The Seaholm girls’ varsity water polo team’s season ended with a loss to Skyline High School at regionals on May 21st. The score was 13-4.
“We gave [Skyline] a good fight but they stepped up and improved a lot and in the end won,” junior Abigail London said. The team made it through districts, which were held at Groves High School on May 13th and 14th.“We played very well at districts,” said head coach Chalmers McGillivray. “We finished as a 3rd seed heading into regionals.”
They had victories against Holt/East Lansing and Haslett High School, but lost to last year’s state champions, Okemos High School.
“We practiced hard on how to pull ahead early in the game,” junior Kellie Howe said.
Because Seaholm won their first game at districts, they had the opportunity to move on to regionals.
Regionals were held at East Lansing High School on May 21st.
Seaholm had to beat Skyline High Schoolto move on to states, which would have been held on June 4th.
Even though there was no victory, Seaholm still played very well against Skyline.
Junior Kit Kuhne started the game off with the first goal for Seaholm.
Three more goals followed with Madeline Tew, Megan Smith, and Emily Harrison all scoring.
Seaholm did not let up, and competed with Skyline through the entire game.
Team members worked together to play as hard as they could.
“The team really started to work as one unit, moving together and defending effectively,” Howe said. “Everyone thought about the play in effect and what they could do to help the team as a whole.”
Coach McGillivray agreed.
“Our success so far this year has truly been a team effort,” said McGillivray.
If the girls had beat Skyline, they would have gone on to play on May 22nd and had the opportunity to compete at states.
Even though the girls couldn’t move on to states, they still have a positive attitude for next year.
“We had a good season,” London said. “I just can’t wait for next year.”
