2012 Water Polo

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1 week away from captains practices, 2 weeks from official practices, any thoughts on the upcoming season, players to watch, can SC make it 3 in a row, how will coaching changes end up working out? Early season rankings?
 
 
Its been a heck of a spring / summer of water polo! Moose WP took players from the Cincinnati teams and went out to 4 different tournaments, including the J.O. Qualifier. There should be a big difference in the depth of the Cincy teams this year from that. Came across the C-bus team a few times, and they were playing great polo too! Love this time of the year!

Working on an updated roster list as I did last year. It should be ready soon.
 
GLENOAK
“GOLDEN EAGLES”


RETURNING:
SAYLOR PUTMAN 12 1 / 16
NICHOLAS GOLINA 10 4
MIKE De PIETRO 12 10
JAMES RUSSO 12 17
NICHOLAS De PIETRO 10 19

GRADUATED:
TYLER MONNOT 6
ANDREW RIBBE 9
TYLER BODENSCHATZ 11
CAMERON DANNER 12
MITCHELL BRIGGS 13 / 1A
MAXWELL HAGUE 20


COACH:
JEFF BURROWS
JASON TAYLOR
ERIC SPAULDING


Graduated: 6
Returning Upperclassmen: 5
Goalie: 2nd year starter
2011 Finish: 7th in South Regional


MASON HIGH SCHOOL
“COMETS”



RETURNING:
ALEX BUDDEMEYER 12 2 / 1A
ALEX SEVERSON 12 1B
GREG GRUSECK 10 4
DRACE PENLEY 12 5
ANDREW TRACY 12 7
ANDREW ZIEGLER 12 10
ADAM MANGUIAT 10 11
ERIC RIEMEN 12 12
SCOTT JONES 11 13
DREW MANGUIAT 12 14
BRYAN CRABTREE 12 17
BRIAN DUNLOP 12 20
DREW SIEKMANN 12 21

GRADUATED:
BRAD LEBLING *** 23
ERIC HILDEBRANT *** 24
BRYCE ROMANCHEK 1
ANDREW MARTINEZ 8
WINSTON TROY 9
CORY SINGLETON 18


COACH:
MARK SULLIVAN
BRET KEEFE
FELIZ HALL
ALEX BOLLMAN


Graduated: 6
Returning Upperclassmen: 10
Goalie: Graduated / 1st year starter
2011 Finish: 5th in South Regional



MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL
“EAGLES”

RETURNING:
NICK WARWAVESYN 12 1A / 12
JOEL KEEFER 12 2
BRUCE RICH 12 4
DYLAN WILLIAMS 12 7
JACOB YOEST 11 8
ZACK MCLAIN 12 10
JOSH MONTGOMERY 12 11
GARRETT BYRD 11 15
ALEX HAHN 11 18
JOSH FRITZ 11 20
MITCHELL CONNOR 12 23
RUSSELL HAUSFELD 12 24

GRADUATED:
NICK BROWN 1 / 9
ALEX FRANK *** 3
ZAK WOODSON 6
THOMAS PRUS 13
BEAU ROBINSON 14
MAGNUS EMDE LARSEN 5
JON WOOD 16
ANDREW McDARTY 17
DAVID MATULIS *** 19


COACH:
SARAH KLEINFELTER
KEVIN METZGER


Graduated: 9
Returning Upperclassmen: 12
Goalie: Graduated / 1st year starter
2011 Finish: South Regional Champions / 4th at States



PRINCETON HIGH SCHOOL
“VIKINGS”

RETURNING:
MALCOLM MATTHEWS 11 1A
WILLIAM CHENEY 10 1B
NATHAN STEINMETZ 12 4
MICHAEL KERSKER 12 6
COLIN ROBLIN 11 9
DUSTIN DYKES 11 10
DAVID SPRAUL 12 11
ERIK SPRAUL 12 13
DYLAN DYKES *** 12 15
HENRY BREIDENBACH 12 16
MARSHALL BOHLANDER 12 17
JAKE MAZZONE 11 18
DJ SVENSSON 11 20
TIM FORTNER 11 21
ALLEN MOTT 10 22
MITCHELL ADKINS 10 23

GRADUATED:
DAN MORGAN *** 1
NICK WALZ 2
PATRICK BONNELL 3
CHARLIE CHEN 7
VINCENT MAZZONE 8
MARK BARGER 12
ANTOINE BUISSON 14
JACOB WHITE 19

