SHHS Water Polo Tears it Up!

This year, both Alex and Nathan played water polo for Shadow Hills High School this year.

What a fun sport to watch!  I really enjoyed watching them play, and if you are going to be a cheering parent, this is the sport to have your child in.  The games are short, but intense, and the action is fierce.  Playing water polo is tough and tiring - you can't ever touch the bottom or the wall and getting you body up out of the water to throw or catch like that takes real strength.  But it is also pretty rough, and though you can get fouled, what happens under the water that the ref can't see is all fair game.  It's like a rugby match played in the water - and that's why my boys love it!

Here is Alex going for the ball.  He mostly plays defense.

Here are some more action shots of Alex.

Nathan plays more offense.  He does a pretty good job and makes his share of goals.  Don't you love how this guy is pushing Nate's head underwater?  Told you it got rough.  He got the shot off though.

It is often a scramble of arms, legs, water splashing, and a bright yellow ball.

Nathan fighting for a chance to make his shot.

SHHS has a pretty good season.  It is a new school, so they are still building their program, but they are coming along pretty well.  They had some important wins and they even got first place in their league (which means they will probably be moving on to another league next year.)

Nathan and Alex also came a long way this year, and it was fun to see them get better and better as the season went along.

Both Alex and Nathan received Varsity Letters for water polo!  Great job, boys!  Go Knights!