By CBS Los Angeles: Walters Endured Multiple Illnesses Before Succumbing
CBS Los Angeles reports that USC water polo standout Jon Walters battled pneumonia and kidney failure before suffering a fatal heart attack on Wednesday. The 19-year-old rising star fell in to a coma on New Years Day, according to several reports, under circumstances that are still unknown. News of Walters’s
Leading Source of Prep Water Polo Coverage Announces Paywall
An April 2013 announcement by the Orange County Register that it would be implementing a paywall for its online news website presaged today’s news that it’s renowned prep sports blog, OCVarsity.com, would do the same. Beginning Thursday afternoon readers will be required to register and pay for content, including its coverage
Spring Prep Preview: St. Thomas Aquinas Rises to Top of Boys, Ransom Girls the Team to Beat in Florida
The best prep teams in Florida hardly break stride between the end of winter high school swim season and the beginning of varsity water polo. With no meaningful restriction on club participation during the high school season many teams are in full gear already when the FHSAA water polo season
Southern California Girls’ Season Closes Today with Predictions
Ten girls’ prep water polo champions are crowned today in Southern California. Southern Section matches begin at 9:20 with Hemet vs. Ocean View in Division 7, and end with the Division 1 Back Bay clash between historic rivals, Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar at 6:30pm. In La Jolla, the
CIF-SS Semifinal Predictions, La Jolla & Bishop’s Advance in San Diego
Irvine is home this evening to arguably the most exciting day of the academic year in girls’ water polo. While the CIF Southern Section Division I semis carry the most weight and tradition, all seven divisions of the mammoth section will play matches to decide Saturday’s championship games. Orange County’s veteran water
Ivy League Gets Seven OC Standouts, Michigan Star Headed to Monterey
The polo-playing Ivies have made waves with a recent run on Southern California prep talent. The Harvard men made an immediate improvement with the signing of Newport Harbor standout Dan Stevens. There he’ll join El Toro’s Joey Colton and three other Orange County transplants currently on the roster, Noah Harrison from
Fall media coverage of water polo
The Olympics are over and now it’s the best time of the year here in the US, especially in California. Collegiate and high school polo have kicked off, hopefully leveraging the Yanks’ Olympic success. Coverage of the college game online continues to improve. But what in the world is going
Reactions to the US Victory Over Serbia
Deservedly, the men’s water polo team is cropping up in articles all over the internet. Many of them cover the same material that has been shared since the beginning of the tournament, but not all. I’ll post some of the more interesting ones here as I run in to them.
