The local water polo universe circles near to Coggan Pool in La Jolla this afternoon, Sept. 24, when Bishop's travels to the La Jolla High campus to open Western League play against the Vikings.
Each school carries in a positive win-loss record, Coach Tom Atwell's Vikings at 15-2, the Knights under Doug Peabody and Ian Davidson at 6-5 in their own pre-league competition.
Bishop's played in the South Coast Tournament at the end of last week, which saw Newport Harbor defeat Cathedral Catholic, 12-7, in the final.
The Dons are the reigning Western League champs, downing both La Jolla and Bishop's last fall in a rearranging of the local order in boys water polo.
Cathedral travels to Point Loma tomorrow, Thurs., Sept. 25, got its own league opener.
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On Monday, Sept. 22, Peabody and Davidson were reluctant to make their athletes available for interviews. "We have a big game coming up," Davidson told a reporter who came by the Bishop's campus in person, not impolitely.
Then he said, "It's up to them." He thought: "They have three periods off."
A phone number was left, but no calls were received from the "team leaders" who were requested for interviews.
In the elite South Coast Tournament in Orange County, the Knights beat San Marcos (Santa Barbara), 12-7, then Mira Costa, 15-11, on Thurs., Sept. 18.
The next day, they fell to the eventual tourney champ, Newport Harbor, 15-8. Finally, on Sat., Sept. 20, Bishop's succumbed to Miramonte by one goal, 15-14.
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