By We return to the fray after four weeks of such things as helping to manage more than 1000 youth water polo matches, coaching (extremely loosely defined) a group of 10-year-olds to complete victory, staying up late to watch Americans pursue Olympic water polo glory, traveling to the beach, visiting
POD: Trent Calder and St. Mark’s Win, Packed Summer Schedule, ‘Roos get Ranked
St. Mark’s lived up to its TXWaterpolo top ranking and defeated a very game Dawson High School to win its 9th boys’ state title in Cy-Fair last Saturday. We talk with a soaked Trent Calder, first-year head coach of the Lions, about his comeback win. And the summer schedule
POD: Recap of Flower Mound Title, JOs in Texas, plus Goddard, Stohrer, and Cox
A jam packed show where we recap an exciting girls high school championship tournament where Flower Mound came away with the trophy with their win over Southlake Carroll. But perhaps the biggest news of the week: Junior Olympics are coming to Texas. We talk about that in detail and
POD: Nuthin’ but Preps, and LASA’s Allie Hill
That’s right, the high school season is just about over. Regional championships have been decided, the state tournaments are seeded and scheduled, and Genai Kerr is coming to Texas! We cover the big beats of last weekend’s competition, highlight our players of the week, and give the “final” TXWP
POD: TAGS Recap, Prep Playoffs, Pegasus’ Spencer Dornin
The second TAGS tournament of the past 12 months went off without much of a hitch in Pearland last weekend with Pegasus taking home the hardware for all four competition groups. We speak with Head Coach Spencer Dornin about the rapid rise of his club, expectations for its future,
Flower Mound and St. Mark’s Alone at Top
TXWP Coaches’ Poll 4/19/2021 Boys Also receiving votes: Foster, Guyer, Carroll, Brazoswood, Strafford Girls Also receiving votes: Carroll, Brazoswood Current high school coaches who want to join our panel and vote weekly, contact us.
TXWP Prep Players of the Week – April 19
Don’t forget to submit your nominations for players of the week by Tuesday each week. Player of the Week, Girls Charlotte Newport, Baytown Sterling High School, Grade 12 Charlotte scored 22 goals over the weekend. She had a total nine drawn ejections while managing to steal the ball 23
POD: ‘Roos are CWPA DIII Champs with Mark Lawrence
Not bad for a team that began varsity play in 2019. Texas’ only NCAA women’s varsity team now owns the distinction of being only the 5th ever program to win a CWPA Division III Championship. We talk with Mark Lawrence about the season and what comes next for the
TXWP Prep Players of the Week – April 12
Don’t forget to submit your nominations for players of the week by Tuesday each week. Player of the Week, Girls Tessa Welch, Memorial HS (Houston), Grade 12 In two big victories over top teams in Houston she scored seven goals, had five steals, three field blocks, and four assists.
POD: Chris Cullen Has Another Job, High School Rankings, ‘Roos Back to PA
If there’s a water polo job in Texas that Chris Cullen does not have we’d like to know about it. Today he talks with Joe about becoming the NISCA Regional Chairperson, a position connected with selecting All-American prep water polo players from Texas and beyond each year. We also