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Pokemon VGC West Regionals in San Jose - Congratulations to all the participants at regionals this year, and a special congrats to the winners of each division:

JUNIOR DIVISION
1st place%26mdash;Bernie Mora (age 8)
Watsonville, CA

2nd place%26mdash;Gerardo Gonzalez (age 10)
Fremont, CA

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Additional National Qualifiers Include:
Bernabe Mora (age 8) and Michael Aguirre (age 11)

SENIOR DIVISION
1st place%26mdash;Aaron Traylor (age 14)
Boston, MA

2nd place%26mdash;Richard Escalante (age 15)
Union City, CA

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Shreyas Canchiradhakrishna (age 14) and Gavin Michaels (age 13)

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MASTERS DIVISION
1st place%26mdash;Paul Hornak (age 23)
Oak Hills, CA

2nd place%26mdash;Alan Schambers (age 20)
Modesto, CA

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Duy Ha (age 19) and Andrew Bishop (age 22)

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