Gage Basey/Thomas Hurst, Geena Urango/Mariah Whalen Win Santa Barbara AVP Titles

Gage Basey/Thomas Hurst, Geena Urango/Mariah Whalen Win Santa Barbara AVP Titles

There was a small group of fans rooting for the out-of-town team of Gage Basey and Thomas Hurst in Sunday’s men’s final against local beach volleyball players Will Rottman and Ford Harman at the AVP Next-Santa Barbara Open. Those fans were all in smiles at the end of the day as their guys from Colorado and Texas won the championship with a 21-18, 21-13 victory at East Beach. “That’s my family from Ojai, my uncles and aunties and cousins,” said a…