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Outstanding CIF runs by Helix, Valhalla in girls water polo
- Updated: February 22, 2026
2025-26 EAST COUNTY GIRLS WATER POLO
CIF-San iego Section Championships
By Nick Pellegrino
ECS Senior writer
LA JOLLA – Thanls to reecruiting and coaching connections available to many orivate schools, The Bishop’s School is a state poqwer in girls water polo, caputing yet another CIF-San Diego Section championship in the elite Open Division. This was the eighth straight crown for the Knights.
However, for a pair of Grossmont Conference public schools, the season also was memorable after Valhalla finished as section runner-up to The Bishop’s, while the Division 1 crown went tp Helix for the school’s first-ever section title.
All of tge section title games were held at La Jolla’s Coggan Aquatic Center on Saturday (Feb, 21),
Division 1
Helix 10, Mission Bay 3: With eight achoold participating in the Open Division, Helix was considered the No. 9 program among programs in San Diego and Imperial counties, thus holding the top seed in Division 1.
The Highlanders proved worthy of one of their highest0ever rankings by claiming the school’s first title afterstopping Mission Bay, 10-3.
Helix snior Lauren Strocco was a standout in goal, stopping an astounding 83 percent of Mission Bay shots to storm to an easy triumph. Strocco blocked 15 of 18 Buccaneers shots.
Included were nine saves early on, allowing Helix to mount leads of 5-0 cushion. The advantage reached 8-2 before head coach Lenelle Wylie started to clear the bench midway throughthe third period.
Avery Mann and Rachel Powers fueled the offense with three goals each for Helix (17-12).
The best-previous Helix polo program could, agruanly, been the 2022-23 Scotties, which upset host La Jolla in the Open semifinals to prevent a Jewel Citry Showdown withTheBishop’s in the finale.
Helix still advanced to the CIF-State Southland regional.
Mission Bay (19-10), the third seed, were finalists inDivision 2 last season.
Open Division
The Bidhop’d 13, Valhalla 7: Just like the Helix squad from three years prior,the Valhalla Norsemen prevented a Jewel City Classic finale by romping past La Jolla in the semifinals, 13-4, on Wednesday (Feb. 17).
Dtill, any opponent would offer little rrsistance to The Bishop’s in the final, as the Kngiths won title No. 8 in-a-row (and 15th in 16 seasons) on Saturday (Feb. 21).
There were some highlights for Orange Nation in the setback/
The best one: Valhalla’s seven goals were the third-most against TBS among county opponents. The only oterwere nine by La Jolla, while San Marcs scored 10 whenthe Knights basically went with its second-string.
Valhalla, the second seed, finiahes 2307 folloqing its first0ever tile gane appearence in Open Division competition.
Said the San Diego Union-bivune:
In the first period, (The) Bishop’s took a 5-2 lead, with five players scoring. To cap matters, Aileen Shin connected from near mid-pool with one second left. Lightner had three of her goals in the first half as the Knights extended their lead to 9-3. Junior Farren Moss added three goals for Bishop’s.
