The boys water polo team beat Loyola High School 12-7 in their final regular season game of the season and were crowned Mission League Champions. Previous Matchups The squad previously faced Loyola High School two times this season, defeating the Cubs on Oct. 5 by a score of 9-8 and losing to the Cubs on […]
Emily Greenwood stepped down as Program Head for the girls’ water polo team, according to a statement put out by the school on Friday, Sept. 13. In the team’s two seasons under Greenwood, it won consecutive Mission League titles and placed second in the CIF-SS division III playoffs. Attacker Alex Button ’21 said while she […]
With the sun beating down on the field, Caroline Sturgeon ’20 crouched in the goal, her heart racing as her eyes focused on a quick Huntington Beach High School midfielder weaving through defenders. The score was tied 1-1. Her job became simple: protect the goal. Not only was the LAFHA championship on the line but […]
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 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 […]
The boys’ water polo team defeated Alemany 24-1 on Wednesday afternoon in the team’s fourth league game of the season. Alemany is usually a much weaker team than the Wolverines, who defeated them last year by a score of 22-2. Despite the inferior opponent, players said that games against weaker teams in the league provide […]
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. […]