St. Francis water polo coach Heather Moody has resigned to take the Head Water Polo Coach position at American River College. Moody led the St. Francis water polo program for six seasons from 2013-18. She was originally named the head coach of the St. Francis Water Polo program in August 2013.
Seniors Elise Urkov and Patricia Sweeney were honored as the Booster Club Scholar-Athletes of the Year, while Myra Anwar and Jade Borg received the Booster Club Leadership Award.
Nine St. Francis seniors have made commitments to play collegiate sports this fall and were recognized at a ceremony at the school, bringing the total to 23 student-athletes for the Class of 2019. The Troubadours who signed on April 17 represent seven sports (basketball, cross country, lacrosse, rowing, swimming, tennis and water polo) and will be attending schools in four states (California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington).
Alumna Lauren Charter ’15 played in Davis on Feb. 16 with her nationally-ranked Cal Water Polo program in a single match against the Aggies. Four years after leaving Sacramento to attend UC-Berkeley, Charter has made her mark in and out of the pool during her time with the Golden Bears.
Sophomore Libby Slater was named the St. Francis water polo player of the year after leading the team in scoring with 49 goals. She received her honor at the team’s annual end-of-season banquet.
The St. Francis water polo program earned a No. 3 seed in the Division II bracket in the 2018 CIF Girls Northern California Water Polo Championships. The Troubadours will play No. 6 seed Clovis West at Clovis North High School at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16.
The third-seeded St. Francis water polo team lost to top-seeded Davis 15-5 in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I final at Tokay High School on Saturday.
The Sac-Joaquin Section office announced changes Friday afternoon to the Cross Country and Water Polo championships scheduled for Saturday, November 17.
Senior goalie Kate Watley had 10 saves in the cage and junior Caroline Wilkins scored four times in a 10-4 win for third-seeded St. Francis over sixth-seeded Oak Ridge at Jesuit Friday night.
The third-seeded St. Francis water polo team posted a 13-2 win over Pitman Wednesday night in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoff opener for the program.
The St. Francis Troubadours will continue their stellar seasons as all five varsity teams will compete in Sac-Joaquin Section playoff events this week.
Hayley Hoang is two-year letter winner with the varsity team. She has scored 10 goals in her two varsity seasons after notching 25 as a sophomore on the junior varsity. She was one of the Kaiser interns this past summer.
Emalee Lavezzo has been a four-year member of the varsity team after earning a callup her freshman season. She has scored 18 career goals in 58 games. She loves sushi. She is the SBO Secretary this year and was named the Student of the Year for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Libby Slater and Kendall Houck each scored five goals as the St. Francis water polo team posted a 19-4 victory over McClatchy Friday night at Jesuit High School.
Libby Slater scored five goals to help the St. Francis water polo team post a 15-6 win over Ponderosa on the opener of the Granite Bay Tournament at American River College. The Troubies came back in the afternoon to defeat Los Altos 9-3 as Kendall Houck found the net four times.
Abbey Berg has been a four-year water polo player, playing the last two full seasons on the varsity after a call up for the playoffs as a sophomore. She is undecided on college at this point but the University of Oregon is her goal school. Go Ducks!
Reagan Garcia is in her second season the on varsity team and third with the program. She loves to ski in her free time with her dad. She was one of five Troubadours named to the USA Water Polo Academic All-America team this fall. She plans to study nursing in college after participating in the Kaiser internship program this summer.
Junior Bella Vierra scored two goals among 10 Troubadours scoring two or more goals in a 23-2 victory over Franklin in a Delta League game Tuesday at Jesuit High School.
The St. Francis water polo team dropped a pair of games this weekend at Woodcreek and Miramonte. The Troubadours fell to Woodcreek on Friday 6-4 before traveling to Miramonte on Saturday.
Malia is in her third season on the St. Francis varsity team and fourth overall in the program. She picked up the sport as a freshman. She was part of the St. Francis Chicago Service Trip this past summer. She is undecided on college at this point trying to find the right fit. She is also a member of the St. Francis swimming team.
The St. Francis water polo team finished sixth at the Capital Challenge Saturday, posting a 2-2 record with wins over Los Gatos and Clovis. It is the highest finish in the tournament under Head Coach Heather Moody.
Seniors Abbey Berg (Sacramento), Reagan Garcia (Carmichael) and Emalee Lavezzo (Sacramento) joined juniors Alyssa Jacobsen (Sacramento) and Caroline Wilkins (Carmichael) were named to the USA Water Polo Academic All-America team announced last week.
Kate Watley is in her third season with the St. Francis Water Polo program and second season on the varsity team. She attended the Chicago Service Trip this summer with two of her teammates among 13 Troubies on the trip. She hopes to study nursing in college. Kate was part of Team Curesaders that raised $139,000 for LLS this summer.