Local girls bring home the gold
Club volleyball is in full swing and things look promising for Beach Cities Volleyball with four teams in its club winning gold in recent tournaments.
The Beach Cities 13 Gold girls team traveled to American Sports Center in Anaheim where it defeated Seal Beach, Mission Viejo and T-Street VBC en route to a gold medal.
Shea Deck-Jacoby and Charise Montgomery filled in for injured setter Maddy Simones while Evie Gollas and Karly Eastley had strong serving games. Other key contributors were Tamar Davis, Leah Bledsoe, Ronginae Davis, Javana Zahedi, Michaela Lang and Lydia Champagne.
With almost a month off between tournaments, the 14 Gold girls team played its third qualifier at CSU Dominguez Hills. After beating Surf City behind the defensive play of Lyndsay Allen, Gabby deGuzman and Bella Di Domenico, the team defeated TCA OC 14-Black behind the contributions of Ashley Murray, Tyler Spriggs, Kara Hoover, Maddy Peach, Natasha Dutko and Daria Clark. A victory over second-seed Laguna Beach in the third match moved the squad into Division 1.
The girls on the 14 Platinum team maintained the club’s winning ways, earning gold at Cypress College in its third qualifier of the season. The team defeated third-seed Surf City 25-13, 25-10, the 900 Sq. Ft. VBC 13-Steve team 25-20, 25-10 and the Epic 14-2 squad by a score of 25-14, 25-16.
BCVC 16 Gold took top honors at Cypress College, beginning with a 23-25, 25-19, 15-13 win over third-seed Coast VBC 16. After downing North County Edge 16-Gabi 25-19, 25-18, the girls emerged victorious in a hard-fought battle with DSVC 16-SMACK, beating their opponents 20-25, 25-22, 15-11. ER