COACH:
CHAD PACKER
DAN FINGER
CRAIG MORIN


Graduated: 8
Returning Upperclassmen: 13
Goalie: Graduated / 1st year starter
2011 Finish: 3rd in South Regional


SYCAMORE HIGH SCHOOL
“AVIATORS”

ADAM DARWICHE 12 1A
STEPHEN IOAS *** 12 2
GRANT GIRTEN 11 6
MARK HANCHER 10 13
AARON ABRAHAM 12 14
CHARLIE FRY 12 15
AARON PANG 11 16
BRENDAN GIRTEN 12 17
JACOB THORN 11 19
LOGAN MATHERS 11 20

GRADUATED:
MIKE RICHTER 1
DREW HUGENBERG 5
ANDREW CALLAWAY 7

COACH:
NICHOLAS HELLWIG
PAUL SPLITT

Graduated: 3
Returning Upperclassmen: 9
Goalie: Graduated / 1st year starter
2011 Finish: 4th in South Regional


UPPER ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
“GOLDEN BEARS”

RETURNING:
NICK SIEVERT 12 1
COREY MILES 10 3
ZACHARY NEWCOME 11 4
GEOFF DICKHAUT 12 5
MAX JELEN 12 9
JOEY LONG 12 10
DANNY SULLIVAN 12 11
TRAVIS MARTIN 11 13
IAN WATSON 10 15
MILES GRILLIOT 12 19
THOMAS TRACE 11 20 / 1A
JOHN LEANZA 12 21
RYAN BAAS 11 22

GRADUATED:
MARKO COLOVIC 2
ADAM DODSON *** 6
ANDREW RABE *** 7
SEAN NERI *** 12
BEN MASTRUSERIO *** 18

COACH:
JIM ROBERTS
DAVID McGRAW
MIKE de BEAR

Graduated: 5
Returning Upperclassmen: 11
Goalie: 3rd year starter
2011 Finish: South Regional Runner-Up / 3rd at States


AMDG ST. XAVIER WATER POLO CLUB
“BOMBERS”

RETURNING
ERIC DORNOFF *** 12 1
GRAHAM LINDQUIST 10 4
JOSH FOGARTY 10 5
MITCHELL FRY 10 6
CAMERON YOUNG 12 7
JACOB WESTERKAMP 11 10
ROBIN HESSLER 12 11
ADAM ZINK 11 14
EVAN HUDAK 12 15
GUNWOO KANG 11 16

GRADUATED
BEN WECKENBROCK 2
ERIK NELSON 3
MARSHALL CHABOT 8
TEDDY KEHR 9
WILL LAMBERT 12
CHRIS HAYES *** 13
ZACHARY VOGELPOHL 17

COACH:
MIKE ROBERTS
JEFF CARR
CRAIG GORSUCH

Graduated: 7
Returning Upperclassmen: 7
Goalie: 2nd year starter
2011 Finish: 6th in South Regional


Graduated the most: Milford - 9
Graduated the least: Sycamore - 3

Returning the most: Princeton - 13
Returning the least: Glen Oak - 5

Looking over the southern rosters, 4 1st Team All-Ohio athletes graduated from the south, and 6 second team All-Ohio athletes - that's a lot of talent that graduated. But with the high level of upperclassmen returning, it should provide each of those teams a great opportunity to fill those voids. Should be a deep region with a lot of competition.
 
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Nice run down of the south Mukisa. Are you doing the same for the North? I know SC was dominated by their seniors so they will have alot of holes to fill. They do have their goalie back. Not certain of the Worthingtons or StF, but would expect those 4 teams to be contending for the top 2 places in the North. UA should make it out of the South, but I would say the number two spot is up for grabs. Good luck to all. As always it will be an exciting season.
 
NEW ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL
“EAGLES”
RETURNING:
MAXWELL GLICK 11 2
GRIFFIN SPYCHALSKI 11 6
PHIL SMOYER 12 7
NICK NOE 11 8
BRENDAN MURPHEY 11 9
TRAVIS WOLD 12 11
JOHN ANGELL *** 12 12
JORDAN GUNDLACH 10 13

GRADUATED:
CHRIS HONEYCUTT 1
WINSTON McMARTIN 3
ZACH BERKS *** 4
JACOB WILLIAMS 5
FREDERICK JENNY *** 10

COACH:
JOHN SANDS
JOHN COFFMAN

Graduated: 5
Returning Upperclassmen: 7
Goalie: Graduated / 1st year starter
2011 Finish: 7th in North Regional


