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Player yr goals
Christina McEwen  2005 132 
Brittany Cornwell 2008 129
Amanda Solis 2010 109
Josh Klein  2006 108 
Alex Hoetker 2010 107
Josh Klein 2007 100
Blake Cornwell 2005 100 

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2009 Boys Freeway League Standings

1. Troy 10-0
2. SunnyHills 7-3
3. Fullerton 5-5
4. La Habra 4-6
5. Sonora 3-7
6.Buena Park 1-9
 

Guardian Lancers

2010

Alex Su '04
Kat Cerasuolo '11
Jordan Klein '11
Alex Hoetker '11
Amanda Solis '12
Steve Huang '10
Scott Ninokawa '11

2009

Andrew Lim  '09
Carlie Lyng '09
Devan Lyng '09
Sarah Shin '10
Rachel Lee '10
Amanda-Rina Tuccio '10

2008

Alyssa Pecora '08
Gretchen Williams '08
Katelyn Forester '08
Jesse Klein '09
Philip Hodge '08
Ryan Sheikh '09
Andy Matsuyama '08

2007

Ariel Gentalen '08
Rachel Vinus-Glazer '07
Cynthia DeWees '07
Jazzmyn Benitez '07
Brittany Cornwell '09
Jordan Bonifacio '07
ScottSmith-Matungol'08
Aaron Ninokawa '08

2006

Karina Toriz '07

2005

Jennifer Crampton '05
Sarah Shawesh '05
Shauna Sinclair '05
Cindy Cheng '06
Shannon McEwen '07
Bobby Verry '05
Joe Choi '05
Peter Ahn '07

2004

Amber Tice '05
Christina McEwen '05 
Jesse Meyer '04

2003

Linda Kim '04
Sam Chang '05
Jon Kim '04

2002

Margaret Lim '03
Jessica Ajoux '03
Nicole Layana '03


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The Only Thing Missing Is "U"

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The Guardian Lancer Award

The highest award that a player can receive in our program is the Guardian Lancer Award.  We hope that at some point in a Lancer Water Polo player's career, he or she grows to sense the meaning of being a Water Polo player at Sunny Hills High School.  At that point he or she crosses over the line from being a player to someone who seeks a legacy.  A point where that player understands the traditions, standards and principles that we are about.  At this point that player puts aside personal goals, personal agendas and the "what's in it for me" attitude that all humans possess, and becomes one who seeks to protect the integrity of what we do.  This person understands that our team goals are in place to make everybody a better person, and this player seeks to protect those goals. This person makes sure the overall program progresses.  This person is concerned about the overall picture, this person cares about the legacy that he or she will leave.  This person is the role model for other players in the program who are searching for an identity. This person has become a Guardian of our program.

Sunny Hills Water Polo is about tradition.  Boys have played Water Polo at Sunny Hills for 50 years, (1960-2010,) Girls have played Water Polo at Sunny Hills for ten years. It is about doing things right in all facets of one's life.  When enough people do enough things the right way, the winning becomes a natural manifestation. 

Things we are proud of:

  • All Of The Good People This Program Has Produced

  • 4 CIF Championships (Boys)

  • 14 Times CIF Runner Up (Boys)

  • 30 Freeway League Championships (Boys)

  • 24 Straight Freeway League Championships (Boys) 1969-1993

  • Freeway League Champions 2001, 2005, 2007 and Oh Baby 2010! (Girls)

  • Freeway League Championship Boys 2007!

  • (3) CIF Final Four (Semi Finals) '08, '09 and '10

  • (2) CIF Quarter Finals '05 & '07 (Girls)

  • CIF Playoff Qualifiers 10 times (Girls)

  • Jessica Ajoux Freeway League Female Athlete Of The Year-2003

  • Amada Solis (109 goals,) and Alex Hoetker (107 goals) during 2009-2010 season!

