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SoCal Junior Olympics 2026
4 squads at the 2026 Junior Olympics · across 4 age groups · 342 pts on the club table · best 20th on an age group's whole ladder · 64 players
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The squads
Now playing in college
21 SoCal players on an NCAA roster · matched from the Junior Olympics squads they were on
| Player | Program | Yr | GP | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Ellis |  Air Force |
So. | 21 | 42 |
| Camren Simoncelli |  UC Santa Barbara |
Jr. | 26 | 31 |
| Cole Francisco |  UC Irvine |
Jr. | 20 | 31 |
| Michael Soybel |  Pomona-Pitzer |
Jr. | 17 | 25 |
| Ashton Brown |  Santa Clara |
So. | 16 | 17 |
| Wade Sherlock |  UCLA |
Sr. | 15 | 14 |
| Sean Tunnicliff |  Bucknell |
Sr. | 8 | 12 |
| Luke Porter |  Cal State Fullerton |
So. | 26 | 9 |
| Thomas Marr |  UC Davis |
R-So. | 17 | 9 |
| Charles Warmington |  Pepperdine |
Jr. | 17 | 8 |
| Gavin Shea | Cal State Fullerton |
Fr. | 26 | 6 |
| Jack Bryant |  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
Sr. | 20 | 6 |
| Brandon Walton | Air Force |
Fr. | 17 | 5 |
| Dylan Rothenberg |  LIU |
So. | 4 | 5 |
| Landon Akerstrom |  UC San Diego |
Sr. | 4 | 5 |
| Aiden Sexton | UC Irvine |
Fr. | 15 | 4 |
| Christian Newberry |  Redlands |
Fr. | 17 | 1 |
| Aidan Stone | Bucknell |
So. | ||
| Edric Scott |  California Baptist |
So. | 7 | |
| Noah Jurgensen | UC Irvine |
Fr. | 14 | |
| Riley Clansen |  California |
R-Jr. | 8 |
Boys 18U SoCal
20th of Platinum · 20th overall at this age · 1-4 · 52:76 in 5 games · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | Clayton Jacobs |  Yorba Linda |
| 1 | Morgan Crichton |  Mater Dei |
| 2 | Declan Murphy |  Tamalpais |
| 3 | Aiden Sexton |  Corona del Mar |
| 5 | Ezra Nelson | Foothill |
| 6 | Ryland Cilderman | Yorba Linda |
| 7 | Noah Jurgensen | Mater Dei |
| 8 | Gavin Shea |  Canyon |
| 9 | Elijah Bolton |  Woodbridge |
| 10 | Chase Pham | Woodbridge |
| 11 | Christian Newberry | Mater Dei |
| 12 | Adan Rivera |  Troy |
| 14 | Asa Chen | Mater Dei |
| 15 | Kostantinos Tsiaousis | · |
| 16 | Lachlan Menyweather | · |
Boys 16U SoCal
4th of Nickel · 100th overall at this age · 6-2 · 78:69 in 8 games · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac Amezcua | Foothill |
| 2 | Ben Agnew | Foothill |
| 3 | Sullivan Roschmann | · |
| 4 | Owen Bledsoe | · |
| 5 | Connor Bollenbach | Foothill |
| 6 | Jensen Bryant |  Foothill |
| 7 | Tom Learmonth | · |
| 8 | Youyou Liang | · |
| 9 | Kaleb Lopez | Troy |
| 10 | Conrad Merrill | · |
| 11 | Lenjiro Matsushita | · |
| 12 | Alexander Shin | · |
| 14 | Shivraj Chudasama | · |
| 15 | Allen Yu | · |
| 16 | Cesar Zaragoza |  Santa Ana |
| 17 | Ethan Kandyba |  University |
| 18 | Graham Butler | · |
Boys 14U SoCal
1st of Nickel · 97th overall at this age · 5-0 · 76:32 in 5 games · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | Logan Salcido | · |
| 1 | Nicholas Hoddle | · |
| 2 | Isaac Bignami | · |
| 3 | Logan Girard | · |
| 4 | Zachary Merrill | · |
| 5 | Nico Morales | · |
| 6 | Owen Bledsoe | · |
| 7 | Christopher Thompson | · |
| 8 | Jacob Morey | · |
| 9 | Landon Penttila | · |
| 10 | Rigsby Reynolds | · |
| 11 | Ege Erdal | · |
| 12 | Mazin Haddadin | · |
| 13 | Dean Kim | · |
