2010

2010 Awards

• 2010 GHSWPA All-Stars
• 2010 State Championship Tournament MVP: St. Pius junior center, Kevin Hughes
• 2010 State Tournament Champion: St. Pius A

2010 Standings – Final

Ranking	Team	Record
1	St. Pius A	15 – 0
2	Collins Hill A	12 – 3
3	Norcross	15 – 4
4	Wesleyan	8 – 5
5t	GAC A	5 – 8
5t	Peachtree City WP	8 – 5
7t	PACE	8 – 5
7t	Wildcat WP	6 – 10
9t	Harrison	6 – 9
9t	Grady	6 – 10
11t	Collins Hill B	6 – 9
11t	North Springs	1 – 14
13t	St. Pius B	9 – 5
13t	Pope	2 – 8
15t	GAC B	1 – 11
15t	Blessed Trinity	0 – 2

2010 Results

• All game results

2010 News

10/13/10: GPB (Georgia Public Broadcasting) Sports Central covered water polo in the state of Georgia and the St. Pius program within their October 13th broadcast. Fast forward to the 9:10 minute mark for the start of the story, which runs for about 2:15 minutes, and shows the team in the water at Dynamo’s Chamblee facility.

10/12/10: Team pictures from the 2010 All-Star Games are now available:

10/5/10: All-Star Game Results – hosted by GAC:

JV – A defeated B, 13 – 6
Girls – A defeated B, 7 – 5
Varsity – B defeated A, 12 – 5

10/5/10: Check out the AJC’s online blog coverage of the 2010 State Championship Tournament.

10/3/10: St. Pius X Golden Lions Roar to Third State Water Polo Title – The Golden Lions of St. Pius X won their third state water polo title in four years in thrilling fashion Sunday night. St. Pius defeated the Collins Hill Eagles 14-11 in front of a raucous, packed house at the Collins Hill Aquatics Center.

Congratulations to St. Pius junior, Kevin Hughes, who was named Tournament MVP.

Review all the results of the State Championship Tournament via the final tournament bracket and the championship article.

10/1/10: The rosters for the 2010 All-Star Games have been announced, including the Fresh/Soph, Girls, and Varsity games. Congratulations all-stars!

09/29/10: PACE 16 – Harrison 15 – PACE tops Harrison 16 – 15 in round 2 of the 2010 State Tournament. Wesleyan and Peachtree City also advance. Round 3 competitions are set for Saturday with the top 4 seeds in the tournament scheduled to see their first action.

09/28/10: Follow all the GHSWPA State Championship Tournament action via the tournament bracket, updated after each round or set of games.

09/28/10: North Springs 14 – Pope 4 – The North Springs team won its first game in its 2-year history in the first round of the state tournament, beating Pope 14-4. The team started off the game firing off shots and took a quick 3-0 lead. For a team that is not used to having a lead, no one was sure how the players were going to handle it. They stayed confident, but never so much so that they let down their game. They have been working all year on different parts of water polo: setting up on offense, good passes, quick transitions, and for the first time, they were able to put it all together in the same game for all 4 quarters.


Mick Baker was in goal the entire game, and he made many great saves against some great shooters from Pope. Charlie Sanders and Barak Zitron both scored 4 goals, while Callum Lever scored 2, and Spencer Middleton, Jelani Watkins, Ben Turner, and Josh Stovall each added 1.

North Springs faces Peachtree City in the next round on Wednesday night at Dynamo.

09/27/10: The 2010 GHSWPA State Championship Tournament gets underway tomorrow! All league teams will be participating per the following seeded order:

St. Pius A

Collins Hill A

Norcross

GAC A

Wesleyan

Peachtree City WPC

Wildcat WPC

Pace

Harrison

Grady

Pope

St. Pius B

Collins Hill B

North Springs

GAC B

Blessed Trinity

09/25/10: Norcross 5 – PTC WPC 8 – Norcross came up short in their final regular season match against a strong team from Peachtree City. Montgomery Tardy scored the first goal of the game only 15 seconds in on his way to a team high 3 goals, but with only 3 players scoring, Norcross wasn’t able to overcome a 2 goal deficit to start the second half.