  • Christina McEwen Leading Scorer In Orange County (132 goals)-2005

  • Josh Klein Freeway League Player Of the Year 2007

  • Shannon McEwen Freeway League Player Of the Year 2007

  • Shannon McEwen 8th Team All American 2007

  • Christina McEwen Freeway League Player Of the Year-2005

  • Alex Hoetker Freeway League Player Of the Year-2010

  • Omar Amr '92, 2004 United States Olympian (Water Polo)

 

Congratulations!

  • Jill Lomheim '97-2008 Hacienda-La Puente School District Teacher of The Year

  • Jill Lomheim '97-2008 Los Angeles County Teacher of The Year

  • Adriel Huesereau '02 (Seaworld-Shamu's Trainer!)

  • Andrew Tinseth '90 (Dad)

  • Edwin Barrera '98 (Coach-Florida District 5  Champions Boys and Girls)

  • Dr. Omar Amr '92  

  • Dr. Sarah Sinclair '00

  • Carlo Franzia '93 (Dad x 2)

Congratulations Classes Of 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003

  • Rachel Lee '10 Long Beach State

  • Amy Oba '10 UCSD (Pre Med)

  • Grace Kim '10 UCLA (Pre Dental)

  • Sarah Oh '10 Biola University

  • Amanda Rina Tuccio '10 Fullerton CC

  • Elaine Chiang '10 UCLA

  • Justin Yoo'10-UCLA

  • Steven Huang '10-UC Santa Barbara

  • Sarah Shin '10-Brown University

  • Devan Lyng '09-University of Colorado

  • Ryan Sheikh '09-Air Force Academy

  • Carlie Lyng '09-Cal State Long Beach

  • Taylor Atnip '09-Colorado School of Mines

  • Phillip Hodge'08-Stanford

  • Alyssa Pecora '08-Cal State Monterey Bay

  • Shannon McEwen '07-UC Santa Barbara

  • Cindy Cheng'06-Long Beach State

  • Kevin Hong '06-UC Berkely

  • Blake Cornwell '06-Fullerton CC/?

  • Christina McEwen '05-Loyola Marymount

  • Sam Chang '05-Harvard

  • Jennifer Crampton '05-Cal Poly Pomona

  • Amber Tice '05-Cal. State Fullerton

  • Joe Choi '05-Annapolis (Naval Academy)

  • Shawn Jun '04-US Naval Academy

  • Jon Kim '04-Pomona Pitzer

  • Alex Su '04-Pomona Pitzer

  • Jesse Meyer '04-Mt. San Antonio

  • Mike Peltzer '04-UC Irvine

  • Sarah Kim '04-University of Hawaii

  • Linda Kim '04-Fullerton UCLA 

  • Jessica Ajoux '03-Princeton

  • Margaret Lim '03-UC Irvine

  • Nicole Layana '03-UC Irvine

We Are Saddened

 

Sunny Hills Boy's Water Polo. 2005 Freeway League Season

Sunny Hills Girl's Water Polo.  2005 Freeway League Champions, & CIF Quarterfinalists 

 

Incoming Water Polo Players 

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SH Water Polo News

8/5/10-Summer Season Ends, Lancers Add 11 Academic All Americans! United States Water Polo announced its prestigious list of Academic All Americans this week and the Sunny Hills Lancers were well represented.  

Playing for various clubs in the SOPAC Zone, 11 Lancers were honored for their academic excellence while participating in water polo at the national level.

To see a full list of Lancers named to the USWP AAA click here. 

6/18/10-Lancer Water Polo Boasts Two Valedictorians! The graduating class of 2010, better known as "X" walked "the walk" on Thursday night and leading the processional were Lady Lancer Water Polo Players, Grace Kim and Amy Oba.

Kim and Oba were instrumental in the Sunny Hills undefeated Freeway League Championship as well as its run to the Division V final four.  As valedictorians they have raised the bar on our standards of excellence to all new heights!  Way to go guys!

Be sure to check out the amazing Class of 2010 on our college acceptance list at the middle center of this page to see where our Lancers are going to school!

