By Perhaps the most well-known water polo coach in the US, few are more qualified to critique the US national team as the London Olympic Games kick off than Dante Dettamanti. TWp had the chance to speak with him yesterday about Terry Schroeder’s team and their chances to win Olympic Gold.
Interview with Caltech Head Coach Josh Moser
On July 12 Caltech made news not for its typically good-natured athletic futility, but for cheating. In fact, the highly regarded institution reported its own infractions to the NCAA after discovering that in past years several athletes were not technically enrolled in school while they competed – a function of
Interview with Illpolo.com’s Aaron Brown
Coverage of high school water polo is increasing and improving throughout the US. But no other source matches the detail and concentration of Illpolo.com, the “go to” site for all things Illinois water polo run by the prolific Aaron Brown. State championship tournaments are soon to begin and Aaron took
Interview with Rockford High School (MI) Girls’ Water Polo Coach Scott Voltz
The girls of Michigan close out the 2011-2012 interscholastic high school water polo season with state championships June 1 and 2 where top ranked Rockford hopes to upend 2011 champions Okemos. With only one loss to a Michigan squad (Zeeland) this season, and a challenging non-Michigan schedule, the Rams are
Interview with Enumclaw High School (WA) Girls’ Coach Bob Averill
For the past couple years the girls water polo team at Gig Harbor (WA) has been the state’s best. On April 25 Enumclaw, with only nine girls on the roster, ended Gig Harbor’s 46-game winning streak and placed themselves among the favorites to win the state championship. Coach Bob Averill keeps fans
Interview with Fenwick High School (IL) Boys’ Varsity Head Coach Kyle Perry
The Illinois High School Association began sanctioning a boys’ water polo championship for the 2001-2002 school year. Since then, except in 2003, Oak Park’s Fenwick High School has won every one of them. As in every prior Spring, the Friars are among the favorites to win it again despite a
Interview with St. Mark’s School (TX) Boys’ Varsity Coach Mihai Oprea
It’s difficult to have a discussion about Texas boys’ prep water polo without at least some mention of the steadily excellent program at St. Mark’s School in Dallas. Runners up in 2011, the Lions enter this weekend’s TISCA championships seeded first in the North Region and look to upend undefeated
Interview with St. Louis University High School (MO) Boys’ Varsity Coach Paul Baudendistel
View the Twitter account for the water polo team at St. Louis University High (SLUH) in Missouri and you’ll get a quick education in success: 15 state championships and an overall winning percentage of .750, for example. On April 14 SLUH fell to Oak Park, Il powerhouse Fenwick by a
Interview with Lake Nona (FL) High School Girls’ Head Coach Alex Bennett
Orlando’s Lake Nona High School has become a recent favorite of the central Florida press having qualified for a berth in the state championship tournament for the first time in only its third year of existence. Total Waterpolo caught up with girl’s head coach Alex Bennett on the eve of the
Interview with Strake Jesuit (TX) Head Coach Brian Chambers
Recently the Houston Chronicle placed Strake Jesuit among the favorites to win the 2012 TISCA (Texas) Championships which will take place at the University of Texas in Austin on May 4-5. Total Waterpolo will be there but had the chance to interview their head coach, Brian Chambers, this week. Some