Scoring for Norcross: (3)- Montgomery Tardy, (1)- Ian Bagent, Chandler Schaefer.

Norcross heads into the state tournament as the #3 seed and will play their first game at 12 noon, Saturday 10/2 at Wesleyan.

09/25/10: Wildcat WPC 11 – Grady 10 – The game started with a goal from Wildcat senior Park Seagraves. Grady quickly scored to even the match, and then proceeded to take the lead. Seagraves found the net for five more goals, totaling six for the game, and lead the wildcats to a last-second victory.

09/22/10: The tournament seedings, brackets and schedule have been released for the 2010 GHSWPA State Tournament! Action gets underway on the 28th as 16 teams will hit the water to determine this season’s state championr. The championship final will be held at the Collins Hills Aquatic Center at 7:00 PM on Sunday, October 3rd. Please refer to the league calendar for the latest scheduling information.

09/22/10: PTC WPC 11 – PACE 7 – Peachtree City defeats PACE 11 – 7 in week 6 action. After Peachtree City took a 3 – 1 lead, PACE stormed back in the second quarter to take a 6 – 3 lead. After narrowing the lead to 6 – 4 at the half, Mark Buck and Sydney Currenti led PTC during the decisive 3rd quarter. PTC took a 9 – 6 lead into the final period. PACE was led by Jason Wiener with 5 goals in the game.

09/20/10: The dates, venues and time blocks have been announced for the upcoming State Championship Tournament. Please refer to the league calendar for the latest scheduling information.

09/19/10: There have been several venue and schedule changes for the remaining games this week and those previously scheduled for the week of the 25th. Please refer to the league calendar for the latest scheduling information. Any scheduling questions or issues should be directed to the Scheduling Coordinator.

09/15/10: Pace sweeps both home games today, taking down Collins Hill B and Harrison

09/12/10: Reminder – due to the specific rules related to the East and West Tournaments, the games played within those events are considered “unofficial” and therefore do not count toward league records. Hence, you will not see those scores listed officially on the league website.

09/11/10: PTC WPC 13 – Harrison 12 – Led by Robbie Scott and a well balanced scoring attack, the PTC WPC won a hard fought game with Harrison 13 – 12. The team trailed Harrison by 2 goals entering the 4th period. Playing without any subs, the team scored 5 goals to squeak by.

PTC WPC 11 – Wildcat WPC 6 – After a 1 game break, the PTC WPC jumped out to a 6 – 0 2nd period lead. The team played strong defense and used their speed to earn a hard fought victory. Wildcat WPC had a flurry of goals in the 4th quarter. Vishnu Iyengar played solid in goal for PTC.

09/07/10: Norcross 15 – Norcross 2 – Norcross came off of Labor Day break with another strong game against North Springs. With 7 players contributing goals and 8 players having shots, Norcross scored early and rotated players often giving everyone time. John David Strickland lead all scorers with 5 goals on 6 shots and Jeff McKendree scored twice on 5 shots leading Norcross. Callum Lever and Charlie Sanders both scored for North Springs with Barak Zitron having 3 shots on goalie, Lee Ayers, that didn’t convert.


Scoring for Norcross: (5)- John Strickland, (2)- Jeff McKendree, Chris Wenning, Mark Fellman, Montgomery Tardy, (1)- Travis Bruce, Sam Medinger
Scoring for North Springs: (1)- Callum Lever, Charlie Sanders

09/07/10: Wesleyan 17 – Wildcat WPC 16 (SO) – Wesleyan hosted the Wildcat Water Polo Club today. The game wound up being very close ending in a 14 – 14 tie in regulation. The Wildcats rallied behind a breakout game from senior Park Seagraves who scored 8 goals in regulation and one in the shootout. Wesleyan finished on top however with a final score of 17 – 16, winning the shootout 3 – 2.

09/03/10: Schedule and venue changes have been announced for some games planned for Saturday, September 18th, and some games planned for Saturday, September 25th. Please refer to the league calendar for the latest scheduling information. Any scheduling questions or issues should be directed to the Scheduling Coordinator.

09/01/10: The competition schedules and tournament guidelines have been released for the upcoming East and West Tournaments on September 12th. Please refer to the league calendar for details.

