The most elite high school girl’s volleyball tournament in the country happens this week in San Diego, CA. SportsForce was at the California Challenge last year and was able to get some great video footage of the championship game which featured La Costa Canyon vs. Mira Costa. Check out the video below to see some of the action.

The 2009 California Challenge will host top teams and players from top ranked high school programs throughout California. There will be 10 teams competing in this year’s tournament that are listed among the top 100 teams in the country (ranked by prepvolleyball.com). Even more impressively, six teams attending the tournament are listed among the top 50 including Dos Pueblos, Santa Barbara, Marymount, Mira Costa, Long Beach Wilson, and Redondo Union.

The California Challenge affords top teams the chance to match up and prove their dominance early in the season. Many of these have been known to meet again in section and state playoffs.

The following programs are represented in this years tournament; Bishops, Mira Costa, Canyon Crest Academy, Mission Viejo, Cathedral Catholic HS, Notre Dame Academy, Clovis West, Poway, Dos Pueblos, Redondo Union, Francis Parker, San Clemente, Huntington Beach, Santa Barbara, La Costa Canyon, Santa Margarita, Laguna Beach, Scripps Ranch, La Jolla Country Day, Tesoro, Long Beach Wilson, Torrey Pines, Marymount and Vista Murrieta.

SportsForce will attend the California Challenge this year and continue to feature some of the country’s top girl’s volleyball talent.

Visit our Girls Volleyball Section to see highlight videos of top ranked players, top tournaments, news and more.

Kenny Stills of La Costa Canyon is the XX1090 Athlete of the Week. Kenny is a wide reciever for the Mavericks and part of the class of 2010, one of the strongest classes La Costa Canyon has seen in years. Kenny maintains a 3.2 GPA and some impressive stats as listed on the XX 1090 website “…as a junior, he helped lead La Costa Canyon High School to the CIF-San Diego Section D-I championship, leading all of San Diego in receiving yards with 1,274 on 64 receptions and scored 16 touchdowns. He was named First Team All-State Underclassman by GoldenStatePreps.com.”

SportsForce co-founder Tony Garcia a former Park View Little Leaguer helps the Parkview team by getting support from the San Diego Padres and ESPN Radio 710 AM in Los Angeles.

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