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2023TCC14uSilverMedalists

New Seasons, TCC Recap, Middle School Games

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Welcome back to school, everyone. I’m sure there are quite mixed feelings about that! But with that, we turn the page with some news regarding our programming, upcoming competition, and more.

New Seasonal Training Plan

Some years ago we ceased using seasons as a way of organizing training and competition. The main reason was for billing and to manage expectations: some would be under the impression that our sport was seasonal (Spring only, for example) instead of year-around. And billing for AquaTex is monthly whereas with other clubs it is often seasonal.

But we’re changing things up beginning today. Billing remains EXACTLY the same as it is now: monthly fees. But, training will now roughly follow this seasonal pattern:

  • Winter: 1 December to 10 March
  • Spring: 21 March to 25 May
  • Summer: 29 May to 30 July
  • Fall: 8 August to 18 November

Each of those seasons is punctuated by a tournament. Our work for that season will be aimed so that we peak for that final competition. Junior Olympics at the end of July of each year will feature most prominently. At the beginning of each season we start with conditioning and fundamentals and end the season with more tactical skills: from basic to more sophisticated.

We will also strongly encourage new athletes to join us at the beginning of each season so they can learn the fundamentals (other teams require it).

So, welcome to the new Spring season of 2023. Athletes should bring workout clothing every practice for the first three weeks of the season (shoes not slides!) and have goggles ready for any swim sets. Our aim is to peak for the The Welcome to Texas Tournament in San Antonio on May 27-28. All other competition before that is important but more focused on individual and team development.

TCC Recap

Hardware! We had a very successful Texas Challenge Cup just prior to Spring Break. Check out photos from our experience here (add any you might have.)

Both the boys 18u and 14u teams placed second in the Silver bracket of their tournaments, two rosters full of brand new players. Meanwhile, Our 10u players placed third overall with the Longhorns, Ilay and his Longhorn 12u teammates earned second place, and our 18u girls were (in this coach’s opinion) the standouts on Longhorn’s 18u girls roster, which went 2-2. We finished the winter season with a nice collection of hardware, some great experience for our newest athletes in particular, and momentum toward a successful spring. Well done to everyone who participated, and huge thanks to our families for supporting us from the stands and, especially, for working the desks.

Spring Middle School Games

Longhorn Coach Tom has invited our middle schoolers to compete against the team he coaches at St. Stephen’s in Austin. We’ll be consulting with Age Group parents in the coming days but want to play at at least two of the following four available dates at St. Stephens’ pool beginning at 4pm until 5:30: March 29, April 6, April 26, May 3. Plus, Longhorn wants to have a middle school game day at UT on April 13 from 7-9pm. You can plan on us going to that one for sure. This is an exciting time for Central Texas as it’s the first time we’ve ever had specific competition for middle schools.

Roster Calls

Houston Spring Jam

We still have some time but check out the current sign-ups for the Houston Spring Jam, April 1-2. Our 1ou mixed, 12u mixed, and 18u girls athletes will likely be playing for Longhorn unless (of course!) we get enough of our own to sign up.

SW Zone Spring Champs

Played as two separate tournaments – one for 16s and 18s in Lewisville, the other for all other ages at the CyFair Natatorium in Houston – this should be one of the biggest tournaments of the spring if not the whole year.

Program Changes Coming in August

A brief note on some changes that will take place beginning in August. We’ve gotten feedback from athletes and parents about the structure of our program and are going to make some adjustments that all families will be required to acknowledge and agree to prior to re-registering in August, as all families must. The details are in the works but some of the tentative changes include an agreement to be signed by each family acknowledging the club’s expectations regarding training, competing, playing time, uniforms, discipline, communications, and more. Plus, more clarity from the club on our philosophy, which directly affects expectations for our athletes and families. It’s a work in progress so if you have feedback let Coach James know.

JOs Meeting

We’ve scheduled an online meeting regarding Junior Olympics for Friday, March 24 beginning at 7:00 PM. There will be two Zoom links for calls beginning at 7:00 PM and 7:40 PM. My account is limited to 40 minutes so I just set up two meetings, both of which will be recorded so we can share them with you. Keep an eye out for an email and/or GroupMe message with the links.

See you on the deck.

