The Long Beach City College men’s water polo team improved to 8-0 last weekend with a pair of wins over Sierra and West Valley at the West Valley Nyqvist Invitational. The Vikings have outscored their opponents 121-53 this season. Sophomore attacker Vedran Latkovic has scored a team-high 22 goals, and freshman attacker Nikola Ilic is […]
Long Beach State men’s water polo continued its hot start by winning three of its four games at the Inland Empire Classic in Riverside last weekend. LBSU (6-2) is ranked No. 7 in the latest coaches poll. The Beach opened the tournament at Redlands with a 16-5 win over Whittier and a 19-4 win over […]
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The Long Beach State men’s water polo program is on the upswing after winning the Golden Coast Conference and reaching the NCAA Tournament last year, but coach Gavin Arroyo knows his 2019 squad is far from being complete because of injuries and transfers. “Week by week we’ve been slowly putting it together,” Arroyo said. “It’s […]
Wilson boys’ water polo erased a two-goal deficit in the fourth quarter on Tuesday at Belmont Outdoor Pool to beat visiting Los Alamitos 12-11. Gray Carson led Wilson with four goals and he scored the game-winner on a power play with about 1:30 left in regulation. Hank Rivers, Kade Margain and Zac Crenshaw each scored […]
Changes at the top continues to be the theme of our Moore League fall previews. In boys’ water polo, that starts with the Wilson Bruins who find themselves in uncharted waters. Meanwhile Cabrillo is coming off a historic season, but have to start from scratch again, and Poly just hosted the first ever Long Beach […]
The Wilson Bruins have won the last 12 Moore League championships and are poised to repeat with a strong sophomore class leading the way. However, players like Zac Crenshaw, Hank Rivers and Gray Carson learned on the job last year while taking their lumps. Some tough losses and no playoff success dropped Wilson down to […]
The Cabrillo Jaguars made school history by reaching their first CIF semifinal last year. However, this season they’ll be without the decorated group of seniors who led them to the playoffs as well as head coach Lawrence Durand. Assistant coach and alum Chris Ortiz has taken over and knows what needs to get done for […]
The Rams finished second in league again last year, and they’re the only program other than Wilson to win a league title since 2007. Coach Danely Smith said he has a good group of players coming back this year who have worked hard to improve all summer. Seniors Alex Carrol, Daniel Chenier, Matthew Brown and […]
Fourth-year Long Beach Poly coach Ish Pluton is excited about his team’s chances this year, mainly because of the team’s great chemistry and some strong senior leadership, both of which were buoyed by a team trip to Hawaii in the summer. “This team wants it, they’re all on the same page, they’re very hard-working,” Pluton […]