Getting in their last few days of beach time before heading indoors to play for Santa Barbara High, Eve Ettinger and Danielle Rottman won the Girls 18s Division of the California Beach Volleyball Association youth tournament on Tuesday.
Ettinger-Rottman beat Ventura’s Cheyenne Godinez and Morgan Slater for the title at East Beach. The third-place finishers were the local team of Brooke Ranger-Evanne Jimenez and Casey Levitt-Hannah Schuett of Thousand Oaks
Alla Knight of Ventura and Oxnard’s Allie Eason captured the Girls 16s title, beating Goleta’s Sammi Rhine and Emily Lunt of Santa Barbara. Kira Schleich and Remi Pulice shared third place with Courtney Birkett (Newbury Park) and Samantha Wilson (Thousand Oaks).
In the Girls 14s, the South Bay team of Abril Bustamante (Redondo Beach) and Presley Forbes (Manhattan Beach) knocked off the local duo of Teah Burdick and Tessa Dewell to win the division. Santa Maria’s Monique Brunello-Michaela Olney and Lindsey Knudsen (Valencia) and Jackie Starnes (Santa Barbara) finished in third.
Chloe Markland (Manhattan Beach) and Skylar Morgan (Hermosa Beach) captured the Girls 12s title. They defeated Hanna Klein (Pacific Palisades) and Jenny Edwards (Playa del Rey) in the final. Third place finishers were Ventura’s Kobie Jimenez-Samantha Slater and locals Karissa Merten-Lauren Suh.
Santa Barbara Dons Nick Clark and Alex Biedul took down Dos Pueblos’ Jacob Badish and Zach Yinger of San Marcos in the Boys 18s final. Gavin Trudeau-Clifford Anderson of Santa Barbara shared third place with Camarillo’s Jesse Flitt-Christian Van Ouwerkerk.
The Valencia duo of Eric Ensing-Griffin Ender won the Boys 16s title over Parker Boehle (Westchester) and Nick Porterfield (Los Angeles). The third-place finishers were Cavan Donohoe-Zachary Hougardy of Thousand Oaks and Andrew Sato (Calabasas) and Ean Silbar (Westlake Village).
In an all-local 14s final, Tristan Fauntleroy and Will Howard defeated Connor Everman and Hyden Millington. Kyle Ensing-Justin Coleman of Valencia finished third.
Santa Barbarans Baron Mainz-Scott Everman won the Boys 12s title. Zachary Tucker and Logan Siemens of Arroyo Grande finished second and Niko Forbes (Manhattan Beach) and Tanner Woods (Huntington Beach) placed third.
Next Tuesday will be the final youth tournament of the summer.
