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	Katie Slay reaches for the block.

The USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships, hosted by USA Volleyball at the Miami Beach Convention Center, crowned three champions in 17-and-under age division brackets. The 10-day event runs from June 26 to July 5.

The 17 Open Gold Bracket Championship found Mizuno Long Beach 17 Mizuno (Long Beach, Calif.) on opposite sides of the net from Northern Lights 17-1 (Burnsville, Minn.).

Northern Lights 17-1 captured the Gold Medal Championships in the 17 Open Division of the AAU National Championships (Orlando, Fla.), but could not repeat the feat and fell, 25-20, 29-27, 25-22 to Miz Long Beach 17 Mizuno.

Long Beach Mizuno, which won the major SCVA Las Vegas Invitational in February and qualified through the Southern California Regional, defeated Wave 17 Jeanne Spalding (San Diego, Calif.) 25-19, 26-24, 25-22 in the semifinals and Sunshine 17 (Los Angeles, Calif.) 25-22, 25-21, 25-16 in the quarterfinals.

Northern Lights 17-1 reached the title match with a 25-16, 25-22, 25-22 quarterfinal win over Texas Tornados 17 Mizuno (Houston, Texas) and a 25-22, 25-20, 25-15 victory over Vision 17 Gold (San Jose, Calif.) in the semifinals.

This year's USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships includes 9,500 athletes from 788 teams. The tournament will crown 19 champions in age divisions ranging from 12-18.

16 Open:
Gold - KCPOWER 16-1 (Overland Park, Calif.)
Silver - TCA SC 16-Black (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Bronze - City Beach 16 Black (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Miz LB 16 Mizuno (Long Beach, Calif.)

16 National:    
Gold - Wave 16Katie Spalding (San Diego, Calif.)
Silver - A5 161 Gabe (Atlanta, Ga.)
Bronze - OK Peak Performance 16-1 (Oklahoma, Calif.) and Northern Lights 16-1 (Burnsville, Minn.)

16 American:
Gold - Impact 16 Bryan (Yorba Linda, Calif.)
Silver - Dinamo 16-Elite (Tucson, Calif.)
Bronze - Santa Barbara 16 Blue (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Springfield 16Blue (Rogersville, Mo.)

17 Open:
Gold - Miz Long Beach Mizuno (Long Beach, Calif.)
Silver - Northern Lights 17-1 (Burnsville, Minn.)
Bronze - Vision 17 Gold (San Jose, Calif.) and Wave 17 Jeanne Spalding (San Diego, Calif.)

17 National:
Gold – CVC 17 Black (Cleveland, Ohio)
Silver – Sports Shack 17-1 (Beverly Hills, California)
Bronze – AJV 17 Mizuno (Austin, Texas) and Club West 17 Elite (La Verne, Calif.)

17 American:
Gold – 951 Elite 17-1 (Temecula Calif.)
Silver – Ohio Elite 17-1 (Centerville, Ohio)
Bronze – SG ELITE 17Roshambo (San Gabriel, Calif.) and Goldenwest 17 Asics (Huntington Beach, Calif.)

14 Open: Championships on Sunday, July 5
14 National: Championships on Sunday, July 5
14 American: Championships on Sunday, July 5

15 Open:  Championships on Friday, July 3
15 National:  Championships on Friday, July 3
15 American:  Championships on Friday, July 3


18 Open:  Championships on Saturday, July 4
18 National:  Championships on Saturday, July 4
18 American:  Championships on Saturday, July 4