By Texas’ high school championships returned to the University of Texas in Austin just two years after the it was last there. Each year one of the four regions is granted the rights to host the tournament. This year is the South Region’s turn, yet they chose to locate it in
Post-championship Notes from Stanford
Some items that didn’t fit in Monday’s longer piece regarding USC’s Six-peat… Count us as fans of the two play-in matches bringing the field of teams in the men’s tournament to six – not that there’s any real opposition to it. Our preference, of course, would be to increase the
MPSF Championship Highlights Selection Sunday
For the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship today, Stanford faces USC, which upset the nation’s number one squad, Pacific, yesterday in a semi-final rout. The winner gets an automatic bid and an almost certain number one seed after the NCAA makes its final selections for its Championship tournament Sunday night.
Filling the NCAA Championship Field, Closing the Fall Boys’ Prep Season
Whittier won a scintillating overtime final against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Sunday to take the first SCIAC Championship since the conference earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship tournament prior to this season. Thus the Poets travel to Stanford for a longshot play-in match on December 5th where they’ll likely take
Prep Championship Saturday
Fall high school competition ends today with a a flourish: seven boys championships in Southern California, not counting San Diego County (where there are three); six matches in the Central California Section, and four more in the Central Coast Section. Plus collegiate conference championships from coast to coast: WWPA, SCIAC,
LMU Stuggles, NorCal Girls’ Tourney, Parkrose Highlights Oregon Playoffs, Ventura Steadied by Former CMS Coach
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
Pennsylvania, Ohio Championships; Michigan Districts; Georgia Update; Oregon Playoffs
* The girls of Pennsylvania play their state’s high school championships this weekend, vying for attention with Ohio’s final competition. Perennial challenger Cumberland Valley gets the top seed at the North Penn-hosted tournament, which begins early Friday morning in Lansdale. The Reading Eagle provides a high level overview of the
NCAA Men’s “Parity,” Greenwich Perfection, OH Prep Champs Set, Mater Dei vs. H-W boys
* A top former collegiate coach told TWp earlier this season that any of the five best men’s college teams could beat each other on a given day. That observation has held form, most recently exemplified by Stanford’s “surprising” win over second-ranked UCLA last Saturday. (The rare loss puts the
GA State Championships, S&R Cup in the OC, Women’s Coaching Conference, Oregon HS Website Refresh
Selected coverage of several items of interest to interscholastic water polo fans this fall season. Scores are already on the books at Georgia’s State High School Water Polo Championships in Cumming this weekend. Preliminary matches taking place today, Friday, while the remainder of the tournament spans the remainder of the weekend.
Kearns and Murray Utah Champs, Fenwick Hosts Camp, Mater Dei Boys’ with Another Championship, South African Boys Visit CA
KEARNS, UT – A month after the fact, the Kearns boys and the Murray girls get their props for winning the Utah state high school water polo championships. Kearns earned its ninth straight title with a win over Cottonwood, while the Kearns girls were unable to overturn victorious Murray in
