Coach Kent Kirchner watches his team during The Woodlands girls water polo game against Cy Woods at the regional tournament, at Fleet Aquatic Center in Cypress. Photograph by David Hopper

The Woodlands’ Heather Clark shoots over Cypress Creek’s Danielle Wilkerson at the Texas Region 2 High School Water Polo Championship tournament at Fleet Aquatic Center in Cypress.

The Woodlands has another regional champion.

The Highlanders’ boys water polo team beat Jersey Village 10-6 for the East Region III tournament title Saturday at Cy-Fair ISD’s FLEET Aquatic Center.

“It was a great matchup,” coach Kent Kirchner said.

“It started off a little tight and we got a pretty good lead, and then some players … got sent to the penalty box, and we were playing a man down, and they scored a couple times there and made it close again.

“Then, without 3 minutes to go, we pretty much had it well in control.”

Teams had to battle adverse weather conditions at the outdoor pool, where Friday’s game were pushed to Saturday morning. click here for complete story