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'The Surfer' Mostly Sputters And Flails

According to Hollywood, a surfer can be one of three things: a weed-smoking, wave-chasing airhead (Jeff Spicoli); a crunchy, woo-woo hippie (some of the penguins in the startlingly charming Surf’s Up); or an edgy, degenerate type, whose passion for adrenaline is paired with a generally violent demeanor (Patrick Swayze’s Bodhi in Point Break). The truth, […]

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'The Surfer' Mostly Sputters And Flails

According to Hollywood, a surfer can be one of three things: a weed-smoking, wave-chasing airhead (Jeff Spicoli); a crunchy, woo-woo hippie (some of the penguins in the startlingly charming Surf’s Up); or an edgy, degenerate type, whose passion for adrenaline is paired with a generally violent demeanor (Patrick Swayze’s Bodhi in Point Break). The truth, as ever, is somewhere in between—you can expect even the gentlest of “soul-surfers” to hiss and fight over their home break. 

What, then, can we make of the unnamed protagonist (played by Nicholas Cage) in Lorcan Finnegan’s latest feature, The Surfer, beaten and humiliated in his quest to surf the Edenic waves of Luna Bay, the Australian beach where he grew up? Having been born there doesn’t grant him status as a local: “Don’t live here, don’t surf here,” goes the tag-line spat at him by the local crew. In the days leading up to Christmas, the surfer drives to the Bay to show his son the house where he grew up, which he is on the verge of buying back, if only he can outbid a competitive buyer. The surfer has long neglected his family, and a return to the wholesomeness of the beach—the beautiful surfing, the house perched on the cliff, the memory of an idyllic childhood—might help rebuild the relationships that have been sacrificed at the altar of his career.

Over the grueling 100 minutes that ensue, the surfer goes through a series of increasingly elaborate traps, pranks, and mindfucks orchestrated by the locals which will cause him to get bitten by a rat, walk on shards of glass, drink impotable water, contemplate murder, lose his watch, phone, and car, and pretty much go insane. “Localism is part of the culture,” an unhelpful cop tells the surfer. “It keeps undesirables out of the neighborhood.” 

Localism is what surfers call the rule of etiquette that dictates the way a visitor should carry themselves in foreign waters: respectfully, almost bashfully. It’s a mindset I know well. I grew up spending weekends on a quiet beach 70 miles outside São Paulo, where my dad is one of the long-established locals. Once, walking to the beach, we crossed paths with a young man whom, my dad told me with some amusement, he’d recently kicked out of the water. I was shocked. My dad eats flax seeds. He’s almost disturbingly contemplative. He has habits like walking barefoot on grass first thing in the morning, to “ground” himself. He never raises his voice, though his I’m disappointed look is earth-shattering. I shuddered to think of it in the water, as he unleashed it on this kid, like he didn’t want to do this but had been left with no choice. 

Like most surfers, my dad hasn’t always worked the door, as it were; he’s also been confronted, most memorably by a fuming Hawaiian local who refused to shake his hand. Along with screenwriter Thomas Martin, Finnegan stretches the stereotype of the aggressive surfer into caricature. Led by one Scott “Scally” Callahan, played gamely by Julian McMahon, the Bay Boys, as they are called, form a locals-only cult, or militia, tasked with guarding the break against intruders. The idea is that this task, along with other rituals that involve branding and taking hallucinogens, will provide the men with an outlet through which to “let out a little steam.” Scally, who is like the lunatic lovechild of Joe Rogan and Andrew Huberman, believes that modern men need a way to get in touch with the animalistic impulses that have been stifled by the tyranny of emasculation. Disciples alternate between two selves: responsible, dutiful family men and violent, base freaks. The transition between selves is painful, and for Scally, that’s the point: “You must suffer to surf,” he admonishes, repeatedly. 

Finnegan had his work cut out for him when he cast, in the starring role, Nicolas Cage, America’s doyen of humiliation. Over the last couple of decades, Cage’s confused legacy—are we laughing at him, or with him?—has provided younger directors with a perfect marionette of an actor, a doll to be sadistically battered and swung around. The draw of films like 2022’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent or, to some extent, 2023’s Dream Scenario, is not necessarily Nic Cage the actor, but Nic Cage the meme.  

