Water Polo

Roosevelt’s Taylor Brooks scored on Hawaii Prep Academy on Thursday in the HHSAA/Stanford Carr Development water polo state championship quarterfinals. And scored and scored some more until the Rough Riders not only had a win, but some rarefied air for the senior in the 14-4 victory. The 5-foot-9 senior attacker tallied nine goals, more than all but one other player in the history of the tournament (winners bracket games only). A former Rough Rider, Rachel Kamai, had 11 goals in […]

Kamehameha is all about team glory as it chases its first state water polo title since 2006, but there is some individual greatness on the line as well. Senior attacker Payton Bosque climbed onto the list of the tournament’s all-time goal scorers (Winner’s bracket games only) with four scores in a 12-4 win over Kapolei in Monday’s opening round. She passed Punahou’s Saki Migiliorato and Serina Shibata with her 20th goal on Monday and is looking at Aisha Price of […]

The roaring sea of red in the bleachers of Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center has become the norm for the Oahu Interscholastic Association girls water polo championship game. Only, it wasn’t just the red of Kahuku. This time, a large gathering of Roosevelt red was in attendance, and the Rough Riders, not the Lady Raiders, were the higher seed coming into Saturday’s title match. Kahuku got a goal by Kayla Grigsby with 4 seconds left in overtime for thrilling 9-8 victory […]

From a physical standpoint, Payton Bosque is not much different from her namesake, the late, great Chicago Bears running back, Walter Payton. She is compact, fluid and a playmaker in the open field. Her field, though, happens to be the pool, where she is a fifth-team All-American in water polo. The University of Hawaii-bound standout was the subject of our prep feature in Tuesday’s print edition. She took time to do this Q&A with Hawaii Prep World before practice on […]