Boys’ Water Polo defeated St. Francis High School 21-1 today in its opening game of the season. Players said that the game allowed underclassmen to develop their skills and become more experienced. “It’s good knowing that you’ll have more guys to turn to if we need them later on in the year,” goalkeeper Asher Schwartz […]
The boys’ water polo team defeated Newport Harbor High School 5-3 on Saturday making the Wolverines CIF Division 1 Champions. Going into the match, Newport Harbor was on a 21 game winning streak and were the top-seeded team in the division, with the Wolverines right behind them with the second seed. According to attacker Cristian […]
The Wolverines reached back to back tournament championships, winning the Elite 8 title game Sept. 15, but losing in the finals of the South Coast Tournament Sept. 22. The Wolverines had triumphed over Newport Harbor in the semifinals of the Elite 8 Tournament 11-7 just a week earlier but fell short of back-to-back tournament titles […]
The boys’ water polo team won the Elite 8 water polo tournament after defeating Sacred Heart Preparatory School in the championship game on Sept. 15. The Wolverines ended the tournament with a 4-1 record. In the earlier rounds of the tournament they beat Vista High School 14-7, Oaks Christian High School 14-1 and in the […]
After upsetting last year’s Division I champion Orange Lutheran 9-8 in the first round of CIF, the boys’ water polo team’s hopes of a CIF championship vanished Nov. 8 when they fell in double-overtime to Oaks Christian at the William J. Woollett Aquatics Center, last year’s Division III champion. In the CIF Southern Section Division […]
The boys’ water polo team upset last year’s Division I champion Orange Lutheran 9-8 on Thursday night and will advance to the Division I CIF semifinals. The team went down 6-3 and trailed for the first half, but attackers Pierce Maloney ’19 and Nico Tierney ’20 propelled the Wolverines to a comeback. Tierney scored the winning […]
In the final league game of the year, the boys’ water polo team routed St. Francis 25-0. The water polo team at St. Francis was formed just two years ago. Compared to a record of 25-2 last year, the Wolverines barely scraped a winning record this year, at 15-12. The team again dominated league, with […]
Games of the North/South Challenge tournament were cancelled due to fire scares, but Head of Aquatics Brian Flacks organized others games for the boys’ water polo team to play. The team fell 9-7 to Drake and later defeated Bellarmine 9-4, but still stands at 3-0 in league play. With only a month left in the […]
The boys’ water polo team lost its third game of the year, this time falling 9-8 to Newport in double-overtime Sept. 20. Behind the 14 saves of goalkeeper Sam Krutonog ’18, the Wolverines held a two-goal lead at home in the fourth quarter. Pierce Maloney ’19 and Ryan Neapole ’19 combined for five goals, but […]
The boys’ water polo team finished in third place in the Elite 8 Tournament on Sept. 16. After falling to Huntington Beach 9-8 on Friday, the team defeated them on Saturday to secure third place. The Wolverines faced a 10-8 deficit heading into the fourth quarter and scored four unanswered goals in the final quarter. […]