6/16/10-Justin Yoo Chooses UCLA! Graduating Senior, Justin Yoo announced that he will attend UCLA in the Fall.  Yoo, a three year Varsity Player was a first team All Freeway League Player in 2009 as he led the Lancers to a 2nd place finish in the Freeway League.

Congratulations Justin!

5/28/10-Huang Chooses UCSB! Sunny Hills Water Polo player, AND Guardian Lancer Steven Huang has chosen The University of California, Santa Barbara it was announced this morning.  

Huang, who played goalie for the Lancers this past year was elected to the prestigious position of "Guardian Lancer"  this past season. 

Huang is a mathematical statistics enthusiast, and will be among UCSB's first ever year class to major in Actuarial Science. 

Actuarial Science is the discipline that applies math and statistics to assess risk usually within industries like insurance and finance. 

Congratulations Steve, we are very proud!

5/26/10-Lancer Water Polo Players Make The Grade....And So Much More!- Sunny Hills Water Polo Players Scott Ninakowa, Kody Lyng, Tatiana Tuccio and Kathryn Cerasuolo have been  named to the National Honor Society.   The National Honor Society (NHS)  is the nation's premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students.  

Members have to maintain a GPA over 3.5, be a leader, and be involved with their community.  NHS members also serve globally as the organization encourages involvement in world issues such as Haitian Earthquake Relief.

Sunny Hills Water Polo is very proud of these Lancers.  Congratulations guys!

4/14/10-Lady Lancer, Hoetker, Named To All-SoCal Team-Lady Lancer water polo player, Alex Hoetker has been named to the All Southern California Water Polo Team it was announced in an e-mail today.

There are 6 All Southern California teams, as voted on by coaches from Santa Barbara to San Clemente, Hoetker was voted to the 5th team.  One other Freeway League Player, (Kate Kammer from Troy 6th team) was named to the All SoCal Team.

3/10/10-Five New Guardian Lancers Named-The honor roll of Sunny Hills Water Polo, also known as "Guardian Lancers" unveiled 5 new members at the Lady Lancer Awards Banquet on Tuesday night.  Juniors Kat Cerasuolo, Jordan Klein and Alex Hoetker as well as Sophomore Amanda Solis were elected by a panel of Lancer guardians.

In addition, assistant coach, Alex Su (class of  '04) was also named to the list for his outstanding commitment to the Sunny Hills Water Polo Program.

3/09/10-Sunny Hills Water Polo Players Set Out On 100 Game Challenge-Members of both the boys and girls water polo teams at Sunny Hills High School have begun their quest to play 100 games before their high school seasons kick off next year.  The boys have already played 28 games, (a full HS season) since their season ended in November.
2/25/10-Lady Lancers Complete Awesome Season!-A tough loss to Los Osos is the Division V semi-finals ended a tremendous run for the Lady Lancers.  Sunny Hills won 12 straight games to close out their season finishing with a school record 25 wins on the season including Coach Nighswonger's 200 career girl's coaching victory.

It is now post season awards time and in the next few weeks we expect several Lady Lancers to be named to various league and CIF honors.

2/20/10-Lady Lancers Make 3rd Straight Final Four!-For the second straight game, the Sunny Hills Lady Lancers withstood a strong opponent defeating Redlands High School by the improbable score of 2-1 in their CIF Division V quarterfinal match on Friday.

In defeating the Terriers, the Lancers showed a tremendous defensive effort holding Redlands to just one first quarter goal.

The win gives the Lancers their 3rd straight trip to Final Four, (D-VI in 2008, D-V 2009 and D-V in 2010.)

Sunny Hills will play Los Osos on Wednesday, February 24th at 3:30.  The game will be played at the Woollett Center in Irvine.

2/18/10-Lady Lancers Rally To Defeat Alta Loma: Quarterfinals Next-Showing excellent composure, the Sunny Hills Lady Lancers scored four straight goals in the fourth quarter and defeated upstart Alta Loma High School by a score of 8-5.

