Podcasts by The TXWaterpolo Podcast

There's a First for Everything: Junior Olympics, UIL, and Beach Polo in Austin from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.845389

Texas water polo guru Joe Linehan joins James Smith to kick off the first of many – or at least several – TXWaterpolo podcasts. Music by San Antonio-based Listen

CA Invasion: Texans land in California, Jovan to Austin?, NCAA growth in Texas from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.840060

Joe and James discuss Texans in California this week, rank speculation about Jovan coming to Austin, and NCAA water polo in the state. And Listen

It's all Junior Olympics... almost. Session 1 ends in SoCal. from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.836479

Joe and James discuss Junior Olympics, and that's about all. And we want to hear from you: questions, subjects to cover, goo...

Texans impress at JOs, Cullen's European adventure, sad news from Korea from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.795936

It's over! Junior Olympics are done and session two revealed some impressive performances by Texas clubs. That, a conversation with award-winning Coach Chris Cullen, and unfortunate news fro...

Radmonovich Steps Down,'Roos Fall Schedule, Polo in the NFL. from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.792275

Chris Radmonovich, the lone Texan with a head coaching position in the NCAA, steps down after a record-breaking run at Wagner College. James and Joe talk about his career and how Texans fare as ...

Mark Lawrence of Austin College speaks, the fall schedule is out, USA men qualify from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.788870

Mark Lawrence, Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Varsity Water Polo teams at Austin College in Sherman joins James to talk about his upcoming season, recruits, and big news about 2020....

Beach water polo invades Austin, 3rd state summit details, and we annex part of Illinois from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.784997

It's the dog days of summer for Texas water polo, punctuated by a big beach tourney at a man-made lake in Austin this weekend. Plus, year three of the Texas Development Summit is on the Sept...

Texas teams compete in Lake Travis, the NCAA season approaches, more on sports growth from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.781407

Thirty-three youth teams played 67 games in Lake Travis while dodging boat wake, zebra mussels, and beverage-sipping spectators lounging on innertubes. The first of (perhaps) many Zilla Beach Wa...

'Roos open back East, Texans playing ball in college, plus rousing fight songs from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.778873

It's NCAA men's water polo season, which means more rank speculation about how Austin College will fare in it's second varsity season. And what should Texas athletes expect if they a...

TISCA Turnover,'Roos Battle at Navy, Texas Summit Recap from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.775917

The Austin College 'Roos men return from Navy without a win but with increasing confidence and noticeable improvement. That according to Head Coach Mark Lawrence who talks with us about the ...

New ODP format, a slew of TX tourneys, early-season NCAA from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.773107

The 2019-20 ODP season is upon us with Camp 1 in Austin on Sunday and an expanded competition format. Plus we update the fall tournament schedule including results for the recently completed Arm...

Austin College returns from Cali, TISCA has a clinic, and... from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.770514

James and Joe open with this past weekend's TISCA Clinic where some encouraging signs for water polo emerged, plus a little ODP recap as the season kicks off. Then Mark Lawrence talks about ...

Undefeated A&M, UT streak ends, Houston and Rice on the rise from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.767473

It's a collegiate club bonanza this week as James and Joe pontificate about the short but intense season that is CWPA Texas Division club water polo. Then, a conversation with the (undefeate...

Southside advances, UT dominates, Texas needs refs! from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.764255

A shortened (and late) episode featuring lots of talking about the upcoming Champions Cup in Houston and the Southside boys who earned themselves a top seed among Texas teams that are participat...

Mark Lawrence, Spencer Dornin, and Zach Lowery speak from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.760573

You say you want to hear more from coaches and athletes about what's going on in Texas and beyond? Well OK then.

In this interview-heavy pod we speak with Austin College Head Coach Mar...

SPECIAL: UIL Approves Water Polo Pilot from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.756530

Water polo will never be the same in the Lone Star State. Not after today's decision by the University Interscholastic League to officially add the sport to its list of sanctioned sports. Jo...

UIL water polo! Interviews with"Mac,"Allie, Slay, and Cullen from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.752355

Has there ever been a bigger week for water polo in Texas?

For over 20 years a bunch of dedicated coaches and advocates for the sport have been lobbying the UIL to make water polo its next...

