Boys water polo: CdM wins Villa Park tourney

The Corona del Mar High boys water polo club team won the Villa

Park 18-and-under Tournament June 3, with a 15-5 victory over Villa Park,

capping a five-win run during the weekend.

In each of the Sea Kings’ five victories, they more than doubled their

opponents’ goals.

CdM earned the tournament title by outscoring Villa Park 6-2 in the

first half and 9-3 over the last two quarters. Sea Kings Artie Dorr,

Bobby Messenger and Marcello Pantuliano scored three goals each, while

John Mann and Griffin Gentry had two each. Brandon Powers and Michael

March netted one goal each.

In its first game of the summer season, CdM opened tournament play

June 1, with a 15-4 victory over Cougar, a club team based out of

Capistrano Valley.

The Sea Kings then posted back-to-back blowout victories on Saturday.

They defeated Los Altos, 17-4, and crushed Santa-Ana-based SoCal water

polo club, 14-2.

To reach the title game, CdM cruised past Saddleback El Toro (SET),

12-3 as Mann scored five goals.

In the tournament, Messenger, Mann and Pantuliano scored 15 goals

each, while Dorr contributed with 11 goals. Pantuliano led the Sea Kings

with the most goals in one game when he netted six in the 14-2 victory

over SoCal.