Announcing the addition of KENDRA KLEIN as our new coach for 18s and assist with 16 girls this season.  She will start work on May 29th.  Kendra is a graduate of CSU Northridge where she was an All-American water polo player.  She went on to get her Masters in Sport Sciences from UOP.  On the [...]
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The Southern Section swim meet was held March 31st.  In spite of rain and heavy wind the meet with 500 plus high school swimmers went off without a hitch.  Congratulations to Merced H.S. that swept both the boys and girls division.  Pitman proved to be ready to return to high school team competitions with a [...]
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Pre High School (ages 9 to 8th grade) will begin February 27th at Johansen H.S.  Practices will take place from 5:00 to 6:30, Monday and Wednesdays.  There will be two groups, one made up of those who have been involved before, and another for newcomers.  The cost for the program will be $100.  You can [...]
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Good bye to Drew. Sadly I have to let you know that we are losing Drew. He has been offered a position helping coach SoCal Boys water polo. Drew has been with us for five years and has really matured as a coach the past three years. He has coached our older boys, and last [...]
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As high school water polo draws to a close there are always the questions of how to stay in the water playing in tournaments / games / etc.  At the same time we are asked what can a polo player do to improve their swimming strokes in anticipation for the upcoming swim season.  There are [...]
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Fall Water Polo is set to begin on September 12th and last to the end of October.  Practice will be Mondays and Wednesdays at Johansen High School from 5:15 to 6:30 Mondays and Wednesdays.  Practice will be conducted in the north end of the pool.  Sign-ups will take place on the pool deck and the [...]
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The 18-under girls team that represented our area at JO’s were composed of girls from:  Merced, Los Banos, Buhach Colony, Ceres, Johansen, Turlock, Modesto and Sonora.  For most of the girls when they returned they had to be ready to practice the next morning (the 8th) at most of their high schools.  Some will be [...]
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These are just some of the players returning from JO’s and also San Diego.  They came back on August 7th and their high school seasons all began the very next morning.  The boys on the 18-under team represent schools:  Turlock, Johansen, Beyer, Atwater, Merced.  Good luck in the coming season and thanks to coaches Sonja [...]
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The Modesto-Stanislaus Water Polo teams are headed off to national competitions.  The 16-under boys and 18-under boys as well as the 18-under girls will be going to Junior Nationals in Orange County.  The boys traveling July 29th to August 3rd, and the girls traveling August 3rd to August 7th. The other event will be Americas [...]
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THe following teams all qualified for the Junior Olympic Championships to be held in Orange County from  July 29th to August 7th.  The boys 18-under and 16-under teams coached by AJ Abril, Matt Corgiat and Sonja Raynes will play July 29 to August 2nd, while the girls 18-under coached by Drew Clute will compete August [...]
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