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NEWPORT BEACH — Jeff Nesmith is successful his ninth play arsenic the caput manager of Long Beach Wilson’s boys h2o polo team, and helium knows each astir its rivalry with Corona del Mar.
It goes backmost to erstwhile helium played astatine Wilson successful the 1990s.
“They’re conscionable a bully rival for us,” Nesmith said. “I was a subordinate astatine Wilson, we were battling backmost then. When I was young, they (Wilson and CdM) were battling backmost then, truthful it’s been 30 years of rivalry for sure.”
So erstwhile the 2 teams met Saturday — for the 3rd clip this play — successful the South Coast Tournament, it seemed lone fitting that they played 1 of their emblematic battles. In the end, the Bruins defeated the Sea Kings 12-8 with a beardown decorativeness astatine Corona del Mar High School.
“I truly liked the 3rd quarter, ever a difference-maker successful h2o polo,” Nesmith said. “We truly came out, asserted ourselves, battled for a lead, and that truly carried america done the 4th quarter.”
Zac Crenshaw led the Bruins with 5 goals portion Gray Carson added 4 goals. Sean Tunnicliff, Dylan Watty and Carson Kruger each scored once, portion Brady Simon made six saves.
Wilson led astir of the way, but it was ever a choky lucifer arsenic the teams traded goals. The people was tied 6-6 astatine halftime.
CdM took its archetypal pb of the crippled astatine 7-6 disconnected a extremity from Dylan Jutwani, but the Bruins answered close backmost with a six-on-five extremity from Tunnicliff.
Wilson retook the pb astatine the 1:01 people of the 3rd play erstwhile Walty scored disconnected an assistance from Krueger and 36 seconds aboriginal went up 9-7 with a antagonistic extremity from Carson.
Wilson extended the pb to 11-7 with a five-meter extremity from Carson and a antagonistic extremity from Crenshaw, yet putting the crippled retired of reach.
The teams had divided their 2 matches earlier this month. The Sea Kings won 11-9 connected Sept. 9, and the Bruins won 9-5 connected Sept. 4 successful the last of the Long Beach Tournament.
Wilson ended its time Saturday with a nonaccomplishment to the Newport Harbor JV 17-14 successful the 17th-place crippled of the South Coast Tournament. Mater Dei rallied to bushed Newport Harbor 12-10 successful the title game.
The Bruins opened the tourney Thursday with a 14-10 nonaccomplishment astatine Foothill but won its 2 games Friday, 18-7 against the Harvard Westlake JV and 15-7 against Servite.
The Bruins instrumentality to enactment Wednesday against Mira Costa astatine Belmont Shores astatine 4 p.m.
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