My daily spin on water polo (when my head isn't spinning from National Signing Day):
With the Division I Trinity League seemingly headed toward a three-way tie for first place, the league's coin-flip for playoff seeding sure is going to be important. ...
New No. 10-ranked Huntington Beach clinched an automatic playoff berth in the Sea View League with a 12-8 victory against Northwood. ...
Highlights from 2/1-2/7 include a great finish in boys soccer between Corona del Mar and Irvine.
Also, girls water polo as Dana Hills and Mission Viejo play to a third overtime.
In boys hoops, El Toro takes on #3 ranked Foothill, and don't miss the top five plays of the week!
Video by Jonathan Khamis, for OCVarsity.com. Thanks to Cox 3's Sportzone for the footage.
Yes, there are some major changes atop Orange County's girls water polo rankings this week. Here are this week's rankings
JSerra boys water polo player Chris Meinhold has committed to UCLA, Lions coach Petar Asic said Monday. Meinhold gives UCLA another left-handed attacker.
The Bruins also signed Esperanza lefty Daniel Lenhart.
Interestingly, Asic said Meinhold is currently playing for a club team in Germany. Meinhold completed his studies early as JSerra.
Note: this post was updated Feb. 8 at 7:20 p.m.
Girls water polo
Irvine Southern California Championships
All-tournament awards
Top field player - Kiley Neushul, Dos Pueblos, Jr.
Top goalie - Sami Hill, Dos Pueblos, Sr.
All-tournament
Tiera Schroeder, Dos Pueblos, Jr.
Alex Hill, Dos Pueblos, Sr.
Kaley Dodson, Los Al, Sr.
Rachel Fattal, Los Al, So.
Dos Pueblos 9, Los AL 8 (F) - Kiley Neushul scored the winner with 1:38 left in the fourth on a no-look shot on extra - Rachel Fattal scored five goals for LosAL
SoCal Championships
Edison 6, Newport Harbor 2 (H) Super-So Alys Williams has four goals.
SoCal Championships
Semifinals at Irvine
Los Al 9, Newport 2 (F) - Los Al's defense holds Newport Harbor scoreless for the final 19:07. Yes, for the final three periods, the Griffins shut out the No. 1 ranked team in the county. OK, so Newport Harbor had winter final last night but no goals for the final three periods.
Time to give Los Al some credit.
Savanna Smith had 12 saves and Kaley Dodson had four goals and five steals.
Los Al plays Dos Pueblos at 3 p.m. in the finals.
Northwood first-team All-County goalie James Hartshorne committed Saturday to UCLA, which continues to grab one top county recruit after another.
So far this recruiting season, UCLA has signed Mater Dei's Alex Wherry and Esperanza lefty Daniel Lenhart.
Hartshorne picked UCLA over USC and LMU. I think he projects very well for the collegiate game. He's super-experienced and plenty quick.
Mater Dei standout junior swimmer Melanie Klaren - who didn't swim last season as a sophomore for the Monarchs - has submitted transfer documents for a move to Aliso Niguel, Wolverines athletic director Mike Middlebrook confirmed Friday night.
Klaren will be athletically eligible because she didn't swim last season for the Monarchs, Middlebrook said.
Klaren is enrolled at Aliso Niguel but not yet attending classes, Middlebrook said.
This is huge news for Orange County prep swimming. Klaren is one of the elite girls in the county and capable of challenging Cindy Tran of Edison, Cynthia Fascella of Fountain Valley and Melissa Bates of Mater Dei for female swimmer of the year.
For Mater Dei, it's a tough loss. Klaren and Bates on the same relays could have been amazing. But for Aliso - watch out now for the Klaren-Rheanna Vaughn duo. The Wolverines also have some other CIF returners to team with Klaren, so watch out for them in the South Coast and Division I.
Edison's girls water polo team played a very well-balanced match Friday night to knock off host Corona del Mar, 8-4, in the quarterfinals of the Irvine SoCal tourney. For the Lady Chargers, it was their first victory against Corona del Mar and places them in the SoCal semifinals for the first time.
I had a hard time picking which match to cover in person tonight. I'm glad I listened to the readers today. This was a huge victory for Edison.
Check out a goal by LB Wilson's Alex Loveless and an interview with Foothill coach Dave Mikesell after the Bruins' 12-8 second-round victory in the Irvine Southern California Championships in Irvine on Feb. 4, 2010. Video by Dan Albano, OCVarsity.com
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