Three locals top all-Sunset boys’ volleyball Kenny...

Three locals top all-Sunset boys’ volleyball

Kenny Markwardt and Eric Eastman of Huntington Beach High and

Marina High’s Steve Klosterman earned top honors on the 2003

all-Sunset League boys’ volleyball team.

The selections, made by the league’s six coaches, were announced

recently.

Markwardt and Eastman, outside hitters who helped lead Huntington

Beach to the 2003 title and a semifinal appearance in the

CIF-Southern Section Division II playoffs, shared the Most Valuable

Player award.

Klosterman was the Player of the Year selection.

The First Team was comprised of eight players and the Second Team

is made up of nine players. On the First Team, Huntington Beach

senior setter Brock Boyce and Edison senior outside hitter Brett Reid

both were named to the squad.

Also making the First Team list were Fountain Valley seniors Tyler

Hagstrom and Jack Hauch, seniors Mark Lovein, Jayson Jablonsky and

Tyler Rex of Esperanza and Los Alamitos senior Paul Lotman.

On the Second Team, three local players were chosen -- Ryan

Ratelle, a sophomore middle blocker from Marina, Edison senior middle

blocker Adam Barsner and senior outside hitter Ben Buckalew of

Huntington Beach.

The rest of the team consisted of senior Norm Hutton and junior

Michael Jordan of Fountain Valley, seniors Taun Bui and Brandon

Weiner of Esperanza and senior Alex Holford and junior Kevin Monsoor

of Los Alamitos.

Herrera brothers gain first-place finishes

Brothers Josh and Elijah Herrera earned first-place finishes at

the Huntington Beach and Orange County track meets.

Josh Herrera, 14, a student at Sowers Middle School, placed first

in the boys’ 1988 Division 100- and 200-meter dashes at both the

Huntington Beach Track Meet and the Orange County Track Meet, both

efforts qualifying him for the Southern California Municipal Athletic

Federation meet.

At the Southern California meet held at Gahr High in Cerritos,

Josh took first-place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.9 and

was second overall in the 100-meter dash with a 12.8 time.

He began both events without use of starting blocks or spikes.

Elijah Herrera, 8, an Oka Elementary School student, placed first

in two 1995 Division events at the Huntington Beach Track Meet. He

finished second in both events at the Orange County Track Meet and

also qualified for the Southern California championship meet where he

ran a 1:19 and finished third in the 400-meter and was fourth overall

in the 200-meter dash.

Gymnastics classes offered for children

The Tumble-N-Kids gymnastics program, open to youngsters ages 10

months to 12 years, beginning to advanced, will offer classes at

three Huntington Beach sites beginning Tuesday.

The classes, run over a six-week period, will be held at Edison

and Murdy community centers and the City Gym and Pool.

For more information call (714) 842-3586.