Northwood water polo player RJ Simmons has committed to Fordham, his father, Rick, confirmed.
The senior has been a captain for the Timberwolves in swimming and water polo the past two seasons.
In 2012, Simmons was a first-team All-Pacific Coast League selection in water polo. He netted 75 goals and racked up 43 steals.
BOYS SWIMMING
Century League
VILLA PARK 100, ESPERANZA 70
Freeway League
SONORA 116, LA HABRA 64
TROY 108, SUNNY HILLS 61
Garden Grove League
LOS AMIGOS 107, LA QUINTA 65
Zach Yong of University wins the breaststroke
Orange Coast League
CALVARY CHAPEL 102, GODINEZ 62
LAGUNA BEACH 134, SADDLEBACK 36
COSTA MESA 91, ESTANCIA 44
Pacific Coast League
UNIVERSITY 109, NORTHWOOD 61
CORONA DEL MAR 108, BECKMAN 62
BOYS SWIMMING
Millikan Southern Section Relays
Finals
At Capo Valley
(Related article: Capistrano Valley boys have reason to cheer)
(Related slideshow: OCVarsity Hot Shots: CIF boys swim relays)
Team results – 1. Capistrano Valley 232; 2. Northwood 222; 3. University 208; 4. Corona del Mar 192; 5. Edison 170; 6. Hart 138; 7. Santa Margarita 134; 8. Crescenta Valley 120; others: 11. Tesoro 74; 12. Newport Harbor 70; 13. LosAl 56; 14. Dana Hills 55; 15. Trabuco Hills 52
4×100-yard IM – 1. University (Z. Yong, Tran, Takahashi, Okubo) 3:32.83 – new meet record, old record 3:33.21 Irvine 1999; 2. CdM 3:33.93; CV 3:39.35; 4. MurrVly 3:40.13; 5. Nor 3:43.23; 6. Hart 3:45.69; 7. SM 3:45.82; 8. MD 3:47.56
6×50 free – 1. CV (DeShon, Beck, Chalcarz, Felix, Rendina, DesCombes) 2:09.14- new meet record, old record 2:10.05 CV 2011; 2. CdM 2:10.81; 3. Uni 2:15.01; 4. SM 2:15.77; 5. Nor 2:15.83; 6. NH 2:16.97; 7. CresVly 2:17.07; 8. DH 2:18.34
Leadoff: DeShon (CV) 20.72
4×50 breast – 1. Uni (Wong, Z. Yong, Howard, Schiffer) 1:48.96; 2. Nor 1:53.07; 3. CV 1:53.80; 4. CresVly 1:55.72; 5. TH 1:55.77; 6. Edi 1:56.92; 7. CdM 1:58.19; 8. LosAl 1:59.58
4×50 fly – 1. Nor (Chang, Kao, Wang, Rodriguez) 1:34.43 – new meet record ; old record 1:35.12 Murrieta Valley 2011 – 2. Uni 1:35.30; 3. MurrVly 1:35.80; 4. CV 1:37.17; 5. Lake 1:37.31; 6. Edi 1:38.29; 7. Hart 1:38.94; 8. CdM 1:39.45
University’s No. 2-ranked boys swim team appears to be the favorite for Saturday’s 5 p.m. Millikan Southern Section Relays finals at Capistrano Valley on Saturday.
Based on a scoring off prelims, the Trojans project to score 232 points, which would outdistance other top contenders such as No. 3 Corona del Mar (210), No. 1 Capistrano Valley (206) and surging No. 5 Northwood (206).
Click here to see prelims results
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BOYS SWIMMING
Nonleague
MATER DEI 215, NORTHWOOD 204, EDISON 176 (tri-meet)
LA HABRA 94, LA MIRADA 75
200 medley relay (1:48.90) – Nor 1:41.13; Edi 1:42.21; MD 1:44.40; MD B 1:46.35; Nor B 1:48.25;
200 free (1:50.90) –D. Payne (MD) 1:44.54; Balding (Nor) 1:45.06;
200 IM (2:05.50) – Smith (Edi) 1:55.93; Tong (Nor) 2:05.23;
50 free (22.99) – Ja. Walters (MD) 22.49; Niederland (Edi) 22.55; Simmons (Nor) 22.91;
Olympian Jesse Smith scored three goals and goalie Andy Stevens (Villa Park) made nine saves as the U.S. men’s water polo team defeated Argentina, 14-8, in an exhibition match Saturday night at Northwood.
In a later game, Argentina defeated a Southern California all-star high school team, 8-5, at Northwood.
Here’s the box score from the U.S. national team match:
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):
Beckman is the No. 4 team in the Pacific Coast League. The Patriots and Irvine both have 2-3 league records, but because Beckman beat Irvine, Beckman is the league’s No. 4 playoff representative in the Southern Division.
The league’s order of representation for the playoffs: 1. Corona del Mar, 2. Northwood, 3. Woodbridge, 4. Beckman.
As the Pacific Coast League is the best league in the Southern Division, Beckman has a very good chance of getting the division’s one at-large berth when at-large teams are named Sunday at 8 a.m.
CIF-SS football playoff brackets and analysis
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Northwood’s football team will take home the Dennis Toohey Fence Post Trophy, which goes to the top football team in Irvine.
The Timberwolves stayed alive in the Fence Post race by defeating University, 42-28, Thursday night in a Pacific Coast League game.
But Northwood had to wait for the final outcome of Friday’s Woodbridge-Irvine game. Woodbridge defeated Irvine, 35-7, Friday night at Irvine High to clinch a playoff berth.
Northwood wins the Fence Post because it defeated Woodbridge. Irvine could have won the Fence Post by winning Friday night.
Northwood Coach Rick Curtis and Athletic Director Dean Toohey accepted the trophy after the game. Most of the Northwood players were attending a homecoming dance. Curtis said he plans to present the trophy to his players at school next week.
Northwood is advancing to the CIF-Southern Division playoffs as the No. 2 team behind league champion Corona del Mar. Woodbridge goes as the No. 3 team and Beckman could advance as an at-large entry.
Beckman won the Fence Post last year. Northwood won it in 2010.
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Northwood junior Bethan Knights continued her breakout junior campaign, winning the Division 3 sweepstakes title at the 65th annual Mt. Sac Invitational Friday at Mt. Sac.
Knights, who finished second in the sweepstakes race in last week’s Orange County Championships, clocked a winning time of 17:23.
Bonita junior Mackenzie Landa (17:47) was second, with Rubidoux junior Fernanda Rodriguez (18:07) coming in third.
Bonita had all five scoring runners finish in the top 20, winning the team title with 46 points. Northwood had all five scoring runners place in the top 45 and was second with 98.
Cathedral Catholic (113) rounded out the top three.
Esperanza (165) was sixth, while Brea Olinda (259) was 10th.
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Northwood girls swim coach Ken LaMont has resigned after four seasons, he said in an e-mail.
LaMont will remain with the program as a “volunteer substitute coach, administrator and consultant.”
LaMont reports that Alex Nieto, who guided the Northwood boys to a breakout season in 2012, will coach the boys and girls swim programs at Northwood.
Prior to his arrival at Northwood, LaMont coached the Newport Harbor girls for 10 seasons, earning Register coach of the year honors in 2005.
LaMont also is an associate head coach with the Irvine Novaquatics.
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Here is the 2012 football schedule for Northwood.
Schedules are subject to change. All games are scheduled for 7 p.m. unless noted.
NORTHWOOD
(Home games played at Irvine High; *league game)
All 2012-13 football schedules
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Slideshow: Hot Shots Overtime 2: Thursday's softball playoffs (5-16-13)
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