Trailing 5-4 entering the fourth quarter, the Lancers converted on two 6 on 5's, a natural from 2 meters, a penalty shot, and then clamped down the defense.

Friday the Lancers take it on the road to Beaumont High School, (California, not Texas) where they will play Redlands High School.

  1 2 3 4 F
AltaLoma 1 2 2 0 5
SHHS 2 2 0 4 8
2/12/10-Oh Baby! Lancers Undefeated Freeway League Champs-Rallying from an early 3-0 deficit the Sunny Hills Lady Lancers finished strong over the final 3 quarters to defeat Buena Park 13-8 giving them the 4th Freeway League Championship in school history.

Posting a 10-0 league record, the third in school history (2005, 2007 and 2010) the Lancers also set the record for team victories with 23 for the season, (23-4.)

CIF starts next Wednesday at Fullerton College as Sunny Hills will have the first round home game.

Final League Standings

    W L
1 SunnyHills 10 0
2 Troy 8 2
3 LaHabra 6 4
4 BuenaPark 4 6
5 Sonora 2 8
6 Fullerton 0 10
2/10/10-Lancer Goalie, Shin, Chooses Brown- Sunny Hills Lady Lancer Goalie, Sarah Shin will attend Brown University in the Fall of 2010.

Shin, a three year starting goalie for the Lancers was Div VII 2nd team all CIF in 2008, Div V 2nd team all CIF in 2009. 

Additionally Shin was 1st team All Freeway League in 2009 and 2nd team All Freeway League in 2008. Shin has led the Lancers to two straight final four appearances and the Freeway League Championship this season.

 Recently, Shin  had 20 saves in the championship clinching game against Troy on February 3rd.

Shin joins former Lancer, Jessica Ajoux ('03-Princeton) as Sunny Hills players to go to the Ivy League!  Congratulations Sarah!

2/05/10-Sunny Hills Win vs Fullerton Clinches 4th Freeway League Crown -The Sunny Hills Lady Lancers defeated Fullerton High School on Thursday, 17-3 and in doing so, clinched the school's fourth Freeway League Championship in the 12 year history of Freeway League Girls Water Polo.

With two games remaining, only Troy could match the Lady Lancers record and by virtue of the two league wins over Troy, Sunny Hills owns the tie breaker.

Entering the final week of Freeway League competition the standings show the Lancers with a two game lead and control of the tie breaker.

    W L
1 SunnyHills 8 0
2 Troy 6 2
3 LaHabra 5 3
4 BuenaPark 4 4
5 Sonora 1 7
6 Fullerton 0 8
2/03/10-Lancers Prevail At Troy, Stand Alone At 7-0-Sunny Hills Lady Lancer Water Polo team won another overtime match with Troy on Tuesday, defeating the Warrior 8-5.

Tied 4-4 after four quarters, the Lancers went on to out score Troy 4-1 in the overtime period.

  1 2 3 4 OT  OT F
SHHS 0 1 2 1 2 2 8
Troy 0 2 1 1 1 0 5

With three Freeway League games remaining, here are the standings:

    W L
1 SunnyHills 7 0
2 Troy 5 2
3 LaHabra 5 2
4 BuenaPark 3 4
5 Sonora 1 6
6 Fullerton 0 7
1/25/10-Five And........Oh!  Lady Lancers Finish First Half Of League Schedule-Sunny Hills Women's Water Polo team complete the first round of Freeway League play with a 13-8 victory over La Habra on Monday.  After being "tornado'd out" last Tuesday, the two teams faced off at Sunny Hills on Monday.

Both teams came out swinging scoring a combined 10 goals in the first period, with the Lancers holding a 6-4 lead.

Sunny Hills had balanced scoring and strong defense over the final  three quarters.

  1 2 3 4 F
LaHabra 4 1 1 2 8
SHHS 6 1 3 3 13

Standings after the first round of Freeway League play

    W L
1 SunnyHills 5 0
2 Troy 4 1
3 LaHabra 3 2
4 BuenaPark 2 3
5 Sonora 1 4
6 Fullerton 0 5
1/25/10-Mens' Team Keeps On Rolling-The Sunny Hills Men's Team, in an attempt to answer the 100 Games Before Fall Challenge,  played five more games over the weekend, running their total to 14 games.

