Richmond Foster girls water polo punches their ticket to UIL State Championships

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HOUSTON, TEXAS (October 19, 2024) The Richmond Foster girl's water polo team punched their ticket to the UIL State Water Polo Championships with a 19-4 win over the Bridgeland Bears at Cy-Fair Natatorium on Saturday afternoon at the Region III 6A Championships.

The Falcons, who are the top-ranked team in Texas, and number two nationally, according to MaxPreps.com, jumped out to a 6-3 after seven minutes of play and increased their lead to 13-3 at the half. After the first quarter, they held the Bears scoreless until they were able to add a single goal at the 4:31 mark of the fourth quarter. 

Senior Kinley Niles led the scoring for the Falcons with five goals, followed by sophomore Cassidy Jacks with four. Senior Mena Demafiles and junior Addison Olson contributed with three each.

For Bridgeland, senior Lizzie Richardson and Chloe Cheatham each scored two goals for the Bears.

The state championships will begin on Friday, October 25 with the semifinals and conclude on Saturday, October 26. All games will be played at San Antonio's North East ISD Josh Davis Natatorium.

San Diego Shores goes undefeated at 2014 Rock-tober Classic

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By Mike Stockman
Staff Correspondent
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MESA, ARIZONA (October 26, 2014) The championship game of the 2014 Rock-tober PCA 12 and Under USA Water Polo Classic left no doubt as to who was “Number 1” at Kino Aquatic Center in Mesa, AZ on Sunday October 26, 2014.

The San Diego Shores team, led by coaches Charlie Equels and Nicole Maichrowicz, won 8-4 against Long Beach Shore Aquatics Red, coached by Chase Mccoll, to finish the tournament undefeated. San Diego Shores finished the tournament with an impressive 52 goals while only allowing their competition to score 18 goals.

The second place team, Long Beach Shore Aquatics Red, only lost two games over the weekend, both against SD Shores. In the first loss of 7-7 (4-3), the game ended in a sudden death shoot-out after four hard fought periods with the lead changing often.

Third place was awarded to Mid Valley Water Polo, coached by Davit Gharagyozyan after winning 9-6 against Vanguard Blue, coached by Nemanja Jokanovic.

Other teams that participated in the first annual “Rock-tober” tournament hosted by Mesa Water Polo Club included LA Premier, Greenwich, SOCAL Boys, Commerce, Pacific Polo, Chelsea Piers, Colorado, SOCAL Girls, Viper Pigeons, Mesa Water Polo “A”, Mesa Water Polo “B”, and Albuquerque.

As a special treat, the trophy ceremony included water polo Olympian and USA Water Polo Hall of Fame member Craig Wilson, who passed out the medals and shook the hand of each young player and their coaches.