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Hornets Win East Division


photo courtesy Brenda Sexton
The Enumclaw High School Girls Water Polo Team clinched the East Division Championship of the Girls Water Polo League on Monday, May 7, with an 18-7 win over Auburn Mountainview.  The win clinches the Hornets a berth in the State water polo championship tournament, held May 16-19.

The Hornets were undefeated (12-0) in league play this season, and have an 18-1 overall record, with the team’s only loss coming to a club program from Chehalem, OR.

Enumclaw’s success is remarkable, in part, because they have done it with only nine players on their roster – seniors Annie Birklid and Hannah Kinniburgh, juniors Allie and Katie Larrea, and Bella Davenport, sophomore Megan Lesmeister, and freshmen Bailey Sexton, Haley Sonneson, and Madi Woodall.

Water polo has six field players and a goalkeeper playing, so the Hornet squad has only two subs on their best day.  Most high school teams have 12-15 players on their roster.

In Monday’s game, the Hornets stretched a 4-2 first quarter lead to 8-3 at halftime, and 13-3 after three quarters.  Scoring for Enumclaw were Katie Larrea with eight goals, Allie Larrea with six, Hannah Kinniburgh with two, and Bailey Sexton and Annie Birklid with one goal each. For Auburn Mountainview, Amanda Nuttall and Avalon Lanz each scored three, and Savanna Christenson scored one.

The Hornets travel to Tacoma’s Wilson High School tomorrow for a 5:30 game, and host Puyallup at 4:30 on Thursday.