Day 1 of Junior Racquetball Olympics (aka Nationals) 2019 started Wednesday





Heather and Julia discussing politics



The 2019 Junior Olympics began here in Portland, Wednesday June 19th....Once again Ava Naworski and Heather Mahoney are competing. They are both competing in 3 divisions..

Ava - 12 and under singles; 12 and under doubles with Sonya Shetty; 12 and under Mixed doubles with Advait Kartik

Heather - 16 and under singles; 14 and under singles; 16 and under doubles

On Wednesday Ava won in doubles and Heather won her 16s singles and 16s doubles... They will play in all their divisions Thursday.

I will update daily, hopefully with lots of pics... A few from Day 1






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