D3 Easterns Recap with'Roos coach Mark Lawrence, UT earns championship bid, and more fallout from UIL from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.748384

Your mighty 'Roos returned from Pennsylvania with their first win of the season, a thumping of tournament hosts Washington & Jefferson. We talk about that, upcoming games, and the (still...

UT seeded 6th, 8th graders in Houston,'Roos host some games from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.697482

If you think that there's no water polo going on this weekend in Texas we will prove you wrong.

The unofficial 8th Grade, 14 and under championships are in Houston with some of the bes...

'Roos on a winning streak,'Horns battle for national title, Houston hosts Champions Cup from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.693344

This week is all about the dedication of this show, traveling all over the state to watch three events located well over 300 miles apart. Actually, that's what Joe did from Wednesday to Mond...

ODP is back, season ends for UT,'Roos seek revenge from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.688618

The title says it all.

A frenzied ODP Thanksgiving weekend returns to Texas when two camps will be held back to back, one in North Texas, the other in NE Houston.

The season ends for...

Big ODP weekend, NCAAs are here, and it snowed in Hungary from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.681343

Yes, the wait is over. We’re back, just in time for the biggest weekend of intercollegiate water polo all year. Could a program not from the Big Four™ win it all? Could we be talking about the P...

NCAA men are done, Utah is cold, Mark's dog is excited from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.669204

Austin College completes their second-ever varsity men's season improved but still looking for more as they go 1-1 against rivals Penn State - Behrend to close out the MPSF Tournament. We ta...

Thunder impresses in CA, Masters like Austin, Joe drives a truck from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.589649

This one is for everyone who has asked, "why don't we hear more podcasts featuring someone driving up I-35?" You're welcome.

It's the week before Christmas, which means...

End of Year Special: 2019's top stories, state of the game, and doomed resolutions from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.586185

It's been a monumental year for water polo in Texas. We re-cap the top stories of the year, good and bad. Plus, there's so much growth going on we have to cover it. And we share a few ne...

ODP in the snow, daring to dream, TXWaterpolo has plans from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.581859

The calendar has turned and we haven't talked Texas water polo yet. The wait is over.

We're back along with a lot of Texans who braved the snow of Utah to compete at USA Water Polo...

'Roos on deck, Dare to Dream, and Nicolao's coming to TX from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.577703

While a gaggle of kids age 12 and under descended on Houston for the (biggest ever) Dare to Dream Tournament, the varsity women of Austin College will be tested very soon by some of college'...

Spin Lob on 6th, AC on ESPN, and game days. from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.567977

The Spin Lob Tournament is finally here which means a big collection of very talented players are coming to Austin. And if tradition holds, they will *really* enjoy their time here - 6th Street ...

AC returns from Brown, Spin Lob outta Austin, preps on TXWP from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.564244

The Austin College women put the scare in two strong East Coast D-1 teams at the Bruno Invite but return to Sherman without a win after a very challenging weekend.

At the same time NYAC wo...

Cowtown has a rodeo, Pegasus&Thunder at Kap7, and more on preps from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.560913

Cowtown's second tourney ever is in the books with clubs from as far away as Albuquerque taking part. But the biggest story, clearly, is AquaTex's 3rd place result in the 14u bracket...<...

Preps, rankings, wild speculation - it's high school season! from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.557585

You’ll know the theme of the show because James and Joe begin the thing by debating whether “prep” or “high school” is the more accurate term (“prep” wins).

That’s right...

Lions and Falcons on top, players of the week, and ODP (finally!) from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.553688

We asked for your input and we really got it.

The first week of prep (sorry. high school) water polo ended with St. Mark's and Foster on top of the tables according to our very first c...

ODP's done, Flower Mound is on top,'Roos play four in CA from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.546356

There’s too much stuff to cover for a clever description here. How about some bullet points?

• ODP is over and James is proud of his Southwest Zone boys. T...
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'Roos winning streak, St. Mark's dominates, Joe has a gravelly voice from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.543123

On this week's episode: Austin College wins four straight on the road, a conversation with Thunder, ODP, and Braswell Coach Sabrina Carlile, and Joe loses his voice in San Antonio. That amid...

COVID-19 halts water polo, and we talk to the great Natalie Benson from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.539434

We are living in strange times.

As the COVID-19 pandemic makes its mark on Texas and the rest of the world our small, tight community of water polo athletes, fans, coach...

