4-2-1

Saturday morning we had another tough game against Shores wpc. This team is mostly made of guys from Long Beach Wilson which has around 10 cif championships. The young, unheard-of, One Way team played three even quarters with this team. The 4th quarter would determine a win for shores water polo club but nothing to be ashamed of for one way.

The rest of the tournament consisted of a 4 game winning streak!
First we knocked off Offshore WPC. We didn't know what to expect from this team.
Later that evening we played South Bay United. This was a frustrating game. We kept our heads in it and continued to play hard defense and finished the day with a win. An error in the schedule meant a rematch early Sunday morning with SBU that we also won.

Three wins in a row gave us the opportunity to play against Ventura WPC for our final match of the weekend. Unfortunately we would be playing this game without one of our leaders in goals and steals, Tommy Grall. However, everyone stepped up to play a tough team and we came through with an exciting win by one goal.

This was a tournament with a mostly strong, well known clubs that underestimated OWWPC. They gave us brutal games. The guys came through tough on defense and shut down any offense that was thrown at them. Our roster this weekend was made up of a 13 and a 14 year old playing against guys 3 years older and 80 lbs bigger. We also had a brand new goalie that did an exceptional job. Most of this team will be back again next year for the same 16 and under qualifier. I confident that these boys have an excellent chance of competing in the 2010 Junior Olympics.

Thank you to all parents who came down! Your support is crucial to our success as a new club. Players, congratulations on an awesome weekend of water polo!