DAVID WOODS LOUNSBERRY

OBITUARY

LOUNSBERRY, DAVID WOODS David Woods Lounsberry passed away on January 31, 2011 at the age of 53. David was born in La Jolla, CA, the son of Jack Woods and Ann Irvine Lounsberry. He was a gifted athlete, excelling in basketball and surfing. He won 15 surfing trophies and was a proud member of the Windansea Surf Club. He also enjoyed golf, waterskiing, beach volleyball and playing the guitar, composing and performing beautiful worship music. While attending Mission Bay High School David was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. He battled this illness for the rest of his life, helped by his deep faith in God and continuing support of family and lifelong friends. He maintained a wonderful sense of humor and had a lasting and dramatic impact on many people with whom he came in contact. He is survived by his father and stepmother Jack and Peggy Lounsberry, sister and brother-in-law Kate and Gerard Kelly, aunt and uncle Suzanne and Bruce Hunter, and cousins Russell and Andrew Hunter. His mother passed away in 1983. The family will hold a private service. Memorial gifts may be made to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. www.nami.org

Kids may climb aboard fire trucks, watch a grease fire demonstration and take part in indoor and outdoor activities during Fire Safety Education Day 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota, 224 Lamm St.

MinnValley Mutual Insurance is the host organization for the free event that will offer hands-on activities designed to teach children and families essential fire safety skills.

Participants may meet Sparky the Fire Safety Dog and watch a firefighter relay race. Also slated are water barrel fights, drone demonstrations and displays featuring a sprinkler trailer and rescue boats.

For more information, go to: cmsouthernmn.org.

Sand volleyball tourney set

Friday and Saturday, streets within New Ulm’s historic downtown will be transformed into a beach volleyball arena. Eighty-eight teams from across the region will compete in Spikin’ in the Street Sand Volleyball Tournament.

The event is set for 5-11 p.m. Friday and throughout the day Saturday. 

Truckloads of sand will be dumped on the streets for the event. One area will be dedicated as a space for children to make sandcastles. Food vendors will be on site.

The Rolling Thunder Wrestling Club will sponsor a wrestling tournament 5 p.m. Friday in the sand arena.

For more information, contact the New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce at 507-233-4300 or chamber@newulm.com or go to: newulm.com. 

Event kicks off United Way campaign

Spectators are welcome at a campaign kickoff noon Tuesday for Greater Mankato United Way. Game Show Edition will be played in the banquet hall at Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center.

Registered contestants will compete for prizes. 

United Way’s 2026 campaign will be launched at the event.

Concert date moved to August

Flooding at Wheeler Park has prompted organizers of a free outdoor concert to reschedule the event.

Musician Ben Scruggs’ Music in the Park performance has been moved to 5 p.m. Aug. 28 in the section of the park near Garfield Avenue.

The band DW3 is slated 5 p.m. Thursday as part of the concert series sponsored by North Mankato Taylor Library.

Audience members may bring seating and picnic coolers to the two-hour concerts featuring local bands. Food trucks will be on hand at the events.

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IRVINE — A dazzling blend of experienced and rising talent. Resiliency to peak amid stormy waters. And a coach who continues to connect well with his players.

The SET Black 18-and-under girls channeled all their strengths Sunday to defeat Regency 8-5 in the finals of the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics at Woollett Aquatics Center.

With players such as Allison Cohen supplying the experience and Christina Flynn flashing her budding skills, SET capped a gutsy tournament run to claim its third consecutive title at 18s.

“The people who are experienced came through but the youth also came through for us,” said SET coach Ethan Damato, the recently-hired JSerra coach who secured his first Junior Olympics title at 18s. “They’re winners.”

Flynn, a strong-armed junior from Leland High in San Jose, scored three goals off the bench — including the go-ahead strike late in the third period — to earn tournament MVP.

The youngest of four girls, Flynn, 16, scored from about 5 meters with 53 seconds left in the third period to give SET a 5-4 lead.

The sister of U.S. Olympic attacker Jenna Flynn and former UC Irvine and Cal standout Nina Flynn, Flynn scored moments after Regency failed to convert a penalty shot.

“She’s insane,” attacker Kara Carver of SET said of Flynn. “I don’t understand how she’s so young and has that much talent.”

Cohen, a returning all-tournament selection for SET, set the tone for the fourth period by defending center three times to help keep Regency off the scoreboard.

The defense by the Orange Lutheran senior, who recently committed to Stanford, loomed even more significant as Flynn scored on the power-play about two minutes into the fourth period for a 6-4 lead.

“She’s one of the best players, if not the best player, in high school,” Damato said of Cohen, who had two goals, an assist, a steal and won two sprints. “Allison has been our rock this whole tournament kind of doing whatever we need.”