2023 Southwest Zone Spring Champs (14u/12u/10u)

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From the Hosts

The Southwest Zone Spring Championships (SWZ Spring Champs) will be two separate tournaments on the weekends on April 29-30 in North Texas (18U/16U Divisions) and May 6-7 in Northwest Houston (14U/12U/10U Divisions). These tournaments will be two day, sanctioned USA Water Polo events with 3-4 all deep courses running simultaneously. Games will begin on Saturday morning, run all day on Saturday/Sunday morning, and then end around 4:00 pm on Sunday afternoon. All teams are guaranteed to play 4-5 games in a “championship” style format with placing games/awards for all divisions. Below is all the information for both tournaments (separate registration links for each tournament).

SWZ Spring Champs – 14U/12U/10U Divisions:
Dates: May 6-7, 2023. Games will begin on Saturday morning, run all day on Saturday/Sunday morning, and then end around 4:00 pm on Sunday afternoon.
Location: CFISD Natatorium, 12550 Windfern Rd, Houston, TX 77064. Three all deep courses running simultaneously.
Divisions: 14U Boys/Mixed, 14U Girls, 12U Boys/Mixed, 12U Girls, 10U Mixed
Age as of Date: August 1, 2023.
Entry Fee: $650 per team. Payments will be collected when completing the online registration.
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 11 pm (CT)
Online Team Registration: SWZ Spring Champs – 14U/12U/10U Divisions (must be logged in at the USAWP website to register)
Roster Deadline: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 11 pm (CT)
Schedule: An online schedule will be sent to everyone on Monday, May 1st.
Host: The tournament will be hosted by the Southwest Zone and CFWPC.

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TX Challenge Cup Preview, LISD Story, and More

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Catching up after quite a few weeks. We have a big tourney this weekend so let’s cover that and more.

Texas Challenge Cup

First, we’ll cancel all training this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, March 4-5, since such a huge crowd of us will be competing in North Texas.

As always we’ll try to share all the details regarding the tourney on the Event Page. When in doubt, bookmark that page and check it out. On it includes the schedule, rosters, notes on travel, entry fees, and much more.

Notes on Rosters

  • AQTX 10u will be coached by Longhorn Coach Magaly and maybe our new coach Savvy. Make sure you are meeting with Coach Magaly 30 minutes before your games. (Coach James will be there too if not coaching the 14s.)
  • Longhorn 12u: Ilay can choose to play with the Longhorn 12u team if he wishes.
  • AQTX 14u mixed will be with Coach James. Meet him one hour before your first game each day.
  • AQTX 18u mixed will be with Coach Alon. Same thing: meet him one hour before your first game. Corina and Noelle, your priority is with your 18u girls team; Cash and Rocco, you will focus on the 14u boys team. If and only if you want more playing time then you can play on the 18u boys team; you are not expected to.
  • Longhorn 18u girls will be with Coach Sydney (I believe). Meet 45 minutes before game time, Corina and Noelle. As Thunder has pointed out, please notice that some 18u girls games are at Northwest ISD in Justin each day. Check the schedule!

Requests of our Families

Desk Workers

According to Thunder, the hosts, the tournament has gotten so big they are going to require one worker assigned by each participating team to work the desk. Luckily we have plenty who helped at Spin Lob, whether an athlete who’s not playing in that game or a parent, so we should be covered. We may send out a signup sheet like with did for Spin Lob so please keep your eyes open for that.

Videographers

Starting with this tournament we’d also like every AquaTex game recorded on video so we can review them during Monday training sessions. So if you’d like to give it a try, or have experience doing it, please let Coach James know. For those who might help us with video recording, a couple notes:

Get your zoom in and out ready. What we want to see (and hear) as coaches is:

  • A view of the front court offense in its entirety as tightly viewed as possible while still containing all (or nearly all) of the players. The view should be of one-half of the pool. Close-ups on individual players or pairs are rarely helpful.
  • A view of the entire pool as a team counterattacks. Upon the turnover, zoom out to show the entire pool as both offense and defense convert to the counterattack. You may be tempted to focus on the goalkeeper as he/she holds the ball prior to passing it. Please don’t! It’s exponentially more important that we see what’s happening on the counterattack than what the goalie is doing with the ball.
  • A view of the front court defense in its entirety viewed as tightly as possible while still containing all the defenders.
  • Optional but very helpful: call out the goals and exclusions by cap number kind of as you would if working the scoresheets at the desk. It should be as simple as “Dark 9 goal,” “11 white exclusion,” “2 Dark penalty.”

