Girls’ water polo: I.E. to be well represented at section finals

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Four teams from the Inland Empire will play for Southern Section titles Saturday at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine.

Riverside Poly and Ayala will hook up in the Division III final at 5:30 p.m., Corona Santiago will play Murrieta Valley in the Division V championship game at 11:30 a.m.

Riverside Poly looked dominant Wednesday in a 16-4 victory over Los Osos. The top-seeded Bears returned every starter from last season’s team, which failed to advance to the semifinals for the first time in seven years.

Santiago reached the championship game with an 8-4 victory over Chaparral. The second-seeded Sharks have the top goalie in the I.E. in Camryn Rogers, who signed with Cal Baptist.

Rogers will have her hands full against top-seeded Murrieta Valley, which defeated Redlands, 14-7, in the other semifinal.

Predictions?

Riverside Poly 13, Ayala 7; Murrieta Valley 8, Santiago 7

--Dan Arritt