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 boys’ water polo team beat Loyola High School 11-9 in an overtime away game on Wednesday night establishing the Wolverines as Mission League Champions. The squad was up by one goal with less than a minute left in the fourth quarter when the Cubs called a timeout. The play that Loyola ran resulted in […]
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 […]
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 […]
The boys’ water polo team won the season-opener against Dana Hills 13-2 on Wednesday afternoon. The team jumped out to a 5-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. The team accredits this to the fact that they were excited and came out energized and ready to play, according to goalkeeper Sam Krutonog ’18. […]
The boys’ water polo team overcame the Orange Lutheran Lancers 7-6 in front of the homecoming crowd to remain undefeated with a 19-0 record. The Lancers took the early lead, scoring two quick goals in the opening minutes before UCLA commit Luke Henriksson ’17 was able to put the wolverines on the scoreboard late in […]
The 2016 boys’ water polo squad is missing some conspicuous figures from the previous year—influential seniors whose departures must be compensated for. The task is not a new one for Head of Aquatics Brian Flacks ’06. “I think that every year every team comes with that kind of challenge, of finding the new us and […]
The boys’ water polo team defeated rival Mater Dei 8-4 in the California State High School Water Polo Championship Finals on July 17. The team was successful despite center Felix Brozyna-Vilim ’17 being kept out of play due to a knee injury. Luke Henriksson ’17 lead in scoring with 5 goals while goalie Sam Krutnog ’18 […]
Center Ben Hallock ’16 will be a part of the 13-player roster for the U.S. water polo team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August. Head Coach Dejan Udovicic announced the team July 7 on the deck of the USS Midway in San Diego. Hallock led the Wolverines to become CIF- Southern […]