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8/20/09
The 2009-10 High School Water Polo season is being run as a "high school league" through USAWP. All athletes should
follow the instructions below to register with USAWP for (at a minimum) a Bronze Level member...a bronze level membership
is only $20 and will be good for the fall water polo season...if you choose to register at a higher level, those are
good for an entire year... Everyone should go to: https://webpoint.usawaterpolo.com/wp/Memberships/League_Join.aspIf you are already a USA Water Polo Member:1a. Log In to the site 2.
Using the pull down menu, select Atlanta High School League. 3. Continue through the process to opt-in without extra fees. 4.
Atlanta High School League should appear on the search feature: https://webpoint.usawaterpolo.com/website/search/SrchLeagueMbrs.aspIf you are not already a member of USA Water Polo1b. Create a login through the registration process. 2. Using the pull down menu, select Atlanta High School
League. 3. Select the type of membership (all athletes need an athlete membership!). Coaches and referees are free! 4.
Continue through the process to create an account and process the $20.00 fee. 5. Upon registration you should receive a
confirmation page and email. 6. Atlanta High School League should appear on the search feature: https://webpoint.usawaterpolo.com/website/search/SrchLeagueMbrs.asp |
3/20/09
I finally have our schedule for the U of F tournament:
Saturday - 10:40am vs. UNC
Saturday - 4:40pm vs. Virginia Tech
Sunday - 10:40am vs. Gainesville College
Our last game on Sunday will be determined by how we play on Saturday, but my guess is we will play the 3:30pm game on
Sunday
3/19/09
The roster for the University of Florida Tournament has been posted
Remember, we are entered in this tournament as a USAWP Team - to be able to participate you'll need to be at least a
silver member of USAWP
Also, I need your team dues ASAP!!
3/18/09
Here is the schedule for the tournament this weekend:
Group A
High school All Stars
UGA B
Clemson
Dynamo
Group B
Trout
UGA A
Tech
Saturday
11:00
Dynamo v UGA B
11:50 HS v Clemson
12:40 Tech v UGA A
1:30 HS v Dynamo
2:20 Trout v UGA A
3:10 Clemson v UGA
B
4:00 Trout v Tech
4:50 HS v UGA B
5:40 Dynamo v Clemson
6:30 HS v UGA B (exhibition)
Sunday
10:00
3rd in A v 3rd in B
10:50 2nd in A v 2nd in B
11:40 1st in A v 1st in B
12:30 3win v 2lsr
1:20 1lsr v 2win
We'll play four games on Saturday - if we want to play on Sunday, we'll have to win some games on Saturday
3/16/09
For the UGA Tournament - those who are scheduled to be in the tournament (see the roster page) need to plan to be at
the pool at UGA no later than 10:00AM on Saturday...we won't know our schedule for Sunday until we finish playing on Saturday...
I will post the roster for the Tennessee tournament no later than Wednesday this week
3/13/09
We are now officially entered in the University of Florida tournament on March 28-29...this will be another "travel team"
game, which includes players from all teams in Georgia...the roster will be limited to 15 on this one...
3/10/09
Our first game of the spring will be this Saturday (3/14/09) against Collins Hill AT Collins Hill
Directions:
85 North to Lawrenceville Suwanee Exit
Turn right
Go 2-3 miles to Taylor Road (there will be a Frontera and a gas station on the corner)
Turn left.
Go through Richland neighborhood
You will pass the school on your right and come to a dead end at Collins Hill Road
Turn right
The pool will be at the next light on your right.
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9/20/08
Wildcat Water Polo will be featured on Prep Sports Plus this Thursday (September 25) at 7:30pm on your local
Georgia Public Broadcasting (formerly PBS) station.
It will also be re-run over the weekend in case you miss it (or just want to watch it again) |
9/11/08
We have only two weeks left before we move into the Championship Series of our season.
On Sept 17, Prep Sports Plus will be covering our games and will be doing a story on water polo. When I find out
when the story will be showing on television I will post it here.
A reminder that I need your dues so I can pay our fees...
8/10/08
The schedule for this season has been updated
8/08/08
The water polo team is now practicing every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 6:00-7:30am at the Cobb Aquatic Center.
