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Season-ending water polo rankings 2024: Bay Area News Group Top 10


Sacred Heart Prep's Gates Gamble (19) looks for a shot before scoring a goal while being guarded by De La Salle's Lukas Peters (12) during their CIF NorCal Water Polo Championship in Atherton, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

Bay Area News Group water polo Top 10

(Mercury News & East Bay Times)

(Records through Monday)

BOYS

No. 1 SACRED HEART PREP (19-10)

Final word: Beat De La Salle 9-7 to capture the CIF NorCal Division I title. SHP has won the last four NorCal championships. 

No. 2 DE LA SALLE (22-7)

Final word: Beat Miramonte 14-13 to capture the NCS Open Division title. Lost to SHP 9-7 in the NorCal Division I championship game.

No. 3 MIRAMONTE (17-11)

Final word: Lost to SHP 12-11 in the NorCal Division I semifinals. 

No. 4 CAMPOLINDO (18-10)

Final word: Lost to De La Salle 14-8 in the NorCal Division I semifinals. 

No. 5 ST. FRANCIS (22-9)

Final word: Lost to Campolindo 12-7 in the first round of the NorCal Division I playoffs. 

No. 6 MENLO SCHOOL (16-8)

Final word: Won the NorCal Division crown after beating Clovis 12-6. 

No. 7 LOS ALTOS (24-9)

Final word: Beat Serra 9-7 in overtime to win the CCS Division I title. Lost to Ripon 16-10 in the NorCal Division III championship game. 

No. 8 HARKER (18-10)

Final word: Lost to Redwood 14-13 in the first round of the NorCal Division II playoffs. 

No. 9 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (12-17)

Final word: Defeated Leland 13-11 to capture the CCS Division II title. Lost to Ripon 11-10 in the NorCal Division III semifinals. 

No. 10 BELLARMINE (14-12)

Final word: Lost to Harker 15-14 in the first round of the CCS Open Division playoffs. 

WAY-TOO-EARLY TOP FIVE FOR 2025

No. 1 SACRED HEART PREP

Early word: The Gators have won the last four CIF NorCal Division I titles and there’s no indication their dynasty will end with goalkeeper Murdoch Baker-Matsuoka and sharp shooter Gates Gamble set to return next season. 

No. 2 MIRAMONTE

Early word: The Matadors are graduating just five seniors to a team that made a deep section and regional playoff run. Expect underclassmen Griffin Maclear, Tristan Tucker, Michael Robinson, Mason Tunney and Trent Smith to take big steps forward next season. 

No. 3 DE LA SALLE

Early word: De La Salle has been a model of consistency with just one losing season since 2009. With Hayden Tully and Sloan Brown back in the fold, the Spartans should be in contention for a NorCal title next season. 

No. 4 CAMPOLINDO

Early word: The Cougars will be loaded with talent next season as their talented class of 2027 trio of Ellis Culleton, Will Maguy and Cade O’Hare expected to return. 

No. 5 MENLO SCHOOL 

Early word: Freshman Hunter Coleman was a star freshman who led the Knights to a NorCal Division I championship and is slated to return next year. 

Sacred Heart Prep’s Gates Gamble (19) looks for a shot before scoring a goal while being guarded by De La Salle’s Lukas Peters (12) during their CIF NorCal Water Polo Championship in Atherton, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) 

GIRLS

No. 1 SACRED HEART PREP (27-2)

Final word: Beat Carondelet 11-4 to win the CIF NorCal Division I title. Defeated Soquel 12-2 in the CCS Open Division championship game. 

No. 2 CARONDELET (23-6)

Final word: Won the NCS Open Division title after beating Campolindo 8-6. Lost to SHP 11-4 in the NorCal …read more

Source:: The Mercury News – Entertainment

      

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