WOMEN'S WATER POLO NOTEBOOK: ALL IN THE FAMILY AT AGOURA, H.-W.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer When Agoura High freshman Casey Flacks made her high school water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. debut Tuesday, her mother, Dawn, dressed in the opposing team's colors and watched from the opposition's side without cheering. Flacks' mom wasn't trying to be nonsupportive. She is assistant coach for Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, Agoura's foe in the opener. Harvard-Westlake coaches have become a valuable source of talent for Agoura. Flacks is the second Chargers player who is the daughter of a Wolverines coach. The Corso family was the first to deal with the split allegiance. All-American Meghan Corso, a junior, is the daughter of Harvard-Westlake boys' coach (and former girls' coach) Rich Corso. She grew up playing on teams with members of Harvard-Westlake's boys' team and has started for Agoura since her freshman year. Flacks' ties to Harvard-Westlake are even deeper. Her brother Brian is a junior on the Wolverines' boys' team, and he received All-Southern Section honors this season. Older sister Lindsay, an elite distance runner distance runner n. A runner who competes in distance races. , played on Harvard-Westlake's girls' team. She moved on to Stanford this year. Dawn Flacks also coaches Harvard-Westlake's swim team. Casey Flacks shouldn't have a problem establishing an identity of her own. She played most of the Harvard-Westlake game and scored a goal in Agoura's 9-4 victory. She was selected first-team All-American for her performance with the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Water Polo Club in the 14-and-under division at last summer's Junior Olympics. ``I've known about her for a long time,'' Agoura coach Jason Rosenthal said. ``We knew she'd be good.'' --No strength in numbers in numbered parts; as, a book published in numbers. See also: Number : Seven consecutive Mission League girls' water polo championships haven't done much to attract players to Harvard-Westlake. The Wolverines have just nine varsity players, meaning they have only two reserves. The same goes for the junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. . The turnout is double that of last season, when there were nine players in the entire program. The players have resorted to recruiting athletes from other sports. One such player is goalkeeper Denise Hasson, a softball player who played her first water polo game Tuesday, when she started against Agoura. --Tournament time: Several local teams begin their season at Newbury Park's Mistletoe mistletoe, common name for the Loranthaceae, a family of chiefly tropical hemiparasitic herbs and shrubs with leathery evergreen leaves and waxy white berries. They have green leaves, but they manufacture only part of the nutrients they require. tournament, which started Thursday and finishes today. Defending Pacific View League champion Rio Mesa of Oxnard and Mission League rivals Harvard-Westlake and Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks are among local teams in action at Newbury Park and Westlake high schools Westlake High School may refer to:
Heather Gripp, (818)713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com |
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