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Attention Alumni-1st Annual Sunny Hills Alumni Water Polo Games to be held in conjunction with 50th Anniversary Celebration.  Click here.

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Ten And..........Oh!  Congratulations 2007 Lancers Freeway League Champs!

The Guardian Lancer Award

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

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

SH Water Polo News

05/21/09 Sunny Hills Water Polo Announces New Platinum Award- Starting this spring water polo season (May18-June 4^th) Sunny Hills Water Polo will begin to recognize all Lancer water polo players who achieve perfect attendance for our team functions such as practice, team meetings and competitions.  For some time now the coaching staff has been looking for a way to reward those who make the commitment to our water polo program their top priority.

The Platinum Lancer Award consists of a medal, suitable for pinning to one’s letter jacket and a special mention of the proclamation in any letter of recommendation that the student athlete may ask the coaching staff to write on their behalf.  The coaching staff believes that perfect attendance is the ultimate “selfless act” that a player can make to his or her teammates.  It establishes an “all in” attitude, and strengthens the bond that players must have with each other in order to be successful.

In looking for ways that we can continue to add value to the water polo experience for our players, the coaching staff believes that The Platinum Lancer Award will help to strengthen a student-athlete’s college resume.

Multiple Awards!  We will break our training sessions down to the following periods in order to allow players to earn multiple awards.  Our training sessions will be as follows:

Ø      Spring Session (2): May 18-June 4

Ø      Summer Session: June 15-July 23

Ø      Fall Session (1): August 24^th-Sept 4^th (Boys Double Days)

Ø      Fall Session (2): Sept 7-Nov13 (Boys WP season/Girls WP club season)

Ø      Winter Session (1): Nov. 16-Nov 28 (Girls Double Days)

Ø      Winter Session (2): Nov. 30-Feb 13 (Girls WP season/Boys WP club season)

Ø      Spring Session (1): Feb 22-May 7 (Boys and Girls Club season)

That’s right; it is conceivable that a player could earn 6 Platinum Lancer Awards during a single calendar year!  That would be amazing.

It is the hope of the Lancer Water Polo Coaching Staff that players will take advantage of this opportunity.  Can you imagine writing on your college resume that “I am a 6 time Platinum Lancer Award Winner?”  That would be impressive!

“I only wish we had come up with this years ago.  We have had so many great Lancers who have given of themselves to help establish our great traditions.  I would have liked to recognize past Lancers with this award.”-Coach Nighswonger

Sprague, a legendary coach, began coaching at Sunny Hills in the early 1960's and finished in 1988.  During that time he led Sunny Hills to 4 CIF championships and numerous runner up finishes.

Lancers, young and old will want to mark this date on the calendar, it should be a very special event.

Choi earned his Guardian Lancer Award during the 2005 season, when lead the Lancers to a 2nd place Freeway League finish.  Way to go Joe!

If you would like to be updated on our Alumni game and the Sunny Hills 50th Anniversary celebration please click here.

Lyng, a "Guardian Lancer," has been a valued leader in the Lancer girls water polo program also competes in swimming and tennis.

Congratulations Devan!

There are a number of excellent playing opportunities coming up and players are encouraged to take advantage!

Look for the bulletin boards at the pool during 6th period.  If you haven't seen a bulletin board yet, just e-mail Coach and he will sign you up.

In the 7th place game, trailing 3-0, the Fullerton Hills squad rallied to win 12-11 against a strong Foothill club.

This marks the first attempt to qualify a team, predominantly made up of Sunny Hills players for the Summer Junior Olympic Tournament.

Jill is also currently training to compete in triathlons!  Which just goes to prove that we really do produce the best people in our programs!

Former Lancers making a difference!  Way to go Jill! 

If you are interested in getting involved contact Coach N.

Lyng, who was also named to the 2nd Team All Freeway League and the 3rd Team All CIF Division V was notified yesterday shortly before the team banquet.  WAY TO GO CARLIE!!

03/10/09 Lancers Earn All League/All CIF Honors-Sunny Hills has placed five girls on the All Freeway League and All CIF Division 5 Teams.  The following girls have earned these prestigious honors:

• Brittany Cornwell-1st Team All Freeway League/1st Team All CIF Division 5
• Sarah Shin-1st Team All Freeway League/2nd Team All CIF Division 5
• Alex Hoetker-1st Team All Freeway League/1st Team All CIF Division 5
• Jesse Klein-2nd Team All Freeway League/2nd Team All CIF Division 5
• Carlie Lyng-2nd Team All Freeway League/3rd Team All CIF Division 5

Atnip will play club water polo while pursuing a degree in Chemical Engineering.  WAY TO GO TAYLOR!

It was Sunny Hills second straight trip to the final four.  

After falling behind 3-0 to start the game, the Lancers rallied back to within one goal at 3-2, midway through the first quarter.  Earning a ejection, Sunny Hills had a chance to tie the score, but a shot went wide of the goal, and Los Osos kicked it into gear from that point on.

Sunny Hills finishes it's season with a record of 23-7.

