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HIGH SCHOOL CLOSEUPCraig Pursley/The Orange County Registerdemands on water polo goalies can be painfulTim Rue/The Orange County RegisterSenior Nick Kittredge of Capistrano Valley is the prototype goalie: big (6-3), strong, smart.t( t vo overcome any f^ar II I didn't, I wouldn't last long with (Corona del Mar coach John) Varyas. You can't be afraid you're going to be hit with the ball JJRobbie PikeCorona del Mar goalieBy Chris MonahanThe Orange County Registerick Kit trod mc had to remind himself that he had wanted it this way • sort of.“When I was a freshman and our team was in CIF, I worked out with them,” Kit-tredge said. “I was still a little guy, and these were mostly seniors. .John Sotter whipped around to score and hit me square in the face.“It hurt for a little while, but 1 realized I was going 1° have to learn to take it ”T hat is the kind of abuse hi|*li school water polo goalies face every day, in practice and or in games, in which shots can often come in excess of 35 mph.I he ones who make it as goalies are the ones who take it and say in essence, ‘(Jo ahead, do it again.”Kittredge, a senior who plays for Capistrano Valley, is one of those. And though he’s not such a little guy (he’s 6-3 now), he said it still happens.“It happened to me three times in practice last week,” Kittredge said. “It usually occurs when you’re up out of the water and stretching to cover a shot. Your face is wide open.”Like Kittredge, 6-2 junior Robbie Pike of Corona del Mar has taken his share of heat ings probably more in practice than in games and like Kittredge, he has overcome the fear and apprehension of sacrificing his body to take one for the team.Please see POLO/8
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Santa Ana Orange County Register
Santa Ana, California, US
Tue, Oct 30, 1990
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