Water Polo 2011

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Okay, 2010 is in the books. And the other thread seems to be preoccupied with who said what about whom and how terrible or outrageous it was. So let's look ahead to 2011. Who are the top teams for next year. I suppose you have to list St Charles, but can they repeat as champs? What do they lose? How about St Francis, will they be back in the final 4 for a 3rd year in a row? Can UA return to the top? How about Thomas & Kilbourne? What about Milford? Are they the team of 2011? And who else - Mason, Sycamore, Princeton, can they unseat UA & Milford in the south? Will there be any more new teams in 2011? New Albany will start its 3rd year. Will they show the same type of improvement that St Charles did?

What are the predictions for next year? Be the first to accurately name the top teams of 2011.
 
 
I suppose it starts with the goalie. Of the top teams, UA probably has the best returning goalie. So in that sense they start with an advantage.
 
thedutchman said:
I suppose it starts with the goalie. Of the top teams, UA probably has the best returning goalie. So in that sense they start with an advantage.
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Agreed dutchman. Although UA loses some talented seniors they have plenty coming back. With their goalie back and the younger Rabe leading the field players the Bears will once again be a top team. As has been the pattern they will dominate the South.
 
Milford returns their goalie, imo a stronger goalie than the UA goalie. Milford also brings back 3 starting field players and a fairly deep bench. You have to put them among the top teams for next season.
 
I believe the same four teams will reach the finals next year as did this year. Mason and TW were very close this year, but they are both graduating their core players; more core players than the teams that reached States. Of the teams that reached States St. Charles looks like they are losing the most to graduation. Of course St. Charles also appeared to be the deepest team and I heard their JV was undefeated again, so they are probably the most capable of "reloading". Looking at how well they came on at the end of the year and how many key players they have back I will predict a Milford, St. Charles final.
 
I'm with GoinDistance, SC and Milford have huge teams while graduating only a few. TW, Kilbourne, St. Francis, all are short on numbers already and losing seniors. But, I will not have a dog in that hunt, so enjoy next season's banter without my cynical commentary :)
 
Next year

I am going to go with these four:

St Charles
St Francis
UA
Mason

Here is my reasoning.

St Charles is left without an experienced goalie, but returns five of their top eight field players. Next years seniors dominated last year on the JV level against their age-peers. They played a large role in this years championship. They should be competitive with that group while bringing their new role players and goalie along.

St Francis loses their goalie as well as with several field players. However, they retain D Disalle and some supporting juniors and sophomores. They also have good coaching a resurgent swim program. I agree that the North will likely be the weaker division next year, so the above mentioned have to only get past TW and Kilbourne. TW loses a lot to graduation and TK has a much smaller talent pool to choose from.

UA always seems to be good. They lost some very good seniors last year and still came close to repeating. They will seemingly lose four or five field starters again, but retain Andrew Rabe and their goalie. Since they did not sub much this year and since their JV was not particularly strong, I am not sure where their new stars will come from, but I think they will come, partly due to their strong swim program, which has a new coach that supports polo, and their large team.

Mason, have you seen the size of that school. Incredible. Eight hundred students per class gives a lot to choose from. Their huge numbers in their junior class may finally get them over the top. Milford's team has been smaller and they are losing I think their top player. Mason was one win away this year and could break through.

Until proven otherwise, I believe everyone not in the above discussion is second tier with little or no chance of moving on.
 
'11 Outlook

Ahhh, an outlook to next year. My favorite off-season topic. Here is an overview of the boys teams for next year. I'll post the roster, how many they graduate, how many seniors for next year, and because I'm a goalie - if they return their goalie.

Because of the number, and my constraint during my planning bell - I'll only post a region at a time...and because I'm a south guy, here's the south region...

