California Tops at US National Junior Olympic Championships

There were 31 Junior players who attended the National Championships held in Lansing, Michigan in June. When the points were added up, the California juniors finished on top of all other states!

The play was done Olympic style. There were several players finishing as national champions(winners of Gold division) in multiple divisions. These include; Jose Rojas (16 and under, doubles 16 and under), Ismael Aldana (doubles 16 and under; mixed doubles 16 and under), Marcos Rojas (12 and under, doubles 12 and under), and Devon Pimentelli (mixed doubles 12 and under, 12 and under girls). There were other national champions that included: Jose Diaz, Alejandro Guzman, Teresa Diaz, Ricardo Diaz, and Aubrey O'Brien.

Players from throughout the state attended this event with 14 coming from the Stockton/Lodi area. Players also came from Vacaville/Fairfield, Auburn, Woodland, Sacramento area, Danville/San Ramon/Pleasanton, and Placentia. As this was not a cheap trip to make, many players did fund raisers to be able to make the journey.

Players attending the event in alphabetical order: Ismael Aldana (Stockton), Cody Alsup (Vacaville), Zachary Brancato (Pleasanton). Sherrika Darnell (El Dorado Hills), Esteban Diaz (Stockton), Jose Diaz (Stockton), Ricardo Diaz (Stockton), Teresa Diaz (Stockton), Victor Frausto (Woodland), Johnathon Garcia (Vacaville), Alejandro Guzman (Stockton), Omar Guzman (Stockton), Bobby David Horn (Stockton), Monique Horyza (Sacramento area), Kyra Klopp (Folsom), Tyler Lanman (Danville), Christian Llanes (Stockton), Vikram Maru (Placentia), Andrew Meyer (Elk Grove), Ryan Meyer (Elk Grove), Jordan Nance (Lodi), Logan Nance (Lodi), Aubrey O’brien (Auburn), Ashley O’brien (Auburn), Devon Pimentelli (San Bruno), Jacob Pritchard (Fairfield), Nicholas Riffel (Auburn), Jose Rojas (Stockton), Marcos Rojas (Stockton), Bobby Sehrgosha (Pleasanton), Jose Serrano (Stockton), and Sabrina Viscuso (Auburn)…

Congratulations to all and hopefully you will be motivating more Juniors in the state!!!

Brian Dixon
CSRA Junior Racquetball Director
Petaluma Valley Athletic Club Junior Racquetball Director