| 14 | Massimo Maniaci | · |
| 15 | Hayden Piel |  Hillcrest |
| 17 | Henri Franco Luis | · |
| 18 | Thomas Hewko | · |
Boys 12U SoCal
21st of Platinum · 21st overall at this age · 3-2 · 41:44 in 5 games · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wyatt Korengold | · |
| 2 | Benjamin Cayton | · |
| 3 | Jack Birchard | · |
| 4 | Jacob Gutsu | · |
| 5 | Drew Kim | · |
| 6 | Seth Holman | · |
| 7 | Zachary Allen | · |
| 8 | Liam Reyes | · |
| 9 | Sanharib Iwas | · |
| 10 | Connor Nguyen | · |
| 11 | Marcellus Oh | · |
| 12 | Jake Narahara | · |
| 14 | Jorge Gamboa | · |
| 15 | Nathaniel Kelly | · |
The summers before
2025 9 squads · 5 age groups · 665 pts · best 5th on an age group's whole ladder
Boys 18U SOCAL Black
5th of Platinum · 5th overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | Clayton Jacobs | Yorba Linda |
| 1 | Edric Scott | Foothill |
| 2 | Dylan Rothenberg | Foothill |
| 3 | Henry Woodman | NT New Trier |
| 4 | Evan Wu |  Santa Margarita Catholic |
| 6 | Logan McGann | Santa Margarita |
| 7 | Logan Hetland |  Orange Lutheran |
| 8 | Declan Murphy |  Servite |
| 9 | John Bergstedt | Foothill |
| 10 | Matthew Moran |  Downey |
| 11 | Brandon Walton |  La Serna |
| 12 | Luke Bennett | Foothill |
| 14 | Porter Birdsall |  JSerra Catholic |
| 15 | Tanner Gorman | Santa Margarita |
| 16 | Rex Palazzi | · |
| 17 | Ashton Brown | Saint Augustine's College |
| 18 | Ezra Nelson | Foothill |
Boys 18U SOCAL Gold
1st of Nickel · 97th overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | Aidan Stone | Santa Margarita Catholic |
| 1 | Tian Markart | · |
| 2 | Kai Arellano | Foothill |
| 3 | Spencer Winsberg | · |
| 4 | Adan Rivera | · |
| 5 | Can Willson | Woodbridge |
| 6 | Gavin Shea | Canyon |
| 8 | Christian Prince | · |
| 9 | Cyrus Bakshi | La Serna |
| 10 | Dylan Wing | · |
| 11 | Cole Chastain | · |
| 14 | Justin D'affronte | Santa Margarita |
| 13 | Matthew Ciecek GK | · |
Boys 16U SOCAL Black
19th of Platinum · 19th overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Shouka | Canyon |
| 2 | Ryland Cilderman | Yorba Linda |
| 3 | Kostantinos Tsiaousis | · |
| 4 | Connor McTaggart |  Beckman |
| 5 | Ezra Nelson | Foothill |
| 6 | Kobe Lee Tsui | Santa Margarita |
| 7 | Rilee Larkin | Foothill |
| 8 | John D'Affronte | · |
| 9 | Elijah Bolton | Woodbridge |
| 10 | Carter Russell | Yorba Linda |
| 11 | Chase Pham | Woodbridge |
| 12 | Porter Birdsall | · |
| 14 | Tanner Gorman | Santa Margarita |
| 15 | Ethan Allen | · |
Boys 16U SOCAL Gold
22nd of Silver · 70th overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gavin McCreary | Servite |
| 1A | Zane Kieckhafer | Santa Margarita |
| 2 | Richard Maschl | · |
| 3 | Ethan Bui |  Northwood |
| 4 | Ty Hsiung | · |
| 5 | Vincent Guo | University |
| 6 | Joshua Milakovich | · |
| 9 | Brandon Roach | Yorba Linda |
| 10 | Luther Ulibarri | Canyon |
| 11 | Maxwell Zepeda | Canyon |
| 12 | Evan Yip | Santa Margarita |
| 14 | Colton Taketa |  El Dorado |
| 15 | River Hart | Santa Margarita |
Boys 14U SOCAL Black
23rd of Platinum · 23rd overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chase Ploessel | Beckman |
| 2 | Shunhe Zhao | · |
| 3 | Ethan Lee | · |
| 4 | Henry Cope | Foothill |
| 5 | Aydan Moore | Foothill |
| 6 | Gavin Fisher | Foothill |