El Toro product Lulu Gaetano, bound for Arizona State, added a sweep shot from center with 3:20 left in the fourth to extend SET’s lead to 7-4.

Flynn then capped a 4-0 run by SET with another power-play strike to help SET finish 4 for 5 with the extra attacker.

SET’s defense also received strong play in goal from Siena Jumani (Laguna Beach) and Clarysa Sirls (Corona Centennial), who combined for 12 saves.

In the semifinals Sunday, SET edged No. 1 seed SOCAL 10-9 on a late strike by left-hander Didi Evans (Corona del Mar) to avenge a loss to SOCAL on Friday.

SET won three matches on Saturday to fight its way back into contention.

“It just says so much about our resilience,” Damato said. “We had a really tough road. We just kept getting better as the tournament went on.”

Flynn added, “In the tough moments, we had to come together and do it together because it was the only way it was going to work.”

Carver, who earned the eighth gold medal of her career at Junior Olympics, believes Damato’s coaching played a key role.

“He knows how to get on you when you need it but he also knows how to get on you in a nice way when you need someone to support you,” the former Laguna Beach standout said of Damato. “He’s very nurturing.”

Sophomore Paige Segesman scored three first-half goals to lead Regency, a younger team featuring players from Mater Dei. Goalie Sienna Sorensen, a USC commit, added nine saves.

Regency went 1 for 8 with the extra attacker.

In the 16-and-under girls final, Newport Beach defeated Santa Barbara 805 13-8. Newport Beach also claimed titles at the 14s and 10s.

On Tuesday in the boys 18-and-under final, an experienced North Irvine Beast Boys defeated No. 1 seed and two-time defending champion Newport Beach 9-5. Like the Regency girls, Newport Beach was the younger team.

Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) has introduced Kirk Ong as new head coach of its women’s volleyball team.

The San Marcelino-based squad moves on from Rod Palmero after a series of unsuccessful seasons.

It hopes to rebuild its women’s volleyball program with Ong.

Since the NCAA women’s volleyball resumed action after the Covid-19 pandemic, EAC has been a cellar-dweller, only winning seven out of 45 games in the last four seasons.

They hit the rock bottom of the standings in season 98 and 99 while finishing second to the last in season 97 and 100.

Ong has been a long-time mentor of the Chiang Kai Shek (CKSC) girls volleyball team for more than a decade.

“What began as a personal passion for the game has grown into over a decade of dedicated coaching at the high school level. Throughout the years, Coach Kirk Ong developed not just athletes but young leaders, guiding teams through growth, discipline and success on and off the field,” Dr. Lorenzo Lorenzo, EAC representative to the NCAA management committee, told GMA Synergy and Regional TV News.

He led the CKSC 19-under team to a back-to-back championship in the Filipino-Chinese Amateur Athletic Association in 2024 while also winning the gold in the beach volleyball tournament.

“Now, he is stepping into the next challenge. Coaching at the college level with years of hands-on player development, and a commitment to continuous learning,” Lorenzo said.

“He is ready to bring that same energy and vision to the collegiate arena,” he added.

In NCAA Season 100, the Lady Generals showed some flashes of brilliance with a couple of career games from Elizza Alimen and an impressive performance by Erica Bodonal.

SAVANNAH, Georgia – Impressive displays of speed over the hurdles and on the sprint straight closed out the 58th USATF National Junior Olympics Championships Sunday at Ted Wright Stadium on the campus of Savannah State University.

Jasir Fontenot (Mercury San Diego TC) and Amari Scott (Mark Trail Flying Eagles) both bettered the national record in the boys’ 15-16 110 hurdles, with Fontenot taking gold in a stellar 13.56 and Scott the silver in 13.73. The previous meet record was 13.74, set by future Trinidadian Olympian Wayne Davis (Hurdle First) in 2007. Andrew Jones almost knocked down another Davis meet record, winning the 17-18 boys’ race in 13.42, just off the 13.38 recorded by Davis in 2009.

Doubling back from her record-setting win in the girls’ 17-18 400 hurdles, Jasmine Robinson (The Heat TC) picked up her second gold over the barriers with a 13.36 in the 100H. Her time was only .03 away from the meet record that was set by Alia Armstrong (Future Track) in 2018.

Had he not already claimed the meet record in the prelims of the boys’ 15-16 100 with a 10.34, Dillon Mitchell (Track Houston Youth TC) would have gotten it in the final, where he zipped to a 10.41. Coming into the Championships, the meet record was 10.49 by Kennedy Lightner (Fellowship of Champions) in 2018.

