Palisadians Jackie Bowman and Jamie Marvil took second place twice last week in their first two beach volleyball tournaments ever. The California Beach Volleyball Association staged 12-and-under tournaments last Tuesday in Santa Barbara and Saturday in Hermosa Beach. The pair of 11-year-olds played three matches in Santa Barbara and five in Hermosa. Both Jackie, a 6th-grader at Calvary Christian, and Jamie, a 6th-grader at St. Martin of Tours in Brentwood, played indoors for Sunshine Volleyball Club’s Orange team, coached by Margie Young. They will try to make Sunshine’s 12-1s (Crimson) team this year. Playing off the success they enjoyed two weeks ago at the USA Beach Volleyball Junior Olympic Beach Championships, where they took second place in the U-12 division, Palisadian Hagen Smith and his partner, Kyle Baily of Huntington Beach, took second in Santa Barbara and third in Hermosa Beach. Son of pro beach volleyball legend Sinjin Smith, Hagen is only 11 but is growing accustomed to competing against older players. He will start sixth-grade at Corpus Christi in the fall.
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