Everyone should plan to be at practice Tuesday morning - we only have two weeks until our first game.
Everyone needs to remember to have their physical completed in order to compete.
Membership dues this Fall will be $100
The game schedule will be finalized tomorrow at the coaches meeting, but it looks like we will have 10 games during the
regular season, plus the powerbar tournament and the playoffs. There is also a possibility we may travel to Cleveland,
Ohio to participate in a high school tournament up there at the end of September. More info on that later.
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7/29/08
We start our year on Saturday, August 2 with the water polo clinic at Wesleyan. You should plan to be at the
pool no later than 9:00am that morning.
PLEASE email coach Tavernaro as soon as possible ( richardtav@mindspring.com) to let him know you are planning to attend the clinic on Saturday |
5/25/08
Water Polo will begin before school starts in the fall. We will be hosting a clinic on August 2 (our first "practice"
in the fall) for the other teams who have joined the water polo league. We are up to 10 schools already who will be
competing in the fall. Keep checking the website for more info.
We will have approximately six weeks of games (plus the Powerbar tournament) in the fall, plus the championship tournament.
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5/2/08
The game with Dalton on 5/13 has been cancelled by Dalton.
The last practice of the year will be Thursday, May 8
We will have a team end-of-the-year dinner on May 13th...more info coming (as soon as Mrs Sweitzer has things finalized)... |
4/30/08
Rosters for next two games:
Thursday (5/1/08)
O'Connell
Stevens
Privateer
Bobbey
Prins
Adams
Olbrych
Matacotta
Boone
Franklin
Seagraves, P
Seagraves, R
Sliwinski
Sexton
Tuesday (5/6/08)
Sweitzer
Denning
Hobbs
Czerwonka
Leinweber
Seville
Huestis
Molica
Carter
Witting
Wyatt
Cornelius
Haines
Kisling
Marcus
Plan to be at Dynamo by 7:30 on your assigned game day
There will be practice in the mornings for those not playing in the game that night
4/21/08
On 4/1/08, the Gold Team will play against St Pius at Dynamo
On 4/6/08, we will be holding a "clinic" at Dynamo to teach Collins Hill HS how to play water polo and the Blue
Team will play against them
On 4/17/08 we will travel to Dalton HS to hold a "clinic" and then play against them...
4/16/08
There was a great article about us in the MDJ on Thursday (4/10/08)
In case you didn't see the article, here's the text of the article:
Water polo makes waves at Wheeler
Adam Carrington
Published: April 10, 2008
Swimming isn't the only thing Richard Tavernaro coaches at Wheeler High School.
He's just formed a co-ed water polo team that is already competing with college-level squads.
The Wheeler club team, which has already attracted 42 players, tested their strength against college competition last
weekend in the University of Georgia Classic at the Ramsey Center in Athens.
Although the Wildcats lost games to Georgia, North Carolina State and Tennessee, the games were all relatively close,
making all three collegiate foes impressed by how far the Wildcats have progressed in a short period of time.
Wheeler kept it close in Sunday's game against Tennessee before falling, 11-8. The Wildcats dropped a 9-3 decision to
Georgia to open the round-robin tournament before losing, 11-3, to a more experienced North Carolina State team.
With goalkeeper Richard Cornelius -- who Tavernaro has called upon in the past as one of his top divers -- unavailable
last weekend, a member of the University of Florida's women's club team, who was in town looking for pickup games, filled
in for a couple of matches.
Owen Sweitzer, a Wheeler swimmer and one of the co-founders of the water polo team, led the Wildcats by totaling three
goals on the weekend. Alex Olbrych and Dillon O'Connell also chipped in with a couple of scores.
"It was actually a lot of fun," said Olbrych. "I found out new tricks I can use against other teams and figured out how
to play defense. We just need to work harder so we can get better."
Water polo was something Tavernaro tried to organize 10 years ago when he was at North Cobb, but he couldn't get another
interest and participation from the students. When he relocated to Wheeler this year, he discovered kids playing water polo
in their neighborhood pool, and then one of his swimmers asked if he wanted to coach.