Olympics delayed, summer season uncertain, and Scott Slay from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.536546

What a week.

Though it came as no surprise the Olympics have been postponed until 2021 after several Olympic committees and sports associations declared they would be absent from games hel...

Angela Uno, too much Tiger King, and generally occupying time from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.493811

You know things are pretty slow when Joe and James chat about Tiger King.

Well, not only that, but:

• Austin College wins the (virtual) CWPA DIII Championships!
• Which are ...
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TXWP Pod Special: Two-time Olympian Peter Hudnut from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.490904

Back in December we spoke with 2008 Olympic Siver Medalist and Stanford All-American Peter Hudnut after his visit to Houston where he led a clinic for Houston Storm.

We spoke about his con...

Quarantined in, the best of, and the history of water polo in Texas from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.486871

It's a long one, but what else do you have to do?

Today, a few items are still on the calendar and the UIL hasn't shut the season down (yet). Then, we start getting in to the histo...

Best of Texas: Mac&Joe talk preps since 2000 from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.468266

Part two of a conversation with Mac MacDonald, Head Coach at Lamar HS and one of the pioneers of the sport in Texas. Plus some vamping about the first three decades of prep water polo as we kick...

JOs delayed, Best of TX tourney begins, and Mihai Oprea from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.462751

The NCAA canceled this year's final four (tm). Be we haven't. In fact, we've created the first ever Best of Texas high school tournament pitting teams from nearly a half-century of p...

Pod Special: Coach Mihai Oprea of St. Mark's, Trident from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.457193

In one of the most fascinating conversations we can recall we speak with the highly successful Head Coach at St. Mark's School and Trident Water Polo Club in Dallas.

Mihai Oprea has tu...

High school season ends, Best of TX first round complete, a chat with Justin Pudwill from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.452703

It's almost as hard to believe that this is our 40th episode as it is that James hasn't gone past his front gate in five days.

The quarantine goes on but we try to fill the water p...

Pod Special: Former Whittier College HC Justin Pudwill from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.447162

Justin Pudwill ended a hugely successful 10 years at the helm of Whittier College's men's and women's water polo programs to make his Houston return and take advantage of some slight...

Best of TX tourney semis, light at the end of the tunnel, and the Andrews talk San Antonio polo from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.442357

The voters have spoken and the quarterfinals of our Best of Texas High School Tournament are complete. After collecting over 500 votes the semis are now set. Joe and James go over all of them. Listen

A"Sterling"Best of Texas Final, Inching closer to re-opening, and Texas great Amy Olsen from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.437176

Amy Olsen, one of Texas' most decorated water polo athletes and a former professional player in Europe, chats with Joe about her experiences overseas, Sterling's dominance, and her new p...

Pod Special: Iona All-American, Sterling standout Amy Olsen from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.401683

Amy Olsen left Baytown already one of the most decorated players in Texas high school history. But that was just the start.

An effective recruiter and the allure of the big city brought he...

An 07 Sterling sweep, Zayne Belal, and back to practice! from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.394498

AquaTex is going back to practice! James' team may be the first in the US to actually get back to training, and is likely the first in Texas to do so. He and Joe talk about the technical asp...

Pod Special: Baytown Sterling and USC Standout Zayne Belal from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.388273

As we wrap up our Best of Texas high school tournament we speak with a member of the victorious 2007 Baytown Sterling team, Zayne Belal. In that year he also earned a TISCA Water Polo MVP award ...

Texas goes back to practice, our Best of Texas II, USAWP Board Member Houston Hall from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.378953

Not only is Texas leading the nation in resuming water polo practice but it's James' team! On monday AquaTex held it's first training in Round Rock since March 12 while maintaining t...

Special: USA Water Polo Board Member Houston Hall from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.372699

It's another pod special, this week featuring Houston Hall. We shared excerpts of his conversation with Joe last week but here's the entire interview.

Houston wa...

Best of TX Part 2, Practice in Round Rock, and Lena Skinner from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.369338

We resurrect the Best of Texas idea, this time focusing on the great high school programs in Texas history. Check that out in the second segment where we lay out the brackets for our newest stun...