08/31/10: A schedule and venue change has been announced for all games planned for Saturday, September 11th, due to a conflict with the Georgia High School Swimming Coaches Association (GHSSCA) meeting scheduled for that same morning at Westminster. Please refer to the league calendar for the latest scheduling information. Any scheduling questions or issues should be directed to the Scheduling Coordinator.

08/28/10: St. Pius A takes home the championship at the 2010 PowerBar Cup defeating Collins Hill A, 10 – 5, in the tournament final:

08/26/10: GHSWPA records after week 2 –

St. Pius A, 4 – 0

Collins Hill A, 3 – 0

Norcross, 4 – 1

Pace, 2 – 1

Wildcat WPC, 2 – 1

GAC A, 2 – 2

Pope, 2 – 2

Wesleyan, 2 – 2

St. Pius B, 2 – 2

PTC WPC, 1 – 1

Harrion, 1 – 2

Collins Hill B, 1 – 2

Grady, 1 – 5

GAC B, 0 – 3

North Springs, 0 – 3

08/26/10: Norcross 8 – Pace 6 – Norcross came from behind again and won 8 – 6 versus Pace. Down 6 – 4 at the start of the 4th period and having been held scoreless in the 3rd, Norcross outscored Pace 4-0 in the 4th to win. The game was tough with numerous fouls being called on Norcross, most related to the shallow pool and touching the bottom. Scoring balance has become a Norcross hallmark and this game continued that theme with 4 players scoring goals and 9 players taking shots. Pace was lead by Jason Weiner who scored 4 of the 6 Pace goals and had 6 other unsuccessful shots.

Scoring for Norcross: (3)- Montgomery Tardy, (2)- John David Strickland, Ian Bagent, (1)- Travis Bruce
Scoring for Pace: (4)- Jason Weiner (2)- William Sadlo

08/24/10: St. Pius A 17 – GAC A 12 – Spartans Water Polo team (GAC A) falls short, losing 17 – 12 against St. Pius A in a very well played game against a state championship caliber team. Despite being down early, GAC fought back in the 2nd quarter to trail 10-2 at the half. This was a good opportunity for the Spartans to measure themselves against one of the better teams in the state and they showed great progress in only their second year.

With improved play and hard swimming in the second half, GAC closed the gap, scoring 4 goals in the last two minutes of the game. With Max Musser initiating the offense, the scoring was lead by Chris McCarter (6 goals), Jonathan Edwards (4 goals) and Kevin Roughgarden (2 goals).

08/24/10: Norcross 18 – Wesleyan 5 – Norcross had a huge second half, scoring 13 goals to pull away from Wesleyan on Tuesday. The first half saw a fairly close game with Norcross leading 5-4. Norcross opened the third period with Strickland scoring at :54 into the period on his way to a team high 4 goals in the game. 10 Norcross players scored in this one, again showing a good balanced offensive effort. The Norcross goalie, Lee Ayers, was brilliant blocking several good shots from Wesleyan. Spears from Wesleyan took 8 shots on goal and scored 4 of the 5 Wesleyan goals.


Scoring for Norcross: (4)- John Strickland, (3)- Travis Bruce, (2)- Chandler Schaefer, Austin Soligon, Montgomery Tardy, (1)- Matt Fellman, Ty Greenberg, Sam Medinger, Pat Gaddis, Ian Bagent
Scoring for Wesleyan: (4)- Spears, (1)- Bartlett

08/24/10: Wildcat WPC 10 – Collins Hill B 9 – Wildcat WPC pulled off a surprising victory today over a strong and confident Collins Hill B team. It was a hard fought game as Collins Hill jumped out to an early 3-0 lead at the half. But Wildcat WPC never gave up as they stormed back in the second half to pull the come from behind victory 10-9. Everyone played incredibly well today especially Wildcat WPC players, freshman Ryan Agnew, junior Alex Komitor, and senior Park Seagraves. This game was back and forth in the fourth quarter and there is a monumental rematch scheduled between these two teams in the first round of the Powerbar Tournament this coming saturday.

08/23/10: The GHSWPA Code of Conduct has been posted, including the disciplinary process and a statement of winning with class. All coaches, fans, parents, referees, and athletes are encouraged to review the document. Questions should be submitted via the general correspondence form in order to ensure that communications are sent to the correct GHSWPA officer.

