Huntington Beach High boys’ water polo players show their frustration after losing to Orange Lutheran 7-9 in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship game at Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine on Saturday. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)
The Oilers team feel the pressure of being behind with less than three minutes to go against Orange Lutheran. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)
Kali Hyhan, right, her face painted in Oilers colors, is lost in thought after the boys’ water polo team’s defeat. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)
Huntington Beach’s captain Ethan Wojciechowski buries his head in his towel after the Oilers lose 7-9 to Orange Lutheran. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)
Orange Lutheran’s Parker Killion puts Huntington Beach’s Quinten Osborne under pressure and eventually blocks Osborne’s shot. the pressure on and eventually blocks the shot from Huntington Beach’s Quinten Osborne. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)
The Oilers’ Quinten Osborne takes a shot and scores under pressure from Orange Lutheran’s Parker Killion, left, and Sam Sasaki, right. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)
Huntington Beach’s Ethan Wojciechowski shoots and scores to tie the game 5-5 in the third quarter of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship game against Orange Lutheran. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)
Orange Lutheran’s Parker Killion shoots and scores past Huntington Beach’s goalkeeper Patrick Saunders in the fourth quarter. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)
Huntington Beach’s Jacob Cavano ties it up 2-2 in the second quarter. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)
Huntington Beach’’s Quinn Simpson celebrates a goal to make it 3-2 in the second quarter. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)
