Posted by Christine Jinbo

USA Beach hosted junor tournaments on three coasts in one weekend, at Chicago, Ill., Rochester, N.Y., and Santa Cruz, Calif.  The first of the three events took place at Chicago, Ill., the North Coast Open that boasted 106 teams in nine divisions.  The Pacific Coast Open at Santa Cruz, Calif. and the Great Lakes Open at Rochester, N.Y. took place on Sunday, where 41 teams participated in Santa Cruz and 53 in Rochester.

USA Beach Spalding Results
Pacific Coast Open
Santa Cruz, California
August 3, 2008

12U Girls
1st     Tessie Powers    Aptos, CA    29-27, 28-22
1st     Clare Powers    Aptos, CA    
2nd    Samantha Recinos    San Francisco, CA    27-29, 22-28
2nd    Giselle Andrade    San Francisco, CA    
3rd     Melanie Estonina    San Francisco, CA    28-21, 26-28, 15-13
3rd     Rachel Lopez   San Francisco, CA     

14U Girls
1st     Sarah Vaccaro    Orinda, CA    21-10, 20-22, 15-5
1st     Brittany Howard    Los Altos, CA    
2nd    Lizzy Tardieu    San Jose, CA    10-21, 22-20, 5-15
2nd    Brielle Mariucci    San Jose, CA    
3rd    Alexandra Espinosa    Sunnyville, CA    28-20
3rd    Kelsey Crawford        Sunnyville, CA

16U Girls
1st     Mary Vaccaro    Orinda, CA    21-9
1st     Kimberly Condie    Moraga, CA    
2nd    Aly Duffin    Roseville, CA    9-21
2nd    Brittany Larsen    Roseville, CA    
3rd    Jessica Richardson    Roseville, CA    21-15
3rd    Abbey Wade    Roseville, CA    

18U Girls
1st     Maggie Powers    Aptos, CA    28-20, 28-17
1st     Annie Powers    Aptos, CA    
2nd    Sydney Leftridge    Auburn, CA    20-28, 17-28
2nd    Melissa Stoll    Auburn, CA    
3rd     Samantha Harrison    Colfax, CA    28-12, 28-16
3rd     Hannah Baldwin    Meadow Vista, CA   



14U Boys
1st     Austin Smotherman    Loomis, CA    28-15, 28-17
1st     Kyle Duffin    Loomis, CA    
2nd    Gage Worsley    Rochester, NY    15-28, 17-28
2nd    Joe Worsley    Rochester, NY    
3rd    John Thornhill    Santa Cruz, CA    28-12
3rd    Tyler Damnann    Santa Cruz, CA   



16U Boys
1st     Michael Airola    Carmel, CA    28-15, 28-16
1st     Kevin Griest    Carmel, CA    
2nd    Justin Koehler    Palo Alto, CA    15-28, 16-28
2nd    Eric Salwasswer    Sunnyville, CA    
 

18U Boys
1st     Justin Lewis    Los Gatos, CA    21-13, 21-14
1st     Matt Houlihan    Willow Glen, CA    
2nd    Beau Barron    Los Gatos, CA    13-21, 14-21
2nd    Tom Patton    Los Gatos, CA    
3rd     Scott Bendorf    San Jose, CA    28-18
3rd     Drew Grainger    Los Gatos, CA   

20U Boys
1st     William Green    Orinda, CA    28-25, 28-15
1st     Matthew Rice    Pleasenton, CA    
2nd    Robert Fahey    Oakland, CA    25-28, 15-28
2nd    Keenan Walch    Oakland, CA   


*Note: Pictures of medalists will be added to this post soon.