By The first-ever UIL-sanctioned state high school water polo champions were crowned last Saturday at the end of a truly historic season. The Foster girls finished the season undefeated, and the Brazoswood boys took down first-year program, Boerne Champion, to hoist the top prize. Joe was there and shares his
POD: Prep Regionals, Team USA in North TX, Mark Lawrence
Regional championships are already here as the (very exciting) first UIL water polo season comes to a head. We go over some of the brackets and some of the surprises of the earlier rounds. Meanwhile, plenty of club water polo on the calendar in the coming month, and breaking
POD: Mark Lawrence, ODP Changes, Preps
Look, we could spend all day placing blame on someone for not posting this podcast right after it was recorded but what, really, will that accomplish? Mistakes were made, right? Who’s to say? Let’s not dwell on the past. Let’s move forward. Water under the bridge. Tomorrow’s another day,
By POD: TISCA’s Final, ‘Roos at D3 Champs, a TXWP Update
It’s the 50th and final TISCA High School Water Polo Championship this weekend. We give a bit of a tribute to just how impressive that run has been especially in comparison to prep water polo elsewhere in the USA. Plus, Austin College will vie for a national championship after
POD: Mark Lawrence, ‘Roos Head Coach, Texas’ Biggest Summer Recap
Austin College returned from a two-day, five-game spin in New England where they won one and fell four times in some highly competitive matchups as the 2021 men’s intercollegiate season returns with some normalcy. We talk with Head Coach Mark Lawrence about the trip and how this season is
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
POD: Austin College’s Mark Lawrence, Texans Unwelcome, Another Linehan
Joe and Steph are having a baby. There, we said it right up front. We gush about the huge news for a good chunk of time before moving on to the end of the Austin College men’s season and the start of Texas’ high school one. Then, why speculate
Pod Special: One on One with Austin College HC Mark Lawrence
No music, no promos, no requests for gifting… This week, while James is on vacation, Joe spends some one-on-one time with Austin College Head Coach Mark Lawrence covering everything from the cancellation of the Roos’ fall season, having a new baby, and Home Depot. Powered by RedCircle
C2C: Mark Lawrence on Transitional Attack
Mark Lawrence, Head Coach of the men’s and women’s varsity water polo programs at Austin College leads a discussion about methods of training and game situations related to horizontal and vertical attack. You can find all the Coaches to Coaches lecture series videos in this YouTube playlist.
AC returns from Brown, Spin Lob outta Austin, preps on TXWP
The Austin College women put the scare in two strong East Coast D-1 teams at the Bruno Invite but return to Sherman without a win after a very challenging weekend. At the same time NYAC won gold twice at the Spin Lob Tournament completed on Sunday in Austin –