The word got out shortly after and Wheeler is fielding a team of mostly swimmers. Since the Wildcats are still a club
team, they're permitted to recruit from other area schools. They also have students from Walton, Campbell and Hillgrove
on the team.
"I would love to claim credit for starting water polo, but it was the kids that did it and they pulled me into it," Tavernaro
said. "They really deserve the credit for getting it started."
Water polo is a similar sport to soccer and lacrosse in which it requires seven players from each team, including a goalkeeper,
to be in the water. Since Wheeler plays co-ed, at least one female has to be in the water at all times.
Tavernaro said coaches from Wesleyan, Pace Academy and St. Pius X are helping Wheeler push water polo, hoping to get
it sanctioned as a varsity sport by the Georgia High School Association in the near future. The four teams organized a fall
league and played round-robin games every Wednesday. The Wildcats went undefeated in every game before falling to St. Pius
in the championship.
Tavernaro knows quite a bit about water polo, but swimming is his expertise. He's sought help from experienced community
player Karina Cordisco and Dynamo Water Polo Club coach Mark Lefkow.
Wheeler works out before school on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Central Aquatic Center and plays scrimmages on Sundays against
teams who are available.
"Coach Tav has made it a reality to get it into public schools," said Patrick Stevens, the team's top defensive player.
"We have to get more public schools to play it. We just need to get more schools to commit. The hope is to have it as
a varsity sport next year."
4/6/08
What a great tournament...it was obvious to everyone how much we improved over the course of the weekend..we
had so many favorable comments about how well we did against the college teams (and several offers to continue scrimmaging
in the future)...
Though we didn't win any of the games, we came away with a great deal of respect - we scored a total of 14 goals
against three Division I colleges...
I've added a few pictures from the weekend to the photo alum page...
Remember, since it's Spring Break, we will not be practicing next week...the next practice will be on April 15...
4/2/08
Our schedule has been changed a bit...our first game is now at 4:40 against UGA and the second game is still
at 7:10, but against NC State
4/2/08
FINALLY...we have a schedule for the weekend:
Schedule:
Saturday: 8am-9:20pm
Game 1:
GT
- Clemson 10:00 am
Game 2:
FSU
- Trout 10:50
Game 3:
Dynamo - NC State
11:40
Game 4:
Emory
- UGA 12:30 pm
Game 5:
GT
- UNC 1:20
Game 6:
FSU
- Tennessee 2:10
Game 7:
Dynamo - Tulane
3:00
Game 8:
Emory
- Clemson
3:50
Game 9:
Wheeler -
UGA 4:40
Game 10:
Tennessee - Trout
5:30
Game 11:
Tulane
- NC State 6:20
Game 12:
Wheeler - NC State
7:10
Sunday's
Games will be determined by how we play on Saturday - we will play at least one game on Sunday (possibly two, again depending
on how we play on Saturday)...even though we don't play our first game until 3:50pm, it would be good to show up earlier to
watch the other teams play - I will be there all day.
Directions
to the pool (Gabrielson Natatorium):
I-75
South to I-285 East
I-285
East to I-85 North
I-85
North to GA 316
Go
approximately 45 miles to the Athens bypass
Take
the Athens bypass and travel approx 4.5 miles to College Station Road
Take
a left onto College Station Road
Go
to the second light and turn right onto River Road
The
Natatorium is in the Ramsey Student Center on your left (approx 500 yards)
3/24/08
Our first game is this Thursday - we will be playing against St Pius. The game is at 8:00pm at the Dynamo Pool
in Chamblee.
Directions:
3119 Shallowford Road - Atlanta, GA 30341
Take I-75 to I-285 East
I-285 East to Buford Highway Exit
Turn Left onto Buford Highway
Go to Shallowford Road and turn left onto Shallowford Road
Dynamo will be on your left
We DID get into the UGA tournament on April 5-6 - I'm still waiting on the schedule for our games and will post them
here as soon as I know them. I need to know if you are going to be able to attend ASAP (these are the first two days
of Spring Break).
Remember, to be able to be in the tournament, I will need your dues as well.
We now have goals...thanks to Owen and John, who met Mark at the Dynamo Pool to transport the goals to the CAC, we now
have a new (to us at least) set of floating goals.
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