At one point, when the surfer is on the near edge of losing his mind, the locals and members of the larger Luna Bay community literally point and laugh at him, inviting the audience to join in. The surfer isn’t a character, or even a man; he is a vehicle for Nicolas Cage to be reduced to desperate pantomime. That’s the film’s main gimmick. The other is that, over the course of four nights, the surfer never leaves the beach parking lot, though for the majority of that time he has, at his disposal, a perfectly functioning Lexus with a full tank of gas and working air conditioning. 

The Surfer’s best insight is that localism, whatever it might mean to any particular surfer or community, can be a tool with which to wield power. The beach is public—that’s the first argument the surfer tries on the locals—but by relying on the unwritten rules of the sport, the Bay Boys can demarcate their region and govern it, however psychotically. Their members are already powerful in modern society’s most legible ways: they are white, rich, and conventionally attractive. They are the kind of guys so used to getting what they want that they feel entitled to the ocean. To dig into that psyche and expose the connections between a retrograde vision of masculinity and a sense of entitlement to land, to the water, and to nature, would be a fresh way to present the issue of localism, even more by rooting the story in a country with a fraught history of colonization. 

But by locking Cage in the parking lot, The Surfer extricates localism from identification with the landscape. Besides establishing, in a cartoonish way, that we’re in Australia (a humongous country), the specifics of Luna Bay are never explored. It could be a beach anywhere. It exists in a vacuum divorced from the context that would clarify why the Bay Boys are so determined to guard it; or, for that matter, why the surfer longs to return. It’s not entirely hard to understand, for example, why a Hawaiian local might take issue with my dad or any foreigner whose surfing trip is inextricable from a long history of colonization and exploitation. In Catherine Hardwick’s 2005 film Lords of Dogtown, the boys who guard the abandoned, rotting Pacific Park Pier in Venice Beach are so destitute that control over the break is the only sliver of power, however illusory, that they have.

I know: it’s not that deep! It’s supposed to be a farce! That much is clear; the film is obviously more committed to punishing Nicolas Cage for the viewer’s pleasure than to engaging meaningfully with any of the interesting ideas at which it gestures. In title if not in theme, The Surfer seems to be distantly referencing Frank and Eleanor Perry’s 1968 adaptation of John Cheever’s story The Swimmer, a sincere movie if there ever was one. The protagonist of that movie, Ned Merrill, is humiliated because the life he had, which he failed to nurture, is lost to him, and everyone knows. The surfer is humiliated because, lacking other options, he considers biting into a dead rat. The water fountain from which he hopes to get water is soiled with dog shit. He cries wah wah wah. In the thick of being gaslighted by the locals, he reminds himself: “I have a car. I have a job. I have a name. I have a son.” It’s all the film can do to convince us that here we have a character, but we never even learn his name. 

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NSWIS scholars top class performances at World Uni Games

Australia’s athletics team at the FISU World University Games has officially closed out its most successful World University Games campaign in history, topping the medal tally with 10 medals on the back of some outstanding performances. Pleasingly, a host of New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) Scholarship holders were in the thick of the […]

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Australia’s athletics team at the FISU World University Games has officially closed out its most successful World University Games campaign in history, topping the medal tally with 10 medals on the back of some outstanding performances.

Pleasingly, a host of New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) Scholarship holders were in the thick of the action, contributing to five of the Aussie Uniroos’ medals.

Michael Perry, NSWIS State (athletics) Performance Advisor, said the University Games, of which the athletics component was staged in Bochum, Germany, has traditionally proven to be a tremendous ‘steppingstone’ for athletes.

“The World University Games has been a steppingstone for athletes to do on to world competitions,” said Perry, who competed for Australia in the Triple Jump event at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. “It gives them a taste of what to expect.”

