Ten Orange County boys water polo players, including Mater Dei’s Jon Walters and McQuin Baron, will be part of a Southern California all-star high school team that will play Argentina’s national team in exhibition match Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at Northwood.

The match is being sponsored by Northwood Water Polo Club and will be streamed live on ibnsports.com in association with golivepolo.com.

The U.S. national men’s water polo team will also play Argentina at 4:45 p.m. at Northwood on Saturday. Team USA and Argentina are preparing for the upcoming UANA Qualification Tournament in Calgary, which starts next week.

The U.S. national team features ex-county standouts such as Bret Bonanni (Mater Dei), a sophomore-to-be at Stanford, and UCLA’s Paul Reynolds (Foothill) and Olympians such as Ryan Bailey and Jeff Powers.

Here’s a look at the high school roster and Coach Jovan Vavic’s U.S roster for the games (admission is $5):

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