Last day of Junior Olympics - after 9 games in 3 days and on the last day we had our last game against Greenwich again.... we started off great again but made the same mistakes and just did not play like we were in the 18 age group and more like 16 age group. All in all we had great games only one game were we ever out matched and were not on the same level... but the other 9 games we were right there.
Good news: We made it to the Top Bracket and placed high then over half the team (48 total).
Tomorrow the little one come out and begin playing on Thursday. So stay tuned.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
JO - Day 3
It was a long day today - we had 4 games (one of the games was schedule yesterday but because of a mistake in the schedule we had 4 games instead of 3 games).
Game 1: 9:30 vs 680 - 1st we started off getting on the freeway that was backed up because of an accident on the freeway - so we had to take side streets for 25 mins to get 2 miles. Again turnover killed us, bad passes or stolen balls on the wing. Again we were in the game every mistake we made the other team took advantage of. We lost by a few goals.
Game 2: 2:30 pm vs Greenwich - this was a heart breaker we were tied then with 1 min left we scored to go ahead by 1 goal - it was an awesome quick hard pass and shot!! Then we did not press and they got the ball into set and we got kicked out - they scored the man up. So now we are tied with about 20 second, we line up pass the ball back make a pass to the wing who is not looking and the ball is stolen - they get the ball back and we get kicked out again and they score with 1 second left game over.
Game 3: 5 pm vs Splash (San Jose) this game did not matter if we won so and the team need this win to go 1st in our bracket, if they lost they would move to 2nd in our bracket.... so we talked with (both coaches) were going to play everyone!! This game we could have won!!! easily!!! We were finally clicking!! But we rested our players for our 4th game of the day!! It was pretty funny the parents could not understand our subbing!!
Game 4: 7:30 PM - Sacramento... we got off to a great start 4-1 then the old habits came back - bad passes - turnovers on the wings and the next thing we know the game is tied at the end of the 3rd quarter 4-4. Fourth quarter we traded goals - and ended in a tie 6-6 so we had a shootout.
Sac went 1st - they made it
TVH missed
Sac made it
TVH made it
Sac missed it
TVH made it
Sac missed it
TVH made it
Sac missed it = we win and our last shooter did not have to shoot.
Our last game will be at 10:30 am
It has been a great experience for all the players - Adam and Zach got playing time and really did an outstanding job!!! Jake stepped up his game... Ryan played well and learn to take a press!! David played in the field and in the goal for 2 quarters in one game and the entire game.... even though he was playing in the field all summer, he stepped it up and did a great job in the cage!!!
Good Night it is way pasted my bedtime after 4 games, in the sun all day and all the stress..... but Loved it!!
Game 1: 9:30 vs 680 - 1st we started off getting on the freeway that was backed up because of an accident on the freeway - so we had to take side streets for 25 mins to get 2 miles. Again turnover killed us, bad passes or stolen balls on the wing. Again we were in the game every mistake we made the other team took advantage of. We lost by a few goals.
Game 2: 2:30 pm vs Greenwich - this was a heart breaker we were tied then with 1 min left we scored to go ahead by 1 goal - it was an awesome quick hard pass and shot!! Then we did not press and they got the ball into set and we got kicked out - they scored the man up. So now we are tied with about 20 second, we line up pass the ball back make a pass to the wing who is not looking and the ball is stolen - they get the ball back and we get kicked out again and they score with 1 second left game over.
Game 3: 5 pm vs Splash (San Jose) this game did not matter if we won so and the team need this win to go 1st in our bracket, if they lost they would move to 2nd in our bracket.... so we talked with (both coaches) were going to play everyone!! This game we could have won!!! easily!!! We were finally clicking!! But we rested our players for our 4th game of the day!! It was pretty funny the parents could not understand our subbing!!
Game 4: 7:30 PM - Sacramento... we got off to a great start 4-1 then the old habits came back - bad passes - turnovers on the wings and the next thing we know the game is tied at the end of the 3rd quarter 4-4. Fourth quarter we traded goals - and ended in a tie 6-6 so we had a shootout.
