Just when you thought it couldn't get better - we have one more weekend of terrific water polo. OK it could get better if Wissahickon Boys were in the State tournament but that's another story. If you've got time, head west this Friday night and you can see the best water polo on the east coast. Bucknell University is hosting the Southern Championships featuring the big teams -Navy and Princeton - and small teams too - Go W&J! Cumberland Valley High School is hosting the PA Boys States. Schedules are below. Both tournaments will be very exciting.
FRIDAY, Nov. 6 Game 1 -- #7 Gannon vs. #10 Salem International, 8 p.m. Game 2 -- #8 Washington & Jefferson vs. #9 Penn State Behrend, 9:15 p.m.
SATURDAY, Nov. 7 Game 3 -- #3 Bucknell vs. #6 Mercyhurst, 9 a.m. Game 4 -- #2 Princeton vs. Winner Game 1, 10:15 a.m. Game 5 -- #1 Navy vs. Winner Game 2, 11:30 a.m. Game 6 -- #4 Johns Hopkins vs. #5 George Washington, 12:45 p.m. Game 7 -- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 5, 2 p.m. Game 8 -- Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 4, 3:15 p.m. Game 9 -- Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 3, 4:30 p.m. Game 10 -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 5:45 p.m. Game 11 -- Loser Game 3 vs. Winner Game 8, 7 p.m. Game 12 -- Loser Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7, 8:15 p.m.
SUNDAY, Nov. 8 9th Place -- Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 9:30 a.m. 7th Place -- Loser Game 11 vs. Loser Game 12, 11 a.m. 5th Place -- Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 12:30 p.m. 3rd Place -- Loser Game 9 vs. Loser Game 10, 2 p.m. 1st Place -- Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 3:30 p.m.
High School Boys States Schedule
Cumberland Valley High School
Pool A: 1. Wilson (1) 2. CV (4) 3. NA (5) 4. McDowell (8)
Pool B: 1. Mifflin (2) 2. NP (3) 3. Soud (6) 4. LaSalle (7)
FRIDAY, Nov. 6
5pm: NP vs Soud 6pm: CV vs NA 7pm: Mifflin vs LaSalle 8pm: Wilson vs McDowell
SATURDAY, Nov. 7 8am: NP vs LaSalle 9am: Mifflin vs Soud 10am: CV vs McDowell 11am: Wilson vs NA 12pm: Soud vs LaSalle 1pm: Mifflin vs NP 2pm: NA vs McDowell 3pm: Wilson vs CV 4pm: 7th Place Game 5pm: 5th Place Game 6pm: 3rd Place Game 7pm: State Championship Game 8pm: Award Ceremony
TROJAN GIRLS TAKE 7th PLACE WITH WIN IN FINAL GAME AT PA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
When our Girls went into this weekends Pa State Championships at North Penn, they had nothing to lose as the 8th seed. Every team they faced was well coached and loaded with talent and desire. They opened up on Friday against the # 1 seed Wilson High School. Wilson brought a long history of success into the game, opening up a 7-0 lead in the 1st quarter. The Trojans fought hard in the next 2 quarters to play them pretty even, 12-5 after 3, eventually losing 16-6.
In their 2nd game they faced an old nemesis, #4 seed Souderton. Our girls played a tenacious game in the field, outplaying the Souderton girls, but just couldn't solve "PA Miss Water Polo", falling 6-3. The Souderton girls should have taken her out for a steak dinner last night because they never could have beaten us without her.
In the 3rd game, our Girls faced an always tough, #5 seed Gov Mifflen team. As in the last time we played them, the Trojans a a difficult time getting the offense going, losing 10-4.
In their final game, the Girls had an opportunity to make their championships by upsetting the #6 seed North Allegheny team. Our girls showed us what they are made of by putting everything they had into this game. It was gut-wretching, in you face action. The girls looked like they had them put away twice, but the tough N. Allegheny refused to go home. In the end our Girls tough defense was able to shut them down and win 11-10.
Melissa Rudolph (5G,2A), Ryan Conway (3G,1A), Kelsey Tarzia (1G,2A), Whitney Walsh (1G,1A), Lori Jefferson (1G), Meg Royer (3A),
Lauren Mitchell (1A).
CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT SEASON, I HOPE YOU HAD AS MUCH FUN AS WE DID. SEE YOU AT THE BANQUET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Trojan Girls Tune-Up For Stae Championships With Win VS Pennridge, 8-1
Well our Girls marched into their last regular season game at Pennridge and used this match as a springboard into The State Championships. The offense scored early and the defense limited Pennridges' chaces by holding them to 6 shots. Way to go girls.
Scoring were; Melissa Rudolph (3G,1A), Whitney Walsh (2G,1A), Ryan Conway (2G), Lauren Mitchell (1G,1A), Lori Jefferson (1A), Serena Xu (1A), Meg Royer (1A).
WELL, THE 1st SEASON IS OVER, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! LET THE 2nd SEASON BEGIN. WE'LL SEE YOU AT NORTH PENN ON FRIDAY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. ONLY CHAMPIONS GO TO THE CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Greer hits High C in win over Pennridge!