AQTX, LISD Athletes on KXAN

Check out this KXAN story that features Cash Brown and many of his LISD compatriots who are, along with their parents, working hard to re-instate UIL water polo at Vista Ridge, Cedar Park, and Vandegrift in 2023. Since we have several athletes already or soon-t0-be competing for one of these three schools, we support completely every effort to reverse this silly decision.

You already know AquaTex’s position on the issue: cancelling water polo is as short-sighted a decision a district could make especially after a season in which three schools fielded teams for the first time. What an amazing letdown! I’ll be writing about it more on TXWaterpolo.com in the coming days. Until then, check out these cheerful faces and, if you’re a resident of the LISD, perhaps you could let the administration know you want your UIL Polo back!

Spring Break

We’re consulting as coaches about training during Spring Break, between 11 and 18 March. It is likely that if we have training it will include all groups simultaneously or something like that. Stay tuned.

Lake Creek

Mainly for our newer members, April is approaching which means that the Round Rock ISD will shut down Micky Krebsbach for 2-4 weeks so they can clean the pool, paint the locker room floors, and some other stuff that never seems to include replacing old poorly functioning electrical outlets, installing more storage space, or much at all that directly helps us as an aquatics program (one can be grateful and annoyed at the same time!). But, as usual, we’re not entirely certain when our eviction will take place let alone how long the repairs will take. Just get ready for the jaunt to the East Side: Lake Creek Pool! (And yes, of course we’re hoping the RRAC might be available).

JOs Meeting part Deux

We need to have another online meeting about JOs this summer. I’m going to pencil in on the calendar Friday, March 24 at 7:00 PM online. Let me know what you think. By the way, I created this cool flowchart to help anyone understand how we decide to go to California or Dallas. More links and details forthcoming.

Milestones

Welcome

It’s been a while since we updated the list of our newest members. Thanks to all of you for coming to us and welcome to AquaTex, Rein, Melia, Keegan, Remy, Noelle, Colton, Jake, Emeric, and Ethan, let alone the several who have given us a try but haven’t signed up yet. We hope they will.

Birthdays

And finally, some belated and some forthcoming birthday best wishes. Happy Birthday!

  • Remy, 2/21
  • Aaron B, 2/24
  • Ilay, 2/28
  • Elliott, 3/10
  • JP, 3/24
  • Molly, 3/28

See you on the deck.

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Spin Lob Success, Roster Call

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Spin Lob Thank You

We did it. The biggest hosting effort AquaTex Waterpolo has ever done. The Spin Lob Classic is over and after 38 games our people received big compliments from visiting teams, referees, parents of younger players, and USA Water Polo. I personally want to thank everyone who spent time at one of the desks, helped with hospitality, cleaned up, learned something new, took some of your weekend time to do a good deed. Thank you, AquaTexans! You stepped up when the club needed you and for that I’m grateful.

Our gratitude and thanks to Mark Stohrer and all those who work so hard at the RRISD Aquatic Center (the “RRAC” as far as we’re concerned). They set us up for success and were always there to support our efforts not to mention, were willing to host two days worth of masters water polo. That was the first USA Water Polo event in those pools, and we hope there will be many more, and soon.

My friend and colleague Joe Linehan deserves mention for organizing the entire event and reaching out to AquaTex when he needed another local host. USA Water Polo entrusted us with overseeing the event and we performed well, so can expect similar requests in the future. Plus, the cash money and new water polo balls never hurt.

Roster Call

Yes, we’re planning on going to the Texas Challenge Cup in North Texas on March 4-5. Families can register their interest in playing via our TeamUnify site. Find the event and then either attend/decline or “Edit Commitment.” The deadline is early for this tourney, February 17, so let us know your plans as soon as possible.

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Training Changes, Roster Call, LISD

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Schedule Change

As we just emailed to all our active members our training schedule is changing immediately. A quick note to our Novice and Age Group families. We’d like you to begin your Tuesday/Thursday schedule right away so plan on coming tomorrow and not tonight, Monday.