Sac went 1st - they made it
TVH missed
Sac made it
TVH made it
Sac missed it
TVH made it
Sac missed it
TVH made it
Sac missed it = we win and our last shooter did not have to shoot.
Our last game will be at 10:30 am
It has been a great experience for all the players - Adam and Zach got playing time and really did an outstanding job!!! Jake stepped up his game... Ryan played well and learn to take a press!! David played in the field and in the goal for 2 quarters in one game and the entire game.... even though he was playing in the field all summer, he stepped it up and did a great job in the cage!!!
Good Night it is way pasted my bedtime after 4 games, in the sun all day and all the stress..... but Loved it!!
JO's - Day 2
Well we went from a high to an all time low - but picked ourselves back up. Today we played two teams that were 1st in their brackets - LAWPC they smoked us on both ends of the pool. 16-0 They were good and we played poorly... even if we played out best we would not have come close to match their play.
The next game was against another team that won their bracket - Coast from the Newport/Long Beach area. We played better but still not our best game. Lost this gaem too. Which puts us in another bracket with team playing for 17th place to 24th place.
We have 4 games tomorrow because of a mistake in the game schedule - our firt game is against Red 608 a team from Northern California they place in the top 8 last year. Our 2nd game will be against Greenwich another team that finished in the top 8 teams last year. Our 3rd game is aginst Splash Valley. Our 4th and last game will be determined by our win lost record in this new bracket.
Good news is we will finish ahead of 24 other teams!!! The game is being called very different, when on the wing they are allowing the player to push off when making a wing pass, the can come over the top of your head to steal the ball when on the wings..... I am going to make a copy of page 10 of the rule book and show the ref's the picture of a player pushing off and keep calling out page 10 when the other team pushes off.
Wish us luck - we will need it!!! It is a good thing to be in the top level but the games are very hard - every player on the other teams are very big, strong, fast and have loads of experience but we will hang in there. This is better than being in the losing bracket and playing weaker teams.
till tomorrow..... Sandy - Mark and Manage Max!!!
The next game was against another team that won their bracket - Coast from the Newport/Long Beach area. We played better but still not our best game. Lost this gaem too. Which puts us in another bracket with team playing for 17th place to 24th place.
We have 4 games tomorrow because of a mistake in the game schedule - our firt game is against Red 608 a team from Northern California they place in the top 8 last year. Our 2nd game will be against Greenwich another team that finished in the top 8 teams last year. Our 3rd game is aginst Splash Valley. Our 4th and last game will be determined by our win lost record in this new bracket.
Good news is we will finish ahead of 24 other teams!!! The game is being called very different, when on the wing they are allowing the player to push off when making a wing pass, the can come over the top of your head to steal the ball when on the wings..... I am going to make a copy of page 10 of the rule book and show the ref's the picture of a player pushing off and keep calling out page 10 when the other team pushes off.
Wish us luck - we will need it!!! It is a good thing to be in the top level but the games are very hard - every player on the other teams are very big, strong, fast and have loads of experience but we will hang in there. This is better than being in the losing bracket and playing weaker teams.
till tomorrow..... Sandy - Mark and Manage Max!!!
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Junior Olympics Results - Day 1
This year's JO are being played a little different: there are two Levels Plat (Top Level - strongest teams) and Gold Level (bottom level - weakest teams). There are 16 Brackets - all the winners of their brackets go to the Plat - all the 3rd place teams go to the Gold - all the 2nd place teams play off one game with another 2nd place team - winners of these games to to Plat and losers go to Gold.
We were seeded in the A bracket which meant we had the best team in the tournament.. the other team was San Diego Shores.
So our 1st game we did not play a good game at all and gave them 6 goals and we tied 7-7.... which now means we could not let the #1 team score more than 11 goals. Lamorinda beat Shores 12-7. For us to get to the Plat level we had to only play defense. Bottom line we lost the game but won the war. We lost 9-4! This meant we had another game against the team that was 2nd in their bracket... The Trojans (USC's club team). We beat them 8-3... great defensive game again!!!