Special: Thunder's Star Volunteer Parent Lena Skinner from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.365897

It’s a TXWaterpolo Pod Special, this week featuring Lena Skinner, water polo parent extraordinaire. She helped make hospitality at Thunder tournaments a topic of discussion throughout the ...

Texans jumping back in, early results from Best of Texas II, a conversation with Chris Olvera and Jim Linehan from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.362844

Amidst some historic turmoil we offer our little show to, perhaps, give something more hopeful to think about.

We stick to our water polo roots with an encouraging discussion of the progra...

Diversity in our sport, SATX legend George Block, more Best of Texas from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.359365

Setting aside our banter about Joe's move to San Antonio, we start with a brief discussion about efforts to expand diversity in water polo in our state after an historic week in the US and e...

TX Relocation Advice, Hall of Fame Plea, more George Block from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.355754

On the heels of several requests for information about where in Texas those thinking about a relocation to Texas should consider, Joe and James share some different perspectives, one as a relati...

Special: George Block, San Antonio Aquatics Legend from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.352275

Today’s TXWaterpolo Pod Special features the entirety of Joe’s conversation with George Block, the ‘godfather’ of San Antonio aquatics.

The Texas Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame inductee ...

HOF talk, farewell to Mihai, Coaches Landgraf and Mac speak from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.349021

Eight clubs in Texas are back in the pool with a couple situated in North Texas where James visited a Pegasus practice at their temporary outdoor solution. Plus Joe observed a UIL meeting where ...

Brenda Villa talks Texas, Diversity, and Olympics. from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.345746

For our 50th episode (!) we bring you one of the greats.

Brenda Villa was recently named Co-Chair of USA Water Polo's Racial Equity and Reform Task Force. One of her first efforts was ...

ODP news, Best of Texas victors, Navy coach Mike Schofield from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.342953

We're coming up on season two of the show (thanks for all your support!) and today cover some ODP coaching changes and cancellations, the victors of our Best of Texas Tournament, and more. Listen

Jonathan Landero, calendar updates, and Joe does another podcast from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.339607

Today's show features a conversation with Jonathan Landero who has led the rapid rise of aquatics, including water polo, in the Rio Grande Valley. He talks about how he got to where he is, t...

Special: Joe Talks Growth on Ohio's Spin Lob Podcast from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.335801

A podcast special with Ohio's Spin Lob Podcast where Joe recently talked about growth in Texas and how it could possibly be mimicked...

UIL gives fall guidance, Austin College suspends, and Kaitlin Kelley from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.270965

First, listeners will notice us speculating on playing the Welcome to Texas Shootout as scheduled for September. News emerged on Wednesday that that tournament and two others Listen

Special: Austin College Head Coach Mark Lawrence from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.263433

No music, no promos, no requests for gifting... This week, while James is on vacation, Joe spends some one-on-one time with Austin College Head Coach Mark Lawrence covering everything from the c...

Special: Dewey and Cathy Newsom on A&M and TX History from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.258992

Cathy and Dewey Newsom are a Texas waterpolo powerhouse couple. Dewey, who grew up in Albuquerque went on to be part of the famous Texas A&M varsity teams of the 70s that competed at NCAA Ch...

Special: Greg Mescall, USAWP Communications Director from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.254468

Greg Mescall is the face and voice of USA Water Polo. But his title is actually Director of Communications, which means he leads the efforts to publish the Skip Shot Magazine, push content to so...

Adam Wright, Merrill Moses, and a Clinic in Dallas from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.250180

Can you believe it? Season 2 of the TXWaterpolo Podcast kicks off with a bang featuring two of the biggest names in American water polo, Adam Wright and Merrill Moses, both visiting Dallas to sc...

Special: UCLA Head Coach Adam Wright from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.246328

Today it’s a special guest for our first full length interview of season two of the Pod. His name is well known to those familiar with American water polo. It’s Adam Wright, head coach of the UC...

Max Irving, Matt Farmer, and Back to School from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.242591

Another star-studded show as we welcome two athletes vying for spots on the 2020 USA Men's Olympic Water Polo Team. Maxwell Irving and Matthew Farmer were in Dallas last week to help Coaches...

TXWP Interview: Three-time Olympian Merrill Moses from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.238657

In this TXWaterpolo Interview we speak with another of the USA's water polo legends, 3-time Olympian, 2008 Olympic silver medalist, NCAA Champion and MVP, and now assistant under Coach Terry...

