Falcon Water Polo brought home solid results from their tournament in Irvine over the weekend, beating Westlake by a goal on Friday before dropping three games to take 8th place overall.
37:32... The highlight of the tournament came in a quadruple overtime thriller against cross-town competition La Jolla Vikings. After being down 2-4 at the half and 3-8 in the third quarter, Senior Santi Gonzalez '24 and Junior Jack Mason '25 combined for five unanswered goals to force overtime. Gonzalez added the first goal in regular overtime (two three-minute periods) and tied it again with 24 seconds remaining in OT2 to force sudden death. After Junior Brixton Miller '25 parried a second (!) penalty to keep the score tied, the initial sudden death period ended with no score. Yet the Vikings finally found the net to claim victory 32 seconds into the fourth overtime in a game that lasted 37 minutes and 32 seconds. Needless to say, the Falcons were disappointed to lose but heartened to have played their best polo of the season against a very experienced team. Overall results for the tournament: Goals: Gonzalez, 17; Mason, 7. Assists: Darko Dresevic '26, 6; Mason, 5. Steals: Mason, 13; Julian Breeze '27, 9; Gonzalez, 8. Ejections Earned: Mason, 3; Breeze, 3. Falcons water polo opened league play against their hosts Mount Carmel and came away with a 13-7 victory for Varsity and a 13-4 win for the Junior Varsity. The boys played unified ball, communicated well, covered their matchups well, and kept a strong MCHS team in check. Junior Jack Mason '25 and Senior Santi Gonzalez '24 combined for 8 of the teams total goals, with James Halpern '26 (2 goals), Ryan Yang '26 (2 goals), and Hayden Sykes '25 (1 goal) rounding out scoring. Freshman Julian Breeze '27 picked up four of the team's total five exclusions. On the defensive side of the ball, Sykes (5), Gonzalez (5) and Breeze (3) combined for 12 steals. Junior Brixton Miller '25 contributed eight saves in the cage.
After the strong win against MC, Falcon water polo traveled to Westview HS to play against San Pasqual later in the week. Nine players put balls past the Eagles' keeper en route to a 13-4 victory. Coach Brandon Carmon switched up the playing orders a bit to play all upper classmen as a group with the underclassmen as a distinct unit. This was a great opportunity to see contributions from Seniors Oren Diamond (2 goals), John Hodgkinson (2 assists), and Waylon Hollingsworth (1 goal, 2 assists). Gonzalez led the team in goals (3) and steals (5). Falcon men's water polo played their first home match of the season against Fallbrook on September 12. With a comprehensive win for each roster, the Falcons continued their winning streak to 5 games. Junior Varsity outpaced the visitors 18-2, while Varsity controlled every period in a 22-3 match.
The TPHS senior class played together as a unit, with Santi Gonzalez '24 leading on 3 goals and 2 assists, John Hodgkinson '24 adding a goal, Waylon Hollingsworth '24 put up an assist, and Oren Diamond '24 contributed a steal on defense. Stat leaders: Goals: Julian Breeze '27 (6); Jack Mason '25 (5) Assists: Mason (3); Darko Dresevic '26 (3) Steals: Breeze (3); Marko Dzodzo 26 (3) Ejections Earned: Breeze (2) Later in the week, the Falcons traveled to Rancho Bernardo for a bit of a rematch from the teams' early season tournament tieup. In the earlier contest, RB held TP in check for a final score of 11-15. In the second frame, however, the Falcons had solutions for the Bronco squad and were able to erase a one-goal deficit at half to take a three-goal lead in the third quarter. But the Broncos weren't done, and pulled back into parity before outpacing the Falcons by one at the final whistle 14-15. Stat leaders: Goals: Breeze (5); Mason (3), Gonzalez (3), Hayden Sykes '25 (2), James Halpern '26 (1) Assists: Halpern (3), Mason (2), Breeze (2), Dresevic (1) Steals: Sykes (4), Breeze (4) Ejections Earned: Gonzalez (3), Breeze (3), Mason (2) Falcon water polo traveled to mid-county to play Clairemont High School on Tuesday, September 5. Torrey Pines swept the hosts, who provided a great atmosphere for the game at their home facility. Junior Varsity collected a win with a 9-2 victory, while Varsity's full team contributed to a 21-12 win.