GLENOAK
“GOLDEN EAGLES”

NAME GRADE CAP #

MAXWELL HAGUE 11 1 / 20
LLOYD ESHELMAN 12 2
TYLER MONNOT 11 6
HAYDEN KANAM 11 7
TRAVIS KORZAN 12 8 / 1A
ANDREW RIBBE 11 9
MIKE DePIETRO 10 10
TANNER HAMSHER 12 11
CAMERON DANNER 11 12
IAN MALONEY 12 13
JAMES RUSSO 10 21


Graduated: 4
'11 Seniors: 5
Goalie: Returns - senior
2010 Regional Finish: 6th of 7

MASON HIGH SCHOOL
“COMETS”

NAME GRADE CAP #

TIKO NELSON 12 1
BRYCE ROMANCHEK 11 1A
MATT FRENCH 12 2
ANDREW MARTINEZ 11 3
JON GRUSECK *** 12 4
BRET KEEFE 12 5
NAREK MANUKYAN 12 6
BRIAN WUNDERLE 12 7
DREW SOBOTKA 12 8
JACOB GRANT 12 9
CALEB WARWICK 12 10
DREW MANGUIAT 10 14
GEORGE SKOUFALOS 12 16
CORY SINGLETON 11 18
JORDAN GIBB 12 20
BRIAN MUFF *** 12 22
BRAD LEBLING 11 23
ERIC HILDEBRANT 11 24

Graduated: 12
'11 Seniors: 5
Goalie: Graduated / 1A will be senior
2010 Regional Finish: 3rd of 7

MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL
“EAGLES”

NAME GRADE CAP

NICK BROWN 11 1 / 9
JOEL KEEFER 10 2
ALEX FRANK 11 3
BRUCE RICH 10 4
CONNOR LITMER *** 12 5
ZAK WOODSON 11 6
CLARK McCLOUD *** 12 7
JACOB YOEST 09 8
WARD BIGGELAAR 11 10
JOSH MONTGOMERY 10 11
NICK WARWAVESYN 10 12 / 1A
THOMAS PRUS 11 13
BEAU ROBINSON 11 14
GARRETT BYRD 09 15
JANSEN UTECH 09 16
ANDREW McDARTY 11 17
ALEX HAHN 09 18
DAVID MATULIS 11 19
JOSH FRITZ 09 20
BRENDAN SULLIVAN 11 21
MITCH CONNOR 10 23
RUSSELL HAUSFELD 10 24
MICHAEL WARWAVESYN 12 25


Graduated: 4
'11 Seniors: 8
Goalie: Returns - senior
2010 Regional Finish: 2nd of 7

NEW ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL
“EAGLES”

NAME GRADE CAP

PHIL SEMOYER 10 1
MAXWELL GLICK 09 2
WILL GLEASON *** 12 3
ZACHARY BERKS 11 4
COREY ZIEGLER 11 5
CULLEN CHALLACOMBE 12 6
ZACH SPAHR 12 7
JOHN ANGELL 10 8
BRENDAN MURPHY 09 9
FREDERICK JENNY 11 10
NICHOLAS DEPINET 11 11
ALEXANDER ALFONSO *** 12 12
CHASE HONEYCUTT 12 13

Graduated: 5
'11 Seniors: 4
Goalie: Returns - Junior
2010 Regional Finish: 7th of 7

PRINCETON HIGH SCHOOL
“VIKINGS”

NAME GRADE CAP

DAN MORGAN *** 11 1
MALCOLM MATTHEWS 09 1A
NICK WALZ 11 2
DYLAN DYKES 10 3
NATHAN STEINMETZ 10 4
ANDY PIOTROWSKI 12 5
PATRICK BONNELL 11 6
CHARLIE CHEN 11 7
VINCENT MAZZONE 11 8
SONNY ABSALOM *** 12 10
MARK BARGER 11 12
ERIK SPRAUL 11 13
ANTOINE BUISSON 10 14
DUSTIN DYKES 09 15
COLIN ROBLIN 09 16
MARSHALL BOHLANDER 10 17
JAKE MAZZONE 09 18
JACOB WHITE 11 19
DJ SVENSSON 09 20

Graduated: 2
'11 Seniors: 8
Goalie: Returns - senior
2010 Regional Finish: 5th of 7


SYCAMORE HIGH SCHOOL
“AVES”

NAME GRADE CAP

ALAN KISSINGER *** 12 1
MIKE RICHTER 11 1A
STEPHEN IOAS 10 2
JOSE CERDA 12 3
DREW HUGENBERG 11 5
THOMAS NORRIS *** 11 7
HAYDEN HORNER 11 8
RAVI SHETH 12 9
DAN RICKERT 12 11
DANIEL BROOKS *** 12 12
ZIM ZIMMER 11 13
AARON ABRAHAM 10 14
CHARLIE FRY 10 15
BRENDAN GIRTEN 10 17
ADITYA SINGH 12 25

Graduated: 6
'11 Seniors: 5
Goalie: Graduated - 1A will be a senior
2010 Regional Finish: 4th of 7