The top field event performance of the day came in the boys’ 15-16 javelin, with Walker Ferguson (Carolina Rockets) winning by more than five feet with a best of 60.53/198-7. Penn Virgil won the girls’ 11-12 high jump on the basis of fewer misses at the winning height of 1.51/4-11.5 as she went over on her second attempt to top Abby Harris and Malayah Polk (Hottest in the City TC), who each needed three tries.

3000s

Girls 11-12 Beau Sitzman (West Seattle Road Runners) 10:25.49 (PR)

Boys 11-12  Samuel Weinraub (Quick Track Club)  9:44.89

Girls 13-14 Quinn Hanley (Boweman Track ) 10:12.74 (PR)

Boys 13-14 James Fullerton (Unattached) 9:18.35

Girls 15-16 Madison Howland (Kansas Flyers)  10:26.57

Boys 15-16 Richard Mendoza (El Paso Westside Run Squad) 9:03.45 PR

Women’s 17-18 Desi Broadley (Vermont Exiles) 10:37.74 PR

Men’s 17-18 Taye Newman (Pacific Coast Shock Waves)  8:44.97 PR

400s

Girls 8 & Under Hope Bradley (DeKalb Elite) 1:09.39

Boys 8 & under Eli Wright, Jr (Mercury San Diego) 1:05.76

Girls 9-10 Cerenity Bell (Unattached) 1:02.10PR

Boys 9-10 Axyl Peterson (Afterburners) 59.84 PR

Girls 11-12 Morgan Doggett (Major Impact) 58.15

Boys 11-12 Keyzelle Thomas Jr (Carolina Rockets) 54.68 (PR)

Girls 13-14 Abigail Robisky (Ocean Breeze Wave Runners) 54.38 (PR)

Boys 13-14  Mekhi McIntyre (Drive Phase Track Club) 50.09 (PR)

Girls 15-16 Julia Wallace (MVP Track League) 54.96

Boys 15-16 Ronald Duplessis (Advancement through Athletics) 47.75 (PR)

Womens 17-18 Maddison Brister-Wesley (Lane 4 TC)  53.38

Men’s 17-18 Eddie Bruner Jr., (Kitsap Flyers) 46.18

100s

Girls 8 & under Narai Blanchard (High Voltage) 14.71

Boys 8 & under Avery Rey (Valley United) 13.58

Girls 9-10 Cerenity Bell (Unattached) 13.05

Boys 9-10 Cole McCullar (Track Houston) 13.04

Girls 11-12 Cortney Jones (Golden Knight Track Club) 12.47

Boys 11-12 Mason Whitehead (Wilson Wide Awake Elite Track Club) 11.96

Girls 13-14 Abigail Robisky (Ocean Breeze Wave Runners) 12.10

Boys 13-14 Calvin Portley III (Valley United) 10.91

Girls 15-16 Joya Clark (Run U Xpress) 11.56

Women’s 17-18 Ewomazino Edet (The Heat)11.58

Men’s 17-18 Elijah Monroe (Track Masterz NC) 10.40

110mH

Boys 15-16 Jasir Fontenot (Mercury San Diego) 13.56

Men’s 17-18 Andrew Jones (unattached) 13.42

100mH

Boys 13-14 Jonathan Parra (Valley United) 13.74

Girls 15-16 Valynsia Calhoun (Lane 4 TC) 13.77

Women 17-18 Jasmine Robinson (The Heat) 13.36

Girls 13-14 Harmony Moore (Sapphire Ruff Riders TC) 14.28

80mH

Girls 11-12 Raelynn Wilmore (Arizona Cheetahs) 12.48

Boys 11-12 Jasir Davis (Do Right Educational Sports) 12.04

High Jump

Girls 11-12  Penn Virgil (Unattached) 1.51/4-11.5

Men’s 17-18 Ryan Buskey (Sky’s the Limit) (2.08/6-9.75)

Long Jump

Boys 9-10 Maxwell Winter (Eagles Wings) (4.74/15.675)

Girls 9-10 Xaadia Miller (Zoom Elite) (4.57/15.00)

Girls 11-12 Ashlynn Newton (Elite) (4.98/16-4.25)

Discus

Boys 11-12 Colsen Cobert (Unattached) (36.69/124-04) PR

Boys 13-14 Evan Grays (Athlead Indy) (59.62/195-07)

Shot Put

Girls 13-14 Destiny Ojo (The Throwing Factory) (13.29/43.075)

Girls 8 & under Layla Lopez (unattached) (6.69/21-11.50)

Javelin

Women’s 17-18 Emily Norris (Unattached) (45.09/147-11) PR

Complete results may be found here.