By In one of the most fascinating conversations we can recall we speak with the highly successful Head Coach at St. Mark’s School and Trident Water Polo Club in Dallas. Mihai Oprea has turned St. Mark’s in to one of the most consistently excellent high school teams in Texas having
Vote Now in the First Round of the Best of Texas High School Tournament
Since 1972 has high school water polo been played in the State of Texas, and over nearly five decades of competition there have been some standout individual teams. Now’s your chance to vote for your favorites in our Best of Texas High School Tournament. We pit teams often from
JOs delayed, Best of TX tourney begins, and Mihai Oprea
The NCAA canceled this year’s final four ™. Be we haven’t. In fact, we’ve created the first ever Best of Texas high school tournament pitting teams from nearly a half-century of prep water polo. After you listen to Joe recall nearly every detail from every team since 1972 go
Best of Texas: Mac & Joe talk preps since 2000
Part two of a conversation with Mac MacDonald, Head Coach at Lamar HS and one of the pioneers of the sport in Texas. Plus some vamping about the first three decades of prep water polo as we kick off our Best of Texas programming. Powered by RedCircle Music Scott
Quarantined in, the best of, and the history of water polo in Texas
It’s a long one, but what else do you have to do? Today, a few items are still on the calendar and the UIL hasn’t shut the season down (yet). Then, we start getting in to the history of high school water polo in Texas. We talk with the
Pod Special: Olympic Silver Medalist Peter Hudnut
Back in December we spoke with 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist and Stanford All-American Peter Hudnut after his visit to Houston where he led a clinic for Houston Storm. We spoke about his connections with Texas, his career at Stanford, and, of course, about that amazing run in Beijing. A
Tiger Poloists Take to Twitter to Stay in their Dens
Members of the St. Agnes Academy varsity water polo team have taken their talents from the pool to the cinema. They debuted the Covid-Chronicles on March 25 with plans to release new Twitter videos every few days. The girls cover such matters as rats in a room full of
Angela Uno, too much Tiger King, and generally occupying time
You know things are pretty slow when Joe and James chat about Tiger King. Well, not only that, but: Austin College wins the (virtual) CWPA DIII Championships! Which are the best high school teams in Texas history (we want you to tell us!) How to teach eggbeater (biggest takeaway,
Olympics delayed, summer season uncertain, and Scott Slay
What a week. Though it came as no surprise the Olympics have been postponed until 2021 after several Olympic committees and sports associations declared they would be absent from games held in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the delay of an Olympiad for the first time since World
COVID-19 halts water polo, and we talk to the great Natalie Benson
We are living in strange times. As the COVID-19 pandemic makes its mark on Texas and the rest of the world our small, tight community of water polo athletes, fans, coaches, families are dramatically affected too. We discuss what we know as of Tuesday knowing full well that events