Andy Burke, One Year to UIL, Kris Jones of Cy-Fair from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.201203

We're basically one year away from Texas' first ever state sanctioned high school water polo season. So, where are we? How did we get here? What's it going to look like beginning in ...

AquaSwift Scrimmages, a Tourney in Round Rock?, and Utah's Brad Peercy from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.197453

There's some movement in Texas water polo.

After talking about a league under way in Utah a week ago, we find out that Joe refereed a scrimmage for AquaSwift, a new team in Boerne, las...

Competition in Central TX, ODP in Central TX, and Southside's Colby Thames from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.193555

Big news as dates are solidifying for the first age group tournament in Texas since before the lockdown. Zilla and AquaTex will be the local hosts for a USA Water Polo event organized by Joe (wh...

A Festival in Central TX, More Scrimmaging, TISCA's Scott Slay from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.188178

There's going to be a festival in Central Texas, says Joe, who's directing the first competitive tournament sanctioned by USA Water Polo since before March of 2020. The Central Texas Fes...

ODP Kicks Off, Jokic Passes like a Goalie, and Spencer Dornin from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.179833

Acutally, we're pretty busy today. So here are some bullets:

• ODP's first weekend is here in Round Rock and James is stressed about it. Joe has no sympathy.
• Joe shows J...
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ODP Review, Central TX Festival Preview, Another Varsity Program Cut from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.174934

Actually, the title above pretty much covers everything in this abbreviated, we're-very-busy edition of the pod.

CenTexFest Success, and the Calendar is Filling Up from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.162931

The Central Texas Festival ended with some mighty satisfied athletes, happy coaches, and a very high proportion of fans wearing masks. James and Joe were both there hosting and recap Texas' ...

UIL Water Polo Delayed, and TISCA WP Chair Scott Slay from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.159561

Dispiriting news from the University Interscholastic League (UIL), which announced on Monday that the inaugural season of sanctioned high school water polo will take place in the fall of 2022 ra...

Cullen on Covid, New Rules, and (Expired) ODP News from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.155691

We're two weekends out from the Texas Challenge Cup in Lewisville and The Colony at which several teams from the West Coast will compete in addition to many of Texas' most well-known clu...

Covid and Cali at the TCC, Gold Coast HC Adam Donovan, and a Passing Reference to Some Election from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.150951

It's election week, which means... not much. This is a water polo podcast.

We skate over the complexities of national politics and head straight to the Covid-19 guidelines for the upco...

Exeter to TX, Salty Splash, Texas Challenge Cup is Here from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.146952

If you've ever wondered whether a collegiate water polo player has given a pre-game rendition of the national anthem on a trombone, wearing a Speedo, this show is for you.

Exeter Water...

Is Water Polo a"High Risk"Sport, and Learnings from Texas Challenge Cup from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.143169

Texas has now hosted two late-year tournaments since the pandemic struck us in March. What have we learned from those events and how might those lessons apply to competition in our state and bey...

A Huge ODP Clinic in Lewisville, and Happy Thanksgiving from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.138388

Wishing all our generous and loyal listeners a wonderful Thanksgiving week, we keep the show short and amateurish with some dodgy audio quality, but some good info on how this Sunday's ODP c...

Lessons from Lewisville ODP, St. Mark's HC Trent Calder, Winding Down 2020 from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.102706

Over one hundred athletes descended on Lewisville for the second ODP clinic of the season on Nov. 29. The turnout was great but the pool was crowded! Perhaps some changes afoot with the next ODP...

2020 Winds Down and Joe's Dog Wants Out from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.098654

In a rush to get this year over with we keep this one mercifully, lazily short. Joe and James vamp about the two tournaments that will tie up this year in a masked bow, Joe's dog gets bummed...

TAGS, Cowtown Recap, and UOP's Cooper Gaderson from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.094243

Mainly, a recap of the past weekends tournaments in North Texas, including some mild scolding of certain individuals who are unaware of the tourney guidelines about wearing masks (!).

Then...

Happy Holidays. It's Tony Azevedo! from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.090741

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to everyone! Since y'all have been good this year, Texas water polo fans, our gift to you is a conversation with the legendary Tony Azevedo (even though it...