Sunny Hills used a balance of disciplined defense and patient offense to pull away in the fourth quarter.  Yucaipa scored a late 3rd quarter goal to draw within three goals was blanked by the Sunny Hills defense in 1st, 2nd and 4th quarters when the Lancers outscored them 4-0.

The win sets up a meeting between number one seed, Los Osos and the Lancers for next Wednesday, February 25th at the Woolett Aquatics Center in Irvine.

Next up, Sunny Hills will play Yucaipa, (Citrus Belt League's #1) in a CIF quarterfinal match on Friday, February 20th at 5:00 pm at The La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center, located at 13806, La Mirada Blvd. in La Mirada.

In another interesting note, the Freeway League qualified four teams for the CIF tournament.  All four teams won on Wednesday and all four teams will play home matches on Friday.

The win improves Sunny Hills' record to 21-6 overall and 8-2 in the Freeway League.

Sunny Hills will now wait for Monday's CIF draw which should be available at CIFss.org at 11:00 AM pst.

The Lancers will square off with Sonora  on Thursday to finish out the Freeway League Season.  Game time is 3:15 for Varsity, 4:15 for JV and 5:15 for the frosh soph.

02/09/09 Frosh-Soph Captures 2nd Place At Western Tourny!-

Outstanding play was reported by the entire team in a tournament that included a rare 1-0 win in the semi-finals over Katella High School. 

Troy survived its' match with Buena Park, winning by a score of 8-5.  Fullerton, fresh off of it's victory over Sunny Hills on Tuesday fell to Sonora 8-7.

Next week's key Freeway League games are as follows:

• Tuesday: SH @ BP / LH @ Ful / Troy @ Son.
• Thursday: Son @ SH / BP @ LH / Troy @ Ful.

Current Standings:

• 1st La Habra 7-1
• Sunny Hills 6-2
• 3rd Sonora 5-3
• 4th Fullerton 4-4
• 5th Troy 2-6
• 6th Buena Park 0-8

The Lancers, (19-5 and 6-1,) are now in a tie for first place in the Freeway League and face La Habra (also 6-1) on Thursday.

Current Freeway League Standings

• 1st Sunny Hills 6-1
• 1st  La Habra 6-1
• 3rd Sonora 4-3
• 4th Fullerton 4-3
• 5th Troy 1-6
• 6th Buena Park 0-7

The win clinches a playoff spot for Sunny Hills, and marks the beginning of a series of attained preseason goals.

Current Freeway League Standings

• 1st Sunny Hills 6-0
• 2nd La Habra 5-1
• 3rd Sonora 3-3
• 4th Fullerton 3-3
• 5th Troy 1-5
• 6th Buena Park 0-6

Freeway League Standings after the first round:

• 1st Sunny Hills 5-0
• 2nd La Habra 4-1
• 3rd Sonora 3-2
• 4th Fullerton 2-3
• 5th Troy 1-4
• 6th Buena Park 0-5

It was also learned that Sunny Hills has now officially moved up in the Division V CIF Rankings:

1. Los Osos
2. Arlington
3. Sunny Hills
4. La Habra
5. Upland
6. Yucaipa
7. Santa Monica
8. Redlands
9. Sonora
10. Fullerton

The Lancers played the entire roster in the victory.

After four games in Freeway League competition, the standings are as follows:

• 1st Sunny Hills 4-0
• 2nd La Habra 3-1
• 3rd Sonora 3-1
• 4th Troy 1-3
• 5th Fullerton 1-3
• 6th Buena Park 0-4

Thursday was no different, as the 2-0 Lancers rolled into La Habra to face the 2-0 Highlanders in a match to determine the early lead in this season's Freeway League Title race.

Sunny Hills used a balanced scoring attack along with a strong defensive scheme to defeat La Habra 10-7.  In the match, La Habra earned eight 6-5 opportunities and two penalty shots, however the Sunny Hills 5-6 defense saved the day.

Next up, matches with Buena Park on Thursday, January 22nd and Sonora, who upset Fullerton 10-9, Tuesday, January 27th 

We want you to join our Water Polo Family.  If U - R looking for fun and excitement, but don't mind a little hard work, then U - R our kind of "people!"  Training gets started for high school players on May 16th while incoming players can start as soon as they finish the eighth grade..  We have a lot of fun, and you will meet a lot of new friends.  Snny Hills Wate Polo-What's missing?

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Water Polo Helps Lancers Gain Early Admission To Universities!

"Its all about what a student can bring to a university," states Coach Nighswonger.  "Think about it, there are no poor students who apply to Princeton or UCI.  Those schools get stacks of qualified applicants.  It then becomes a matter of what a student can do for the school.  Those with only grades are being turned away at an alarming rate!"  

Nighswonger is very proud that our players are seeing real rewards for being dedicated to our program. "When you are an athlete, your application is pulled by the coach who wants you on his/her team.  This means that you do not compete for admission with every other qualified applicant.  Another very important point is many Eastern schools have both Men's and Women's Water Polo, yet the West Coast is really the only place where the sport is played at a high level.  Football, Soccer, Baseball and Soft Ball are played in every region of the country."

It does stand to reason, then that Water Polo Players in our program have a tremendous advantage on getting into a prestigious school!

We Miss You Dion