Klosterman earns gold at Jr. Olympics

Steve Klosterman, an all-Sunset League volleyball player who

graduated from Marina High in June, was part of the Long Beach Club

18-Black team that claimed gold in the 18s Division at last weekend’s

24th annual U.S.A. Volleyball Boys Junior Olympics.

The event was held in Phoenix.

The Long Beach Club 18-Black team consisted of 15 players, eight

of whom attended Orange County schools.

The squad defeated the No. 1 seed Central California team in the

quarterfinal round, 25-15, 28-30, 15-11.

Long Beach Club 18-Black then rallied to defeat Balboa Bay

18-Puma, a team whose 13-player roster was entirely made up of Orange

County athletes, in the semifinal round, 22-25, 25-21, 15-12.

The team went up against North Shore Milwaukee, a team they had

played and beaten the previous day, in the division tournament final.

Long Beach Club 18-Black again won, this time by a 25-13, 25-19

score.

Klosterman was one of three Sunset League players on the Long

Beach Club 18-Black team which included Tyler Hagstrom and Norm

Hutton of Fountain Valley High.