NAPOLEON HIGH SCHOOL
“WILDCATS”

RETURNING:
BEN KUHLMAN 11 3
ANDREW DOWNEY 12 6
TIM PELLTIER 12 7
AUSTIN MAHLMAN 11 10 / 1A
ADAM CARROLL 12 11
JONNY SMITH 11 13
QUINN NYE 10 15
ALEX SONNENBERG 12 18
DAKOTA WAXLER 12 21
AVERY WITT 11 23

GRADUATED:
WILL GRUENHAGEN 1 / 20
JIMMY MAJEWSKI 2
NICK MOSSING 4
CHAD REX 8
CASEY HAASE 9
LUKE KOCH 22
CHRISTOPHER SUNDKVIST 25


Graduated: 7
Returning Upperclassmen: 9
Goalie: Graduated / 1st year starter
2011 Finish: 6th in North Regional


COACH:
JAY FINN
CHRIS MILLEN
MIKE RETCHER


ST. CHARLES HIGH SCHOOL
“CARDINALS”

RETURNING:
CARL CALCARA 12 1
DYLAN HAMMON 11 1A
CASEY HORAN 11 2
ANDREW ALFRED 10 3
TYLER WELTY 10 4
ANDREW HOFFMAN 11 7
TYLER GEORGE 12 8
SAM SMITH 10 11
ASHER FRIEND 12 12
SAM ASLANER 11 13
JOSH COHEN 12 15
ALEX KENDALL 12 16
NOAH MILLER 10 17
FRANZ KABELKA 11 22

GRADUATED:
ZACH POLTOR 5
ALEX KOCHER *** 6
CHRIS D’ANGELO 9
WILL GITZ 10
SEAN O’LEARY 14
DANIEL COGAN *** 18
NATTY PATTERSON *** 21
KEVIN LAWLER 23


COACH:
GEOFF GEAR
NATE COHEN

Graduated: 8
Returning Upperclassmen: 10
Goalie: 2nd year starter
2011 Finish: Regional & State Champion


SYLVANIA WATER POLO
“MAPLE LEAFS”

RETURNING:
JOHN COLLIER 12 1
JAKE VLASNIK 12 3
AUSTIN LAZENBY 12 4
MICHAEL JENNINGS 12 7
DYLAN HAUSENFLECK 12 9
SAM MILLER 12 14
NOAH SAUNDERS 12 15
GRANT LAZENBY 10 18
JOHN SCHLACHTER 10 19

GRADUATED:
BRANDON BURZYNSKI 5
JOHN LOCH 8


COACH:
MATT PIERZCHALA
SARAH HUEY

Graduated: 2
Returning Upperclassmen: 7
Goalie: Returning starter
2011 Finish: 5th in North Regional


THOMAS WORTHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
“CARDINALS”

RETURNING:
MICHAEL FRANKLAND 12 1
LUKE PORTEUS 10 2
JACOBY HUGHES 11 3
JOE BIELANSKI 11 4
TOMMY KESSLER 10 5
CORY LAWELL 11 6
JAMES MILLER 11 8
ALEX BROWN 10 9
KIERAN FARRELL 11 10
HENRY KARAGORY 10 11
MATT JONES 10 12
MATTHEW REED 11 14
MASON ZUROVCHAK *** 12 15
ALEX WHEAT 10 16
GRANT SMITH 10 17
THOMAS STIMPERT 10 18
MICHAEL WOLF 11 19
BRADY ROESCH 10 21
TRENTON HARPER 12 23
TYLER GIRARD 10 26

GRADUATED:
GEORGE DOYLE *** 7
ADAM WOLF *** 22

COACH:
JOHN WOLF
RYAN GUEGOLD

Graduated: 2
Returning Upperclassmen: 10
Goalie: 2nd year starter
2011 Finish: 3rd in North Regional


TOLEDO ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL
“KNIGHTS”

RETURNING:
JOHN DILLON 12 1
NATE MORRIS 12 1A
MATT GUSTAFSON 12 2
CONNOR TRIMBLE 12 4
CONNOR AOSSEY 12 6
JOHN BOOTH 12 8
JACK BARONE 11 18

GRADUATED:
DJ MACDONALD *** 3
MATT ZIMMERMAN *** 5
DAN DiSALLE *** 13
ALEX DICKREDE 16


COACH:
MARK WEIMER

Graduated: 4
Returning Upperclassmen: 7
Goalie: 2nd year starter
2011 Finish: 2nd in North Regional & State Runner-Up


