 Archive for the 'Boys Water Polo' CategoryBoys water polo: Samuels named MVP at club champsJuly 2nd, 2009, 10:56 pm by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.com
Orange County male athlete of the year Josh Samuels has picked up another award. The recent Villa Park graduate was tabbed the MVP at last weekend’s U.S. water polo 18-and-under club championships in Santa Barbara. Samuels helped lead SOCAL to the title. One of Samuels’ future UCLA-teammates - Griffin White (El Toro) - and El Toro’s Nick Rascon and Newport’s Matt Russell also were selected all-tournament. Newport boys, girls to be seeded 1st in state water polo?July 2nd, 2009, 10:35 pm by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.com
Boys water polo: Newport Harbor rolling earlyJune 15th, 2009, 6:59 pm by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.com
Josh Samuels and his supportJune 11th, 2009, 12:27 am by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.comRegister boys athlete of the year Josh Samuels of Villa Park says he learned to be competitive from his family, including his father, Marty, and mother, Elizabeth - pictured below after Tuesday night’s award dinner:
Dan Albano, OCVarsity.com Girls water polo poll: Is Dries the greatest of them all?June 10th, 2009, 7:11 pm by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.com
That’s right - the 17-year-old, high-school senior Dries is really playing well for Team USA. Considering how dominate she was this past season for the Breakers, I wonder how the high school aquatics scene should remember her. How about this question -
Is Annika Dries the best female high school wpolo player in county history?
Photo courtesy of Jeff Shewmon, nevermindthehorses.com Girls water polo: San Clemente selects coachJune 10th, 2009, 5:13 pm by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.com
Colton replaces Don Laster, who helped re-establish the Tritons as one of the top teams in the county. San Clemente has won two consecutive South Coast League titles and reached its first CIF semifinal last season. Here’s what Hamro said in a press release about Colton: Girls water polo: Dries scores against Italy at Super FinalJune 9th, 2009, 11:37 pm by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.com
Boys AOY: Samuels wins big for aquatics, multi-sport athletesJune 9th, 2009, 8:32 pm by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.comCongrats to Register boys athlete of the year Josh Samuels, a rare aquatics standout who crossed over into basketball this year and found success. Athletes/coaches of the year dinnerJune 9th, 2009, 3:21 pm by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.comI’m heading to The Register’s athlete/coaches of the year recognition dinner tonight. I’ll snap a few photos to share, so please check back here Wednesday. CIF-SS 2008-09 Team Champions: Boys Water PoloJune 8th, 2009, 7:55 pm by TODD HARMONSON, OCREGISTER.COMCIF TEAM CHAMPIONS: BOYS WATER POLO
Div. II - Mater Dei Div. III - Montebello Div. IV - Cerritos Krumpholz wins water polo’s Heisman TrophyJune 8th, 2009, 1:36 pm by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.com
A 2008 Olympic silver medalist, Krumpholz is the third consecutive Orange County male to win the award, following Tim Hutten (UC Irvine/Los Alamitos) and John Mann (Cal/Corona del Mar). Congrats to J.W. and Foothill water polo. Heavyweight coach back in Div. I water polo mix (updated)June 8th, 2009, 12:17 pm by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.com
“Our community is very excited about him coming up here to take over our program,” Barzdukas said. HW was a first-round loser in Division I last year, falling to Dos Pueblos, 7-6, in the best first-round match-up. HW’s last trip to the finals was 2003 when it finished second to LB Wilson. Lynn is an excellent coach but Loyola appears to the team-to-beat in the Mission League. He replaces Larry Felix, the former El Dorado standout. Look for Lynn to arrive at Harvard in August - after his trip to the World Championships in Rome with the U.S. senior team. |
The brackets for the upcoming state boys and girls water polo tournaments (July 17-19 in OC) have not been released but Newport Harbor’s boys and girls could be seeded first in both.
Ok, this is getting crazy now. Laguna Beach senior 
Laguna Beach senior Annika Dries scored once for the U.S. women’s water polo team in its 17-7 victory against Italy at the FINA World League Super Final in Russia on Tuesday.
