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Jonathan Hawthorne
Colin Mulcahy of Stanford Water Polo Club winds up during the 12th Grade-Under gold medal match of the U.S. Club Championships on July 17. Stanford lost the match 15-9 to Regency WPC of Orange County.
Lamorinda Water Polo Club strolls to gold
Water polo clubs from throughout the state flooded into the East Bay on July 15-17 for the the U.S. Club Championships. Titles were handed out for boys and girls of both the 10th Grade-Under and 12th Grade-Under divisions. The lone Northern California team to take home a title was the 10th Grade-Under boys of Lamorinda Water Polo Club. Lamorinda grabbed gold after a dominant tournament in which they went 6-0, and closed things out with a 10-1 drubbing of Rose Bowl WPC of Pasadena in the gold medal match. Goalkeeper Drew Holland lead the list of standouts for Lamorinda as he took home tournament MVP honors after allowing just the one goal in the finals. Lamorinda got other key efforts from Thomas Carroll, Charlie Wiser and Connor Reid, to name a few. The team basically went unchallenged through most of the tournament. In pool play, they defeated American River 11-6, Clovis 11-2 and SoCal 12-4. They opened bracket play with a 9-3 win over San Diego Shores, and then battled SET Water Polo (Orange County) to a tight 11-8 win in the semis. Next up for Lamorinda will be a trip to the SwimOutlet.com Junior Olympics beginning on July 30 in Orange County. Stanford Water Polo Club nearly made a gold medal run of its own in the 12th Grade-Under division — though they
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found themselves in some significantly closer matches than Lamorinda. Stanford opened their tournament with pool play victories over Santa Barbara Water Polo Foundation (11-10), Los Angeles (13-10) and the Contra Costa County-based 680 Drivers (17-3). Stanford then opened up bracket play with a 12-3 win over Huntington Beach, and then narrowly escaped a 12-11 semifinal with the San Diego Shores. In the gold medal match, Regency WPC of Orange County proved to have too much firepower, winning 15-9 behind tournament MVP Brett Bonnani. In the girls tournaments, Santa Barbara won the 12th Grade tournament by beating Huntington Beach in the final with the help of MVP Maddie Trabucco. San Diego Shores won the 10th Grade gold medal match over SoCal. Jessica Webster of San Diego was took home the MVP honors.
SWIMMING The Terrapin Swim Club enjoyed two banner performances from senior swimmers Justin Lynch and Chelsea Chenault at the California-Nevada Senior Section Meet July 21-24 in Clovis. Lynch set the national record in the 13-14 boys 100M Butterfly breaking the pace set by Michael Phelps. His time of
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