By Dispiriting news from the University Interscholastic League (UIL), which announced on Monday that the inaugural season of sanctioned high school water polo will take place in the fall of 2022 rather than in 2021. That due to a variety of things related to the Covid-19 pandemic which has thrown
POD: CenTexFest Success, and the Calendar is Filling Up
The Central Texas Festival ended with some mighty satisfied athletes, happy coaches, and a very high proportion of fans wearing masks. James and Joe were both there hosting and recap Texas’ return to competitive water polo. Plus, news is improving with three more tournaments on the calendar with more
POD: More Central Texas Festival, Thunder’s Fall Tourney, Gold Coast Coach Tom Davis
One weekend done and one big one to go for the Central Texas Festival. We recap the high- and low-lights of weekend one, and speak with Tom Davis, coach of the Gold Coast Water Polo club from Ventura, CA, the only teams from outside Texas that are taking part.
POD: ODP Review, Central TX Festival Preview, Another Varsity Program Cut
Actually, the title above pretty much covers everything in this abbreviated, we’re-very-busy edition of the pod. Listen to our sister podcast, the TotalWaterpolo Podcast. Tell a friend, and thanks! Powered by RedCircle
By POD: ODP Kicks Off, Jokic Passes like a Goalie, and Spencer Dornin
Acutally, we’re pretty busy today. So here are some bullets: ODP’s first weekend is here in Round Rock and James is stressed about it. Joe has no sympathy. Joe shows James how to properly manage an event by finalizing the Central Texas Festival beginning on Oct. 4. The New
POD: A Festival in Central TX, More Scrimmaging, TISCA’s Scott Slay
There’s going to be a festival in Central Texas, says Joe, who’s directing the first competitive tournament sanctioned by USA Water Polo since before March of 2020. The Central Texas Festival will take place over the course of two weekends at the start of October in Cedar Park and
Competition in Central TX, ODP in Central TX, and Southside’s Colby Thames
Big news as dates are solidifying for the first age group tournament in Texas since before the lockdown. Zilla and AquaTex will be the local hosts for a USA Water Polo event organized by Joe (who else would it be?) to be held Oct. 3-4 and/or Oct. 10-11 in
AquaSwift Scrimmages, a Tourney in Round Rock(?), and Utah’s Brad Peercy
There’s some movement in Texas water polo. After talking about a league under way in Utah a week ago, we find out that Joe refereed a scrimmage for AquaSwift, a new team in Boerne, last weekend. Yes, it’s only a scrimmage. But it shows there are rules in place
Pod: Andy Burke, One Year to UIL, Kris Jones of Cy-Fair
We’re basically one year away from Texas’ first ever state sanctioned high school water polo season. So, where are we? How did we get here? What’s it going to look like beginning in August of 2021? What needs to be done before then? James has no answers, but –
TXWP Interview: Three-time Olympian Merrill Moses
In this TXWaterpolo Interview we speak with another of the USA’s water polo legends, 3-time Olympian, 2008 Olympic silver medalist, NCAA Champion and MVP, and now assistant under Coach Terry Schroeder at Pepperdine University. He, along with Adam Wright, Matt Farmer, and Maxwell Irving were in Dallas last week