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Three Villa Maria water polo players made their college commitments this afternoon. Sarah Latzo will play for Washington & Jefferson, while Christine Uht and Emily Rodriguez signed with Gannon. Latzo holds the school record with 341 career goals and was named to the all-state first team as a senior. Uht holds the school record with 87 kick-outs drawn and had 21 assists and 57 goals as a senior. Uht was named to the all-state third this past year. Rodriguez was dominant in goal for the Victors and recorded a school-record 876 career saves. She was also named to the all-state third team.

–Tom Reisenweber

Zach Miller scored the game-winning goal with 21 seconds remaining in regulation this evening to give the Cathedral Prep boys water polo team a 12-11 victory over Governor Mifflin in the opening round of the state championships at North Penn High School in Lansdale.

The Ramblers will take on either North Allegheny or host North Penn at 12:45 p.m. Saturday.

Alison Cooney

Alison Cooney, a junior, rescued Villa Maria’s water polo season Saturday and helped the Victors’ strong senior class clinch its second consecutive trip to the state tournament.

Cooney scored five goals, including three in overtime, to lead Villa to a 10-7 win over archrival McDowell in a Western Conference tournament 
 first-round game at North Allegheny High School. That prolonged the Victors’ season and gave them a berth in the state tournament, which opens Friday at Cumberland Valley High School.

Cooney was just warming up Saturday, though. She also scored the winning goal at the buzzer in a 12-11 semifinal win over Cumberland Valley.

The Victors eventually claimed second place in the tournament and earned a No. 2 seed for the state tourney.

She is the third Villa water polo player to win the Breakout Fall Athlete of the Week vote this fall. Cooney follows Sarah Latzo and Christine Uht.

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The Cathedral Prep water polo team locked up a berth in the state tournament by beating  Hazleton 22-14 today in the Western Conference championships at North Allegheny in Wexford.

Mike Squeglia scored seven goals and Zach Miller added six as the Ramblers advanced to today’s Western Conference semifinals against Cumberland Valley at 3:30 p.m.

Prep will return to the state tournament Nov. 2-3 at North Penn High School in Lansdale.

The Ramblers joined Villa Maria as the area’s only state qualifiers. Villa advanced earlier today with a 10-7 victory over McDowell in a Western Conference first-round game.

Junior Alison Cooney scored five goals, including three in overtime, as the Villa Maria water polo team rallied for a 10-7 overtime victory against rival McDowell this morning at the Western Conference championships at North Allegheny in Wexford.

The win moves the Victors (19-7) into the tournament’s semifinals and qualifies Villa for next week’s state tournament at Cumberland Valley in Mechanicsburg.

McDowell, which saw its season come to an end, quickly grabbed a 4-1 lead with a series of goals off strong outside shots.

Villa steadily drew closer, eventually tying the game at 6 to send it into overtime. Senior Sarah Latzo then gave the Victors a 7-6 lead in OT before Cooney recorded her third goal of the morning. After McDowell drew to within 8-7, Cooney added her final two goals to help the Victors prolong their season.

This is the second consecutive state tournament berth for the Villa water polo team, which several years ago didn’t even have a team because of a lack of players.

Cathedral Prep against Hazleton was set to play an elimination game late this morning at North Allegheny.

Update 1
Villa Maria is headed to the Western Conference championship. The Victors knocked off Cumberland Valley 12-11 on a last-second goal by Alison Cooney.

Christine Uht

Christine Uht is a senior captain who has been one of the key players in the resurgence of the Villa Maria program.

Uht, who plays every position except goalie, scored nine goals last week as the Victors went 2-2.

She has 43 goals this year, moving her career total to 188, good for third on Villa’s career list.

She leads the Victors with 19 assists and has 60 in her career, which ranks second in school history. She also leads the team with 24 kickouts drawn this year, pushing her school-record total to 79.

“The program would not be where it is right now if it wasn’t for her,” Villa assistant coach Adrienne Fischer said. “She’s one of the most dedicated athletes we have and she loves to play the game.”

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Sarah Latzo

It’s been a memorable few days for Sarah Latzo.

First, she led the Villa Maria water polo team to a title in the Beast of the East Tournament over the weekend. Then, she was named Varsity Female Athlete of the Week. Finally, she was voted the Breakout Fall Athlete of the Week by Varsity blog readers.

Latzo, a senior, entered the season as the Victors’ single-season and career scoring leader. She added 15 goals to that career total Friday and Saturday when she scored 15 times in six games at the Beast of the East tourney.

Her biggest goal came when she intercepted a pass in the closing seconds and scored the winning goal in Villa’s 11-10 victory over Governor Mifflin in the tournament’s Flight 2 championship game.

Latzo has led the Victors to a 12-2 record as they head into this weekend’s McDowell Invitational.

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Rachel Weibel

Weibel helped the Tigers to two wins over the weekend. The junior scored a hat trick Friday
in Fairview’s 12-3 win over Mechanicsburg at the Cumberland Valley Screaming Eagle Invitational.

She recorded a second hat trick in the Tigers’ 10-0 win against Pottsville Saturday. She also scored a goal in Fairview’s 8-2 loss to Hazelton in the same tourney.

Weibel, a utility player, is in her third year on Fairview’s water polo team and is a team captain.

“She’s a great leader for the team and she’s a great student,” Fairview coach Kyle Figaski said.

Weibel is second in the team in scoring this season with 10 goals.

She is also a diver for Fairview’s swimming and diving team.

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The McDowell boys and girls water polo teams are still in search of a head coach as the fall season approaches. The Trojans had a coach in place but their name was not submitted to the School Board for approval. Interested applicants should visit www.mtsd.org to apply or call the McDowell athletic office at 835-5428 by Monday.

All fall sports practices begin Monday, and the McDowell boys and girls open their seasons Aug. 31 at home in the McDowell Cup.

–Tom Reisenweber

The District 10 Committee has released its list of proposed regions for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years. The committee members have a little less than two weeks to review each sport before meeting on Feb. 8 in Sharon to finalize all regions.

Rivals Villa Maria and Mercyhurst Prep have been placed in the same region for girls basketball, while Tidioute Charter has elected to compete in region play. Tidioute has always been a member of District 10 but opted to play an independent schedule. TCCS will compete in girls volleyball, boys basketball, girls basketball, girls swimming, boys cross country and girls cross country.

Click here for a list of the proposed regions by sport.

– Tom Reisenweber

Click below for the District 10 all-sports schedule for the next seven days.

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Click below to see the District 10 all-sports schedule for the next seven days.

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