Rockwall youth medal in Water Polar Bear League

Spring water polo season begins Feb 19

Rockwall Water Polo Club to develop 1st home school high school team

Polar Bear 2014 Champs — 8th grade and under gold medalists Christian Weaver (far right), Forrest Harbin (2nd row far right), Janelle Hummingbird (3rd row far right) and Bryan Jennings (4th row far right)

ROCKWALL (February 6, 2014) The youth prevailed for Rockwall in the final games of the Polar Bear Water Polo League Championships held January 26th in Southlake.

Polar Bear 2014 6U — 6th grade and under silver medalists Lucas Meyer and Abraham Shim (last 2 in front row on left)

The 6^th grade & under players – Abraham Shim and Lucas Meyer – teamed up with the Denton to beat Southlake/Grapevine 14-12 before a loss in the finals 16-9 to Flower Mound. They finished 2^nd place in their division.

The 8^th grade & under players – Janelle Hummingbird, Forrest Harbin, Christain Weaver and Bryan Jennings – helped their Denton counterparts to Polar Bear League Gold by defeating St. Marks 16-3 and then beating Southlake/Grapevine 9-5 in the finals.

In the High School Girls division, sisters Jordan and Janelle Hummingbird and Summer Scown teamed with Denton to take 2^nd with an 11-9 victory over Flower Mound before losing 12-8 to Southlake/Grapevine in the finals.

The Rockwall/North Dallas Boys 10^th grade & under team finished 5th and the Rockwall/North Dallas Boys 12^th grade & under team finished in 4^th place.

Enroll for Spring Season

As the Polar Bear Season ends, the Spring Water Polo Season is set to begin on February 19^th, 2014. The Rockwall Water Polo Club will be enrolling youth players in 2 divisions, 6^th grade & under and 8^th grade & under. If you can swim, you can learn water polo. All are invited to come participate in this exciting sport. Practices are Wednesday and Thursday nights from7 to 8:45pm at the Rockwall Aquatic Center.

Home School High School Team Starting

In a first of its kind program, the Rockwall Water Polo Club will develop and enter a Home School High School team in the North Texas High School Water Polo Division.

“We had a parent whose kids are home-schooled and they really got the ball rolling on this,” said club president Jim Hummingbird. “I appointed Linda Fletcher to chair a committee to help set this up and we are proud to be the first to do this in the state of Texas. We hope this leads to other opportunities for home-schooled kids across Texas and other parts of the United States to play in a high school environment.”

The team will comprise mostly home-schooled athletes who will compete against other North Texas high schools and participate in the North Texas Consolidated High School tournament at the end of the season.

If you are home schooled, high school aged student taking high school courses, the Rockwall Water Polo Club invites you to come play. Practices are on same days and at the same time as youth practices.

For more information, contact club president Jim Hummingbird at jimh@rockwallwaterpolo.com.

Submitted by Jim Hummingbird, Water Polo Club president.

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