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
By POD: Texans on Team USA, JOs Needs Shieldy, Olympics are Near
Sixteen athletes were selected to participate at USA Water Polo’s National Team Selection Camp and five of them were selected to national team rosters, huge news for Texas water polo. Speaking of which, did you know Junior Olympics session 3 will take place in North Texas in a couple
POD: ODP Ends, Joe Rants, James Quits, and John Abdou
In between minor bouts of tornado warnings, power outages, and torrential Texas rain the Olympic Development Program season essentially ended in San Antonio last weekend with over 500 athletes from as far as Florida and Hawai’i playing dozens of matches over three days. We recap those events and talk
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
TXWP Podcast: Texans impress at JOs, Cullen’s European adventure, sad news from Korea
It’s over! Junior Olympics are done and session two revealed some impressive performances by Texas clubs. That, a conversation with award-winning Coach Chris Cullen, and unfortunate news from Korea are on the agenda for James and Joe in Episode 4. Powered by RedCircle Music by Alejandro Escovedo, Scott Holmes, and Carsie
TXWP Podcast: It’s all Junior Olympics… almost
Joe and James discuss Junior Olympics, and that’s about all. And we want to hear from you: questions, subjects to cover, good stories, let us know. Powered by RedCircle Music by Alejandro Escovedo, Scott Holmes, and Carsie Blanton.
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
TXWP Podcast: Texans land in California, Jovan to Austin?, NCAA growth in Texas
Joe and James discuss Texans in California this week, rank speculation about Jovan coming to Austin, and NCAA water polo in the state. And we want to hear from you: questions, subjects to cover, good stories… let us know. Powered by RedCircle “Whither Jovan” by Michael Randazzo, Swimming World
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