By - The two remaining seniors on Loyola Marymount’s men’s side are likely done for the year, according to the Los Angeles Loyolan. Goalkeeper Gavyn Wild, who returned to school for a fifth year after spending the 2012 season on the redshirt list, has left the program. Wild lost his starting position after the first match at September’s NorCal tournament, a 13-9 loss to Long Beach State. Redshirt Freshman Kirk Wilenius has taken over the starting spot. Senior Center John Mikuzis sustained a concussion and has been out of the pool for two weeks. Though he tells the Loyolan he plans to return this season, Coach John Loughran has expressed his doubts.
- One week ago the Bay Area hosted one of the great collections of boys’ prep water polo in memory. This week the best of Northern California’s girls gather at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton for the NorCal Tournament as the season approaches its end. San Ramon Valley will attempt to maintain its perfect season anchored by Kat and Sarah Klass, talented daughters of former US Olympian and Stanford star Craig Klass. Campolindo, the two-seed, features Natalie Seidemann, sister of Olympic gold medalist Melissa.
- Oregon high school playoffs, boys’ and girls’, are under way this weekend leading to the state’s championship tournament beginning November 9. One notable participant is the Parkrose girls’ team, which beat North Eugene on Thursday, 19-6 in the opening round. The program at Parkrose was under threat of being eliminated this fall after public funding was pulled. A fundraising effort succeeded in rescuing it.
- Former Claremont-Mudd-Scripps coach Tim Settem has made the news as a first-year coach at Ventura College. Settem, who departed CMS in 2006, has the Pirates at .500 just a couple weeks before the junior college playoff season begins in Southern California.
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