So now we are playing with the big boys - college coaches will be coming to watch teams/players in the Plat level - and Team Vegas/Henderson is there!!!!
So you might see us lose more games then we win because we will be playing the top team in the nation!!!
Mark, Max and I were up from 6 am and just got back from dinner at 9 pm and we have a game against two #1 teams at 8 am. Good Night!!!
We were seeded in the A bracket which meant we had the best team in the tournament.. the other team was San Diego Shores.
So our 1st game we did not play a good game at all and gave them 6 goals and we tied 7-7.... which now means we could not let the #1 team score more than 11 goals. Lamorinda beat Shores 12-7. For us to get to the Plat level we had to only play defense. Bottom line we lost the game but won the war. We lost 9-4! This meant we had another game against the team that was 2nd in their bracket... The Trojans (USC's club team). We beat them 8-3... great defensive game again!!!
So now we are playing with the big boys - college coaches will be coming to watch teams/players in the Plat level - and Team Vegas/Henderson is there!!!!
So you might see us lose more games then we win because we will be playing the top team in the nation!!!
Mark, Max and I were up from 6 am and just got back from dinner at 9 pm and we have a game against two #1 teams at 8 am. Good Night!!!
JO's Boys 18
We arrived in Costa Mesa Hilton today - checked into our rooms - the boys went to the Expo - some of the boys talked to college coaches, not many colleges there.
Had our team meeting and ready to go tomorrow!! Our 1st game will be a very important game against San Diego Shores, if we will our team will have an extra game to see if we can advance into the top flight of teams. If we lose we will be placed in the lower flight.
We will be playing with 4 new players: 3 from Penn and 1 from Park City. All the other players have played before, either in Maui or last year JO's. Will be interesting.
Will write when I get a chance tomorrow.
Had our team meeting and ready to go tomorrow!! Our 1st game will be a very important game against San Diego Shores, if we will our team will have an extra game to see if we can advance into the top flight of teams. If we lose we will be placed in the lower flight.
We will be playing with 4 new players: 3 from Penn and 1 from Park City. All the other players have played before, either in Maui or last year JO's. Will be interesting.
Will write when I get a chance tomorrow.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
JO Parents
Parents attending the Junior Olympics you can pre 0rder tickets for admission today and get a discount. Today is the last day to pre order tickets.
Go to: usawaterpolo.com - go to the Junior Olympic story about 3 from the top and you can find how to purchase tickets to watch the games.
Last day is today!!! July 24th.
Go to: usawaterpolo.com - go to the Junior Olympic story about 3 from the top and you can find how to purchase tickets to watch the games.
Last day is today!!! July 24th.
Summer Tournament
The Summer Tournament we host in August is for our Masters team only!! The club players will be working the table - concessions - clean up - set up etc.
All profits from the Concession stand will go in the clubs fund.
All profits from the Concession stand will go in the clubs fund.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Fish for Masters and Pineapple for 18 Boys
The Masters played in the Gold Medal game against Oahu (UCLA). In our 1st meeting they beat us pretty bad (about 10 goals) so we knew we had our work cut out for us. For most of the game we were either tied or just 1 goal down. Without our two meter player Kyle and our lack of experience began to take a toll and lost 8-11. Masters took home a Hawaiian woodend fish for their work.
The 18 boys also played in the Gold Medal Game against Golden West Blazer. In our last meeting we won by 2 goals and were lucky to come away with a win they had 4 counter attack and a 6 on 5 in which they should have scored but they missed with no help to our defense... they just missed. So without Kyle our set and the player who scored 4 of our 6 goals we as a team had to step it up. The game was a very close and low scoring game.. towards the end of the 3rd we lost Brayden (Reno) with 3 major fouls... and they were up by one goal. By the beginning of the 4th quarter we lost our two meter defender Josh (Utah) and put in Zach (14 yr old) for the last quarter and were tied 5-5. At 2:49 Zach was kicked out, they called a time out and we set up our defense which they ran perfectly and stopped them. At 49 seconds we drew a kickout and we called a time out - set up Fore Play and scored!! This goal really broke their spirit and their next possession they lost the ball on a bad pass and we scored another goal making the final score 7-5... and got a First Place Hawaiian Pineapple Award.
