Winners at the GJNC For 12s and 13s!

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Just like that, club season has ended with the Girls Junior National Championship taking place in Minneapolis, Minnesota June 28-July 1st. Teams came and battled on the court bringing about winners in the different divisions. Congratulations to the following California teams who competed for four straight days and ended up bringing home medals. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>12 National:</strong> Mizuno Long Beach 12 Rockstar ended with a record of 9-1 coming in 3rd. Coached by Tiffany Jestadt-Rodriguez and Fia Faumuina the Rockstars took home bronze. Champions are Tyleani Allen, Charlee Bengard, Tristan Del Riego, Eden Fa'alogo, Maveti Faumuina, Delaney Holder, Phoebe Johnson, [player_tooltip player_id='863145' first='Devotion' last='Luuga'], Mya Felisa Pimentel, Callie Tafua, Saili Tupuola, Lily Vandeweghe and Kris Yoo</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Also coming in 3rd and bringing home bronze is Tstreet 12 Kaila. Coached by Kaila Ames and McLain Mott, Tstreet ended with a record of 8-2. Champions are Liberty Badorek, Nahla Gababa, Eliana Green, Eliza Havranek, Victoria Jackson, Francesca Jensen, Karla Medina, Krystal Nguyen, Catherine Riebli, Melissa Song, Julia Teijo, and Lucy Zeiter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>12 American:</strong> LAVA West 12 Molten brings home bronze with a record of 9-1. Coached by Scott Wong, Shannon Macias, and Gregory Harasymowycz. Champions are Katelyn Haberman, Abby Hammerschmitt, Olena Harasymowycz, Lillian Heath, Camryn Hollowell, Sara Laflin, Kiley Macias, Londyn Manuel, Lily Supa, Juliet Thompson, [player_tooltip player_id='787765' first='Elyse' last='Wong'], Maya Yung.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>13 Open:</strong> Coast 13-1 battled ending with 3rd place and a record of 7-2. They brought home bronze. Coached by Said Soulkane, Olivia Nitoglia, Dana Branavets, and Ozhan Bahrambeygui. Champions are Madison Bissessar, Alice Burgett, Calli Efthimos, Tatum Epstein, Harper Goff, Emilie LaSala, Mia Lopez, Samantha Saba, Jasmyn Stafford, Kaylin Sun, Matilda Tyndall, Nora Rae Wiese, Baylee Wilson.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>13 USA:</strong> United 13s Susie took 2nd, bringing home silver with a record of 8-3. Coached by Suzanne Magana, Megan Yoon, and Sierra Lim. Champions are Tessa Backman, Ashley Deemer, Cienna Enriquez, Madison Goodrich, Rylee Hartwell, Evelyn Le, Kendall Mathison, Taylor McPherson, Shiloh Stupin, and Saba Tanara.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>13 Liberty:</strong> WAVE 13 Reily brought home gold, taking 1st place with a record of 9-1. Coached by Reily Buechler, Brennan Dean, and Melissa Adams. Champions are Kaedyn Blotzer, Frankie Cavallo, [player_tooltip player_id='778932' first='Aubrie' last='Christoffersen'], Emily Dilmore, [player_tooltip player_id='783467' first='Avery' last='Hawa'], Simone Hobbs, [player_tooltip player_id='787194' first='Ana' last='Laverty'], [player_tooltip player_id='778938' first='Avery' last='Peckham'], Kingsley Romande, [player_tooltip player_id='784405' first='Natalie' last='Rynard'], Lucille Tellers, Kennedy Wilkinson.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>SF Tremors 13 Wolverine from Northern California came in 2nd with a record of 8-2. Coached by Church Villacampa, Katrina Paz, and Abegail Jensen Espiritu. Champions are Vivienne Austin, Mia Cabatic, Caylee Chin, Jordan Chung, Ana Sofia Garcia-Cruz, Angelina Gomez, Valencia Guardado, Kara Liu, Janiyah Lopez, Kylie Moy, Alejandra, Navarro, Jessica Quinn and Sorya Steger.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>13 Patriot:</strong> Rancho Valley 13 Premier came in 3rd winning bronze with a record of 10-1. Coached by Vu "Vinnie" Dinh, Diana Maile and Abbey Vollkommer. Champions are Dylanna Akwaboah, Elin Apple, Janae Childs, Gioia Florence, Annalisia Garcia, Tylia Hemmans, Kailynn Jackson, Alyssa Grace Kiley, Dagny Perrance, Hannah Reyes, Kylie Richardson, [player_tooltip player_id='463763' first='Lily' last='Spalding'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":413129,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/07/Rancho-Valley-13s.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-413129" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Photo: <a href="https://instagram.com/rancho_vbc?igshid=YmM0MjE2YWMzOA==" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rancho_vbc Instagram</a></figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Congratulations to each club, coach, and player! Your hard work and commitment this season paid off. 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