The final whistle blew and the celebration for a gold medal commenced. But Jon Minsberg wasn’t thinking like a champion.
After he and partner Noah Dyer won the U16 boys division at the 21st AAU Beach National Championships at Hermosa Beach on Sunday, Minsberg thought, “Gosh, I suck.”
If that was indeed the case Minsberg, who admitted to being nervous toward the end of the match, was lucky he had Dyer with him. The pair, one of about 250 teams to play in the two-day event, was playing in its first season together on the beach and beat Jackson Bacil (El Segundo) and Sebastian Roca (Tierra Verde, Fla.) 21-14 for the championship.
The duo met at Saddleback Valley Christian High School and took their talents to the beach. Their chemistry off the sand transfers into the matches and helped them win their first national championship together.
“We’re good friends, so we really mesh well together,” Dyer said.
Added Minsberg: “He puts up good sets, and if I put up a decent enough set he’s going to put it away, no matter what.”
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