By The Ross Sterling girls followed through and repeated as champions with a three goal win over Cy Creek on Saturday. The intense matchup featured athletes who mostly knew one another from common club training. But that didn’t keep it from resulting in broken fingers and plenty of tears afterward. The
UT Becomes Fave Title Site, The West Improves, Power Shift to Dallas?
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
Push for State Sanction May Signal New Era in Texas Preps
Austin, TX – A notable USA Water Polo presence has descended upon Central Texas for the TISCA Texas High School Water Polo Championships. USAWP CEO Chris Ramsey arrived on Thursday and addressed a coaches’ meeting during which he indicated the organization’s active support for the sport’s official sanction by the
Final Thoughts on Texas High School Championships
Jersey Village started strongly against Clear Creek in the championship match paced by some crafty off-speed shooting by Iona-bound Chris Ellis. Two perfectly placed junkballs kept Clear Creek’s first-team goalkeeper, Scott Lyle, off balance and kept the Falcons in the game. It wasn’t enough as the Wildcats exploited some defensive
Semi’s Set, Day 1 of Texas HS Championships Complete
The Flower Mound girls gave Clear Springs a challenge in opening round play on Saturday but fell by four goals after scrambling to catch up in the final minutes. Coach Dan Snow’s team is comprised of girls who play water polo only during the high school season, he said after
At Practice: Round Rock (TX) HS Girls
The Texas high school swim season hasn’t ended, yet the girls of Round Rock High School’s water polo team are already at practice for the upcoming TISCA water polo season. As earlier reported by TWp, the West Region of TISCA is undergoing changes. Several Central Teas schools are expected to field teams for the
Texas Preps Undergo Regional Makeover for 2013
Texas high school water polo will begin the 2013 season with a very different regional configuration after eleven teams from the San Antonio-area Northside ISD (NISD) withdrew from the upcoming spring season. The district made the decision after the 2012 season ended in May when its qualifiers struggled at the
Texas State High School Championships in Austin
An old friend and teammate from California’s Bay Area who’s lived in Dallas for nearly a decade sat next to us for the final day of Texas’ high school championships in Austin the past Saturday. “I had no idea this many teams played water polo in Texas” he commented upon observing that
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 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
