He says he was a little nervous at first, but after just a few weeks in the pool he started to understand what White was talking about. My arms make it easier to intercept passes and steal the ball. Goldstein says he is confident enough to try out next year for the Poway High team, usually a county power. Wheeler, a seventh-grader at Twin Peaks Middle School, tried hockey and baseball before giving water polo a shot. Pretty much anybody can play.
Wheeler plays on two water polo teams.
His other team, the San Diego Shores, an elite travel club, doesn't diminish his desire to play for Poway Valley. It's a good sport. People think it's a wussy sport because you have to wear Speedos. Mike says being in the water is the best part of water polo. When they're not playing, they swim.