By Editor’s Note: The end is near for the 2021 water polo season. TWp is looking back on the five biggest story lines of the year. Today we focus on positive developments for the upcoming year. Tomorrow we’ll consider what challenges from the previous year will carry on into 2022. As
By Utah to Start Fall League with Tailored Guidelines
KEARNS, Utah – Water polo has been a dead stop in the state of Utah ever since COVID-19 shut down the spring high school season after just a week’s worth of games. Over the summer it has been a hodgepodge of what teams could practice depending on the county and/or
By Record Numbers for Prep Water Polo in CA as Football Declines
Interscholastic water polo continues to grow in California as participation in football maintains its negative trend according to the California Interscholastic Federation’s recently published 2018-19 participation census. Nearly 34,000 athletes take part in high school varsity water polo in the state. That figure extends an unbroken streak of growth over
Interview: Devin Hurst of Royal High School
To understand why U.S. women’s water polo is so exceptional one has only to look at the California Interscholastic Federation – Southern Section, the massive compilation of 250 girls high school teams located in Southern California, the most fertile and competitive water polo region in America. SoCal is a tough
Hawaii Prep Dominates BIIF Championship | West Hawaii Today
For the first time in a decade, the girls of Hawaii Prep secured its first Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) championships on Saturday. Ka Makani cruised to a 15-5 victory over Kealakehe, which pulled off a semi-final upset over perennial island powerhouse Kamehameha to reach the final. With the win
Historic Wins for Olympia Girls, Ransom Boys in Florida Championships
The girls of Olympia High School became the first Orlando-area team to win Florida’s high school water polo champions on Saturday. They completed a perfect season defeating traditional power Gulliver Prep of Miami 7-4 to become their area’s sole titleist since the FHSAA sanctioned water polo playoffs 13 years ago. The Titans
