La Habra’s girls water polo team after Thursday’s victory. (PHOTO: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone).
La Habra’s season got off to a roaring start on Thursday afternoon with a 22-4 non-league girls water polo victory over Fullerton at La Habra.
The Highlanders were led by junior Khira Rios, who had six goals. Julianna Segovia and Kelly Kaufman each added five goals each and Brynn Tellekamp scored four goals.
La Habra jumped out to an 8-0 lead after the first quarter and extended the margin to 13-1 at halftime and cruised in the second half. Highlanders’ goalkeeper Adelae Bulter had 10 blocks for La Habra.
Jalyce Northgrave scored two goals for Fullerton (0-2).
First-year Highlanders Coach Wedge Molthen was pleased with the Highlanders victory.
“It’s a great start to the season,” said Molthen, who recorded his first win as a high school girls water polo coach. “We were aggressive and attacked on offense and we played very good defense.”
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