Monday, July 13, 2009

USJF Junior National Success

Team Sacramento and Daiheigen had an extraordinary weekend in San Francisco at the USJF Junior Nationals. In the two day tournament Team Sacramento had 12 players competing in 13 divisions. We brought home a total of 8 medals. Bringing home medals were:

Syria Rhodes- Silver & Silver in IJF Division
Ashley Booth- Silver
Marlina Luz- Silver
Conrad Perez- Bronze
Daniel Luz- Bronze
Ellis Shaw- Bronze
Curtis Booth- 2009 National Champion Gold

Also participating were Matt Ontiveros who finished 2-2 making it all the way to the semi finals in a very difficult division. Nick Ontiveros who went 1-2 and had his first National tournament experience. Isabella Perez fought hard but finished out of the top three. LJ Cudal did not win a match but went to flags in his final match for his first National tournament experience. Congratulations to all of you for your tremendous effort in the tournament and for your dedication and hard work for the past several months to get ready for this event.

Daiheigen also competed in the team tournament in both the male and female competition. The female team was not able to get past Hawaii but took an impressive second place.

The Daiheigen male team fielded only four out of the five possible competitors but still dominated the competition for first place. It was a great experience for Team Sacramento members Conrad Perez and Daniel Luz. Also on the team were Jordan (Manteca) and Sid (Stockton). Congratulations to all Daiheigen competitors on an excellent performance.

KONJO!

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