Burroughs and Burbank battle it out and will again this season. (Photo by Ross A. Benson)By Rick AssadTwo colossal boys’ water polo programs are looking to keep in stride and continue its winning ways as Burbank High and Burroughs take to the water this season.Former Bears’ standout and current Bulldogs’ coach, David Arakelyan, has built a strong program, has sixteen players at his disposal and are more than capable of duplicating or bettering last season in which Burbank went 22-11 and 6-2 for second place in Pacific League action.“I’m excited for this upcoming season. We’re going to learn a lot about…

Story Links Bronx, N.Y. – (August 27, 2024) – With the start of the 2024 season just around the corner, the Fordham water polo team has selected seniors Mark Katsev, Lucas Nieto Jasny, and Luca Silvestri as the team captains for the upcoming year. Katsev and Nieto Jasny have been a part of all three MAWPC Championships for the Rams, with Silvestri being a part of the last two after transferring to Fordham from Westcliff University. Katsev has appeared in 84 games over his first three seasons, netting 40 goals, 32 assists, and 18 steals. Last season, he…

It wasn’t that long ago that Lodi and Tokay were both titans in the water polo world. But in recent years the teams’ fortunes have separated.While Lodi has remained a perennial section playoff contender, Tokay dwindled to the point that it did not field a program, boys or girls, in 2023.This fall, Camden Perkins and Brian Kortuem have resurrected the program as co-coaches for both the boys and girls programs. Perkins played for the Tigers, graduating in 2022, and Kortuem’s daughter is a player on the girls team, so the two of them stepped up to make sure the program…

A year ago, the Lodi High girls water polo program was embarking on a campaign that would end in a Tri-City Athletic League title and a trip to the Sac-Joaquin Section D-I semifinals.At the same time, Tokay was finding out it wouldn’t field a team.Now they’re both back for another try. Lodi is back ready to go again after graduating six out of seven starters, and Tokay is back with a program as the team enters the San Joaquin Athletic Association. “I think the girls that are still there, that have stepped into the roles, they’re still figuring out how…

REEDLEY – After dropping its season opener to Sanger, Reedley boys water polo looked to get on track in its second match of the year. And there was no better place to do that than the Pirates’ home pool this past Thursday night. Facing the Mission Oak Hawks on Aug. 22, the Reedley Pirates used their home advantage to quickly take control and sail away with the 15-1 victory. As his team picked up their first win of the year, Reedley head coach Kyle Bunch was happy with how the Pirates responded after losing their season opener. “Our boys played…

What won’t Flavor Flav do? On Wednesday, Aug. 14, the rapper, 65, boosted Paralympian Nick Mayhugh’s GoFundMe to help his parents join him in Paris for the sports event. “THIS is just one of the many @gofundme for the @Olympics and @Paralympics that I support,” Flav posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) about the games that will take place between August 28-Sept. 8. “Imagine spending 18 years taking ya kid to every practice and game and working 2-3 jobs to buy equipment,,, and then not being able to watch them play the biggest game of they life.” The “Fight…

Besties For Life 🥰 We changing the game and that is something BIG to celebrate. – Flavor Flav It was impossible to predict that Flavor Flav’s debut in the rap scene of the 1980s would lead to him being besties with the Women’s Olympic water polo team nearly 40 years later. Yet, here we are, and we can’t get enough of this unlikely friendship. Follow us on Telegram for the latest buzz! 🐝 Flavor Flav’s interest in Team USA sparked a few months before the 2024 Paris Olympics when he connected with Olympic gold medalist Maggie Steffens on social media.…

A new water polo club in Perth’s south is making waves as it looks to recruit more budding athletes in the wake of Australia’s greatest Olympic Games.South Perth’s New Wave Water Polo Club will hold an open day this weekend in a bid to have more youngsters enlist with the club.New Wave was created in 2022 after parents — including club head coach Raul Ricci — banded together to fill a water polo-shaped hole in South Perth.Your local paper, whenever you want it.Since then, the club has grown to include almost 200 members and 10 teams. It trains out of…

Drogheda Ladies Water Polo Award winners (from left): Rebecca O’Donovan, Gillian Fritz and Ellen Joyce. Photo: Kieran Carr. With another season of water polo about to get underway, and after all the excitement of the Paris Olympics, which many Drogheda Water Polo Club members had the good fortune to attend, appetites have been whetted and the swimmers are raring to go. Training starts back in earnest next week when junior members take to the water in Aura for their usual Monday session between 6 and 8pm. Following on from the success they achieved last season when the U12 mixed team reached…

Flavor Flav is continuing his commitment to the U.S. Women’s Water Polo Team, treating the athletes to a Las Vegas getaway. Over the weekend, the Public Enemy member flew the team out to Sin City. Flav and the ladies had a blast staying at Conrad Las Vegas at Resorts World, dining at a swanky restaurant and taking in Carrie Underwood’s residency. Flavor Flav shared a video of the team partying in Vegas while paying tribute to the athletes. “So proud of all these women,” he captioned the video. “Look at all the support and attention brought to this sport and…