By Dozens of Texans are participating at USA Water Polo’s West Region Championships for its Olympic Development Program. All the action will be streamed live from Utah by Game On Live Studio via YouTube. Follow athletes from throughout the state here. Live updates of the schedule and results are also
Triumph Aquatics Featured on SportsRadio 610
Jeff Otten, Head Coach of Triumph Aquatics Club in Pearland, was featured in an interview on Houston sports radio station KILT on Tuesday. The interview is part of the station’s Small Biz Shoutout effort as sports-related businesses recover from recent weather issues and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Three Summer Tournaments Cancelled
The 2020 Welcome to Texas Shootout to be held in San Antonio on September 5-7 has been cancelled, according to USA Water Polo. The Dallas Summer Classic, and the Zilla Beach Tournament have also been called off and are now removed from the Southwest Zone competition calendar. The news
By SoCal, Vanguard Win 8th Grade Gold in Houston
The top 8th grade water polo teams from across the US descended on Houston this weekend to compete for the USA Water Polo Champions Cup with perennial powerhouse programs Vanguard and SoCal taking gold in both the girls and boys brackets. On the girls’ side, SoCal Water Polo from
Southside, Thunder Advance to Champions Cup
Houston’s Southside Honey Badgers’ boys will join North Texas Thunder at USA Water Polo’s Champions Cup in November after two convincing wins at a special Southwest Zone qualifying round-robin completed Sunday. At SMU’s Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center, the Honey Badgers’ 14u boys defeated Pegasus from Dallas, 19-6, and
By Follow Results from National Junior Olympics
The USA Water Polo National Junior Olympics (NJO’s) is being held in Orange County, California (Southern CA). This is the world’s largest water polo tournament with teams from throughout the United States with all levels of competition and experience. There are 40 teams from Texas at the event and
Biggest-ever Group of TX Teams Headed to JOs
We’re a week out from the start of this summer’s USA Water Polo National Junior Olympics, and Texas teams are already arriving in California for some pre-tournament training. Thirty-six Forty Texan teams have qualified for the world’s biggest tournament. Those selections were made at the end of the largest
Texas Youth Begin Push for Junior Olympic Berths
Touted as the biggest water polo tournament in the world, USA Water Polo’s National Junior Olympics is celebrating a milestone this summer. The 50th version of the annual tournament takes place in Orange County over two sessions beginning on July 20. Club teams from throughout Texas have arrived in
Headway in San Antonio with TX Shootout
USA Water Polo has announced that the 2019 version of the Welcome to Texas Shootout will take place at San Antonio’s highly acclaimed Northiside ISD Natatorium on May 25-26. It will be the largest youth tournament held in San Antonio in recent memory and hints at a resurgence of
Texas Youth Train in CA with Olympians Azevedo, Craig
A group of nearly 40 Texas youth athletes concluded a week of training and competition led by legendary Olympians Tony Azevedo and Kami Craig on March 16. Five clubs – Pegasus, Trident, Thunder, Southside and Storm – from throughout Texas were represented at the “Texas Spring Break Training Program.”