Scoreboard Goals: Santiago Gonzalez '24 (7); Jack Mason '25 (6), Hayden Sykes '25 (3) Assists: Gonzalez (3); James Halpern '26 (3) Ejections Earned: Gonzalez (2); Julian Breeze '27 (2) Steals: Breeze (3); Mason (2) Field Blocks: Oren Diamond '24 (1) Over a four-game schedule September 1-2 in Long Beach, the Falcons earned a record of 3-1 and took 9th place overall. The boys lone defeat was to host Long Beach Wilson converted a penalty with one second to play to deliver the knockout blow.
Undaunted, the Falcons battled back to dispatch three teams in succession: Buena (Ventura) in Friday's late game, followed by Beckman HS and Irvine HS (both Irvine). The Falcon varsity team came away with a +8 goal difference after winning their three games by three goals each. Stat Tallies for the tournament: Goals: 23 for Senior Santi Gonzalez, 17 for Mason Assists: 5 for Sophomore Darko Dresevic, 5 for Freshman Julian Breeze Ejections Earned: 7 for Breeze Steals: 12 for Mason, 9 for Gonzalez On Tuesday, September 5, the Falcons travel to mid-county to take on Clairemont Chieftains in a non-league matchup. Torrey Pines boys water polo traveled to Valhalla to close out the month of August. At the final whistles, the JV and Varsity teams brought home wins in two close battles. JV fought back from a deficit at half to win 9-8 in the early game. The Varsity team took control of a high scoring game in the fourth quarter, outscoring the host Norsemen 4-0 for a final score of 16-11. Man of the match honors went to Santi Gonzalez '24, who put away eight goals in the contest. The Falcons picked up multi-goal efforts from Jack Mason '25, Ryan Yang '26, and Julian Breeze '27. Sophomores Darko Dresevic '26 and James Halpern '26 each added a goal. On defense, the Falcons picked up eleven steals and four field blocks, as Junior netminder Brixton Miller '25 controlled the goal line with 14 saves and a pair of steals.
The Falcons travel to Long Beach to start the month, with a game Friday September 1 against Wilson Long Beach. ... and the Falcon water ballers took 4th on the back of solid work on day 1 and two close losses on day 2 (including a golden goal overtime loss in the third place match). The team took care of business on their power play opportunities, and competed physically against senior-dominant teams from RB and Helix.
Stats leaders for the four-game tournament were as follows: Goals: Jack Mason '25 (19 goals); Hayden Sykes '25 (15 goals); Santi Gonzalez '24 (14 goals) Assists: Julian Breeze '27 (6 assists); Sykes (5 assists) Team Steals: 49 (against 41 turnovers) Team Ejections Earned: 24 (against 29 exclusions suffered) The Torrey boys dropped a brace of games against San Juan Hills in Orange County on Tuesday for their season opener. In a tight game that went back and forth for all 28 minutes, Torrey led by a goal at half before conceding a goal too many and ending up one shy at the final whistle: 11-12. The Junior Varsity showed a lot of heart against a deeper, well conditioned Stallion second side.
Box Score: Goals: 4: Santi Gonzalez '24 3: Jack Mason '25 2: Julian Breeze '27 1: Hayden Sykes '25 1: James Halpern '26 Assists: 3: Darko Dresevic '26 2: Mason 1: Gonzalez 1: Ryan Yang '26 Steals: 5: Mason 3: Gonzalez 3: Breeze 2: Yang 1: Sykes 1: Dresevic Torrey Pines High School welcomes new coaches to the pool deck to start the Boys' Water Polo season.
