News:
07-29 SLAP League Final Standings:
SLAP Blue 1st
SLAP Yellow 2nd
SLAP White 3rd
SLAP Maroon 4th
07-25 SLAP 16's & 18's Schedule for 7/26-7/30 :
Just a reminder that practice this week begin at 6:30 am. Both SLAP 16's & 18's will practice together on Monday & Wednesday. Tuesday & Thursday are the final league games. Check the game schedule for times. Friday is the annual cookout/BBQ at 6:30 am. Meet at the pool. If your last name begins with A-G please bring a dessert to share. If your last name is H-N please bring an appetizer to share. Last name O-T please bring drinks. Finally, if your last name is U-Z please bring paper products (paper towels, cups, plates, utensils, napkins, wipes, etc). SLAP will take care of the meat.
07-18 SLAP U14 game canceled:
SLAP U14 game vs Mad Dog today has been canceled due to the weather. The tournament is several games behind and needs to make up the lost time.
07-25 Final League records:
SLAP U16 1-6
SLAP 1 U18 3-3
SLAP 2 U18 1-5
07-15 Clayton Sr. Men's Open:
The schedule is posted. However, only 2 game times are certain. The team will play 5 games over the weekend. You can download the schedule by clicking here.
Cost is $20 per player. Checks can be made payable to Clayton Water Polo. Additionally, everyone will need to work a shift at the T-shirt stand.
07-15 Week 5 results:
SLAP 2 U18 falls to JCWP U16 JO team
SLAP 1 U18 beat Parkway
07-12 Practice July 13th:
Just a reminder that the SLAP 16's have a scrimmage @ 8 am @ Ladue HS. The 18's have a scrimmage w/ the Jungle Cat U18 JO team at 7 am @ CSP. If you show up at 6 am wondering where everyone is, you probably aren't reading the web site or checking your "friend face" page.
07-08 Week 4 results:
SLAP 16's lost on 7/5 to a more experienced Storm squad. However, the 8-4 score was not reflective of how well the team played. There was communication all throughout the pool. Players were coming to defense early and plays were anticipated before receiving the ball. Good work!
Both SLAP 1 & SLAP 2 fell victim on 7/7. Both teams drew plenty of ejections, but couldn't transition well into the 6 on 5 offense. However, coaches are starting to see players applying what is learned in practice to the games. That is the goal.
07-08 Des Moines Info:
The team will depart for Des Moines from the Clayton Shaw Park circle drive at 9:30 AM on Friday, July 9th. The roster is as follows:
Andrew Diemer
Will Diemer
Baby Shrew
Matt Stipanovich
Pat Wall
Elliot Wilson
Dan Egan
Miguel
Pat St. Cin
Corey Miller
Andrew Schonhoff
Aaron Adcock
Martin Zenk
Mr. & Mrs. Diemer will be driving along with Miguel and his family, as well as Andrew Schonhoff and Mr. Adcock. Corey will be driving, too, but due to his summer class schedule, he will be unable to leave until around 6 pm on Friday. If anyone has a work conflict and can't leave early, they can ride up with him. The team will be staying at West Des Moines Marriot
1250 Jordan Creek Parkway
West Des Moines, IA
(515) 267-1500
The schedule will be posted under the game section. We will play 5 games in the tournament. We usually get back to St. Louis close to 9 pm on Sunday night.
Cost per player is $150. This includes the hotel, entry fee, coaches fees and gas. Checks should be made payable to Clayton Water Polo Club. Players will be responsible for their food and entertainment.
SLAP has been traveling to this tournament since the club started. Traditionally the team has a kickball game each year in Des Moines. For the past 3 season, a SLAP alumni team made of current college players and grads has attended the tournament. This year they have challenged us to a kickball game and that game will take place on Saturday night.
07-01 A league results:
SLAP 2 U18 had a 4 goal lead, but couldn't hang on against Mad Dog. General game awareness (or lack there of) proved to be the downfall.