"At this stage of the year, experience is what the team is looking for, we are pretty much willing to play anyone, anywhere, if we can learn the game a little bit more," noted Coach N.

1/13/10-Lady Lancers Defeat Troy In Overtime!-The Sunny Hills Lady Lancers defeated Troy High School 10-9 in overtime on Tuesday to move into first place in the Freeway League.

Trailing 9-8, the Lancers score with :43 remaining to tie the game and then scored the only goal of overtime with :51 remaining in the OT period.

  1 2 3 4 OT  OT F
Troy 3 0 2 4 0 0 9
SHHS 2 0 3 4 0 1 10
1/11/10-College Admission Support Available To All Sunny Hills Water Polo Players-Besides learning the great sport of water polo, the camaraderie associated with being on a team, the life lessons, the character building and friends one makes while playing sports, Sunny Hills High School Water Polo players have the added worth of College Admission Support. 

At a time when college admission is not a guarantee, YOUR coaching staff will help you use your water polo experience to get into college.  You still have to study and do your homework, but the hours you spend in the pool mean a tremendous amount when it comes time to explain what you offer a college or university.

Yes, water polo can help you get into college, get you priority class scheduling, and provide other advantages for you when it comes time to do college applications.

Are you an 11th grader this season?  College apps are just around the corner.  Be sure to check with Coach N to see how you can use your water polo experience here at Sunny Hills in your college application process.

For more information e-mail here.  

1/11/10-Lancers Start Freeway League Play With Impressive Win-The Lady Lancers traveled to Sonora on Thursday, Jan 8 and defeated the Raiders by a score of 15-4 to open Freeway League play.
1/04/10-Lancers Enter League Play With 13-4 Record-Winning one tournament and finishing in the top 3 in two others Sunny Hills Lady Lancers completed a successful pre league season.  

On December 29th Sunny Hills defeated Palm Desert High School 12-3.  The win was Coach Nighswonger's 200th career girls victory.

12/17/09-Big News For Former Lancers-Two former Lancers have landed some very exciting educational opportunities.

Former Lady Lancer Gretchen Williams '07 has accepted a scholarship to play water polo at Wagner College in New York.  Williams who played two years at Fullerton College was a solid defender in her years at Sunny Hills.

Alex Su '04 has been accepted to Duke Law School.  "Coach Su" has been helping in the Lancer Water Polo program this year, he will be attending Law School in the summer.

12/17/09-Lancers Lose Tough One To #2 Arlington-After a 7-0 start to the season, the Sunny Hills Lady Lancers ran into some very solid goal tending and a strong offensive assault as they fell to Arlington 12-6

Arlington, #2 is Division V CIF started strong scoring the games first four goals.  The Lady Lancers drew 12 exclusions but could only convert on two of them.

12/07/09-Boys Kick Off Quest For 100-The Sunny Hills Men's Water Polo program launched their "Quest For 100" this past Saturday morning with a couple of scrimmages with Foothill High School.

The Quest For 100 is the attempt to play 100 games before next Fall's high school season.  100 games is the equivalent of over three high school seasons and the Lancers are accepting the challenge in order to increase the team's experience level.

15 Lancers attended the scrimmages on Saturday morning.

12/07/09-Two In A Row-For the second straight season, Sunny Hills Lady Lancers are the champions of the Santa Ana Valley Tournament.  Sunny Hills, off to a fast start, (5-0) defeated Northwood by a score of 6-3 in the championship game on Saturday night.
12/03/09-Girls Season Underway-Sunny Hills Girls Team, ranked #4 in CIF Division 4 (preseason) started the season strong defeating Saddleback 22-1 and Orange High School 21-5 in the opening round of the Santa Ana Valley tournament.

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