Joining Varsity Head Coach Brandon Carman are two deeply experienced local water polo coaches. Orange County native Joseph Andranian joins the coaching staff to lead the Junior Varsity effort, while Bishops and Stanford standout Zack LaGrange debuts as Assistant to Coaches Carman and Andranian. Coach Andranian's playing and coaching experience derives from a decades-long association with the sport. Having played at the highest level in Southern California high school (Newport) and coached recently with North County club Carlsbad, Mr. Andranian will take primary responsibility for skill development with the Falcon's younger roster. Coach LaGrange brings a depth and experience that's unusual for a young coach. After leading Bishops School scoring with 93 goals in his senior season and playing in three state finals, Coach LaGrange headed to Europe to play for Club Natacio Rubi in Barcelona before matriculating at Stanford University. At Stanford, Coach LaGrange brought home an NCAA championship, two MPSF championships, and multiple All Academic honors. He graduated with a BS and MS in Biology. After finishing the regular season on a four-game winning streak, the Falcon water ballers brought home their third win against Point Loma in a close match at UCSD Triton pool.
After ending the first and second quarters tied 1-1 and 2-2, respectively, TP was able to pull ahead by two goals in the third period. Pt. Loma mounted a challenge in the final frame to keep the match close, but Torrey Pines were able to put the game on ice with 1:30 remaining and a 3-goal advantage. Senior captain Augustine Breeze notched 3 goals, earned 1 exclusion, and batted down 1 shot. Senior goalie Martynas Chachisvilis blocked 9 shots and earned a brace of steals. Sophomore Santi Gonzalez added 2 goals, an assist, 4 steals and a block. Junior August Mason converted a penalty, delivered 3 assists, drew an exclusion and blocked a shot. Junior Drew Smith contributed a goal, a steal and an ejection. Freshman Hayden Sykes was active with an assist, 2 steals and a blocked shot. Torrey Pines Boys Water Polo evened up their season at 9-9 with an away win versus Coronado. After opening scoring in the initial 15 seconds via a tally from August Mason '23 assisted by Augustine Breeze '22, the Falcons kept up the pressure until the fourth quarter. Leading by 4 goals at 7-3, TP gave up four unanswered goals to leave the score tied at 7 at the end of regulation. After trading goals in the overtime periods, Islanders and Falcons headed to golden goal overtime. With time dwindling, Santi Gonzalez '24 took a smart foul outside 6M and hammered home a near side high stunner off the restart.
https://www.kusi.com/boys-water-polo-torrey-pines-9-coronado-8/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNGp13GewfI Santi Gonzalez: 3 goals, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 earned exclusions August Mason: 3 goals, 1 steal, 1 earned exclusion, 5 field blocks Jack Mason '25: 1 goal, 2 steals , 2 earned exclusions Augustine Breeze: 4 assists, 3 steals, 2 earned exclusions Drew Smith '23: 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 earned exclusions Logan Hershey '23: 1 goal, 1 field block Martynas Chachisvilis '22: 15 Saves Falcons water polo dropped two games on Friday, 9/24 in the America's Finest City tournament. After losing on a golden goal overtime shot from Riverside Poly in game 1 and dropping 4 goals to Patrick Henry in game 2, the Falcons stormed back to win three games on Saturday 9/25 against Fallbrook, Point Loma, and Westview. https://www.maxpreps.com/photography/gallery?photogalleryid=f8fcdf99-ff5d-45c0-ba18-94bed78be882
Torrey Pines High School is excited to announce the addition of new coaching staff, Mladen Duvnjak and Karlo Krmek.
Most recently, Mladen has served as a coach with local club La Jolla United, after stints with the Serbian National Team. Coach Mladen has dedicated his life to working with children, both as a physical education teacher and as a personal trainer for strength and conditioning. A tenured water polo athlete from Serbia, Mladen has authored two academic publications:
Mladen is an innovative, high-energy coach experienced in cultivating hardworking and focused athletes, with an emphasis on perseverance, commitment, and dedication. He excels at teaching the values of teamwork, commitment, discipline, respect, accountability, and motivation required to achieve the highest levels of success. Coach Mladen is a 5 time Olympic distance triathlon champion and has successfully completed 206 Olympic distance triathlons. His life motto is – “It’s not about how badly you want it; it’s about how hard you’re willing to work”. Karlo Krmek is joining Coach Mladen on deck. Coach Karlo is a "super-senior" at UCSD, finishing a degree in international business. Originally from Dubrovnik, Croatia, Coach Karlo has amassed a stack of records and achievements as a Triton, including making the WWPA All Academic team, scoring 27 goals, 19 assists and 13 steals in his last full season. Prior to his move to UCSD, Coach Karlo led Long Beach City College's team with 51 appearances, 93 goals, 30 assists and 55 steals en route to two South Coast Conference championships and Conference MVP honors. Torrey Pines younger water ballers came away from their first action of the season with a win. On the strength of goalkeeper Miles Taranto ’23 and returning players Sean Danahy ’23, Kaya Ciner ’22, Kameron Scott ’23, and Colin Scott ’23, the Falcons were able to keep an edge over hosts RB Broncos the whole way through.