| 7 | Quintin Gerace |  Valencia |
| 9 | James Ethan Malilim | · |
| 10 | Addison Penman |  Crespi |
| 11 | Jensen Bryant | Foothill |
| 12 | Luke Colman | · |
| 14 | Kento Nakama | Canyon |
| 13 | Kyle Lord GK | Foothill |
Boys 14U SOCAL Gold
9th of Silver · 57th overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anselm Christopher | · |
| 1A | Isaac Amezcua | Foothill |
| 2 | Parker Adkins | Orange Lutheran |
| 3 | Owen Bledsoe | · |
| 4 | Graham Matthews | · |
| 5 | Porter Palancade | · |
| 6 | Maximus Devinney | · |
| 7 | Hayden Piel | Hillcrest |
| 8 | Christopher Thompson | · |
| 9 | Nico Morales | · |
| 10 | Henry Glenn | · |
| 11 | Isaac Bignami | · |
| 12 | Jason Lozano | · |
| 14 | James Sullivan IV | · |
| 15 | Eric Lozano | · |
| 17 | Conrad Merrill | · |
Boys 12U SOCAL
7th of Platinum · 7th overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicholas Hoddle | · |
| 2 | Bryce Vilchuck | · |
| 3 | Carson Larkin | · |
| 4 | Massimo Maniaci | · |
| 5 | Dean Kim | · |
| 6 | Owen McCord | · |
| 7 | Luke Yip | · |
| 8 | Zachary Merrill | · |
| 9 | Henri Franco Luis | · |
| 10 | Connor Nguyen | · |
| 11 | Ege Erdal | · |
Boys 10U SOCAL Black
6th of Platinum · 6th overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blake Ardelean | · |
| 2 | Kareem Darwish | · |
| 3 | Drew Kim | · |
| 4 | Grant Walton | · |
| 5 | Owen McCord | · |
| 7 | Cole Nguyen | · |
| 8 | Cade Casenhiser | · |
| 9 | Jacob Gutsu | · |
| 10 | Jordan Gutsu | · |
Boys 10U SOCAL Gold
16th of Gold · 40th overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathaniel Kelly | · |
| 2 | Noah Camacho | · |
| 3 | Moises Gonzalez | · |
| 4 | Benjamin Bui | · |
| 5 | Wesley Craycraftt | · |
| 6 | Jacob Bignami | · |
| 7 | Simon Wimbrow | · |
| 9 | Luke Hoddle | · |
2024 5 squads · 5 age groups · 674 pts · best 2nd on an age group's whole ladder
Boys 18U SOCAL Black
6th of Platinum · 6th overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edric Scott | Foothill |
| 2 | Cole Francisco |  Los Alamitos |
| 3 | William Griswold | Foothill |
| 4 | Charles Warmington | Corona Del Mar |
| 5 | Thomas Marr | Los Alamitos |
| 6 | Dylan Rothenberg | Foothill |
| 7 | Ayden Alcazar | · |
| 8 | John Bergstedt | Foothill |
| 9 | Charles Child |  San Clemente |
| 10 | Luke Porter |  Portola |
| 11 | Jacob Winsberg | · |
| 12 | Max Ellis | Santa Margarita Catholic |
| 14 | Camren Simoncelli | Corona Del Mar |
| 15 | Smith Connors | MA Marcus |
| 16 | Rex Palazzi | · |
| 17 | Henry Woodman | NT New Trier |
| 18 | Logan Colman | Los Alamitos |
Boys 16U SOCAL Black
10th of Platinum · 10th overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | Matthew Ciecek | · |
| 1 | Max Jakle |  Laguna Beach |
| 2 | Declan Murphy | Servite |
| 3 | Luke Bennett | Foothill |
| 4 | Matthew Moran | Downey |
| 5 | Jacob Polunin | · |
| 6 | Dylan Williams |  Harvard-Westlake |
| 7 | Brandon Walton | La Serna |
| 8 | Ezra Nelson | Foothill |
| 9 | Gavin Shea | Canyon |
| 10 | Logan Hetland | Orange Lutheran |
| 11 | Robin Koehler | · |
| 12 | Tanner Gorman | Santa Margarita |
| 14 | Blake Chen | Foothill |
| 15 | Elijah Bolton | Woodbridge |
| 16 | Lucas Rose | Laguna Beach |
| 17 | Richard Maschl | · |
| 18 | Bertalan Maschl | · |
Boys 14U SOCAL Black
