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Live from the CIF Water Polo semifinals

November 18th, 2009, 5:59 pm by

BOYS WATER POLO

DIVISION I

Newport Harbor 14, Corona del Mar 10 (F) – CdM never led.

Second-seeded Newport Harbor leads No. 3 Corona del Mar, 11-6, after three periods. Blake Kelly has four goals, including two on extra. Tars are 4 for 6 on extra; CdM are 1 for 5. Chris Whitelegge had nines for Newport.

DIVISION II

**Final score: Mater Dei 17-6. The Monarchs will face JSerra in the Division II final. Despite going scoreless in the second half, Alex Wherry is the best polo player I’ve seen.

**Update: Newport Harbor leads CdM 9-4 at halftime. Blake Kelly has three goals for the Sailors. Back on this side of the pool, Mater Dei now leads 17-6.

**Neal O’Hara scores his second goal, at least I think it was O’Hara. The ref is in my way again. .16-6 MD.

**Heading to the fourth: MD leads 15-6. Meanwhile, Newport Harbor is up 8-3 over CdM.

**Apparently, Wherry isn’t needed here in the third. He hasn’t scored, but Anthony Daboub just did to give the Monarchs a 14-6 lead. And we were just reminded by the MD student section that Daboub is a sophomore.

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Live Water Polo updates right here

November 18th, 2009, 1:19 pm by

boys_wpolo_iconI will be coming to you live from the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center for the three semifinal games tonight. I will have live updates on what’s going, starting at 5 p.m., right here at OCVarsity.com

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Mater Dei girls water polo captures tournament

January 12th, 2009, 12:35 pm by

Mater Dei’s No. 8 girls water polo team captured the Arroyo Grande tournament over the weekend to improve to 10-3.

The Monarchs have a pretty big match later today against Fountain Valley but their program is just rolling. Mater Dei’s boys captured the CIF-SS Division II title in the fall and placed fourth at Masters.

Most Improved: JSerra, Pacifica reach water polo final

January 9th, 2009, 9:33 pm by

The much-improved girls water polo teams from JSerra and Pacifica have reached the final-three at the NCSI tournament at Santa Ana Valley. Coach Petar Asic’s Lions (10-2) and Coach Eric Anderson’s Mariners (8-3) will be joined in a three-way round-robin to crown a champion on Saturday at Santa Ana Valley.

JSerra and Pacifica tangle first at 10 a.m.

Water polo recruiting: Samuels to say no to traditional powers?

January 2nd, 2009, 5:28 pm by

Villa Park water polo standout Josh Samuels says he has scheduled recruiting trips to reigning NCAA champion USC, Cal and UCLA this month but also wants to visit a little lesser known program that I believe should not be discounted in the battle to land the nation’s No. 1 recruit. Read the rest of this entry »

Recruiting flash: El Toro’s O’Connell commits to Pepperdine

December 31st, 2008, 6:47 pm by
Tommy O'Connell of El Toro

Tommy O

El Toro water polo goalie Tommy O’Connell, a member of the U.S. junior team over the summer, has committed to Pepperdine, he said in e-mail Wednesday.

Great get for Pepperdine, which really surged late in the season.

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Water polo: Weiss, 5 players from O.C. earn top All-CIF honors

December 15th, 2008, 9:58 pm by
Villa Park's Josh Samuels

Villa Park's Josh Samuels

Five players of the year and the late coach Grafton Weiss were among the Orange County selections to the All-CIF-Southern Section boys water polo teams, which were released Monday.

Weiss, who died a week after helping coach Katella to its first section crown, was selected Division VII coach of the year by his fellow coaches. About 750 people attended the memorial service for Weiss on Dec. 6.

Weiss, 49, died from hypertensive and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Katella junior attacker Dillon Avila was voted the Division VII player of the year.

In Division I, Foothill goalie Jay Lovero and attacker Griffin White of El Toro shared player of the year honors.

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Update: Katella water polo coach Grafton Weiss, 49, dies

November 29th, 2008, 4:04 pm by

In a photo taken Friday, Grafton Weiss, second from left, is shown with OJ Vazquez, left, Dave Mikesell and Mustafa Hassan, right. Photo courtesy of Michelle Van Horne

Katella boys water polo coach Grafton Weiss died from an apparent heart attack Saturday morning, just one week after helping guide the Knights to their first CIF-Southern Section title.

(Update Dec 2: Cause of death determined for Grafton Weiss.)

Katella principal Jason Allemann said he spoke with an emergency medical service supervisor who said that Weiss, 49, appeared to have suffered a fatal heart attack.

“According to the (emergency medical service) team, they did everything they could (to save him),” Allemann said.

An autopsy is scheduled for Sunday, said Larry Esslinger, a supervising deputy coroner for Orange County.

Weiss coached Katella during two matches Friday at the Southern Section Masters tournament. The Knights qualified by capturing the Division VII title on Nov. 22.

“He was there and he was happy,” Katella co-coach Dave Mikesell said of Weiss. “Everything was fine.”

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Boys water polo: Katella, Valencia advance to Division VII final

November 19th, 2008, 10:18 pm by

By LOU PONSI
OCVarsity staff

LA PALMA — The Katella boys water polo team was unrelenting in its attack on Perris goalie Jessie Gunther in a CIF-SS Division VII semifinal between the top-seeded Knights and Panthers on Wednesday at Kennedy High.

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Troy water polo reaches first final

November 19th, 2008, 5:12 pm by

Josh Stedman had five goals and Clark Barry had 16 saves as Troy’s boys water polo team defeated Palm Desert, 10-5, to reach Saturday’s Division V final against Los Osos.

Live water polo blog tonight

November 19th, 2008, 3:39 pm by

Can’t make tonight’s water polo semifinals in Irvine? Want to support your school after a big win tonight? Join Dan Albano on the boys water polo blog tonight, starting about 5 p.m.

Boys water polo playoffs: Division I semifinals

November 18th, 2008, 6:01 pm by

BOYS WATER POLO PLAYOFFS
WEDNESDAY’S CIF-SS SEMIFINALS

DIVISION I

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