In addition to the returning players, newcomers from the sophomore and freshman classes made an immediate impact. Coach Sergei was impressed with the effort and output of Cesar Gonzalez Valdes ’24, Christian Tresse ’24, Artem Grigoryev ’23, Diyor Sattarov ’23, Waylon Hollingsworth ’24, Daniel Taich ’24, Oren Diamond ’24, and Santi Gonzales ’24 (who, along with Danahy, Ciner, and Tresse will be asked to take on additional responsibilities with the Varsity squad). Torrey Pines Falcon Boys Varsity brought home a hard fought 7-6 victory from Rancho Bernardo. After conceding a one goal lead early in the first quarter, the Falcons battled back to gain and concede a two goal advantage in the second frame; the game started the second half tied at 4. Broncos were again able to take the lead in quarter 3 to have the Falcons tie again for a 5-5 score entering Q4. After conceding the go-ahead goal at 5:32, Torrey Pines again knotted the score at 5:06 and took their second and final lead with 1:26 remaining. The Falcons kept their composure after conceding an ejection with just over a minute to play to keep the lead and the win.
Barrett Goldman '21 led all scorers with three tallies, joined by Augustine Breeze '22, August Mason '23, Drew Smith '23, and Santi Gonzalez '24, each with one goal. For assists, Smith contributed three, Logan Hershey '23 added two, and Mason one. Breeze led in steals with three, while Hershey added two. Antoni Gonzalez '21, Hershey and Santi Gonzalez '24 were strong on defense with a field block apiece. CIF-SDS has set April 17 as the start date for boys and girls water polo. We have secured training space at Westview High School and will be training 7:00-9:15 Monday-Friday. Uniforms are on order, schedule is being built, and the Falcons are getting ready.
Clear your calendars for Wednesdays in May, because we are set to take on Canyon Crest, Carlsbad, Vista and El Camino in Palomar Coastal league play. We add in cross league matches against Rancho Bernardo and La Costa Canyon as well. But the cherry on the cake is a re-match against our last opponent, San Pasqual, whom we saw in the 2019 CIF Quarterfinals at Coggan in La Jolla. Go Falcons! Torrey Pines High School Boys Water Polo program head coach Sergei Kananovich is gearing up for the shifted season. The boys will be able to return to campus for conditioning and pre-season workouts, and will begin in-pool training on December 14 at Westview High School. Sergei joins TPHS via head coaching responsibilities with Del Mar Water Polo Club, Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York, and the Brest Olympic Center. Sergei's elite playing career includes 8 years as a member of Belarus's national team and an additional 8 years with the New York Athletic Club. He is a FINA, CWPA and CIF qualified referee and brings new depth of experience to the deck as the Falcons look to build on the 2019 re-set season.
The Falcons Boys Water Polo traveled south to Southwestern College for a first round tie up with Mar Vista. Mar Vista entered the CIF Division 1 bracket seeded 7th on the strength of their schedule over the season. The Mariners finished 2nd in their conference with an overall record of 14-14.
