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By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n

PALO ALTO, CA. Three years after Johnny Hooper<\/strong> led<\/a> his Santa Barbara \u201cPolo Pals\u201d to the 2015 18U title, the \u201cCozy Boys\u201d of United Water Polo\u2014another all-star team of friends made through various U.S. national team training programs\u2014held on for a 9-7 win Tuesday over Stanford Water Polo Club<\/a> in the Platinum Final of the 2018 USA Water Polo National Junior Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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For Hannes Daube<\/strong><\/a>, who kick-started his team with two goals in the first period, it was a last gasp of high school life before beginning a collegiate career at USC this fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all my best buds,\u201d Daube, who spent much of his summer in Europe playing with the U.S. Senior National Team, said after the match. \u201cWe came together to play for one final time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Head Coach Trevor Wawrzynski<\/strong>, who emerged from a self-imposed retirement to lead the Cozy Boys, was grateful for the opportunity to work with an exceptional group of players.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a players\u2019 team.\u201d Wawrzynski explained. \u201cThere were four players who called up their best buddies. It was a tribute to their last Junior Olympics for USA Water Polo.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an honor [to coach] them; they made it easy to do,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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The scene at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center. Photo Courtesy: M. Randazzo<\/p><\/div>\n

Not that the Stanford club made it so easy on\u00a0Wawrzynski’s players at Avery Aquatics Center\u2019s main pool. After romping undefeated through the competition the past three days, the host club stood its ground, much to the delight of a pro-Stanford crowd. Cozy Boys held two-goal leads after the first and second quarters, but then the hometown team came roaring back with two unanswered goals in the third period. When the they opened the fourth with a score to take a 6-5 lead early in the fourth period, the stands erupted.<\/p>\n

But Stanford simply could not hold off what was clearly a team of destiny. Matthew Kacura<\/strong> tied the match at the 3:33 mark, and when Jacob Watson<\/strong> and Joseph Molina<\/strong> converted over the next two minutes, the host team\u2019s hopes for an upset were dashed.<\/p>\n

Not even a two-man advantage with two minutes left was enough to help Stanford rally from a two-goal deficit, as Sam Utrecht<\/strong> misfired high over Cozy Boy goalie Sam Krutonog<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Nathan Puentes<\/strong> gave the crowd something to cheer about when he converted with a minute left to cut the Cozy Boy lead to one, but a series of misses in the last 40 seconds led to a final score by Michael Graner<\/strong> one second remaining. For his efforts in goal, Krutonog, also USC-bound, was named MVP of the match.<\/p>\n

The 18U Platinum final capped off another full day of action at JOs, as a total of 15 winners were crowned in four different age groups comprising three separate levels. The most prolific titlist was Vanguard Water Polo<\/a>. Out of Huntington Beach, the club founded five years ago by\u00a0Sasa Branisavljevic<\/strong> and Uros Dzelebdzic<\/strong>, captured a third-straight 12U Platinum title as well as the 14U Platinum crown. The club finished 11th in the 16U Platinum division but\u2014after winning the 2017 18U Platinum title\u2013was third behind Cozy Boys and Stanford this year.<\/p>\n

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Greenwich goalie with a big save! Photo Courtesy: KLC Fotos\/Catharyn Hayne<\/p><\/div>\n

In explaining his club\u2019s mercurial success the past six seasons, Brian Anderson<\/strong>\u2014Head Coach for the 12 U boys\u2014extolled the club\u2019s values in and out of the water.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor our kids, it\u2019s just about running the system,\u201d he said following the 12U win. \u201cEvery year we have the motto: \u2018One team, one heartbeat.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do everything for one another, and everybody\u2019s invested in the system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Radunovic, who coached the 14U winners to a thrilling 11-10 win over arch-rival SoCal, echoed his fellow coach’s focus on fundamentals.<\/p>\n

\u201cContinuity and focusing on the youngest age groups, putting our best coaches with the young kids\u2014building from bottom to top; that\u2019s the key,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Not to be outdone, SoCal<\/a>\u2014Vanguard\u2019s biggest rival in the Southern California polo community\u2014captured the 16U Platinum championship with a 9-6 win over CC United. After the match, the SoCal coach Paden Mitchell<\/strong> affirmed that, despite some suggestions to the contrary, his club remains the country\u2019s best.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur team\u2019s got this saying: \u2018You put in the effort early, you enjoy later on.\u2019\u201d said Mitchell, still wet 30 minutes after a celebratory leap in the pool. \u201cWe put in the work early in that game and we got to enjoy the ending.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSoCal is the number one team in the country. We have been for the past seven years\u2014we\u2019ve won the Chairman\u2019s Cup<\/a>,” he added.\u00a0“[This was] one of our teams getting back where it belongs, right at the top.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not to be overlooked, in the 12U Gold title match, U.S. women\u2019s head coach Adam Krikorian<\/strong><\/a> was on the sidelines in perhaps an unfamiliar role; anxious parent. His son Jack\u2019s South Bay United team came back from an early deficit to capture a convincing 12-5 win over American River. The boys from Hawthorne, CA scored nine of the match\u2019s final 10 goals to overcome an American River squad that had beaten them 8-4 the day before.<\/p>\n

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KLC Fotos\/Catharyn Hayne<\/p><\/div>\n

SBU coach Alex Heck<\/strong> was ecstatic about his team\u2019s success in the rematch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a personal first for me and a first for our club,\u201d a hoarse Heck said after the match. Then, acknowledging that 12-year-old\u2019s attention spans can be fickle, he added: \u201cIt\u2019s constant chaos! I\u2019m sure in 10 minutes they\u2019ll be doing something foolish with their friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for these few minutes, we\u2019ll enjoy this win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: Swimming World is on the ground all week with stories and quotes from the 2018 USA Water Polo National Junior Olympics. Look for our coverage of the largest youth water polo tournament in the world. If you want to tune into all the action at Stanford’s Avery Aquatics Center, check out FloSwimming’s link<\/a> to the tournament; for pictures from various JO sites, visit this link<\/a> for KLC photos.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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