The 2025 edition of the FISU World University Games saw approximately 8500 athletes from 150 nations compete in the multi-sport event in the Rhine-Ruhr region of Germany. The athletes competed in 18 sports, including athletics, swimming, water polo, rowing and 3 x 3 wheelchair basketball among others.

NSWIS medallists at the 2025 FISU World University Games

Connor Murphy – Gold, Triple Jump (16.77m +1.2)

Kristie Edwards – Gold, 4 x 100m Women’s Relay (43.46)

Allanah Pitcher, – Silver, (Women’s) Team Race Walk

Isaac Beacroft – Silver, (Men’s) 20km Race Walk

Desleigh Owusu – Bronze, Triple Jump  (13.86m) PB



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U.S. Women’s U21 Seizes Gold at 2025 Pan Am Cup with Sweep of Chile

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 27, 2025) — The U.S. Women’s U21 National Team completed its undefeated run to win the gold medal at the 2025 NORCECA Women’s U21 Pan American Cup with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-13) championship match victory over Chile on Sunday in San Jose, Costa Rica. The U.S. finished the tournament without losing […]

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 27, 2025) — The U.S. Women’s U21 National Team completed its undefeated run to win the gold medal at the 2025 NORCECA Women’s U21 Pan American Cup with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-13) championship match victory over Chile on Sunday in San Jose, Costa Rica. The U.S. finished the tournament without losing a set in its five matches and won its third straight Pan Am titles, after winning in 2022 and 2023.

“I’m happy for the group to come together over two weeks and play well in the final against a good Chile team. Everyone contributed and I was glad how they kept their focus the whole match. We played our best volleyball at the end,” said U.S. head coach Heather Olmstead. “It was a great tournament, and Costa Rica did a great job hosting it. We are just really grateful to be here and to represent the USA.”

The U.S. finished with large margins in kills (42-15), blocks (10-2) and aces (8-2). Chile committed 11 fewer errors (26-15). The U.S. hit .516 for the match with 42 kills and just nine hitting errors in 64 attacks, while limiting Chile to a .000 hitting percentage on the same number of attacks.

Middle blocker Favor Anyanwu and opposite Jadyn Livings shared match-high honors with 13 points each. Anyanwu led all players with four blocks, adding eight kills, and the championship-clinching ace. Livings was the only player to reach double digits in kills (12) to go with a block.

Outside hitter Brooklyn DeLeye scored eight points on seven kills and a block, and middle blocker Ayden Ames totaled six points on three kills, two blocks and an ace. Libero Ramsey Gary led all players with 11 digs. Setter Stella Swenson delivered a match-high three aces.

A Glover block and back-to-back Swenson aces started a 7-0 U.S. run that turned a two-point lead into a nine-point margin, 13-4, in set one. DeLeye produced a kill that put the U.S. up 22-12 before Chile scored the next four points to prompt a U.S. timeout. The teams split points the rest of the set. DeLeye led all players with five points on four kills and a block.

The U.S. took an early 6-2 lead on a Livings kill in the second set and then the U.S. bench showed off its dancing skills during a lengthy delay. Back-to-back DeLeye kills made it 8-3 heading into the first technical timeout. Ames served an ace to build the lead to seven points, 17-10.

Anyanwu posted a block to put the U.S. ahead 20-11. Livings finished the set with a block, her seventh point of the set. She recorded six kills. Opposite Noemie Glover scored five points on four kills and a block with middle Lizzy Andrew (three kills and one block) and outside hitter Blaire Bayless (three kills and one ace) each scoring four points.

An Anyanwu kill gave the U.S. a 10-5 lead and when Glover put a ball down, the lead grew to seven at 13-6. Anyanwu scored on a slide off the block for an 18-9 lead. Anyanwu sealed the championship with an ace, her seventh point of the set after contributing three kills and three blocks.