Mar Vista opened scoring, but were quickly closed down by a trio of tallies by freshman August Mason to end the first quarter. In frame 2, Mar Vista reversed the scoring to end the half knotted at 4. Period three ended up playing very quickly, as the teams traded a goal apiece and otherwise gave the scoring table little work to do. Mar Vista inched ahead in Q4, but Mason scored a quick counterpunch before teeing up an assist to sophomore Augustine Breeze for the game winner with 42 seconds to go. Sophomore Martynas Chachisvilis locked down the defense with 15 saves and a brace of steals, while Breeze, Mason and freshman Drew Smith earned a combined four exclusions (including two on Mar Vista's leading sniper, who had been key for the Mariners all season and tallied 4 goals on the day). The Falcons next face San Pasqual Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 5:15 pm. Goals: Mason (5), junior Barrett Goldman (1), Breeze (1) Assists: Breeze (3), Smith (2), Goldman (1), Mason (1) Ejections Drawn: Breeze (2), Mason (1), Smith (1) Field Blocks: Smith (1) Steals: Smith (4), Goldman (2), Breeze (2), Mason (1), sophomore Ethan Purcell (1), junior Kevin Wang (1) Torrey Pines Falcons split day 1 of the SD Open by doubling up Valley Center and losing a closer match to Country Day. On day 2, TPHS brought home a solid victory against Bonita Vista at host site Valhalla, before closing out with two losses day 3 in a closely fought match with Mission Bay and a follow-up loss to intra-district San Dieguito Academy. TP's hopes of revenge for their loss to SDA from earlier in the season were not to be. Sophomore goaltender Martynas Chachisvilis ended the tournament with 57 saves, while Juniors Barrett Goldman and Antoni Gonzalez, Sophomore Augustine Breeze and Freshman August Mason combined for over 2 dozen goals. Freshman Drew Smith led all Falcons for exclusions drawn at seven for the tournament. Images (c) Gilda Adler
TPHS Boys Falcons started the season with a 3-1 record at the Bronco Invitational. Despite foregoing a 5-goal lead against District rivals SDA, who narrowly edged the Falcons 11-10, Torrey outpaced their remaining opponents aggregate 39-10. Torrey rebounded from their initial setback with dominating wins against Ramona (19-2) and Santa Fe Christian (13-4) and closed out with a solid performance against Patrick Henry (7-4). James Freedman '20 and Barrett Goldman '21 led scoring with 15 and 10 goals, respectively, with assist leader Ryan Knutzen '20 setting up 9 scores. Ryan Schlesier '20 and Augie Breeze '22 combined for 29 steals, while Freedman drew 8 exclusions.
Next up for the Falcons is a tough test down Del Mar Heights Road away at Cathedral Catholic on 9/12, followed by an "away" game at Falcons' home pool UCSD-Canyonview hosted by University City on 9/13. Check the Shutterfly Share Site for photos! 10 Torrey Pines High water polo players have been named to the 2018-2019 Season Union-Tribune All- Academic Team. This is the 34th year of the team, honoring juniors and seniors who participated in a California Interscholastic Federation-approved sport while maintaining a cumulative, weighted grade point average of 3.0 or better. Good work, boys!
The TPHS Falcon water polo team wrapped up their 2018 season November 6, with a disappointing 9-8 loss to CCA in CIF Division 1 Semi-finals at Coggin Aquatic Center. A Torrey Pines CIF finals was imminent- and then suddenly, the match slipped away.
After a slow start in the first half of the game, Torrey took a third quarter lead. CCA battled back into the lead in the fourth quarter, and a last minute Falcon goal tied up the match, taking the game into overtime. Torrey came on strong in the first 3 minute overtime period, establishing a two point lead and poised for a victory. They were controlling the second overtime period very well, when with just 6 seconds left in the period, CCA scored to retie the game. Play continued with Sudden Death overtime. CCA won the sprint, and scored with a perimeter shot just twenty seconds into the period, taking the match and advancing to the finals. Torrey fans were stunned. CCA will compete against Point Loma HS for the Division 1 CIF title. Falcons have finished their season with an overall win/loss record of 18-12; Avocado West League : 3-2. Seven seniors will graduate. It has been an exciting season. We are proud of our boys... GO FALCONS! Our Torrey Falcons pulled together well in a great show of teamwork at this week's East County Invitational Tournament (October 18th-20th). Unfortunately, first round pool play did not go well for Torrey Pines. Valhalla HS took the game 13-8, immediately taking the Falcons out of the running for championship rounds. The Valhalla game score had been 4-4 at the half, but got away in the last quarter. Torrey went on to win the next four games, looking more polished each game. Solid victories over Fallbrook HS, Granite Hills HS, Santana HS and San Pasqual HS landed Torrey in 9th place overall. The Falcons are looking strong as we head toward the final week of the season and into CIF playoffs.
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