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Breezers help West Florida 18s to runner-up place in Capital City Challenge

The West Florida Volleyball Club 18's took second place at the recent North Florida Volleyball Academy Capital City Challenge in Tallahassee. They are (front row, from left): Ashton Baker, Shantel Fredrick, Tristan Powers and Caroline Ennis. Back (from left): Coach Chad Fuller, Asst. Coach Hannah Nichols, Sallie Papajohn, Jasmine Crowell, Kathryn Rogers and Kelsey Bell. Vici Papajohn/Gulf Breeze News The West Florida Volleyball Club 18’s took second place at the recent North Florida Volleyball Academy Capital City Challenge in Tallahassee.

In pool play, they beat the Tampa Bay Raptors 25-18, 25-9 and the Pensacola Beach Volleyball Club’s U17s 25-21, 25- 22. They lost to the Elite North Florida Volleyball Academy 25-10, 25-18.

In the Gold Bracket, West Florida beat Volleyball Pensacola 25-21, 25-17 in the semifinals before losing in the final to the host team 25-20, 19-25, 12-15. A total of eight teams competed in the 18s bracket.

The West Florida 18s have four members of last season’s Region 1-4A runner up squad - senior Tristan Powers, juniors Sallie Papajohn and Jasmine Crowell and sophomore Caroline Ennis.

Next up for the U18s will be in the 18 Open Division at this weekend’s Peachtree Classic Volleyball Tournament in Atlanta. It will be their second Open Division appearance in as many weeks as they competed in the Open Division of the Orlando Volleyball Academy’s Asics Tournament.

“We played some very, very good teams, which will only make us better,” WFVC Director Dennis Rosele said.