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Boys water polo recruiting: Newport's Stevens joins forces with Harvard

December 14th, 2012, 10:57 am by

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Newport Harbor All-County water polo player Dan Stevens has committed to Harvard, his father, Doug, confirmed Friday morning.

Stevens, a first-team All-County pick and the Sunset League MVP, joins El Toro’s Joey Colton in Harvard’s 2013 recruiting class.

And Stevens and Colton join forces with rising Harvard players Noah Harrison (Huntington Beach), Evan Ramsey (Corona del Mar) and Ben Zepfel (Corona del Mar).

It won’t be long until Harvard becomes an East Coast power. There will be a lot of talent in that pool.

“Harvard offers me the best opportunity to achieve both my academic and athletic goals at the highest levels,” Stevens said in an e-mail.  “I am excited to be a part of the program developed under the leadership of Coach Ted Minnis and I look forward to working towards a CWPA championship and berth in the NCAAs.”

The classy Stevens also thanked his coaches — especially ex-Sailors coach Jason Lynch — for helping developing him as a player and person. Here’s what he wrote about coaches, and one of his teachers:

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Boys water polo: Newport’s Stevens has ruptured eardrum

November 4th, 2012, 9:04 am by

Newport Harbor water polo standout Dan Stevens has been diagnosed with a ruptured eardrum, his father, Doug, said in an e-mail Sunday morning, hours after the senior was injured against Mater Dei.

“The ear canal was swollen and the ear lobe split open,” Doug Stevens wrote in an e-mail.

Stevens will see a ear, nose and throat specialist and hopes to play in the Division 1 playoffs, which the Sailors open Wednesday against Servite.

“Dan’s goal is to be back in the water by Wednesday for the first CIF game,” Doug Stevens said. “He might be able to use a wax plug to keep the water out of the ear.”

Doug Stevens said an emergency room doctor said his son would have to be out of the water four to six weeks. Doug Stevens added that his family has been touched by the outpouring of support, which included a call Sunday from Mater Dei coach Chris Segesman.

Boys water polo: Best of September video highlights

October 1st, 2012, 9:25 am by

Check out some of the best plays from the first month of the boys water polo season. Video by Dan Albano/OCVarsity.com

Boys water polo: Back Bay talent set to power U.S. juniors

August 3rd, 2012, 6:30 pm by

Orange County water polo players Curtis Fink, pictured left, and Dan Stevens of Newport Harbor and Reid Chase and Kyle Trush of Corona del Mar will be playing for the U.S. junior national team at the upcoming UANA Junior Pan American Championships in Montreal, Canada, Aug. 9-18.

The U.S. squad also features Los Alamitos’ Max Merrill and former Newport Harbor goalie Chris Whitelegge, now at UC Santa Barbara.

Merrill, Fink and Chase are attackers while Stevens and Trush are defenders.

The U.S. junior team will scrimmage at USC on Monday.

Here’s the rest of the U.S. roster:

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Boys water polo/swim: Newport Harbor center impressing in swimming

April 4th, 2012, 10:15 am by

If water polo fans have been reading the daily leaderboards on O.C.  swimming, they likely noticed Newport Harbor’s  “Silvers” throwing down some strong times in the 200 and 500-yard freestyles.

That would be Newport Harbor junior Andrew Silvers, a powerful 2-meter man who has flashed his potential for the Sailors’ boys water polo team.

On Tuesday, Silvers out-touched Corona del Mar’s Paul Sigler to capture the 500-yard freestyle in the Battle of the Bay dual meet in 4 minutes, 47.39 seconds. Silvers’ time was just two seconds off the automatic Division 1 qualifying time.

Silvers has posted some of the most impressive times this swim season for kids best-known for their water polo skills. And this is a huge development for the Newport Harbor water polo program.

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Boys water polo: Sunset League primer — Newport, Stevens stun El Toro

October 19th, 2011, 12:01 pm by

Just in time for tonight’s Sunset League water polo showdown between Huntington Beach and Newport Harbor, here’s the video from Newport Harbor’s dramatic, 10-9, victory against El Toro on Saturday:

For updates from tonight’s 6:05 p.m. match at Newport, follow me on twitter @ocvarsityguy or on the live scoreboard on OCVarsity.com for smart phones.

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Boys water polo: Newport Harbor beats El Toro in thriller, 10-9

October 15th, 2011, 5:10 pm by

Photo courtesy of Doug Stevens

Dan Stevens, pictured left, scored on a counterattack with 15 seconds left to lift Newport Harbor’s No. 2 boys water polo team past No. 3 El Toro, 10-9, in a high-octane nonleague match that even attracted players from top-ranked Mater Dei to Newport Harbor on Saturday afternoon.

A steal along the perimeter by Ryan Fowler helped set up the goal by Stevens, who beat goalie Garrett Danner. Danner came out of the cage on the play but Stevens protected the ball by keeping it high.

Preston Lee made an excellent pass to Stevens for the assist. “It was a perfect pass. All I had to do was finish,” Stevens said.

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