UPPER ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
“GOLDEN BEARS”

NAME GRADE CAP

NICK SIEVERT 10 1 / 15
JOE CAMERUCA 10 2
WILL SMITH 12 3
ZACH NEWCOME 09 4
GEOFF DICKHAUT 10 5
ADAM DODSON 11 6
ANDREW RABE 11 7
MICHAEL HUNTLEY 12 8
MAX JELEN 10 9
JOEY LONG 10 10
DANNY SULLIVAN 10 11
SEAN NERI 11 12 / 1A
TRAVIS MARTIN 09 13
MICHAEL JOHANNI *** 12 14
ALEX CHIN 12 15
CHARLIE COONS *** 12 16
ADAM RABE *** 12 17
BEN MASTRUSERIO 11 18
NICK HEMLEBEN 09 19
THOMAS TRACE 09 20 / 1A
JOHN LEANZA 10 21
RYAN BAAS 09 22

Graduated: 6
'11 Seniors: 4
Goalie: Returns - junior
2010 Regional Finish: 1st of 7


There, that should provide some fun discussion.
 
Mason v. Milford

By just looking at the number of graduates and the number of seniors in '11, it looks like Mlford will be better than Mason. Milford is graduating 4 and returning 8 seniors and Mason is graduating 12 and returning 5 seniors. Princeton is also returning 8 seniors and only graduating 2 but due to the fact that they weren't a force the 2010 year, they probably won't be next year.
 
2011 Season

UA will have lots of experience coming back. Although they loose a big part of their 2010 squad, they have plenty of talent waiting in the wings. With their goalie coming back after a full year as starter, UA will also have a big advantage in goal. The 2011 seniors were a large part of the team this year, and the rising juniors are full of guys ready to step up and make a mark on the 2011 season. The challenge for the bears going forward will be creating a dynamic of trust, friendship, and even brotherhood within the team. Without it they will continue to be an up and down team who might have a shot in the end, but might just be another promising UA team who can't quite pull it all together much like the '09 squad who had more talent throughout the team than any other (i know milford had dan and several others, but UA had more potential talent vs. milford who utilized all of their talent which ultimatly gave them the championship). The 2011 Bears are as promising as any other team in the state, they just need to bring that talent out and get everyone to play to their potential.

All that talk about UA should not ditract from any of the other teams in the state. Milford is returning a huge senior class, including goalie, which makes them a big time contender from day one. Mason may not have as big a senior class coming up, but they certainly have the coaching and talent to have another promising season. Princeton also has a very large senior class, including goalie, which could make them the team to keep an eye on to have a breakout season.

As for the north, I didn't get to see a lot of their games and know little about the teams. I would assume we can expect much of the same though with lots of talent throughout the region, making for great competition and a wonderful season.

On a final note, all of this is pure speculation and guessing based on the past. Looking at all of the teams across the state, the only certainty is that September can't get here fast enough, and 2011 looks like it should be one heck of a ride.
 
2011 Outlook - North

After posting the info about the south region, here is the info about the north.

NAPOLEON HIGH SCHOOL
“WILDCATS”

NAME GRADE CAP

ANDREW WENTZ 12 1 / 21
FRANCISCO MANGAS 12 2
BEN KUHLMAN 09 3
NICK MOSSING 11 4
TYLER ANDERSON 12 5
TIM PELLTIER 10 7
CHAD REX 11 8
CASEY HAASE 11 9
AUSTIN MAHLMAN 09 10
ADAM CARROLL 10 11
ADAM SMITH 10 12 / 1A
JONNY SMITH 09 13
SETH McCORD 12 15
WILL GRENUNHAGEN 11 20
LUKE KOCH 11 22

Graduated: 3
'11 Seniors: 5
Goalie: Graduated / 1A will be junior
2010 Regional Finish: 6th of 6


ST. CHARLES HIGH SCHOOL
“CARDINALS”