2025 NORCECA Women’s U21 Pan American Cup

Name (Pos., Height, Birth Year, Hometown, School, USAV Region)
1 Lizzy Andrew (MB, 6-5, 2005, Ridgefield, Wash., Stanford University, Columbia Empire)
4 Blaire Bayless (OH, 6-2, 2005, Plano, Texas, University of Pittsburgh, North Texas)
5 Favor Anyanwu (MB, 6-3, 2006, Rowlett, Texas, Southern Methodist University, North Texas)
6 Ayden Ames (MB, 6-4, 2006, Prosper, Texas, University of Texas, North Texas)
7C Brooklyn DeLeye (OH, 6-2, 2005, Auburn, Kan., University of Kentucky, Heart of America)
8 Stella Swenson (S, 6-2, 2005, Wayzata, Minn., University of Minnesota, North Country)
11 Ramsey Gary (L, 5-7, 2005, Pendelton, Ind., University of Texas, Hoosier)
12 Noemie Glover (OPP, 6-2, 2005, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Arizona State University, Southern California)
13 Kamryn Gibadlo (OH, 6-1, 2005, Cave Creek, Ariz., University of Utah, Arizona)
14 Jadyn Livings (OPP/OH, 6-1, 2006, Dallas, Texas, Southern Methodist University, North Texas)
16 Taylor Parks (S, 5-11, 2006, Clearwater, Fla., University of Florida, Florida)
19 Abby Vander Wal (OH, 6-3, 2006, Elmhurst, Ill., University of Texas, Great Lakes)

Alternates
Jaela Auguste (MB, 6-2, 2006, Spring, Texas, University of Florida, Lone Star)
Carlie Cisneros (OH, 6-0, 2006, Paola, KS, University of Arizona, Heart of America)
Cristin Cline (S, 5-11, Stanfield, N.C., University of Kansas, Carolina)
Taylor Harvey (MB, 6-3, 2006, Bountiful, Utah, Bountiful HS, Intermountain)
Abigail Mullen (OPP, 6-3, 2006, Kansas City, Mo., University of Southern California, Heart of America)
Molly Tuozzo (L, 5-8, 2005, The Woodlands, Texas, University of Kentucky, Lone Star)

Coaches
Head Coach: Heather Olmstead (BYU)
Assistant Coach: Keith Smith (TCU)
Assistant Coach: Megan Hodge Easy (Penn State)
Performance Analyst: Jimmy Kim (NTDP)
Athletic Trainer: Britta Pestak (Hawken School/University Hospital)
Team Lead: Kyle Thompson (Maryland)

Schedule
All times Pacific

July 22: USA def. Canada, 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-13)
July 23: USA def. Puerto Rico, 3-0 (25-13, 25-7, 25-15)
July 24: USA def. Chile, 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-11)
July 25: Quarterfinals: USA received bye
July 26: Semifinals: USA def. Canada, 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-20)
July 27: Gold Medal: USA def. Chile, 3-0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-13)



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DAVID WOODS LOUNSBERRY – San Diego Union-Tribune

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 […]

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DAVID WOODS LOUNSBERRY


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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



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Informer: Fire safety tips to be offered at museum | Local News

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 […]

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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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SET girls sink Regency for 18U title at USA Water Polo Junior Olympics – Orange County Register

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now 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 […]

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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.

Christina Flynn, center, is supported by her sisters Jenna, left, and Nina, right, after helping SET Black defeat Regency in the 18-and-under girls final at the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics on Sunday, July 27, 2025 in Irvine. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Christina Flynn, center, is supported by her sisters Jenna, left, and Nina, right, after helping SET Black defeat Regency in the 18-and-under girls final at the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics on Sunday, July 27, 2025 in Irvine. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG)

“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.”

SET attacker Kara Carver, a former Laguna Beach standout, won her eighth career gold medal at the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics on Sunday, July 27, 2025. SET defeated Regency 8-5 in the 18-and-under girls final in Irvine. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG)
SET attacker Kara Carver, a former Laguna Beach standout, won her eighth career gold medal at the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics on Sunday, July 27, 2025. SET defeated Regency 8-5 in the 18-and-under girls final in Irvine. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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.



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Kirk Ong is new coach of EAC women’s volleyball

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 […]

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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.



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