Jessica Gaffney, a 2014 graduate of Great Oak High School, goes up for a kill during a match Saturday, May 4, at the 2019 AVP Huntington Beach Open. David Canales photo
The 2019 Association of Volleyball Professionals season kicked off in style over the Cinco de Mayo weekend as dozens of the top beach volleyball players ascended to the sands of Surf City for the Huntington Beach Open. Since 2000 Huntington Beach has hosted more AVP events than any other location; it is the 20th straight year that a pro beach volleyball tournament has been played there. Last year, Huntington Beach was the venue for an FIVB 4-Star event hosted by the AVP, but this year it will be all familiar faces as the pros fight to kick off the season with a big tournament win. For both men and women, the field has been wide-open as six different teams have won in the last seven years for each gend
