Varsity Girls’ Water Polo Suit Up for Season

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ANAHYTE GUAJARDO
Staff Writer

As the temperature continues to drop, the varsity girls’ water polo team is back and ready for this year’s Almont League season. They currently hold a preseason record of 4-4 and after losing their first two league games on Jan. 14 and Jan. 22, their league record is 0-2.

“The girls are working everyday to be tenacious defenders and have worked tremendously on shot selection, although our team is very young year we have a lot of new growth,” Head Coach Adrian Lopez said.

In order to prepare themselves for their upcoming league game against the Bell Garden Lancers, Lopez explains that the girls go through a routine during practice. Starting with a 1000 meter warm up to prevent any pulled muscles, they then proceed to move on to a variety of drills such as shooting, passing and driving while continuing to work on utilizing every single team member.

Although the team’s season has just begun, the girls are very optimistic for the team’s future.
“I think we are very strong; we have a small team but we have beaten teams with more than 50 girls. If we beat Bell Gardens and Mark Keppel we have a very strong chance to qualify for CIF Preliminaries,” captain Macy Cheung said.