Palm Springs officially rules pool

LA QUINTA — Palm Springs High School clinched its first Desert Valley League boys' water polo title in school history, beating La Quinta 14-7 on Tuesday.

“This is a historical season for us,” Palm Springs coach Avi Schneller said. “This is the first time that Palm Springs has ever beaten Palm Desert in water polo, and we did it twice. It's the first time we won the DVL championship. We are looking forward to CIF.”

The Indians, ranked seventh in Division V, improved to 21-6 overall and 9-0 in DVL. They finish the regular season Thursday at Cathedral City.

Wyatt Woodward led the Indians with eight goals. Tim Breitfeller scored three goals, with P.J. Redmon adding two goals and Preston Young one.

Palm Springs goalie Turner Anderson had 13 saves.

The Indians played without four starters, including three who missed the game for their involvement in a fight during the final 17 seconds of a match last week against Palm Desert.

“That made the game in the beginning a lot closer than you would expect, but it was good for us because it forced our guys to deal with a little frustration, which we haven't had for quite a while now,” Schneller said.

Palm Desert 24, Indio 0: Twelve different Aztecs scored in this victory. Palm Desert (5-2) had three goals each from Mykolas Marcinkevicius, Mitch Pilgrim, Josh Helmstadter and John McCormick. Scoring twice were Tom O'Meara, Terry Zikov, Jeff Hurley and Austin Corbett, while Tim Hurley, Trevor Walker, Mark Pruett and Bryce Griffith each scored once. Chris Poe had four saves, Kyle Durst two saves and Garison Covel one save.

Girls' volleyball

XAVIER PREP 3, TWENTYNINE PALMS 0: The Saints finished the regular season on the road, winning 25-15, 25-12, 25-17 and now look forward to the playoffs. Xavier Prep (13-2) will compete in CIF beginning next week. The pairings will be announced Sunday.

DESERT CHAPEL 3, REDLANDS ADVENTIST 1: Chelsea Gannett had 39 assists, eight digs and three aces and Sarah Wagner added 34 digs, 13 kills and five aces to lift the Eagles to a 25-12, 19-25, 25-11, 25-21 victory over Redlands Adventist. Amanda Romain had 10 kills, 10 digs and four aces and Shelby Day had 15 digs for Desert Chapel (12-8, 7-4).

YUCCA VALLEY 3, BIG BEAR 2: Lindsay Sullivan had 12 kills and Suzanne Chambliss had 23 digs as the Trojans clinched the De Anza League title with a victory in their final match of the season, 25-14, 20-25, 25-11, 24-26, 15-8. Also for Yucca Valley, Rebecca Jennings had 33 assists and Elizabeth Slaughter had 18 digs. Yucca Valley (9-4, 7-1) will compete in the CIF playoffs against a team and at a site TBD.

Women's soccer

RIO HONDO 3, COD 1: The Roadrunners remained winless on the season as they dropped their final home match of the season against Rio Hondo. Analisa Gaspooa scored the lone goal for the Roadrunners in the second half. COD (0-9-2) travels to face Apple Valley on Tuesday in the season finale.

Local tennis

Junior tennis: Several local tennis players excelled at the Desert Cities Grand Prix Championships held at Palm Valley Country Club.

Local players winning their age division were Palm Desert's Tyler McDonald (18s) and Chris Bastardi (16s); Rancho Mirage's Brad Cummins (12s) and Christian Kontaxis (10s); and La Quinta's Bryana Quintana (10s). Four other Palm Desert locals made it to the finals of their age divisions — Kyle Bastardi, Austin Graham, Alexa McDonald and Sebastian Gomez.

PALM SPRINGS YMCA ENROLLMENT: Youth players ages 7-14 can enroll now for YMCA tennis classes that run from Tuesday through Dec. 22. The classes are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays during that period with now class on Thanksgiving.

The classes take place at Demuth Park, adjacent to the Palm Springs YMCA. Beginners from 4:45-5:45 p.m.; intermediate and advanced from 5:45-6:45 p.m. The cost is $35 per participant. To enroll, call 760-320-6430 or see more info at www.ymcaofthedesert.org.