It’s official! Curtis’ Courtney Sawin will be continuing her water polo career at the college level! University of Redlands is getting a good one. Congrats Court!
Both state polo trophies together at the Curtis Aquatic Center for the first time! And people were worried that they wouldn’t fit....
They do make a lovely pair!
For all of those that have reached out...yes, the rumors are true!
Please welcome our newest Curtis Swim and Water Polo Fan: Alfred!
Alfie is a 9 week old Boston Terrier pup and is looking forward to meeting all soon!
Attention everyone!
#3
on your program, junior, Julia Vasilyev is cleared to play and will be making her 2018 Girls Water Polo debut today at Rogers High School!!!!
Fun competing tonight against Coach Hacker, who is in the first year of getting his program up and going at Lakes. The Lancers played hard tonight! Good things to come for that squad and best wishes from all of us at Curtis.
Ladies and Gentlemen and Twitter Followers of all ages,
It is with great pleasure that I present to you, in its first official release, "Lady Viks Passing the QuaranTIME."
Enjoy!
Special thanks to the 40 girls who contributed!
T-0 Days!
Winning a state championship is always a special team accomplishment, but fails in comparison to the forever lasting relationships that can be built through high school sports.
I hope all girls take advantage of the opportunity! It all starts today at 2:15pm
Several times over the years I have awoken the morning after a brutal loss in a state championship game.
The sting of losing a title is nothing compared to the way I feel this morning. To not even have an opportunity...
Each day the sting will fade more and more..stay strong!
Well...WE DID IT!
After a sluggish start, down 3-4 after the first half, the Lady Viks brought it in the second half outscoring the Tides 7-3, eventually defending their state title by a final score of 19-7.
EVERYONE on the roster played! Everyone got wet TONIGHT!
All-State Teams from Curtis
Honorable Mention:
Molly Hickey
2nd Team All-State
Julia Vasilyev
Katie Havard
1st Team All-State
Emily van Zonneveld
Courtney Sawin
Haylee Davidson
The old Rodeo Drive in (Sourh Kitsap)
One night this summer we need to invite all boys and girl players: past, future and present and all parents out to a movie
What a great way to celebrate CHS Polo than a night at the drive in, all together!
“Favorite” if you like the idea!
Looking forward to the time when we can compete for these beauties again! At least for the meantime, they will remain at their home, the Curtis Aquatic Center!
Alright! Here is what everyone has been waiting for...”How did the Girls Polo Team spend their spring break?!” I’ll go first
I spent my 2020 spring break by perfecting the animatronics Indiana Jones character. (A role I was born to play) Video will be debuted at a later date.
A special 20:20 Tribute to both our boy and girl aquatic seniors! You have given so much to our swim and polo teams the past four years, these pool lights shine bright for you tonight! Thank you for bleeding Curtis Blue! We love you, are thinking about you & are proud of you!
Special congratulations are in order for
#13
, Sam Guffey! Later this month Sam plans on signing a letter of intent to play collegiate water polo at McKendree University!
We are all very proud of Sam and look forward to watching him continue his journey at the college level!
I could not be more proud of these two Vikings / Sunbirds! Hannah and Katie never played a minute together of high school polo but they did play together at the Fresno Pacific Alumni Game!
I decided to see what the hype is all about and tried a Tihitian. Too funny that I ran into a Lady Vik Polo Gal who was waiting to order one...
Honest review: it’s exactly what I thought it would be. Way too sweet. I could feel my precious teeth decaying with every sip.
2018 All State Teams
First Teamm All-State
Katie van Zonneveld
Emily Can Zonneveld
Ashley Arrington
2nd Team All State
Katie Havard
Julia Vasilyev
Honorable Mention
Courtney Sawin
The State Championship Title is the 5th State Title for the Lady Viks Program and first in five years.
State Championship Titles
2018
2013
2009
2008
2007
Your morning update!
A solid 6.5 inches of snow fell last night / early this morning in Park Ridge, which is commonly referred to as “The epicenter of University Place” by most U.P. Locals...
Are there additional rounds of snow on the way? Stay tuned...
Snowmageddon2019
This is a public service announcement from
@CurtisWaterPolo
which has seen its popularity increase dramatically w/ the excellent snowmageddon storm coverage
Sledding is encouraged but avoid slopes near prickly sticker bushes
Picture below might be too graphic for some followers
I spent some time going through the past 17 years of boys polo & past 9 years of girls polo documenting records, state placings & individual division/state honors.
So much fun seeing a bunch of names who gave so much to Curtis Polo!
Amazing kids have gone through this program.
A HUGE thank you to Curtis HS athletic director, Suzanne Vick, (
@ourvikingnation
) for tackling this project so quickly! The “banners” look awesome! Thank you for your hard work to get them completed this year!!!
Curtis wins the championship game 12-10 over Roosevelt and successful defends their state title. The State Championship is the third consecutive state title for the Vikings!
Today I was honored with the UPSD Coach of the Year Award.
Big thank you to all of the assistant coaches, athletes and parents for making me look good!
This has been a great year for the Curtis Aquatic programs and everyone played a big role in this award.
#ThankYou
No one is exactly sure how it all worked out as there is currently no contact with Sean....BUT....look who is on the Navy Polo Team!! (bottom right corner)
2019 brought another banner year for the polo teams with each squad successfully defending their state title.
Looking forward to the 2020 seasons this spring and next fall.
Happy New Year!
Rest assured fans, the trophy is back where she enjoys resting. We have her for a minimum of 364 more days. We will them of course make a great attempt to negotiate a new contract! At this point we are on year to year deals, BUT both parties truly enjoy the working relationship
Double take??? Ashley in the goal and Katie V in the field.
Ashley is still looking for her first save (Jags only shot twice tonight and none with Ash in the cage)
Katie V scores a goal in the field tonight.
I am excited to announce that pending school board approval, we have hired two assistant coaches for the upcoming girls polo season!
-Julia Vasilyev (c/o 2019)
-Josh Newman (current CHS boys assistant coach and former vik)
Welcome to the program Coach Vasilyev & Coach Newman!
This beautiful trophy has been on display at the Curtis Aquatic Center for the past 730 days...our biggest fans couldn't be happier that we get to keep it for another 365 days minimum
#ItWasTime
Curtis Boys ein their fifth consecutive state championship title, defeating the Roosevelt Rough Riders 13-6.
Boys played their best game of the season and at the perfect time!
SAVE THE DATE!
The 2018 State Champion Curtis Girls Water Polo Team will be recognized at Safeco Field on Tues, June 12th as the Mariners take on the Angels.
I will be sending out information to all soon with a link for discounted tickets (state girls get free admission)
Today is going to be a great day! Less than 12 hours away from the title defense!
2019 Washington State Girls Water Polo State Championship
Today (Saturday, May 25th) 7:00pm
Arrive early as the building has reached capacity before and had to turn folks away
At this time, we are planning on fall high school sports!
Please continue to do your part (wear a mask) so we can get our County into phase 3 and then phase 4!!!
All State Teams from Curtis:
Honorable Mention: Chase Mageo
2nd Team All State: Abhi Larson, Sam Guffey
1st Team All State: Warren bell, Brevin Gronlund, Nathan March
T-41 days until we get the band back together. Hang in there and check your email daily for updates, exercises, videos, drills, assignments, etc
Note: April 25th start day has not been confirmed, just hoping we can go on that date!
Thank you everyone for a great banquet! Absolutely wonderful and heart felt senior speeches this year by all four girls!
Pretty sure that we are the only coaches in the world to get AirPods for a coaches gift. Thank you all, too generous! It’s been a pleasure.