IHSA Announcements

December 6, 2001

Water Polo State Series Becomes Reality This Spring

BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) will conduct its first-ever state series in Water Polo for boys and girls during the (next) spring of 2002.

The sport becomes the 13th in which IHSA will crown state champions for boys and for girls. The sport season begins on Monday of Week 35(Feb. 25, 2002) in the IHSA Standardized Calendar and ends no later than Saturday of Week 45 (May 11, 2002). Schools may conduct their first contest in Water Polo no earlier than Monday of Week 36 (March 4, 2002).

Asst. Executive Director Beth Sauser will administer the inaugural state series. She also is the administrator for swimming and diving.

The IHSA Board of Directors will appoint an advisory committee for Water Polo after the first of the year. It will be responsible for developing recommended Terms and Conditions for the state series, and other administrative procedures for state series managers and for conducting the combined state final tournament. The IHSA Board of Directors must approve those recommendations.

A total of 51 schools have entered the girls series, while 65 schools have entered the boys series. Member schools had until Dec. 1, 2001, to enter a team or teams in the Water Polo state series. If 65 different schools entered by the deadline, the Board of Directors had agreed to sponsor the state series this school term.

Following are the listings of schools entered in the 2002 Girls Water Polo state series and the 2002 Boys Water Polo state series as of Dec. 1, 2001.

Schools Entered in Water Polo

Boys

Arlington Heights (Hersey)
Arlington Heights (St. Viator)
Aurora (Waubonsie Valley)
Barrington
Berwyn Cicero (Morton)
Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais)
Buffalo Grove
Champaign (Centennial), Champaign (Central) and Urbana (H.S.)  (Coop)
Chicago (Brother Rice)
Chicago (Clemente)
Chicago (Farragut)
Chicago (Juarez)
Chicago (Julian)
Chicago (Kenwood)
Chicago (Lane Tech)
Chicago (Latin)
Chicago (Lincoln Park)
Chicago (Mather)
Chicago (Morgan Park )
Chicago (Mt. Carmel)
Chicago (Northside College Prep)
Chicago (Prosser)
Chicago (Roosevelt)
Chicago (Schurz)
Chicago (Senn)
Chicago (Simeon)
Chicago (St. Ignatius)
Chicago (St. Patrick)
Chicago (St. Rita)
Chicago (Vocational)
Chicago (Von Steuben)
Chicago (Young)
Deerfield
Elmhurst (York)
Evanston (Township)
Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)
Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)
Glenview (Glenbrook South)
Highland Park
Hoffman Estates
LaGrange (Lyons)
Lake Forest
Libertyville
Lincolnshire (Stevenson)
McHenry
Mundelein
Naperville (Central)
Naperville (Neuqua Valley)
Naperville (North)
New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)
Northbrook (Glenbrook North)
Oak Park (Fenwick)
Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
Orland Park (Sandburg)
Palatine (Fremd)
Palatine (H.S.)
Palos Hills (Stagg)
Peoria (Richwoods)
Peoria (Woodruff)
St. Charles (North)
Tinley Park (Andrew)
Vernon Hills
Wheeling
Wilmette (Loyola Academy)
Winnetka (New Trier)

Girls

Arlington Heights (Hersey)
Arlington Heights (St. Viator)
Aurora (Waubonsie Valley)
Barrington
Berwyn Cicero (Morton)
Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais)
Buffalo Grove
Chicago (Farragut)
Chicago (Lane Tech)
Chicago (Latin )
Chicago (Maria)
Chicago (Mather)
Chicago (Morgan Park )
Chicago (Mother McAuley)
Chicago (Northside College Prep)
Chicago (Schurz)
Chicago (Senn)
Chicago (Simeon )
Chicago (St. Ignatius)
Chicago (Young)
Deerfield
Elmhurst (York)
Evanston (Township)
Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)
Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)
Glenview (Glenbrook South)
Highland Park
LaGrange (Lyons)
Lake Forest
Libertyville
Lincolnshire (Stevenson)
Mundelein
Naperville (Central)
Naperville (Neuqua Valley)
Naperville (North)
New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)
Northbrook (Glenbrook North)
Oak Park (Fenwick)
Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
Orland Park (Sandburg)
Palatine (Fremd)
Palatine (H.S.)
Palos Hills (Stagg)
Peoria (Richwoods)
Peoria (Woodruff)
St. Charles (North)
Tinley Park (Andrew)
Vernon Hills
Wheeling
Wilmette (Loyola Academy)
Winnetka (New Trier)