Looking Back at and Gladly Turning the Page on 2020 from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.087083

In a year like no other for the entire globe, but also for our resilient Texas water polo community, we close the book on the dreadful 2020 reminiscing about two and a half normal months followe...

Spring Scheduling, High School Ramps Up, Joe Relocates (Again) from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.081

We're back!

Joe moved (again) and abandoned the show for a couple weeks. But he's returned with news of a spring water polo season soon to get underway.

Plus updates on the D...

'Roos are Back, Preps are Near, James is Older from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.060019

For there not being a lot going in in the water polo world there's... quite a bit going on.

For one, the collegiate season, in its truncated form, has kicked off. Austin College men re...

Texans Excel in NCAA Competition, Can'Roos Women go Undefeated, and Joe Gets a Package from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.052751

Austin College's first weekend slate of games against Air Force didn't end the way they'd prefer. They now fly to Colorado Springs to face Cal Baptist and the Falcons again this week...

The Thaw Arrives, Everything was Cancelled, Pudwill on Refs from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.044595

We're back after an extraordinary week, one in which multiple water polo events were cancelled, including our show, which succumbed to multiple and unpredictable power outages. We talk about...

'Roos in LA, Prep Punditry, and Ian Davidson from 2023-12-12T16:30:18.036486

James lost the last segment that he recorded with Joe. Let's get that out of the way. #SubParPodcast

But oh boy, did they make up for it with a scintillating conversation about the Aus...

Austin College's Mark Lawrence, Texans Unwelcome, Another Linehan from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.999885

Joe and Steph are having a baby. There, we said it right up front.

We gush about the huge news for a good chunk of time before moving on to the end of the Austin College men's season a...

Lowery, Cullen, Ferguson on CBU's Trip to NCAA Championships from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.996971

The Cal Baptist men finished this bizarre season with an upset win over Air Force to earn their first ever Western Water Polo Association Championship and are Listen

First HS Players of the Week, and Kaitlin Kelley from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.994442

We're very late. We know. But better late than... whatever.

This week we recap some of the top high school events and select our first players of the week! Plus, a conversation with Ka...

Lexi Wong, Sophie Oliver, Jeff Chandler, and Two Other Guys from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.991434

Austin College went to Pennsylvania and returned undefeated after four entertaining matches, including wins over Division II Gannon and Mercyhurst. We talk with two of their award-winning athlet...

Chris Cullen Has Another Job, High School Rankings,'Roos Back to PA from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.987945

If there's a water polo job in Texas that Chris Cullen does not have we'd like to know about it. Today he talks with Joe about becoming the NISCA Regional Chairperson, a position connect...

'Roos are CWPA DIII Champs with Mark Lawrence from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.983017

Not bad for a team that began varsity play in 2019. Texas' only NCAA women's varsity team now owns the distinction of being only the 5th ever program to win a CWPA Division III Champions...

TAGS Recap, Prep Playoffs, Pegasus'Spencer Dornin from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.969085

The second TAGS tournament of the past 12 months went off without much of a hitch in Pearland last weekend with Pegasus taking home the hardware for all four competition groups. We speak with He...

Nuthin'but Preps, and LASA's Allie Hill from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.964165

That's right, the high school season is just about over. Regional championships have been decided, the state tournaments are seeded and scheduled, and Genai Kerr is coming to Texas!

We...

Recap of Flower Mound Title, JOs in Texas, plus Goddard, Stohrer, and Cox from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.960048

A jam packed show where we recap an exciting girls high school championship tournament where Flower Mound came away with the trophy with their win over Southlake Carroll.

But perhaps the b...

Trent Calder and St. Mark's Win, Packed Summer Schedule,'Roos get Ranked from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.954022

St. Mark's lived up to its TXWaterpolo top ranking and defeated a very game Dawson High School to win its 9th boys' state title in Cy-Fair last Saturday. We talk with a soaked Trent Cald...

ODP Ends, Joe Rants, James Quits, and John Abdou from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.946519

In between minor bouts of tornado warnings, power outages, and torrential Texas rain the Olympic Development Program season essentially ended in San Antonio last weekend with over 500 athletes f...

Junior Olympics, Senior Olympics, and NCAA Takes a Hit from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.939226

More teams from Texas than ever competed at the Southwest Zone Junior Olympics Qualifying tournament a couple weekends ago, and all of them having qualified, they will now be playing at National...

