Club Water Polo: Sailors help earn silver medal

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The Golden West 16-and-under club water polo

team, which features Newport Harbor High juniors Paige Lansing, Jenna

Murphy and Annie Wight, captured the silver medal at the U.S. Water Polo

National Junior Olympics in Ann Arbor, Michigan last week (Aug. 8).

Golden West defeated top-seeded SOCAL, 3-2, to advance to the gold

medal round. San Diego Shore ended Golden West’s eight-game winning

streak and claimed the gold medal with a 6-5 victory.

Murphy scored 15 goals during the four-day tournament, Wight found the

back of the net for 11 goals and Lansing tallied twice.

Finishing with an 8-1 record, Golden West earned victories over Ann

Arbor (15-2), North Illinois (14-2), San Diego B (14-2), County of Los

Angeles (13-0, Tualatin Hills (10-4), Commerce (8-7 in overtime) and

SOCAL.

The Golden West water polo club team also consisted of players from

Santa Margarita, El Toro, Woodbridge and Capistrano Valley.