Both the Fish and Pineapple will be displayed at Whitney Ranch!! We now have two full days to see the sight (not like they have not been at the beach everyday, body surfing, wind surfing, snorkeling, swimming with turtles, going to a midnight show of the new Batman and who knows what else). As I write this (stayed back not feeling good) the group took off at 2:30 am to drive to see the sun rise on top of the crater. When they get back some are going to ride bikes some are going to the beach again. Tomorrow our last full day off we are going to Hana they have many awesome water falls. Then it is back to the real life and have to pack up and head home.. we will get back to Vegas at Midnight.
The games were great - the team played great - everyone had such a great time, everyone seemed to always be smiling!!! Maybe in two year we will do this again!!
The 18 boys also played in the Gold Medal Game against Golden West Blazer. In our last meeting we won by 2 goals and were lucky to come away with a win they had 4 counter attack and a 6 on 5 in which they should have scored but they missed with no help to our defense... they just missed. So without Kyle our set and the player who scored 4 of our 6 goals we as a team had to step it up. The game was a very close and low scoring game.. towards the end of the 3rd we lost Brayden (Reno) with 3 major fouls... and they were up by one goal. By the beginning of the 4th quarter we lost our two meter defender Josh (Utah) and put in Zach (14 yr old) for the last quarter and were tied 5-5. At 2:49 Zach was kicked out, they called a time out and we set up our defense which they ran perfectly and stopped them. At 49 seconds we drew a kickout and we called a time out - set up Fore Play and scored!! This goal really broke their spirit and their next possession they lost the ball on a bad pass and we scored another goal making the final score 7-5... and got a First Place Hawaiian Pineapple Award.
Both the Fish and Pineapple will be displayed at Whitney Ranch!! We now have two full days to see the sight (not like they have not been at the beach everyday, body surfing, wind surfing, snorkeling, swimming with turtles, going to a midnight show of the new Batman and who knows what else). As I write this (stayed back not feeling good) the group took off at 2:30 am to drive to see the sun rise on top of the crater. When they get back some are going to ride bikes some are going to the beach again. Tomorrow our last full day off we are going to Hana they have many awesome water falls. Then it is back to the real life and have to pack up and head home.. we will get back to Vegas at Midnight.
The games were great - the team played great - everyone had such a great time, everyone seemed to always be smiling!!! Maybe in two year we will do this again!!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Maui Results
Hi All
After 9 games we have the day off today (Saturday). The 18 Boys have won all their games so far - Sunday they will be in the Gold Medal Game. We are losing two of our boys on Sunday and one is our main set!! ouch!! The Masters is also in the Gold Medal Game and this set was also our main set - again ouch!!! Everyone is doing a great job!
Now for the stuff you really want to hear about!!! So far the team/players have gone to the beach - swam with turtles, jumped off cliffs, body surfing, sugar cane plantation tour, team BBQ on the beach, went to the midnight show (1st day) and saw Batman!! Today on their day off some are going to wind surf, beach and snorkeling, going on a day trip to Molaki (another island)on a boat, deep sea fishing.
See you next week!!!
After 9 games we have the day off today (Saturday). The 18 Boys have won all their games so far - Sunday they will be in the Gold Medal Game. We are losing two of our boys on Sunday and one is our main set!! ouch!! The Masters is also in the Gold Medal Game and this set was also our main set - again ouch!!! Everyone is doing a great job!