SLAP 1 U18 went up against the best team in the league and lost 14-1 to Daisy. Julie Grasse provided the lone goal. Chris Shirley did a nice job in the middle. Max Wahl hurt his bone during the game (whatever that means), but, along with Aaron Adcock, was very patient with his teammates as they worked hard to get ball side drives.
We are a very young U18 team with the majority of players just moving up from JV or even just entering high school. From the coaches point of view, it's about getting experience & learning from these games rather than winning. If it was all about winning, all the graduated seniors on the the team (JB, Michael, Stipo, Crockett & Pat Wall along with the high school open league players) would all be playing and we would have a true A & B team. So hang your heads high and keep improving.
06-29 B league results:
SLAP 16's fell 15-5 to Flyers. Counter attack defense a little slow. Good effort, but better communication is needed at both ends of the pool. Help defense looked good the 1st quarter.
06-28 616 Shootout Recap:
This past weekend, a SLAP team consisting of current player, coaches & alums headed up to Grand Haven, MI to compete against some tough competition in this 12 team senior men's tournament. Up first was the Kitchener-Waterloo team from Ontario, Canada. The team got off to a slow start due to very little warm-up, an early game, a time zone change and a course close to 30 meters. Over all the team played very well, despite losing Matt Zaggy to a 1st 1/2 misconduct call. However, Matt's 3 goals proved to be the difference as the team beat K-W by 3.
The surprise victory against K-W put the team in a what they considered a "must win" situation for their final group D game against The Marauders. A win and the team would secure a birth in either the finals at 11 am on Sunday or 3rd place game at 10 am on Sunday. A loss and they would be playing for 5th or 7th at either 2 pm or 3 pm on Sunday. Grand Haven is a GREAT town, but faced with an 7 hour + drive ahead of us, the team didn't want to be getting out of town late in the afternoon. So after spending the majority of the day playing in the 3 foot fresh water surf on the beach, the team headed back to the pool to take on the Marauders. SLAP got off to a quick start. The Marauders were a skilled group of ex-collegiate players, but just out of shape. They needed to take several subs on the fly and this helped give the SLAP team motivation to swim them hard. At one point the team had a 5 goal lead and Matt Zaggy was invited to attend his own funeral.
The victory over The Marauders was certainly a surprise to the other teams in the tournament as the host team (616) expected SLAP (and seeded them) to finish 3rd in group D. The next opponent was the eventual champion, NWO. Matt Stipanovich was battling an ear infection & sat this game out after getting a prescription. The team hung around for 3 quarters, but couldn't generate any offense. However, they really looked good with their zone defense & blocked several NWO shots. Finishing the game with an all-high school line up got the youngsters some experience against a very good and veteran team.
The 3rd place game against a stacked United team, started off with a good warm up. United got the first goal, but SLAP answered back. United ran drops from everywhere to help in the center on Stipanovich. United had a great goalie that is tough to beat on outside shots. But having 3 lefties playing in the water together in Stipo, T$ & Pat allowed for several ball-side drives from right to left. This generated great scoring chances & ejections. Our M-Zone was working great as the outside shooters from United were getting blocked & generating SLAP counter attacks and goals. Any shots that were getting past the defense seemed to find Baby Shrew, as he was on fire. The key to our defense was the fact that very few balls were getting to set. The turning point of the game was when Miguel drew his 3rd ejection of the game & got his defender rolled for misconduct. This lead to a 3 goal lead at 1/2. United was just too tired to do anything. In the 3rd quarter they tried and to break down our zone with wing to wing drives. However, in the 4th SLAP adjusted to this very well & stopped several United chances. At the other end, United couldn't defend the center as Stipo drew a 5-meter & Pat converted. Then Corey drew an ejection from the center and we converted. Patrick Shrewsbury drew an ejection on a drive, got the ball right back & scored. JB scored on a drive to center and SLAP had a 4 goal lead. 2 late United goals weren't enough as we hung on to win.
This was a great tournament and probably the best polo I have seen our team play. Our hope going in was to finish 9th after taking pretty much the same team up for the winter tournament in January and going winless. Great job by all. Up next, Des Moines in 2 weeks.