Although a ceremony celebrating the Pennridge Seniors preceded the game, it was certainly the Tim Greer Show after the game started. Tim was a few goals shy of a 100 goal season, and he crushed that stat tonight. Pumping in 8 goals and assisting with 2 more, Tim was everywhere. With a comfortable lead in the 4th period, Tim next donned the red and white goalies cap and continued the show. Blocking several point-blank shots and one 5M penalty shot, Tim was all smiles. And the Wissahickon fans loved it! Of course, several other players had excellent games too. Evan Horn was on fire, scoring 3 goals and 3 assists. Carl Krause had 2 goals, 3 assists and 5 steals. WiMan-1, Brandon Oruch-2 and Evan Hutsell-1 combined for 5 assists. Congratulations to Tim for reaching the 100+ goal mark - an incredible feat - and to the rest of the boys team for a very entertaining night!
Trojan Girls Experience Ups And Downs In Reading Over Weekend
Well our girls started off the the Dog and Pony Tournement this weekend with a big win over U. Perk. The offense cranked-in 11 goals and the defense held U.P. to 4 goals. In their second game they went up against an extremely tough Govenor Mifflin team and were unable to accomplish much against their tenacious defense, going down 10-1. In their third game our girls faced Muhlenberg with an opportunity to move-up to the 7th seed at this years State Championships with a win. The trojans started off well, taking a 2-0 lead at the end of the 1st quarter. They fought back and forth for the remainder of the game before the Muhles scored the winning goal with :45 secs left. They lost 6-5. Maybe we'll see them again at States. In the final game our girls went down 12-5 to an always tough Wilson team.
Wissahickon- 11 Upper Perk- 4
Melissa Rudolph (3G,1A), Meg Royer (2G,2A), Whitney Walsh (3A), Lori Jefferson (2G), Serena Xu (1G), Kirsten Beyer (1G),
Carrie Johnson (1G), Kelsey Tarzia (1A).
Wissahickon- 1 Govenor Mifflin- 10
Melissa Rudolph (1G), Lori Jefferson (1A).
Wissahickon- 5 Muhlenberg- 6
Melissa Rudolph (3G), Meg Royer (1G,1A), Lori Jefferson (2A), Lauren Mitchell (1G), Kelsey Tarzia (1A).
Wissahickon- 5 Wilson- 12
Lori Jefferson (3G), Melissa Rudolph (2G), Lauren Mitchell (1A).
All right girls, one more tune-up on against Pennridge on Tuesday. Let's get the momentum started and roll right into States this weekend. LET'S GO WISS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November swimmers tune up registration open!
Our objective is to provide a challenging multi-sport swimming training and conditioning program. The program is available to swimmers of all ages (middle school, high school, adults) who are able to endure a rigorous, high-school geared swim practice.
Practices will be held Mondays – Fridays from November 2 to 20th (3 weeks) 3pm to 530pm at the Wissahickon Middle School pool.
The program will be $25 for one week or $40 for the full three weeks. For liability reasons, you must also be a member of American Water Polo (“AWP”): $30 each for first two individuals in each family or $75 for a family registration. Please contact us if you are not already an AWP member. Click on the link on the swimming website (drop down box for swimming on left) and form is found in the right top corner, click to the on-line registration. The form allows one athlete to register and provide contact and parent/guardian information. Get strong - go fast - go Wissahickon! Sign up today
Boys Gallop Over Reading
Boys Dogged by Mifflin
Trojans play in Middle School Champs finale!
The brand-new TrojansMiddle School water polo program has completed the fall season with some big successes. The Boys team (with some added players from the Greater Philly Water Polo team) won their first two games at the Middle School Champs held at North Penn on Sunday, October 25th. Coached by Wissahickon's Kirsten Beyer, the team faced North Penn for the final game of the season. The game was very exciting, with lot's of action, the outcome never certain. In the end North Penn did manage to win 11-10 in a very close contest. Great job Luke Waechter and Ben Tumolo who both had super games, and to the rest of the boys team. Our 3 girls have been playing for the Souderton Rebel team this season. Rebel Girls had a good day too, winning the Middle School League Championship. Congratulations to all players.
CEDARBROOK COUNTRY CLUB 6:30-9:30 Please go to online forms and make your reservation and sending payment to Sandy Bohr. RSVP by October 26th.
Questions? Contact Robin Tarzia tarzia5@msn.com or 267-664-6508
Wissahickon success in college water polo
Past Wissahickon players are helping their college teams move to the top of the rankings. Bill Krause (JR) Washington & Jefferson College team has taken over the No. 10 spot in the latest Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III Men’s Water Polo Other past Trojan players now with top Division III teams include Eric Waechter (FR) at #6 Chapman and Greg Benz (JR) at #9 Occidental. Doug Greer (SO) is anchoring the Cornell team, which just took second in a New York tournament at RPI. Congratulation guys, we look forward to your return for the annual Thanksgiving Alumni game.
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Past Wissahickon players are helping their college teams move to the top of the rankings. Bill Krause (JR) Washington & Jefferson College team has taken over the No. 10 spot in the latest Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III Men’s Water Polo Other past Trojan players now with top Division III teams include Eric Waechter (FR) at #6 Chapman and Greg Benz (JR) at #9 Occidental. Doug Greer (SO) is anchoring the Cornell team, which just took second in a New York tournament at RPI. Congratulation guys, we look forward to your return for the annual Thanksgiving Alumni game. 