Given the sheer number of athletes we now have we’re running out of pool space. So we’re changing the schedule to accommodate more bodies and give each group the attention it deserves. This includes the addition of a Tuesday practice and staggered start times on the weekends. (I haven’t yet updated it on the calendar but will).

  • Monday and Wednesday
    • High School Waterpolo, 7-9 PM
  • Tuesday and Thursday
    • Novice Waterpolo, 7-8 PM
    • Age Group Waterpolo, 7-9 PM
  • Saturday
    • Novice Waterpolo, 10-11 AM
    • Age Group Waterpolo, 10 AM – noon
    • High School Waterpolo, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
    • Swim2Score, 11:00 AM – noon
  • Sunday
    • Novice Waterpolo, 9 – 10 AM
    • Age Group Waterpolo, 9 – 11 AM
    • High School Waterpolo, 10 AM – noon
    • Masters Waterpolo, 11:30 AM – 1 PM

Welcome

Speaking of growth, welcome to all the athletes – and their families – we’ve added in the last few weeks: Rein, William, Parker, Colton, Noelle, Elliot, Alyssa, Erica, Keegan, Remy, and Emeric. Did I miss anyone?!

LISD Water Polo

There’s a serious effort by parents, athletes, supporters, and coaches to convince the Leander ISD to reverse it’s decision to drop varsity water polo after just one season. Anyone who’s interested in supporting that cause can start by visiting saveleanderwaterpolo.org.

My opinion:

I have on- and 0ff-the-record opinions of their decision. I’ll reserve the pithier, more annoyed off-the-record one for more personal discussions. Regardless, the LISD decision is short-sighted. And anyone involved in the sport locally knows there are solutions to the problems sited by the District in their decision.

Yes, you can find coaches (they don’t need to be swim coaches).

Yes, you may need to be creative but there is pool time.

Yes, we understand that it would be optimal for every school in your district to support water polo programs, but that simply doesn’t exist in ANY other district in Texas.

We all know these things (and more) to be true.

I admire those who are putting together plans for how parents and students can address these issues positively, offering actual solutions rather than simply bemoaning the decision. Well done. You have my support.

I also have faith that there will come a change of plans by the District. We may not yet be close to that but there appear to be positive forces working toward that end.

And I have strong opinions about what’s going on but feel that as a club coach I need to lend my voice sparingly. Of course I support maintaining UIL water polo, especially at our local schools, for all kinds of reasons. But I could also see how my input might be counterproductive, so I will defer to those of you leading this effort and contribute just about any way you think will help.

Tourneys

Dare to Dream

The rosters are set for this weekend’s Dare to Dream tournament in College Station. AquaTex has entered its first ever 10u team to be led by Coach Babs. It includes Ryan, Grey, Neel, Ilay, Emeric, and a youngster from San Antonio we’ll meet when we’re there. Meanwhile, Clayton and William will play for Longhorn’s 12u team. Such an exciting start for so many of our new players. Make sure you have fun and learn something! We have lots of newcomers so please be sure to join our GroupMe if you haven’t already so Babs can communicate with all our Dare to Dream families. Good luck!

South TX Winter Champs

It’s a one-day championship bonanza in San Antonio on Sunday, Feb 5 for all ages and featuring teams exclusively from Central Texas. AquaTex intends to enter 18u boys, 18u girls, 16u boys, 14u boys, 10u mixed. If you haven’t already indicated your commitment go here and click on the “attend/decline” button. Each roster will play two games but anyone who qualifies for two rosters (those who play on 16u and 18u, for example) can expect four games. Then you can go to Cabo Bobs.

See you on the deck,

2023 Southwest Zone Spring Champs (18u/16u)

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From the Hosts

The Southwest Zone Spring Championships (SWZ Spring Champs) will be two separate tournaments on the weekends on April 29-30 in North Texas (18U/16U Divisions) and May 6-7 in Northwest Houston (14U/12U/10U Divisions). These tournaments will be two day, sanctioned USA Water Polo events with 3-4 all deep courses running simultaneously. Games will begin on Saturday morning, run all day on Saturday/Sunday morning, and then end around 4:00 pm on Sunday afternoon. All teams are guaranteed to play 4-5 games in a “championship” style format with placing games/awards for all divisions. Below is all the information for both tournaments (separate registration links for each tournament).

