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Boys Water Polo: Rio Americano Opens Playoffs Saturday

Raiders start with Oakmont.

By Tyson Frenn, Coach

Our regular season came to an end (Saturday). We finished 7th at the Finis Memorial Tournament in San Jose this (past) weekend. 

We defeated Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) 12-9 and Menlo High School (Roche Tournament Champs) 6-4 in the 7th place game while narrowly losing to Miramonte 8-6 (ranked No. 1 in Nor Cal). 

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This is one of the top three tournaments in the country featuring all the top teams in Nor Cal and So Cal. (It's the) best finish in Rio history.

Our regular season ended with a record of 23-6 (8-0 in league play), the best record in more than a decade. In four tournaments this year we finished first (Schmidt), third (Roche), fourth (Villa Park) and seventh (Finis Memorial). 

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During the season we defeated defending 2010 Division I champs two times and 2010 Division I runner-up Davis 14-11 on Oct. 27.  We haven’t lost to a team in our section (Division I or II) all season.

We begin section playoffs on Saturday with Round 1 vs. Oakmont at 10:15 a.m. at Woodcreek High School as the No. 1 overall seed.

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