' first='Gabriella' last='Cascione'], Brooklyn Cohen, Bridget Conley, [player_tooltip player_id='163292' first='Victoria' last='Davis'], [player_tooltip player_id='160894' first='Milani' last='Lee'], Madison Maxwell, Hannah Shaffer, Caroline Toberman, and Jaydin Watts.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>American:</strong> Two California teams placed in the top three. Taking 1st place is Actyve 18-Black with a record of 10-0. Coached by Lainey Gera and Charlie Schmittdiel. Congratulations go to Maya Bajaj, Uma Bajaj, Tate Drageset, Carly Greskovics, Adeline Hoisman, [player_tooltip player_id='160356' first='Nikki' last='Hughes'], Noah Johnson, Nicole Lankton, Natalie Lercari-Sullivan, Willow Rae Saynes, Dylan Spanier, Janessa Wareebor and Emily Wen. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Taking 3rd place with a record of 8-1 is Rancho Valley Premier. Coached by Kim Cherniss, Robert Vansant, and Danny Scott. Congratulations go to Malia Capistrano, Kayden Croy, Madison DiGiorgio, M'Kera Drake, Kelsey Gomarko, Jade Middleborn, Christina Muller, Destiney Parker, [player_tooltip player_id='160357' first='Kacie' last='Pedersen'], Kylie Proctor, Sarai Ross, and [player_tooltip player_id='160962' first='Julia' last='Tolstova'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Patriot:</strong> Two California teams placed in the top three. Wave 18- Dave took 1st place with a record of 9-0. Coached by David Johnson, Brennan Dean, and Kelly McCaddin. Congratulations go to Audrey Adam, Teya Bronson, Ashley Cook, [player_tooltip player_id='160332' first='Devon' last='DeNecochea'], Ayana Johnson, Julia Kohrt, Alexandra McGillivray [player_tooltip player_id='779623' first='Malia' last='Miller'], Grace Nguyen, Abigail Rosado, Tori Tingum and Kamara White.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Taking 3rd place with a record of 5-3 is NNJ 18- Jason from Northern California. Coached by Jason Sterrett and Amanda Sbragia. Congratulation go to Sierra Bernard, Kaitlyn Bowers, Avery Fearnley, Sydney Flint, Sabrina Jones, Amber Keen, Masyn Navarro, Lucille Ryan, Addison Schreurs, Aleksen Thayer, and Jenna Weise. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>All the long hours of practice, dedication, commitment, travel, tournaments, finances, and so much more that go into playing volleyball have sealed this season with medals and memories. 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