EL SEGUNDO HERALD November 29, 2018 Page 5
Girls Soccer, Water Polo Previews
Story and Photos by Gregg McMullin
The El Segundo High School girls soccer
season enters the 2018-19 schedule with high
expectations on improving upon last season’s
overall record and second place Ocean League
finish. Head coach Skip Jones has good reason
for having high hopes. “We have seven returning
starters, so there’s a lot of experience,” he said.
Coach Jones will lean on the seniors for their
leadership to help what looks to be a young
team with experience. The group includes
Kaela Little, Natalya Lozano, Vanessa Segura,
Chloe Chavez, Alivia Kelly, Liliana Romero
and Claire Mahon. Each of the seniors has vast
experience and should see plenty of action in
a wide-open rotation.
Last season, the Eagles relied on a strong
midfield. This season, that should be the same
case with All-Ocean League Trinity Parascandola
returning. Her presence alongside Annika Nelson,
Emily Nagamine, Suey Diep and Marcela
Martinez makes for a great group of talented
athletes at the midfield position.
Up front for the Eagles are all quick and
skilled athletes. Chloe Brown, the Eagles’ top
scorer last season, returns to lead the offense
up. With Mahon, sophomore Julya Garcia and
freshman phenom Chelsie Charles, the depth
the Eagles have will ensure fresh legs without
any decline in talent.
Defensively the Eagles will welcome back
Delaney Jones, a talented junior who missed
her sophomore year due to an injury. Jones
was a standout and showed promise as a freshman
starter. Her speed and knack for being in
the right place will help the back line. Jones
will be joined by returning All-Ocean League
player Katie Callahan as well as Kylie Keens.
Little’s experience and senior leadership will
help calm the back line.
The Eagles have 11 players who are juniors,
sophomore or freshman expected to be impact
players with considerable playing time. The
girls soccer program is going in the right direction
with so many players in the program.
With 65 of them playing on different levels,
El Segundo’s soccer program looks good with
a great feeder system in place.
Girls Water Polo Team Has
Experience to Excel
The Lady Eagles head into this season’s
schedule with a new coach and lots of confidence.
First-year head coach Kelly Kemp, a
former standout for the Eagles, replaces Riley
Brady who stepped down to concentrate on
his teaching career. Kemp was an assistant
coach for four seasons, aiding the team in
fall conditioning and tactical clinics. With his
background and knowledge, the Eagles are in
good hands with the strategy and tactics he’ll
employ. Coach Kemp will have plenty of help
from former Eagle standouts as assistants.
Coaching the JV team is Tyler Contarsy, while
Emily Fuller, Coral Kemp and boys head coach
Dave Williamson will assist on both levels.
The team is full of talented seniors who
have plenty of experience. Three-year starters
and co-captains Jenna Olson and Maya Weiss
lead a squad that finished as Ocean League
co-champs last season and reached the CIF
Southern Section quarterfinals.
Other seniors returning include Sophia
Caravello in the cage. Though Caravello split
time last season in goal, this year she will be
the starter and looks to improve on her two
shutouts. She is regarded as one of the top
goaltenders in the Ocean League. Other returning
seniors include Sarah Alexander, Alisa
Flores, Savannah Ghale, Christina Grenke and
Alexa Modry. Rounding out the roster is junior
Natalie Cloutier-Chaine, sophomore Christina
Mullane and freshman Avary Torres.
Last season, the Eagles had an incredible
scoring per game average and tallied 338 goals
to best a 10-year-old school record by one. The
2006-07 team with the high-scoring duo of
Coral Kemp (115 goals) and Elle Quane (94
goals) set the school record. Last season, the
top two scorers were junior Jenna Olson (106)
and freshman Christina Mullane (86). With both
returning, the offense should be wide open.
The Eagles opened their season at home
on Tuesday against South Torrance and host
Palos Verdes today at 3 p.m. With the new
pool at the El Segundo Aquatics Center set to
open soon, El Segundo High water polo and
swim meets at a very proud Urho Saari Swim
Stadium will be coming to an end.
Though the official opening of the new
Aquatics Center isn’t slated until early January,
Coach Kemp has scheduled a first game that is
also a fundraiser for the water polo program.
On Saturday, Dec. 22, the current girls team
will face a roster of alumni at 3 p.m. At 4 p.m.,
the boys team, coached by Dave Williamson,
will face off against an alumni team.
Boys Water Polo Teams
Hands out Awards
The Eagles had a great season and members
of the team were honored for their play. Team
MVP was Mason Jaeger. The Eagles Award
went to Cameron Dornblaser. Top Offensive
Player was Jaden Van Der Woude and Top
Defensive Player was Danny Gonzalez. The
Eagles were represented on All-Ocean League
teams that included Van Der Woude being
named Ocean League Most Outstanding Player.
Brian Schodorf was named to the All-Ocean
League first team, while Caden Kastigar and
Kalan Smith were named to the second team.
Boys Basketball Reaches
El Monte Tournament Final
The Eagles reached the finals of the El
Monte Thanksgiving Tournament, but fell to
the highly regarded Providence Pioneers 48-30.
El Segundo got to the finals by defeating South
Pasadena, Nogales and Downtown Magnets.
El Segundo is on the road at Centennial on
Friday night at 6 p.m. and at Cabrillo (Long
Beach) next Wednesday night. The Eagles’ only
home game in December is next Friday night
at 6 p.m. when they host Wiseburn-Da Vinci.
Lady Eagles Fare Well
in Redondo Tournament
The Lady Eagles improved to 4-2 on the year
when they went 3-1 in the Redondo Tournament.
They missed out on playing in the final
when it was determined on a point differential
in pool play. Still the team played well and
finished strong defeating St. Bernard 44-18.
El Segundo opened the tournament with a
stinging 50-37 loss to Legacy. The Lady Eagles
suffered through dismal shooting, fell behind
by as many as 15 points and couldn’t recover.
Jordan Peterson and Reese Jones each had 9
points to lead El Segundo.
It was thought that Crenshaw would be El
Segundo’s biggest challenge, but the Lady Eagles
sped out to a 25-9 lead and never looked back
in their 72-47 win over the Cougars. Jones led
all scorers with 20 points, while Kailea Lee
had 14 points. El Segundo bounced back and
defeated Palos Verdes 42-39 in a seesaw game
that saw seven lead changes. It was just the
third win over the Sea Kings in the last 12
meetings. Hannah Chang was a perfect 5-5 from
three-point range and finished with 20 points.
In the fifth place game, the Lady Eagles mauled
St. Bernard 44-18 with a defensive effort that
limited the Vikings to just two free throws in the
first half. Malia Hue sank a long range jumper to
give El Segundo a 12-0 lead. St. Bernard’s only
two points of the first half came from Dionne
Landry’s two free throws to make it 26-2. El
Segundo’s relentless defense didn’t give up a
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