SWZ Spring Champs – 18U/16U Divisions:
Dates: April 29-30, 2023. Games will begin on Saturday morning, run all day on Saturday/Sunday morning, and then end around 4:00 pm on Sunday afternoon.
Locations:
LISD Westside Aquatic Center, 1750 Duncan Ln, Lewisville, TX 75067. Two all deep courses running simultaneously.
LISD Eastside Aquatic Center, 5729 Memorial Dr, The Colony, TX 75056. Two all deep courses running simultaneously.
Divisions: 18U Boys/Mixed, 18U Girls, 16U Boys/Mixed, 16U Girls
Age as of Date: August 1, 2023, graduating seniors in May 2023 who are 19 will be eligible to participate in the 18U Divisions.
Entry Fee: $650 per team. Payments will be collected when completing the online registration.
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 11 pm (CT)
Online Team Registration: SWZ Spring Champs – 18U/16U Divisions (must be logged in at the USAWP website to register)
Roster Deadline: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 11 pm (CT)
Schedule: An online schedule will be sent to everyone on Monday, April 24th.
Host: The tournament will be hosted by the Southwest Zone and Mavericks Water Polo.

2023 Texas Challenge Cup

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Schedule/Results

For Coaches

10u mixed team: scoresheet | IDs

14u mixed team: scoresheet | IDs

18u mixed team: scoresheet | IDs

Working Rosters

AQTX 10uLH 12u mixedAQTX 14u mixedAQTX 18u bLH 18u g
Ashton BensonSilasJackson PlaceWilliam LunsfordAddy
Ryan BensonLairdChase WadleyJackson PlaceAva
Claire GreenRobertWilliam PembertonVitali PavlenkoSarah
Eric CrockettZephyrAntonio FalceJames StraussBridget
Mason JonesDanielKenneth BrownConnor KnightNoelle Nealis
Tristan MillerElizaParker Nealis[Antonio Falce]Corina Nunziata
Vaugn GalloPhoebeColton NealisJacob GerakosTori
Colton GatesTheodoraElliot Bronstheyn[Kenneth Brown]Ashlyn
Ilay LevReinhold KarvenzDeclan GravesAllison
Diego Suarez-QuirogaLiam GravesGracie
Isabelle MorrisonAdlee ColegroveTaylor
Gavin HantelmanKat
Riley DixonMorgan Spooner
[Noelle Nealis]Tatum
[Corina Nunziata]

For AquaTex Families

Check the entry deadline for this event and then "Attend/Decline" or "Edit Commitment."

We very gladly have a lot of new athletes attending this tournament. Welcome to all of you, and of course to all our experienced families as well. Here are a few things to cover for newcomers and oldsters alike:

  • Always plan on being ready to meet together one hour before our first game of the day. That is an AquaTex policy. Please schedule your time accordingly. For any following games on the same day plan on meeting 40 minutes before game time.
  • Wear your team suit and t-shirt every game and each day of the tournament.
  • Expect three games per day even if we only end up playing two. That means, be prepared: extra towel, goggles for warmup, eye drops, snacks, water, an extra suit is always a good idea. Be ready.
  • Food. Between games we encourage our athletes to eat lean protein, fruit, simple carbohydrates (not just candy!), water. After our last game of the day you can eat what you want... within reason.
  • AquaTex doesn't organize team hotels or meals but definitely appreciates parents who take the lead in finding hotel blocks to share and/or organizing team meals. That is mostly done via our GroupMe so please do communicate amongst each other there.

From the Hosts

27 February 2023

Here is the Schedule for the tournament (Please note there are a few 18u girls games at Northwest each day)

As we expanded to accommodate more teams, we are now in need of each team to provide 1 table worker for each of your games. The tournament is now 68 teams and 136 games which is one of the largest in the zone.

Divisions
10u – Small goals and small courses (width of a course) , 5 min quarters
12u – 12u goals will be used, 6 min quarters
14u Girls – One game only
14u Gold – 6 min quarters
14u Silver – 6 min quarters
16u – 6 min quarters
18u Girls – 6 min quarters ( please note Games at both pools)
18u Mixed Gold – 6 min quarters
18u Mixed Silver – 6 min quarters

Warm-Up/Game Caps: There will be no warm-up area. Teams will need to warm-up between quarters or if there is no game in one of the pools. Teams will need to provide their own warm up balls. Teams will need to supply their own game caps for the competition.
Teams will need to print and bring scoresheets for each game

Additional Announcements:

No deck changing. Locker rooms will be available.