WORTHINGTON KILBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL
“WOLVES”

RETURNING:
MITCHELL GUIST 12 5
RIKU KAIDA 11 6
BEN WALLIN 11 11
GRAYTON GIESMAN 10 12
BEN GREEN 11 14
JONATHAN HADDAD 11 15
MASON SHAAF 11 21
NATE DEAGLE 12 23

GRADUATED:
NICK BORTOLANI 1
LOU PFEIFER 2
KEELER CALLAHAN *** 3
KEVIN DOERR *** 7
RILEY BREHM 8
COLE DORAN 9
JARED GRUBAUGH *** 10
NICK DARBY 18
CONOR LEMMON 19

COACH:
JOHN WOLF
RYAN GUEGOLD

Graduated: 9
Returning Upperclassmen: 7
Goalie: Graduated / 1st year starter
2011 Finish: 4th in North Regional


Graduated the most: Kilbourne - 9
Graduated the least: Thomas - 2

Returning the most: S.C. & Thomas - 10
Returning the least: Kilboure, TSF, Sylvania, New Albany - 7

Looking over the rosters - 5 1st team All-Ohio graduated, 4 2nd team All-Ohio graduated - 9 All-Ohio combined, so the north takes a large hit from the top, but with each team returning between 7 and 10 upper classmen, the depth should be there for them just like the South.

Top to bottom across the state - there are a lot of holes to be filled, but each hole has several potential replacements with the large amount of returning players.

Last year there were only 2 teams returning a goalie, this year many teams have a senior goalie that has at least 1 year of experience. This should be a very fun year for polo in Ohio.

Predictions? Rankings? Preseason rankings get posted August 1st on www.ohiowaterpolo.com - I encourage you all to get involved in the forums over there. Good luck to all!
 
As far as St. Francis goes, a lot of talent was lost to graduation. There are some very talented young men to replace them. This year's team will be very tall, lanky, and have some very fast swimmers with very long arms. They will just not have the upper body strength that Dan DiSalle, Matt Zimmerman, and DJ MacDonald had. If they can use their speed, then they could be very good. It looks like there will be two goalies, with one of them being an ex football player who blocks a lot of shots. After this week's Sectionals at Miami, the swimmers are looking forward to resting and starting to concentrate on water polo.
 
In the north you have to like TW chances, returning its goalie and most of its team. Although SC returns a high number and its goalie, most of the returnees were reserves. SC may make it out of the regional but don't see them repeating as state champ. Look for TW & UA in the championship game.
 
Dayton Oakwood joins the world of Ohio Water Polo this year. They will play JV games this year and will play varsity games next year. We continue to trend in the right direction in terms of total teams.
 
mukisa said:
Dayton Oakwood joins the world of Ohio Water Polo this year. They will play JV games this year and will play varsity games next year. We continue to trend in the right direction in terms of total teams.
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Always great news when a new team comes into existence. Hopefully they will compete in the various JV tournaments offered. Will Oakwood have both boys & girls? Are there any other new teams on the horizon?
 
thedutchman said:
Always great news when a new team comes into existence. Hopefully they will compete in the various JV tournaments offered. Will Oakwood have both boys & girls? Are there any other new teams on the horizon?
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Good question. Our moose team played them the last 2 years, and they had a co-Ed team. Not sure what to expect from them this year.

New teams? AMDG has a girls team this year (comprised of Ursuline, MND, an Lakota).

We will add a Jr high team with Moose this season, and look to make it high school next year.

Gotta get Cleveland in on the mix.
 
It appears that water polo is here to stay at St. X. It is listed as a varsity sport and has a team page on the school's website. Here's the link to X's 2012 schedule. http://www.stxavier.org/page.cfm?p=1491&teamID=67&display=Schedule It will be interesting to see how quickly they move up in high school water polo. It took SC 4 years to reach the top, having won the state title in their 4th & 5th years of existence. Should we expect a similar timeline for St. X?
 
swimfan said:
It took SC 4 years to reach the top, having won the state title in their 4th & 5th years of existence. Should we expect a similar timeline for St. X?
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No question that X will be a force in coming seasons. By year 4 they will basically be on equal footing with other teams as their seniors will have been playing for 4 years. Expect to see significant improvement in the X team this year. But remember that SC's program had a destinct advantange over many in having Geoff Gear who all would agree is one of the best if not the best high school coach in the state. SC's rapid rise to the top only surprised the more casual observers. It remains to be seen if X can match SC's success.
 
