Santa Barbara uses fast start to sink San Marcos in boys water polo

WATER POLO TZ.00_00_00_24.Still001 — Santa Barbara jumped out to a 6-0 lead and defeated San Marcos 14-8 in boys water polo.

By Mike Klan

Published October 6, 2021 9:29 pm

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.- The Santa Barbara Dons scored the first six goals and never were threatened in a 14-8 victory over rival San Marcos in a match-up between two highly ranked boys water polo teams.

Ryan Drake scored three of his game-high 7 goals in that first period explosion.

San Marcos cut the deficit to 7-4 at half and pulled within 8-6 in the third period.

But the Dons scored 3 straight goals to regain control, Drake had two of those goals.

Santa Barbara is ranked #12 in the latest CIF-SS Division 1 poll while San Marcos is #4 in Division 2.

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