{"id":495440,"date":"2026-10-14T05:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/495440\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T05:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:02:09","slug":"wilson-boys-water-polo-beats-long-beach-poly-in-battle-for-first-place-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/495440\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson boys water polo beats Long Beach Poly in battle for first place \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Long Beach Poly\u2019s Rene Ortega (8) passes the ball in a Moore League boys water polo game against Wilson on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Poly\u2019s Marrik Salas (1) misses a shot as Wilson wins 11-6 in a Moore League boys water polo game on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson\u2019s Enzo Horiuchi (19) defends in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson head coach coach Zac Polmanteer leads his team to a 11-6 win in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson\u2019s Enzo Horiuchi (19) shoots on goal in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson\u2019s Chi Kredall (14) shoots on goal in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Poly\u2019s Ryan Oatey (3) shoots in a Moore League boys water polo game against Wilson on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson\u2019s Dean Vanderwall (4) lines up his shot on goal late in the fourth quarter during a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson keeper Jack Caasiano (1A) reaches for a ball as his team wins 11-6 in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson keeper Jack Cassiano reaches for the ball in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson head coach coach Zac Polmanteer leads his team to a 11-6 win in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Poly\u2019s Ryan Oatey (3) looks to shoot in a Moore League boys water polo game against Wilson on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Poly\u2019s Noah Gomez (9) aims this shot in a Moore League boys water polo game against Wilson on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson\u2019s James Spina (16) has a fast break in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson\u2019s James Spina (16) is fouled in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson head coach coach Zac Polmanteer leads his team to a 11-6 win in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Poly\u2019s Marrik Salas (1) defends in second quarter play as Wilson wins 11-6 in a Moore League boys water polo game on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson\u2019s Chi Kredall (14) shoots on goal in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson\u2019s Enzo Horiuchi (19) shoots on goal in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson\u2019s Chi Kredall (14) defends in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson\u2019s Chi Kredall (14) shoots on goal in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson head coach coach Zac Polmanteer leads his team to a 11-6 win in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson head coach coach Zac Polmanteer leads his team to a 11-6 win in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson head coach coach Zac Polmanteer leads his team to a 11-6 win in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson wins 11-6 in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson wins 11-6 in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson wins 11-6 in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson wins 11-6 in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson wins 11-6 in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Wilson wins 11-6 in a Moore League boys water polo game against Long Beach Poly on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Poly\u2019s Rene Ortega (8) passes the ball in a Moore League boys water polo game against Wilson on Tuesday October 13, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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LONG BEACH \u2014 Scott Daniels produced a hat trick and the Wilson boys water polo team scored seven second-half goals to pull away for an 11-5 victory over Long Beach Poly in the Moore League on Tuesday at the Wilson Aquatics Center.<\/p>\n

Wilson (16-8, 4-0) is now alone in first place and can win the league title outright next week when it faces Lakewood on Tuesday, Oct. 20.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to have a good lefty,\u201d Bruins coach Zac Polmanteer said of Daniels.<\/p>\n

Wilson also got two-goal efforts from Jackson Roci, Evin Vanacuval and Chi Kredall. Goalkeeper Jack Cassiano had eight saves.<\/p>\n

Vanacuval\u2019s skip shot off the water as time expired gave the Bruins a 4-3 lead at halftime.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud of the guys for sticking to the game plan \u2014 the counter attack, making sure they were spaced out,\u201d Polmanteer said.<\/p>\n

Poly (11-14, 4-1) was unable to take advantage of a strong start. The Jackrabbits led 2-1 after one quarter and 3-2 after Rene Ortega\u2019s goal with 5:01 left in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

There was also a missed opportunity by Long Beach Poly on an errant penalty shot with two minutes left in the half.<\/p>\n

Poly produced the first goal after halftime to tie the contest 4-4 before Wilson took control with strong defense that turned into transition opportunities.<\/p>\n

Jackrabbits coach Ishmael Pluton said his team was able to draw early one-man advantages, drawing three first-quarter ejections to create scoring opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur game plan going into the game was to have a high-movement offense,\u201d Pluton said, \u201cand our goal was to earn ejections, to earn the man-up opportunities. So we were doing exactly what our game plan was and it was working really well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWilson put pressure on key players (in the third quarter), positions that we threw a pass that wasn\u2019t a quality pass. Turned it into a 50-50 ball that Wilson won.\u201d<\/p>\n

Poly went more than five minutes between goals in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

The Jackrabbits got three goals from Ortega and two from Benjamin Rocha. Goalkeeper Marrik Salas made nine saves.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Ortega) kind of finds himself and he\u2019s really smart in these moments and clutch games like this one and the Millikan game,\u201d Pluton said. \u201cHe\u2019ll step into a shooting pocket and find the back of the net from outside. We saw that today, that last goal was beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson started to pull away after back-to-back goals from Kredall made it 6-4 early in the third.<\/p>\n

The Bruins took a 9-5 lead into the fourth on a high-arcing shot from Enzo Horiuchi to beat the third-quarter horn.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like we had a lot of good, clear passing lanes,\u201d Polmanteer said of the difference in the second half. \u201cI think we did a really good job of switching and conversing (on defense). I think the talking was good and everybody was staying calm and there were no overreactions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach Poly\u2019s Rene Ortega (8) passes the ball in a Moore League boys water polo game against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,5479,2044,192598,131,133,132,137,127],"class_list":["post-495440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-high-school-all-sports","tag-high-school-sports","tag-high-school-water-polo","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}