08/21/10: PTC WPC 12 – Wildcat WPC 9 – PTC WPC used its strength and speed to defeat Wildcat WPC today. Both teams put in great efforts, but a special Wildcat good job goes out to Sophomore Kevin Pluckter for playing the entire game in goal.

08/21/10: Pope 13 – North Springs 5 – North Springs scored their first goals of the season today against Pope, with special congrats going to North Springs athlete, Barak Zitron who scored 3 goals in his second game ever. Mick Baker, also from North Springs, played all four quarters in goal. With only one sub, the Spartans played tough against a more experienced (and more rested) team, though coming up short in the end.

08/19/10: Norcross 9 – GAC A 8 – An exciting finish to a closely contested game propelled Norcross to a 9-8 victory over GAC A on Thursday afternoon. GAC led by no more than a single goal the entire game. With 20 seconds remaining in the 4th period and GAC leading 7-6, Norcross freshman John David Strickland passed to fellow freshman Chandler Schaefer who scored the tying goal sending the game to overtime.

         

Penalty shots would decide the game and Norcross prevailed 2-1, sealing the victory with a final score of 9-8.



Norcross had balanced scoring while 5 of GAC’s 7 goals in regulation were scored by Chris McCarter.

The Blue Devils take on Pace Academy next Wednesday at 4pm.

08/18/10: Wildcat WPC 9 – Harrison 4 – Wildcat WPC won its first game of the season behind strong performances by Senior Park Seagraves, Junior Robert Hobbs, and Junior Cody Masters. Several first year players had great debuts in the Wildcat white and blue including Freshmen Ryan Agnew, Charlie Carter, and William Sweitzer. The final score of the game was Wildcat WPC 9, Harrison 4.

08/14/10: Collins Hill A 14 – Norcross 0 – Welcome Norcross the to the GHSWPA! In their first league game in program history, Norcross found themselves up against stout competitor Collins Hill A, and encountered a stifling, experienced defense in addition to an in-shape spread offense. Several of the Eagles (Collins Hill) players are in their 5th season (counting Spring and Fall play). In fact, Norcross held the Eagles to a 1-0 lead until early in the 2nd quarter.

However, the experienced Eagles scored five goals in the second quarter — one each for Branford Rembert, Will Callander and Jerry Davis, and a pair from Michael Britt, to pull away. The third quarter saw goals from Nasim Talbi and Michael Britt to put the Eagles up 9 – 0. In the final quarter, when conditioning really pays off, the Eagles enjoyed solo goals from Johnny Rocquet, Kyle Crandall, Will Callander, Jerry Davis and Michael Britt. For the game, Michael Britt was the top scorer, banging in 6 goals from the hole.

Kudos to the Eagle’s (sorta rookie) goalies who kept all shots in front of the goal line. Brad Miller (graduated All-Star/MVP goalie) was a tough act to follow and the Collins Hill young men stepped up. The Eagles also leveraged their summer workouts and won all four sprints.

A hearty thanks to all those who worked the game. The 2010 league opener was definitely a success.

08/11/10: The 2010 Refereeing Points of Emphasis has been released for the season along with an updated Referee Manual. See the officiating and rules page for details.

08/03/10: GAPolo.com makes its initial debut; this website will serve to organize, promote, support and help grow the sport of high school water polo within the state of Georgia

07/30/10: The GHSWPA Facebook profile is lauched; “like” us today to help keep in touch!

07/26/10: Fall 2010 officiating assignments are now available; contact GHSWPA Officiating for questions, adjustments, or to learn how to becoming a GHSWPA Official

07/23/10: The 2010 competition schedule has been released; contact GHSWPA Scheduling for questions

07/23/10: A GoogleGroup for GHSWPA coaches and contacts for member teams has been established; if you are not part of the group and believe you should be, please register

05/18/10: The GHSWPA contact list for member teams has been published and updated; contact GHSWPA Sport Development or review the member teams here

05/01/10: Annual GHSWPA coaches meeting held for the Fall 2010 season; contact GHSWPA officers for a summary of the meeting