water polo
noun
: a goal game similar to soccer that is played in water by teams of swimmers using a ball resembling a soccer ball
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The two top performers were recognized as the Sun Sentinel’s Palm Beach water polo players of the year.
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Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
The boys wrestling team was league champion and the girls wrestling and girls water polo teams won CIF Division 3 championships, Rodriguez said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2025
The chancellor referenced the school’s national championship in men’s water polo, a Final Four appearance in women’s basketball and a national runner-up finish in women’s gymnastics as part of a haul that also included six team and four individual conference titles, the most of any Big Ten team.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Terry Schroeder would go on to do a lot in the game of water polo.
—Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
The boys wrestling team was league champion and the girls wrestling and girls water polo teams won CIF Division 3 championships, Rodriguez said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2025
The chancellor referenced the school’s national championship in men’s water polo, a Final Four appearance in women’s basketball and a national runner-up finish in women’s gymnastics as part of a haul that also included six team and four individual conference titles, the most of any Big Ten team.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Terry Schroeder would go on to do a lot in the game of water polo.
—Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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“Water polo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20polo. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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