DANE ELKINS
Dane won four of his five singles matches to reach the quarterfinals and help Team USA take third overall and second in the Esprit Cup at the World Junior Racquetball Championships in Minneapolis. He beat Sergio Acuna of Costa Rica (15-8, 15-13), Jose Julian Salvatierra of Guatemala (15-4, 15-3), Marco Sarmiento of Honduras (15-10, 15-9) and Bryan Zambrana of Bolivia (13-15, 15-8, 11-8) before falling to Mexico’s Eduardo Portillo. Dane won the Post Cup Award in June as the outstanding senior athlete at Palisades High. To nominate your favorite Palisadian for Athlete of the Week, email sports@palipost.com.
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