Water Polo!

Anyone going to a water polo match at Chaffey has to run a steeplechase of construction cables, torn up cement, yards and yards of olive green plastic sheeting. You have to wind your way around fences,sneak through the gate into the pool area. After winding and sneaking and pretending to be official, I look for the Breeze sports reporter. But he's not there and I'm on my own.

Fortunately, the scoreboard keeps up with the action...which is very fast. A game barely lasts an hour and is broken up not only into four short periods of 8 minutes but by a 35 SECOND shot clock. There are MANY fouls but that doesn't slow the action much. Referee blows one or two short blasts, signals minimally. The ball is passed back into play and action begins anew!


As the conference season starts, the Chaffey women are ranked at the top of the South Coast Conference.




Left, Ashley Dorrego leads in the Conference stats listing goals, assists and steals. In this game, she made 2 goals, 4 assists and 7 steals; above right, goalie Mary Baker reaches for a save.



















The Panthers have begun their conference play with a match against Mt.SAC September 15. The women Panthers defeated the Mounties 15 - 7 and the men lost 10 - 17. Above, Freshman Casey Oakes scored the most goals for the men in their September 10 win over Santa Monica College and in their match against Mt. SAC.

Above, Panther goalie Christian First making one of SEVENTEEN blocks in the men's match with Mt. SAC.


Left, Todd Johnson helps defend the goal; he scored 2 goals and made one steal against Mt. SAC. Other Panthers in the scoring column included Adam Oakes (2 goals, l assist), Christopher Ward (1 goal, 6 steals), Andrew Hogan (1 goal) and Jared Shurkham (1 goal).




Left, Jaci Cochrane scored 3 goals, an assist and 2 steals in defeating Mt. SAC. Others who scored included Brittney Howell, Miranda Furuto, Gabi Kredel, Kadee Patterson, Jyssica Lopez, Nicole Aksander, Amanda Quinonez, Krysten Rybicki and Dallen Coulter.


The next scheduled home match will be Wednesday, September29, 3:15 pm at the pool. There is seating poolside and bleacher seats above the pool and facing away from the sun. Come run the construction gauntlet and watch our swimmers!