TW v. SC

Thomas Worthington plays St. Charles at TW outside tomorrow (8/22) at 5:00. (The inside pool is getting tiled before this year's Ohio Cup)

Thoughts on the game?
 
preeder61 said:
Thomas Worthington plays St. Charles at TW outside tomorrow (8/22) at 5:00. (The inside pool is getting tiled before this year's Ohio Cup)

Thoughts on the game?
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Should be a good game. Possibly a preview of the North Regional as these are probably the 2 best teams in the North. I'm picking St. Charles but would expect it to be close.
 
preeder61 said:
Thomas Worthington plays St. Charles at TW outside tomorrow (8/22) at 5:00. (The inside pool is getting tiled before this year's Ohio Cup)

Thoughts on the game?
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Should be a fun game to watch. Both teams looked really strong at the Napoleon tournament.
 
Geoff Gear will be the reason why SC will probably be in the title hunt again this year. TW will be very good this year as well; however if you look at how many sophmores and juniors they have on their team i believe next year will be their year. SC will come out of the north for sure and it will be a fight between TW and St. F for the #2 spot. The South is relatively weak this year compared to the north with the exception of UA of course. St. X will improve a lot this year I believe and will be playing at a high level in a couple years under Jeff Carr. He has done a great job with them so far.
 
13-9 tw without one of their starters, i heard it was not necessarily that close, anyone there to give a report? is sc in danger of not making states with a potentially strong st francis?
 
swimmer24 said:
13-9 tw without one of their starters, i heard it was not necessarily that close, anyone there to give a report? is sc in danger of not making states with a potentially strong st francis?
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TW starter missing? Why? If SC is coached as normal I think Gear will bring them along just fine. I think he might be the best coach in Ohio. That said he does have to rebuild. Thomas must have played a good game, they did only lose 2 players from last season. Has anyone seen or heard anything from St. F.? The North Regional appears to shaping up to be region to watch from results already posted. In the South it looks like Sycamore may have the upper hand in the Cincy area, based on Napoleon results. Have not heard anything about UA this season either, appears they missed the Ohio tournament season opener. With Ohio Cup being played a little earlier this year if all teams show up it may still leave some questions unanswered. But is usually a good gauge of how things are shaping up. Good luck to all the teams this season!!
 
St. Francis opens play this weekend in Ann Arbor, with games Friday and Saturday. Hopefully, there is something good to report next week.
 
swimmer24 said:
13-9 tw without one of their starters, i heard it was not necessarily that close, anyone there to give a report? is sc in danger of not making states with a potentially strong st francis?
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TW clearly outplayed SC in the second half. If I remember right, it was tied at the half (or very close), then TW pulled away in the later stages of the game. SC scored two quick goals late in the game when TW pulled most of their starters.

Obviously SC has a lot of work to do this season to get back to where they were last year (losing 5-6 solid, senior starters has to hurt), but it is too early in the season to count anybody out.

Looked like SC had 10-12 freshmen on the JV squad...will be interesting to see what that team looks like in 4 years.

Good luck to those going to Michigan this weekend, it might be rough, those guys play together pretty much year round. Good luck to all this year, it should be another fun season.
 
Word out.of Ann arbor 7-2 rockford over ua, seems like a solid first game for ua against a traditional power, not sure of any sf scores yet
 
Other than the loss to Rockford, which was expected with Rockford being a powerhouse, any other news or sightings of the Golden Bears from Upper Arlington this season? What about St. Francis? UA doesn't play in OH until the Mason Invite...
 
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Other than the loss to Rockford, which was expected with Rockford being a powerhouse, any other news or sightings of the Golden Bears from Upper Arlington this season? What about St. Francis? UA doesn't play in OH until the Mason Invite...
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UA was 2 & 2. They beat Birmingham Groves & Okemos soundly. They lost to Ann Arbor Huron and Rockford.

St. Francis was 1 & 3. They beat Birmingham Groves. They lost to Dexter, Ann Arbor Pioneer and Ann Arbor Huron.
 
TW had a nice trip to Michigan, finishing second to Ann Arbor Skyline in the Skyline Invitational. SC lost to TW in the preliminary round and to Skyline in the semifinal. Kilbourne had no wins in the Skyline. TW certainly looks like the top team in the North (and perhaps the state) at this early stage of the season.
 
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