06-24 No Practice 6/25:
Due to the CSP Swim Meet, there is no practice for the SLAP 16's or 18's on Friday, 6/25. Additionally there is no scrimmage on 6/27 for the SLAP 18's with the Senior Men's team.
06-23 Week 2 A & B league results:
Mad Dog defeated SLAP U16. The team earned quite a bit of ejections, but couldn't convert.
SLAP 1 U18 defeated JCWP 1. Counter attack worked well.
Daisy defeated SLAP 2 U18. Great 1/2 court defense, but poor passing lead to quite a few counter attack goals.
07-01 616 Shootout:
The team will depart for Michigan at 7 am on Friday, June 25th from the Natatorium at U. City High School. Anyone is welcome to leave their car at Miguel's house for the weekend (1 block from the high school). The roster is as follows:
Andrew Diemer
Will Diemer
Baby Shrew
T$
Patrick Shrewsbury
Matt Stipanovich
JB
Matt Zaggy
John Orland
Miguel
Pat St. Cin
Corey Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Diemer along with Karen, Alex & Adam Figueras will be joining the team for the trip in their own car. The team will be traveling in a 12 passenger van (Baby Shrew will be flying in from the Navy camp). The team will be staying at Best Western Beacon Inn
1525 S Beacon Boulevard
Grand Haven, Michigan 49417-2612
Phone: 616-842-4720 | Fax: 616/847-7821
The schedule is posted under the game section. We will play 4 games in the 12 team tournament. 2 of our games are already set & the final 2 depend on the outcome of our 1st 2 contests.
Cost per player is $225. This includes the fee for the van, hotel & entry fee. Checks should be made payable to Clayton Water Polo Club. The hotel includes breakfast. Players will be responsible for their food and entertainment. They will be asked to contribute about $10 for gas. Bring extra sun screen as we will be spending quite a bit of time at the beach.
06-21 Results after 1st week:
SLAP 14's 0-2
SLAP 16's 1-1
SLAP 1 U18 0-1
SLAP 2 U18 0-1
06-17 1st week of games:
SLAP 16's split, losing to JCWP in the first game & beating Gateway by 3 to go 1-1.
SLAP 1 U18 lost to Mad Dog by 5 while SLAP 2 U18 wasn't able to comeback all the way & lost to JCWP 1 by 1 goal.
SLAP U14 lost to Manchester & will play tonight at 6:45 pm against the Storm.
06-17 SLAP 14's game addition:
SLAP 14's will play tonight at 6:45 pm. Please arrive at 6 pm
06-11 SLAP League:
New this summer is the SLAP League. Friday's have always been set aside for scrimmages. This year, high school players have been divided by schools and partnered with the coaches and the collegiate players on one of four teams. These teams are posted on the roster page and the game schedule is posted, as well. Teams get 2 pts for a win and 1 pt for a tie. A champion will be crowned at the end of the season. Parents, family and friends are more than welcome to attend these games.
06-11 Summer Info:
The summer game schedule & rosters have been posted. For those of you new to SLAP, information will be posted on the website and updates are sent out through the team's facebook and twitter pages. Click the links below to sign up. Additionally complete game schedules, league standings and stats can be found at www.mowaterpolo.com.
06-03 Congratulations:
The following SLAP players received recognition for their play during the 2010 high school season:
Michael Schonhoff (DeSmet) Dick Newman Offensive Player of the Year, 1st Team All-District*, 1st Team All-Central Conference*
Tom Crockett (Ladue) 3rd Team All-District, 1st Team All-Central Conference
JB Garfinkel (Clayton) 3rd Team All-District, 1st Team All-South Conference
Bret Lundstrom (Parkway North)
3rd Team All-District, 2nd Team All-South Conference
Brett Virgin-Downey (Clatyon) 2nd Team All-South Conference
Martin Zenk (Parkway North) 2nd Team All-Conference
Luke Normile (DeSmet) 2nd Team All-Conference
* unanimous selection
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