Texans on Team USA, JOs Needs Shieldy, Olympics are Near from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.900571

Sixteen athletes were selected to participate at USA Water Polo's National Team Se...

Junior Olympics, Senior Olympics, and Season 3? from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.896653

We return to the fray after four weeks of such things as helping to manage more than 1000 youth water polo matches, coaching (extremely loosely defined) a group of 10-year-olds to complete victo...

Mark Lawrence,'Roos Head Coach, Texas'Biggest Summer Recap from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.888947

Austin College returned from a two-day, five-game spin in New England where they won one and fell four times in some highly competitive matchups as the 2021 men's intercollegiate season retu...

Cal Lu's Cody Pletcher and the'Roos Big Weekend from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.884735

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Our nominee for America's most interesting varsity water polo coach, Cody Pletcher of Alvin was named Interim Head Coach at Cal Lutheran ...

Joe's a Dad! And some water polo stuff from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.879818

The title says is all.

McCoy Patrick Linehan (insert Pogues here) has joined us for our first post-partum podcast (listen for faint sounds of dissatisfaction from the lad as Joe pontificat...

Pegasus, Thunder Make Waves Outside Texas from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.863625

North Texas was well represented and fared even better at the recently completed Cousineau Cup in SoCal and Rocktober in Arizona. Plus, Austin College returned from Colorado with three losses to...

Lawrence on'Roos Results at Easterns, McCoy is Grumpy from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.856753

Two convincing wins and a tough loss to the eventual tourney winner mean a positive outcome for 'Roos head coach Mark Lawrence. Austin College finished third out of seven teams at last weeke...

ODP Head Coach Cullen, Texas Challenge Cup,&the Future from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.849792

Chris Cullen is nearly half way through (!) his first season as the director of YOUR Southwest Zone ODP team. He talks about where we stand with the most recent changes in the program as this se...

ODP Explained,'Roos to Stanford, UT at CWPA Nats from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.843134

We took a week off while Joe was partying with McCoy in Iowa so we take time to recap the recently-completed Texas Challenge Cup and Pegasus masters tournaments. Plus, a listener asks us to expl...

Mark Lawrence on MPSF Championships, Plus Game Days from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.836147

Mark Lawrence took his 'Roos men's team to Stanford and came home with two big wins over their rivals from Pennsylvania, and a respectable outcome versus powerhouse Stanford. Their (most...

MIT's Austin Ringheim, and How to Field a UIL Team from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.799534

UIL water polo will be here before we know it and both Joe and James are getting questions from athletes and families who want to know the process behind getting their schools to field teams. Jo...

CFWPC's Chris Ellis, and JOs Session 3 Details from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.796532

Dare to Dream is approaching quickly and will be hosted in January by the CFWPC, led by Head Coach Chris Ellis. Joe speaks to him about that event and much more going on with his club.

Plu...

2021 Ends with a New Linehan, More Normalcy, TX Successes from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.793145

At least it wasn't as bad as 2020. The water polo world returned to some sense of normal in 2021 even though Covid was never too far removed. Nonetheless, Austin College had it's most su...

2022 Starts with Dare to Dream, Big Numbers for Prep Polo from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.789566

The kiddos of Texas descended on the Cy-Fair Natatorium last weekend where Joe and James faced off in an epic and shouty 12-and-under cage match. After some brilliant tactical moves, which inclu...

Spin Lob Recap, High School is Here from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.782281

Yeah, this is vary late. Recorded on 2/23 it covers the recently concluded Spin Lob tournament in Austin and precedes the Thunder Spring Invite which took place in Lewisville on February 26-27.<...

ODP Complete, AC in SD, B'wood Makes Waves from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.777585

The ODP season is pretty much done except for National Team Selection Camp and our Southwest Zone athletes and coaches have returned from National Championships with some good results.

Plu...

TISCA's Final,'Roos at D3 Champs, a TXWP Update from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.772025

It's the 50th and final TISCA High School Water Polo Championship this weekend. We give a bit of a tribute to just how impressive that run has been especially in comparison to prep water pol...

Spring and Fall Preps,'Roos Excel, JOs in Dallas from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.763704

You might have thought we were gone but no such luck.

