Girls Water Polo

Kaye’s 7 goals get Monache semifinal rematch

By JASON PETERSON

The eight seniors on Monache’s girls water polo squad know their days are numbered as the end of the postseason — and their high school careers — draws near. Thursday night’s 22-7 pounding over visiting Sunnyside in the Divis... Full story

Porterville dismantles Yosemite in quarterfinals

By JASON PETERSON

One down, two to go. The regular season is behind them and the wait is over as Porterville’s vaunted girls’ water polo program began its quest for the Division II Valley title that barely eluded them last year. The No. 1 Panthers, who h... Full story

3rd-quarter barrage buries Union

Monache 11, Tulare Union 5 Monache scored eight third-quarter goals after being tied with Union at the break. Amanda Kaye scored three goals with Mary Crocker, Kelly Fornier and Bailey Likewise adding two. Ally Bernard and Jessica Santos also sco... Full story

Marauders hang with Miners in tuneup

By JASON PETERSON

Though it was only a scrimmage and the score didn’t count, Monache’s girls water polo squad walked out of its home pool compound quite confident in itself Thursday night. They had just hung with the defending champions of Division II wat... Full story

Panthers in mid-season form

By SAM ROBINSON

Coriann Snyder, Kyla Hill and the Panthers’ girls water polo team were in midseason form on their first night. Porterville crushed Hanford 20-5 with Hill and Snyder netting five goals apiece. Snyder also dished out three assists and had three... Full story

Girls’ polo ready for encore performance

By JASON PETERSON

Though they lost eight seniors, coach Richard Taylor hopes his Porterville girls’ water polo squad returns enough of the old guard to hold fort while the 10 new faces catch up to speed. That’s quite a following act considering the 2008 P... Full story

Borba scores 4 goals, but Miner-powered West wins

By the middle of the second quarter of Monday’s Tulare-Kings All-Star girls’ water polo game, East coach Richard Taylor called timeout. It probably wasn’t to discuss strategies because all 14 girls from both squads rushed to the si... Full story

All-Star water polo returns to Valley

By JASON PETERSON

The last known All-Star water polo game took place in 2000, according to Porteville girls’ water polo coach Richard Taylor. That’s because he coached his daughter and her South teammates to victory over the North that year. Fast forward... Full story

Methvin named water polo All-American

Recent Porterville graduate Kimber Methvin set school goal records, never lost a regular-season swim meet, but now has an honor that every athlete dreams about. Methvin was named a third-team All-American water polo player by the National Interschol... Full story

6 Panthers, 5 Marauders earn Central Valley polo honors

By JASON PETERSON

Porterville and Monache further distanced themselves from the rest of the Central Valley water polo pack by dominating — along with El Diamante — season honors for girls’ Division II. EYL MVP senior Kimber Methvin, along with fello... Full story

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