Teams listed first on the schedule will wear white caps and start to the left of the table.

Athletes will not be allowed to play in the tournament unless they are USAWP registered.

The Referees will be doing ID Checks prior to each game of the tournament. Athletes, Coaches, and Teams MUST be prepared for ID checks as to keep the tournament on schedule.

If you need to change cap numbers during a game, please let the table know BEFORE the player enters the pool to play
COACHES:
Hospitality: Hospitality will be for Coaches & Officials ONLY
Awards:
1ST, 2nd, & 3rd Place medals will be given out in each division.
The coaching staff of the 1st place team of each division will choose a player for the Player of the Tournament Award. This athlete will receive a trophy and be asked to pose for a picture after the 1st place team picture is taken.
PARENTS:
Facility Locations:
NISD Aquatics Center 1976 Texan Dr, Justin, TX 76247
CISD Aquatics Center 1501 W Southlake Blvd, Southlake, TX 76092
Admissions: $5 Day Pass, $10 Weekend Pass. Children 5 & Younger will not be charged admission. All admissions will be sold at the facility (no pre-paid admissions).
Apparel Sales: Custom made tournament apparel will be available at the Southlake CISD location.
Spectator Expectations: We request your cooperation by supporting the participants and officials in a positive manner. Profanity, or other intimidating actions directed at the officials, athletes, coaches, or volunteers will not be tolerated. Spectators should be aware that they can be removed from the premises for undesirable behaviors at the request of game officials, the tournament director, or facility director.

14 February 2023

This is a Thunder Water Polo hosted event in North Texas the weekend of March 4th and 5th.

All teams will receive a minimum of four games with the top 3 teams in each division receiving 1st – 3rd place medals.  

All participants must have a minimum of a USA Water Polo Bronze membership with picture and age verification completed. ID checks will be administered on deck.

Divisions – 10U Coed, 12U Coed, 14U Coed, 16U Boys, 18U Girls and 18U Boys

Details

  • Locations

    • Northwest ISD Aquatics Center  1976 Texas Dr Justin TX· ( 10u, 12u, 14u )

    • Carroll ISD Aquatics Center 1501 W Southlake Blvd, Southlake, TX ( 16u, 18u) 

  • Approximate Time: Saturday 8:00am – 7:00pm and Sunday 7:00 am – 4:00pm.

  • Age as of Date:  August 1, 2023

  • Entry Fee: $600 per team. Payments will be collected when completing the online registration. Link to Register

  • Registration Deadline:  Friday Feb 17th 9:00pm (PT)

  • Admissions – $5 per day  or $10 for the weekend

  • Roster Deadline:  Monday, February 27th at 9pm (PT)

  • Schedule: An online schedule will be sent to everyone on Monday February 27th

Team Hotel

https://group.trubyhilton.com/edo7wk

The reservation cut-off date is 2/17/23.  (We will release any rooms not used at that date and the rate will no longer be available.  If we sell all rooms in the block, the rate may not be available prior to this date).

The Tru Northlake is 4 miles, 5 minutes from the NISD Aquatic Center in Justin and 10 miles, 15 minutes from the Carroll ISD Aquatic Center in Southlake.

The Tru by Hilton offers a complimentary breakfast 6am-9am.  It includes hot items, bacon and eggs and other items, freshly made pancakes, cereal, breakfast breads,  yogurts, fruit and all the toppings

We offer:

Work, play, lounge, or eat in our 2880 square-foot lobby-with Pool Table

24/7 Market with local gourmet snacks & drinks

Large bathrooms with tons of counter space & glass

55inch TVs with in-room entertainment system-Netflix and huge selection of premium channels

24/7 complimentary LaVazza coffee

Tech Forward with Free Fast Wi-Fi and easy to reach charging outlets

Modern Fitness center

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2023 South Texas Winter Champs

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Schedule/Results

Sign Up

AquaTexans, commit to the tourney by going to the TeamUnify calendar, find this event, either click on “Attend/Decline” or “Edit Commitment” depending on whether you’re already logged on to your account.