We recap the Spring high school season, look very much forward to the fall prep season, honor the Austin College women for their 3rd p...

JOs Thrive in Texas and UIL Water Polo is Here from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.760237

The biggest youth tournament in the world wrapped up with another successful foray in to the Lone Star State. Will there be a third Texas JOs in 2023? We talk about that an many other observatio...

Week 1 of UIL, Players of the Week, Rankings, Jeff Chandler from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.755266

Here we go. We've been waiting and now it's fully underway. We celebrate the high school season with our Players of the Week, our coaches' rankings, and a conversation with the highl...

UIL Week 2, ODP Coming to TX, AC Roos Near Opener from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.752083

More players of the week and high school rankings as the UIL season plugs along with games all over the state of Texas.

Plus, the ODP program is changed for the 2022-23 season with some bi...

'Roos Return from Brown, Kari Brothers, an Empty Nest from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.749018

The nest is empty at James' house and it shows in this maudlin edition of the TXWaterpolo Podcast.

We recap the new-look Kangaroos as Austin College returns from their season-opening t...

Back in Time: Mark Lawrence, ODP Changes, Preps from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.745325

Look, we could spend all day placing blame on someone for not posting this podcast right after it was recorded but what, really, will that accomplish? Mistakes were made, right? Who's to say...

Armadillo Recap, NCAA in Sherman, Donzie Lilly from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.740710

Donzie Lilly has dived knee deep in to the water polo coaching world in the past few years. Now Head Coach at Texas Mavericks, Hebron High School, and with the Olympic Development Program, he sp...

Foster Tops National Rankings,'Roos go 3-1, Jonathan Landero from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.737497

Austin College hosted four noisy matches on campus last weekend coming away from it with a 3-1 record, including a surprising loss to Augustana that James brings up and Joe evades…

Meanwhi...

UIL Playoffs Deep Dive and Tom Arredondo from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.732659

Friday morning again. This time Joe get in the weeds with the way UIL playoffs will actually happen. It might surprise you.

We also do our coaches rankings and players of the week.

F...

UIL Brackets, Alamo Weekend, Justin Pudwill from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.696556

We're in district play for UIL water polo and the championship brackets are taking shape. Bi-district games begin on October 11 and feature some teams new to the sport, an exciting sign for ...

Alamo Recap, Ty Halford, 38-1?! from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.690128

Another 8th grade and under tourney in San Antonio is in the books where Coaches James and Joe (kinda) met head to head with one coach leaving far more frustrated than the other.

Plus UIL ...

Prep Regionals, Team USA in North TX, Mark Lawrence from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.684949

Regional championships are already here as the (very exciting) first UIL water polo season comes to a head. We go over some of the brackets and some of the surprises of the earlier rounds.

The Success of the First UIL Season from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.676309

The first-ever UIL-sanctioned state high school water polo champions were crowned last Saturday at the end of a truly historic season. The Foster girls finished the season undefeated, and the Br...

Happy Christmas, Holidays, New Year! from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.660442

Year 2022 is at an end and it was an eventful one. Do you like high school water polo? Well you had two full separate seasons for the first and only time. Want the US Men's National Team pla...

Euro Friendlies, ODP Super Regionals, LISD Opts Out from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.653961

Listeners get some special inside info about how high flying podcasting actually works. That and we intro the new year with a review of the USA Men's National Team friendlies in North Texas,...

A Busy Spring, A Busy Summer, NCAA Season Wanes from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.647886

Did you miss us?

James and Joe return from a self-imposed four-month exile to produce this magical new show where they cover all the water polo events that highlighted this past spring. Listen

Texans Invade SoCal - JOs 2023 from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.641921

'Tis the season for the world's biggest water polo tournament. The 2023 National Junior Olympics are here with the most ever clubs in Texas taking part, both in SoCal and NorTex (we just...

Summer Recap, UIL Season 2, Ty Halford from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.635600

The summer is over though it certainly doesn't feel like it. That means, we chat about JOs and how Texans fared both in California and North Texas at the end of July.

Then shifting imm...

Now Featuring ONLY Texas Intrigue from 2023-12-12T16:30:17.590103

New and Improved! A truncated, solo version of Wednesday's podcast with ONLY the stuff that James wants to talk about. Enjoy.