By Mark Lawrence took his ‘Roos men’s team to Stanford and came home with two big wins over their rivals from Pennsylvania, and a respectable outcome versus powerhouse Stanford. Their (most successful?) season is over but the women’s season quickly approaches and there’s much to be done to maintain the
POD: ODP Head Coach Cullen, Texas Challenge Cup, & the Future
Chris Cullen is nearly half way through (!) his first season as the director of YOUR Southwest Zone ODP team. He talks about where we stand with the most recent changes in the program as this season’s rosters are announced soon (maybe already). Plus, James and Joe are both
POD: Pegasus, Thunder Make Waves Outside Texas
North Texas was well represented and fared even better at the recently completed Cousineau Cup in SoCal and Rocktober in Arizona. Plus, Austin College returned from Colorado with three losses to some serious competitors, the UIL makes things official, and more about Joe’s and James’s former coaches jumping in
POD: Junior Olympics, Senior Olympics, and Season 3?
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