NAME GRADE CAP

JOHN FLIS *** 12 1
MATT BROWN 12 2
CALEB JACK 12 3
ORION SWANSON *** 12 4
ZACH POLTOR 11 5
ALEX KOCHER 11 6
ANDREW HOFFMAN 09 7
TYLER GEORGE 10 8
CHRIS D’ANGELO 11 9
MAX HERATH 12 10
ROCKY BOWMAN 09 11
THOMAS PHILLIPS 12 12
SAM ASLANER 09 13
SEAN O’LEARY 11 14
JOSH COHEN 10 15
ALEX KENDALL 10 16
BRIAN WILLI *** 12 17
DANIEL COGAN 11 18
DYLAN HAMMON 09 19 / 1B
CARL CALCARA 10 20 / 1A
NATTY PATTERSON 11 21
FRANZ KABELKA 09 22
KEVIN LAWLER 11 23
MAX PENN 09 24

Graduated: 7
'11 Seniors: 7
Goalie: Graduated / 1A will be junior
2010 Regional Finish: 2nd of 6


SYLVANIA WATER POLO

NAME GRADE CAP

TRENT VICTOR *** 12 1
BEN McCLURG *** 12 2
JAKE VLASNIK 10 3
AUSTIN LAZENBY 10 4
BRANDON BURZYNSKI 11 5
KAVIN PAREKH 12 6
MICHAEL JENNINGS 10 7
THOMAS HAMWAY 12 8
JOHN COLLIER 10 9 / 1A
TIM FLECK 12 11
SAM MILLER 10 14
NOAH SAUNDERS 10 15
MICKEY McGOLDRICK 11 17
JARED BUCHER 11 18
YIANNI PAPADIMOS 12 19
AARON YEUNG *** 12 21

Graduated: 7
'11 Seniors: 3
Goalie: Graduated / 1A will be junior
2010 Regional Finish: 5th of 6


THOMAS WORTHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
“CARDINALS”

NAME GRADE CAP

SALIM CHOUEIKI *** 12 1
CALEB WILLIAMS 12 4
PHIL MUELLER *** 12 5
COREY LAWELL 09 6
GEORGE DOYLE 11 7
JAMES MILLER 09 8
KIERAN FARRELL 09 10
SAM REEDER 12 11
JOEY BANKS 12 12
MICHAEL FRANKLAND 10 13
MATTHEW REED 09 14
MASON ZUROVCHAK 10 15
BRENNAN CLINE *** 12 16
ADAM WOLF 11 22
TRENTON HARPER 10 23

Graduated: 6
'11 Seniors: 2
Goalie: Graduated / 1A was not listed on roster
2010 Regional Finish: 3rd of 6


TOLEDO ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL
“KNIGHTS”

NAME GRADE CAP

ROWAN WILLIAMS *** 12 1
MATT GUSTAFSON 10 2
DJ MACDONALD 11 3
CONNOR TRIMBLE 10 4
MATT ZIMMERMAN 11 5
CONNOR AOSSEY 10 6
JOHN BOOTH 10 8
MICHAEL DiSALLE *** 12 9
DAN DiSALLE 11 13
NICK CAUDELL 12 14
NICK CARMONY *** 12 15
ALEX DICKREDE 11 16

Graduated: 4
'11 Seniors: 4
Goalie: Graduated / 1A was not listed on roster
2010 Regional Finish: 1st of 6


WORTHINGTON KILBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL
“WOLVES”

NAME GRADE CAP

JACOB WOOD *** 12 1 / 21
LOU PFEIFER 11 2
KEELER CALLAHAN *** 11 3
MATT MALONE 12 4
MITCHELL GUIST 10 5
RIKU KAIDA 09 6
KEVIN DOERR 11 7
COLE DORAN 11 9
JARED GRUBAUGH 11 10
NICK BORTOLANI 11 13
BEN GREEN 09 14
ALEX WYLLY *** 12 17
NICK DARBY 11 18
CONOR LEMMON 11 19
JONATHAN HADDAD 09 23

Graduated: 3
'11 Seniors: 8
Goalie: Graduated / 1A was not listed on roster
2010 Regional Finish: 4th of 6


This too should provide for some good conversation.

Sorry for the names being all-caps, and the grade/cap # being right next to each other. it didnt translate as clean as it did here in the post creation. Oh well.
 
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Mukisa, thanks for posting the rosters. I don't know about other teams but the roster for St Francis is incomplete. In addition to the varsity roster which you have posted, St Francis also has a JV team. Here is that roster.

John Dillon SO
Matt Gustafson SO
Nick Brodie FR
Jack Barone FR
Connor Aossey SO
John Booth SO
Jack DiSalle FR
Nick Birkemeier FR
Noah Peeps FR
Austin Carter FR
Nick Caudell SR
Alex Dickrede JR
 
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