21st of Platinum · 21st overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Lord | Foothill |
| 2 | Curren Francisco |  Newport Harbor |
| 4 | Ethan Allen | · |
| 5 | Jason Forsyth | · |
| 6 | Kobe Lee Tsui | Santa Margarita |
| 7 | Maxwell Zepeda | Canyon |
| 8 | Connor Bollenbach | Foothill |
| 9 | Shunhe Zhao | · |
| 10 | Ethan Lee | · |
| 11 | Gavin Fisher | Foothill |
| 12 | Henry Cope | Foothill |
| 14 | Jensen Bryant | Foothill |
Boys 12U SOCAL Black
12th of Platinum · 12th overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chase Ploessel | Beckman |
| 2 | James Sullivan IV | · |
| 3 | Graham Matthews | · |
| 4 | Massimo Maniaci | · |
| 5 | Dean Kim | · |
| 6 | Porter Palancade | · |
| 7 | Owen Bledsoe | · |
| 8 | Thomas Hewko | · |
| 9 | Nico Morales | · |
| 10 | Christopher Thompson | · |
| 11 | Isaac Bignami | · |
Boys 10U SOCAL Black
🥈 2nd of Platinum · 2nd overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Cayton | · |
| 2 | Blake Ardelean | · |
| 3 | Drew Kim | · |
| 4 | Luke Yip | · |
| 5 | Carson Larkin | · |
| 6 | Wyatt Korengold | · |
| 7 | Jacob Gutsu | · |
| 8 | Owen McCord | · |
| 9 | Jack Birchard | · |
| 11 | Kingston Cardenas | · |
| 15 | Kareem Darwish | · |
| 18 | Mason Leung | · |
2023 5 squads · 4 age groups · 526 pts · best 2nd on an age group's whole ladder
Boys 18U SOCAL Black
🥈 2nd of Platinum · 2nd overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Tauscher | Mater Dei |
| 2 | Carter Loth | Mater Dei |
| 3 | Landon Akerstrom | Mater Dei |
| 4 | Jack Bryant | Mater Dei |
| 5 | Cole Francisco | Los Alamitos |
| 6 | Wade Sherlock | Orange Lutheran |
| 7 | Corbin Stanley | Foothill |
| 8 | William Griswold | Foothill |
| 9 | Sean Tunnicliff |  Woodrow Wilson |
| 10 | James Yan | Foothill |
| 11 | Nicholas Leung | Los Alamitos |
| 12 | Nathaniel Banos | · |
| 14 | Nicholas Bryant | Mater Dei |
| 15 | Alexander Oprea | Mater Dei |
| 16 | Alon Elbaz | Foothill |
| 17 | Michael Soybel |  Oaks Christian |
| 18 | Brody Metz | · |
| 13 | Riley Clansen GK | Foothill |
Boys 16U SOCAL Black
11th of Platinum · 11th overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edric Scott | Foothill |
| 2 | Ayden Alcazar | · |
| 3 | Tim Morris Morris | · |
| 4 | Aidan Thomas | · |
| 5 | John Bergstedt | Foothill |
| 6 | Charles Child | · |
| 7 | Russell Lowe | · |
| 8 | Matthew Moran | Downey |
| 9 | Dylan Rothenberg | Foothill |
| 10 | Chase Walburger | · |
| 11 | Mason Hofmann | NN Naperville North |
| 12 | Jacob Winsberg | · |
| 14 | Evan Wu | Santa Margarita Catholic |
| 15 | Maximus Soto | · |
| 16 | Santino Rossi | Newport Harbor |
| 17 | Rex Palazzi | · |
| 18 | Cory Webber | · |
| 13 | Cameron Maisonneuve GK | · |
Boys 16U SOCAL Gold
5th of Silver · 53rd overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aidan Stone | Santa Margarita Catholic |
| 2 | Hayden Kent | · |
| 3 | Brandon Walton | La Serna |
| 4 | Luke Bennett | Foothill |
| 5 | Jaiden Crivello | · |
| 6 | Luke Porter | Portola |
| 7 | Logan Hetland | Orange Lutheran |
| 8 | Declan Murphy | Servite |
| 9 | Nolan Wyser | · |
| 11 | Lucas Bonney | · |
| 12 | Blake Chen | Foothill |
| 14 | Jaden Chen | · |
| 15 | Brandon Hayes | · |
| 16 | Jacob Polunin | · |
| 17 | Carter Imboden | · |
| 18 | Christian Newberry | Mater Dei |
| 13 | Matthew Ciecek GK | · |
Boys 14U SOCAL Black