Now for the stuff you really want to hear about!!! So far the team/players have gone to the beach - swam with turtles, jumped off cliffs, body surfing, sugar cane plantation tour, team BBQ on the beach, went to the midnight show (1st day) and saw Batman!! Today on their day off some are going to wind surf, beach and snorkeling, going on a day trip to Molaki (another island)on a boat, deep sea fishing.
See you next week!!!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
ENTIRE CLUB TEAM AT ONE POOL!!
ALL CLUB PLAYERS -
WORKOUT WILL BE AT WHITNEY RANCH ON THURSDAY THE 17TH FROM 6:45 - 8:30PM YOUNGER PLAYERS AND 6:45 - 9PM OLDER PLAYERS.
WORKOUT WILL BE AT WHITNEY RANCH ON THURSDAY THE 17TH FROM 6:45 - 8:30PM YOUNGER PLAYERS AND 6:45 - 9PM OLDER PLAYERS.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Saturday July 12th
Don't forget workout is at Whtiney Ranch 1-2:30 pm club. Masters 2-2:30 help the club players - 2:30-4 pm Masters.
Stories by Sandy on Planet Polo
Stories by Sandy on Planet Polo - go to:
http://www.waterpoloplanet.com
http://www.waterpoloplanet.com
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Due
Dues Owed Masters: David 2 months - Greg - Edwin 2 months - Jacint - Wasik - Will - Dave - Rich - Whit - Zach Jr.
Club: We will be checking with the desk tomorrow anyone not paid will be sitting watching the workout.
Club: We will be checking with the desk tomorrow anyone not paid will be sitting watching the workout.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Maui
Just got news: they don't give out the game schedule till the Coaches meeting July 15th. So everyone has to call me on Tuesday about 7 pm for game times.
702-612-5005
The address to the pool is:
Kihei Aquatic Center, 303 Lipoa St.
Kihei, Maui.
Everyone:
-45 mins on the pool deck - don't be late!! Team Meeting then warm up.
-Cut nails - take off rings - etc.
-Sun Screen - make sure you rub the sun screen in - if your body is greasy you will be kicked out.
-Adam - Zach - Ryan - David - Jake - Patrick - Josh all 18 boys you guys don't make a move without letting me know!!!
702-612-5005
The address to the pool is:
Kihei Aquatic Center, 303 Lipoa St.
Kihei, Maui.
Everyone:
-45 mins on the pool deck - don't be late!! Team Meeting then warm up.
-Cut nails - take off rings - etc.
-Sun Screen - make sure you rub the sun screen in - if your body is greasy you will be kicked out.
-Adam - Zach - Ryan - David - Jake - Patrick - Josh all 18 boys you guys don't make a move without letting me know!!!
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Our Summer Tournament
Just a reminder we are hosting our Summer Tournament:
August 16 - Sat
August 17 - Sun
I would like to have a head count how many want to play. I am thinking about entering 3 teams: A - B and High School all playing in the Open Division. The cost is $20.00 per person. Please respond to this post if you are going to play.
All the club players will be running both desk - Jake and Eleanor will be heading up club players. Valerie will be in charge of concessions. Aniko will be doing the Awards. Vaune and Louie are getting tournament T-shirts ready. Mark set up (Mark is in charge but will assign people to set up). Tony in charge of set up and break down each day (club players). Joe has gotten ref's.
August 16 - Sat
August 17 - Sun
I would like to have a head count how many want to play. I am thinking about entering 3 teams: A - B and High School all playing in the Open Division. The cost is $20.00 per person. Please respond to this post if you are going to play.
All the club players will be running both desk - Jake and Eleanor will be heading up club players. Valerie will be in charge of concessions. Aniko will be doing the Awards. Vaune and Louie are getting tournament T-shirts ready. Mark set up (Mark is in charge but will assign people to set up). Tony in charge of set up and break down each day (club players). Joe has gotten ref's.
Friday, July 04, 2008
Happy 4th of July
Everyone have a safe 4th - BBQ's, swimming and sun!!
No workout Friday or Saturday - back to regular schedule July 7th.
No workout Friday or Saturday - back to regular schedule July 7th.
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