Obviously, it all goes back to Coach Barnett, and what he was able to establish. “I think the three of them are just a byproduct of that as well. “I had always dreamed of coming back to be a coach at Newport Harbor, because I love this school, I love this community, I love this program,” Sinclair said. The journey has led to Saturday at Irvine’s Woollett Aquatics Center, when the proud program seeks its seventh CIF championship. The three women, now in their mid-20s, have been reunited with the Sailors for the last three seasons. Goalkeeper Carlee Kapana and defender Rachel Whitelegge both graduated in 2015 - the late legendary coach Bill Barnett’s final season - before heading off to UCLA. A decade-plus later, each of his assistant coaches also competed for the Sailors.Ĭenter Christina O’Beck graduated from Newport Harbor in 2014 before going on to play at the University of Michigan. Head coach Ross Sinclair, in his fourth season guiding the Sailors girls, graduated from the school in 2003. Top-seeded Newport Harbor girls’ water polo brings an all-alumni coaching staff into Saturday night’s CIF Southern Section Open Division title match clash against No. Alumni of the program often don’t stray too far. That’s appropriate for the school’s highly decorated water polo teams. The logo for Newport Harbor High School features an anchor.
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