South Coast Water Polo Club wins 12U league championship title

The South Coast Water Polo Club captured first place in the San Diego 12U Grommet League championships May 1 at Valhalla High School. The team went undefeated with a 7-0 record.

South Coast overcame stiff competition in its final two tournament games. South Coast edged Rancho San Diego, 9-7, in the semifinals before slipping past Poway, also by a score of 9-7, in the championship game.

Goalie Kevin Stucki made eight 8 saves in the tournament final while Fletcher Field and Luke Wilson each scored two goals. Tatum Billings, Carter Gailband, Annie Dickson, Mariel Origel and Trevor Rector each scored one goal.

Dylan Hartley, Origel , Wilson, Billings and Bradford Dickson each collected one assist while Stucki, Billings, Field, Spalding and Rector each had two steals.

Field finished as the league’s top scorer while Billings, a center guard, recorded the most steals on the team. Stucki finished as the top goalie both on the team and in the league.