7th of Platinum · 7th overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zane Kieckhafer | Santa Margarita |
| 2 | Curren Francisco | Newport Harbor |
| 3 | Carter Russell | Yorba Linda |
| 4 | BRAYDEN KRAKOWSKI | · |
| 5 | Ezra Nelson | Foothill |
| 6 | Elijah Bolton | Woodbridge |
| 7 | Kostantinos Tsiaousis | · |
| 8 | Tanner Gorman | Santa Margarita |
| 9 | Rilee Larkin | Foothill |
| 10 | Christian Lu |  Sage Hill |
| 11 | Chase Pham | Woodbridge |
| 12 | Evan Yip | Santa Margarita |
| 14 | Griffin Hudson | San Clemente |
| 15 | Connor Bollenbach | Foothill |
| 16 | Xiao Cheng Michael Guo | · |
| 13 | Zachary Shouka GK | Canyon |
Boys 12U SOCAL Black
10th of Gold · 34th overall at this age · the squad's page
| # | Player | High school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Lord | Foothill |
| 2 | James Sullivan IV | · |
| 3 | Aydan Akhlaghi | Mater Dei |
| 4 | Ashton Akhlaghi | · |
| 5 | Ethan Lee | · |
| 6 | Gavin Fisher | Foothill |
| 7 | Luke Arellano | Servite |
| 8 | Henry Cope | Foothill |
| 9 | Aydan Moore | Foothill |
| 10 | Graham Matthews | · |
| 11 | Quintin Gerace | Valencia |
| 12 | Landon Vietti | · |
| 14 | Jensen Bryant | Foothill |
| 15 | Chase Ploessel | Beckman |
Past tournaments are a finishing order and a squad list, not a game log: USA Water Polo replace the results workbooks every July and keep only the final placings. So these squads have a place and no record.
Every game
Boys 18U — SoCal, 5 games
| 24 Jul 2026 | Group |  Trojan Cardinal |
15–7 | SoCal |
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| 24 Jul 2026 | Group | SoCal |
13–11 |  CIU Gold |
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| 25 Jul 2026 | 13-20 quarter-final | CIU Seniors A |
17–11 | SoCal |
|
| 25 Jul 2026 | 17-20 semi-final |  LA Premier A |
18–10 | SoCal |
|
| 26 Jul 2026 | Nineteenth place |  Vegas North Irvine Black |
15–11 | SoCal |
Boys 16U — SoCal, 8 games
| 24 Jul 2026 | Group | SoCal |
16–15 |  Devils Gate |
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| 24 Jul 2026 | Group | SoCal |
10–6 | VB VNITED B | |
| 24 Jul 2026 | Play-in |  Navy |
5–7 | SoCal |
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| 25 Jul 2026 | 5-8 v 9-12 |  680 Blue |
8–10 | SoCal |
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| 25 Jul 2026 | 5-6 v 7-8 | SoCal |
12–7 |  Temple City Yellow |
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| 25 Jul 2026 | Play To Semi |  South Coast White |
8–8 | SoCal |
4-5 pens |
| 26 Jul 2026 | Semi-finals |  NSD Stars |
11–9 | SoCal |
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| 26 Jul 2026 | Third place | SB Santa Barbara WPC B | 9–6 | SoCal |
Trilogy
CDM White
ChawpBoys 12U — SoCal, 5 games
| 24 Jul 2026 | Group |  La Jolla United |
11–5 | SoCal |
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| 24 Jul 2026 | Group | SoCal |
10–13 |  ORWP Black |
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| 25 Jul 2026 | 21-24 round robin | SoCal |
5–4 |  Shaq Blue |
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| 25 Jul 2026 | 21-24 round robin | SoCal |
10–8 |  908 Yellow |
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| 26 Jul 2026 | 21-24 round robin | SoCal |
11–8 |  Lamorinda A |
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