By 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
STUDY: Water Polo Edges Hoops, Gymnastics among “Best” Olympic Sports
The opinion of one grouchy Irish publication can’t compete with bulk data analysis. A study by FiveThirtyEight, ESPN’s data analysis unit, ranks water polo a surprising seventh “best” when compared to every other Olympic sport. The sport was viewed favorably over a random opponent nearly 60% of the time, making it “better” than basketball
INFOGRAPHIC: Californians Dominiate US Olympic Roster
Fans of US water polo are already well aware that both men’s and women’s Olympic rosters are made up almost entirely of Californians. Superstar goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson is from Miami and high school prodigy Thomas Dunstan is from Connecticut. But the rest are from the Golden State. Well if you’re