Working Rosters

12U Orange (Longhorn)AQTX 14u mixedAQTX 18u boys
LairdAaron BielikAdlee Colegrove
AviRudy-Matheo GarciaRiley Dixon
Sawyer JAustin LewisKeegan Cozart
SilasJackson "JP" PlaceAntonio Falce
LennonChase WadleyConnor Knight
MasonJohn "Wes" KellyWilliam Lunsford
Emeric ColegroveKenneth "Cash" BrownKenneth "Cash" Brown
Jackson SAntonio FalceGavin Hantleman
Ashton BensonParker NealisJackson "JP" Place
Ryan BensonColton Nealis
Ilay LevWilliam Pemberton

From the Hosts

Alamo Area Water Polo will be hosting the South Texas Winter Champs on Sunday, February 5th at the Alamo Heights Natatorium in San Antonio for all youth water polo clubs in the San Antonio/Austin area. This is a one day, championship format (awards), sanctioned USAWP event with divisions for 18U Mixed/Boys, 16U Mixed/Boys, 18U/16U Girls, 14U Mixed/Boys, 14U Girls, 12U Mixed, and 10U Mixed (Age as of Date is August 1, 2023). Games will be played in two courses running simultaneously and begin on Sunday morning/run all day. All teams will be guaranteed two games with the games being back to back or with one game break (no waiting around all day for games). We will start with the older athletes on Sunday morning and work toward the younger divisions later in the day. We do need all teams to complete the online registration (no cost) and bring entry fee checks to the pool on Sunday, February 5th (check made payable to “AHISD”). Below is all the Game Day info. Online Team Registration: South Texas Winter Champs (must be logged in at USAWP website to register).

South Texas Winter Champs – Sunday, February 5, 2023:
Date: Sunday, February 5, 2023. Games will begin on Sunday morning/run all day on Sunday.
Location: Alamo Heights Natatorium, 705 Trafalgar Rd., San Antonio, TX 78216
Divisions: 18U Boys/Mixed, 16U Boys/Mixed, 18U/16U Girls, 14U Mixed/Boys, 14U Girls, 12U Mixed, and 10U Mixed (Age as of Date is August 1, 2023). Athletes graduating high school in May 2023 but who are turning 19 before August 1st will be eligible to play in the 18U Divisions.
Entry Fee: $250 per team. Please bring checks made payable to “AHISD” to the pool the day of the event.
Format: Championship Format with Awards. All teams will receive 2-3 games.
Online Team Registration: South Texas Winter Champs (must be logged in at USAWP website to register).
Registration Deadline: Friday, January 30, 2023
Roster Deadline: Friday, February 3, 2023
Schedule: An online schedule will be sent to everyone on Tuesday, January 31, 2023

2023 Southwest Zone JO Qualifier Tournament & Festival

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Details, including location, forthcoming. For an expectation of what the Qualifier tournament and Festival look like, check out details from 2022.

Working Rosters

As of 10 January 2023 these are the AquaTex athletes who are eligible but not yet committed to play at National Junior Olympics. This roster does not contain Longhorn athletes, with whom we may combine if necessary.
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Eligible AthletesAaron GordonAlyssa CampbellLaird ChangSofia SilvestriniWilliam PembertonClayton WaterburyMelia Beckon
Adlee ColegroveCorina NunziataAdlee ColegroveDarby DeVoreElliot BronstheynIlay LevRyan Benson
Cody BackDarby DeVoreMatthew DixonKailee SetoAustin LewisNeel RamanathanAshton Benson
Connor KnightErica CampbellJames StraussMolly ArredondoJohn KellyAlan Ni
Declan GravesKailee SetoJacob GerakosCorina NunziataRudy-Matheo GarciaEmeric Colegrove
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James StraussNichole WoodJackson Place
Keegan CozartSofia SilvestriniAaron Bielik
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Liam GravesSiri PembertonKenneth Brown
Luca De AraujoChase Wadley
Matthew DixonAntonio Falce
Riley DixonJordan Baek
Vitalii PavlenkoColton Nealis
William WrightParker Nealis
Jack Arredondo

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