Week of 9/9/19

Varsity

Monday, 9/9 - 2PM - 4:30PM, Team Dinner 4:45PM (Tate Home - 941 13th St HB)
Tuesday, 9/10 - 6AM - 7AM & 2PM - 4:30PM
Wednesday 9/11, 2PM - 4:30PM
Thursday, 9/12 - 6AM - 7AM and 12:50 release for Bus to Game
Friday, 9/13 - 6AM - 7AM & 2PM - 4:30PM
Saturday, 9/14 - 6AM - 7:30AM
Sunday, 9/15 - No practice


JV & FS

Monday, 9/9 - 3:45PM - 6PM 
Tuesday, 9/10 - 3:45PM - 6PM, Team Dinner 6:15PM Valley Park, HB
Wednesday, 9/11 - 3:45 - 6PM
Thursday, 9/12 - 2PM - 4PM unless you are playing in Orange Lutheran Game, then 12:50PM release
Friday, 9/13 - 1:15 pm release for JV Tournament Laguna Beach and 4 - 6 pm for all players not going to Laguna
Saturday, 9/14 - No practice - JV Tournament Laguna Beach
Sunday, 9/15 - No practice

Week of 9/9/19  HOME  AWAY

Coaches will provide the rosters later in the week for all games and tournaments this week.

Varsity

Thursday, 9/12  3:00PM - 5:00PM Mira Costa vs. Orange Lutheran
JV will play first and Varsity to follow.

A bus will be provided. Release time is 12:50PM, please meet the bus at 1:00PM in the parking lot between Math and Science building.

Snacks and water will be provided for the ride down. Pizza will be provided on the bus ride back. You will return around 8PM to Mira Costa.

Santiago Canyon College
8045 East Chapman Avenue
Orange, CA 92869

JV & F/S

Thursday, 9/12  3:00PM - 5:00PM Mira Costa vs. Orange Lutheran
JV will play first and Varsity to follow.

A bus will be provided. Release time is 12:50PM, please meet the bus at 1:00PM in the parking lot between Math and Science building.

Snacks and water will be provided for the ride down. Pizza will be provided on the bus ride back. You will return around 8PM to Mira Costa.

Santiago Canyon College
8045 East Chapman Avenue
Orange, CA 92869

Friday, 9/13 Junior Varsity Laguna Beach Tournament - Day 1
NO Buses, carpools please! You will be released from class at 1:15PM on Friday. 
Please arrive by 2:50PM:

Laguna Beach High School
625 Park Ave, Laguna Beach, CA 92651

Game 1 Friday: 3:50PM vs. Newport Beach
Game 2 Friday: 5:00PM vs. Foothill

Saturday, 9/14 Junior Varsity Laguna Beach Tournament - Day 2
No Buses - please check the schedule for game times
Tournament Schedule
 

Beginning 9/11, and for a very short time, our online store is open for you to purchase our new water polo gear. The products in the store are for athletes and their fans - parents, grandparents and friends!  There is a deadline for ordering - Sunday, September 15^th.  Thank you in advance for doing this promptly.
 
Online Store:
Please follow this link to our online store.  Please note there are 3 categories of items:
 
1.       Players – Strongly Recommended – while we can’t make it mandatory, we strongly recommend all players purchase the items in this category at a minimum.
2.       Players – Recommended
3.       Family and Player Fan Gear
 
Delivery:
Your order will be shipped on October 14^th.
 
Deadline for Ordering:
Please make sure you do this by the September 15^th deadline!  If you miss this ordering window, you will miss your opportunity to purchase team gear. 

Happy Shopping!!

It was a busy weekend for all of us! Our Freshmen finished 2nd in the Mira Costa Frosh/Soph Tournament and the Varsity Team finished 12th in the Santa Barbara Invitational Tournament. Great job Mustangs! A big shout out to all of the families who helped in the snack shack and to all of the athletes who helped keep score and run the clocks. Without your help, Mira Costa would not have hosted a successful tournament!

This is the link to DD Bartley's Smug Mug so that you can download and save some of her amazing photos. She took pictures at the Frosh/Soph Tournament this past weekend. Enjoy...  MCHS Water Polo
 

Congratulations to Mira Costa's USA Water Polo Academic All-Americans for 2018-2019:
See Press release. 

Ryan Rossow*
Matthew Fry*
Rex Robins*
Nicholas Gregan
Hunter Kolodziej
Celeste Almendariz 
Lauren Chiu*
Piper Magraudy*
Erin ODonnell*
Elizabeth Terry

(*Outstanding Honors of 4.0 GPA or higher) 

Way to go Mustangs!

Congratulations to Mira Costa's USA Water Polo JO All-American Nominees Jake Carter, Bernardo Herzer and Leigh Lyter. You are truly amazing athletes!

Every year our water polo families host our teams in their homes or at a restaurant for "Team Dinners". This is a way for you to get to know the players and coaches and for the players to bond. You can sign up as a group or host solo. You will be providing food for 30 (very hungry) children and Coaches. Most of the time the boys eat quickly and run home to do homework, so it is not an all-night affair. The dinners are immediately following the Costa practices, so @ 4:45PM for Varsity and @ 6:15PM for JV/FS.

Click on Varsity Team Dinner or JV/Frosh/Soph Team Dinner to sign up.

Week of 9/9

Varsity Team Dinner

Date/Time: Monday, September 9th 4:45PM 
Hosts: The Tate, Tournat and Kolodziej Families
Location: The Tate Home - 941 13th Street, Hermosa Beach
Menu: Pasta, Pot Pie, Salad and Dessert

JV & Frosh/Soph Dinner

Date/Time: Tuesday, September 10th 6:15PM 
Hosts: The Tunila, Cotrell, Martin, Rudy, and Smith Families
Location: Valley Park in Hermosa Beach (near ampitheatre behind Kiwanis Club building).
Menu: Rubios!
 

The "Snack Shack" as it is affectionately referred to, is one of our largest fundraising and most fun activities that the Aquatics programs offer. It is open at all of our home games and tournaments. It takes a lot of man-power and donations to make it successful. Our team of Jane Tournat, Jane Tate, Giselina Romero, and Shelley Theodore will be organizing again this year!

Every family is required to participate in some way to the success of this program. If you are unable to donate your time or you are not a shopper, no problem, you can "buy out" and let the team do the work. A suggested donation of $50 made out MBX (with snack stand and your last name in the comment section) will let us do the shopping for what we need that week. Otherwise, please sign up for at least two shifts and two snack stand donations here! The Shack is truly the cool place to hang out! For questions, please call Jane Tournat at 310-871-7742.

For new athletes and their families here is a list of the most commonly asked questions.  Feel free to reach out to Susan Rossow at costaboyswp@gmail.com if you have additional questions.

Costa Boys Water Polo welcomes any additional donations throughout the season/year.  The funds we raise through our various programs help offset the cost of coaches' stipends, equipment, busses for travel to games, and many other things. In addition to volunteers to run the snack shack, host dinners, and help with other events, any cash donation of any amount is very much appreciated.  Please use this link or contact Susan Rossow and Bernie Zaia for more information.  

Go to www.miracostaswimdive.com