Boys place 5th at Regionals
3 girls, 3 boys make All-Region Team
ROCKWALL, TX (April 29, 2014) On April 26th, the Rockwall High School boys and girls water polo teams competed in the North Texas High School Water Polo Championships at the newly opened Lewisville ISD Westside Aquatics Center in Flower Mound.
The Lady Jackets defeated early round foes Denton Guyer (12-7) and Flower Mound (10-4) to meet Southlake Carroll in the Regional championship game. They lost by a margin of 13-11 to place 2nd in the region and advance to the Texas State Championships on May 2nd and 3rd at University of Texas in Austin.
Junior Raena Eldridge (Center), who scored 20 of the Lady Jacket’s 33 points in the tournament was named regional MVP. Junior Jordan Hummingbird (Attacker), who racked up 7 points and 18 steals in the tournament was named 2nd team All-Region. And, Senior Summer Scown (Defender) was named 3rd team All-Region.
The RHS boys team defeated Flower Mound 10-7 in the first round of the tournament, but lost a nail-biter to Denton High School in the semi-final by a margin of 8-9. They then fell to Denton Ryan 4-6 to finish 5th place overall.
Sophomore Attacker Alex Rodriguez was named to the 1st team All-region team. Junior Evan Scown was named to the 2nd team All-region team. And, Sophomore Mitchell Eldridge was named to the 3rd team All-region team.
“This is the first year that water polo has been an official high school sport at Rockwall ISD. So, to be sending a team to State right out of the gate is an amazing achievement for these girls! And, the boys were 1-point away from advancing to State as well. Both our boys and girls teams are very young, many are playing the sport for the first time. And, almost all will be returning next year. So, we can expect great things from these athletes in the next few years,” said Coach Paul Wallace.
The Lady Jackets will face Jersey Village High School in the opening round of the State championships on Friday, May 2nd at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming center on the University of Texas campus in Austin.
Submitted by Eric Eldridge.
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