2025 St. Francis Varsity Water Polo News
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McDougall, Gutierrez leads fall All-SFL winners
December 01, 2025SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Junior Maria McDougall and freshman Alyssa Gutierrez earned Sierra Foothill League MVP honors for girls’ tennis and cross country, respectively, as the league rolled out its fall slate of standings and awards. -
SF water polo ends season at No. 6 Lodi
November 04, 2025LODI, Calif. – Sophomore Emma Dietrich scored two goals and assisted three others but 11th-seeded St. Francis could not keep pace with sixth-seeded Lodi, falling by a 14-9 final in the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II girls’ water polo tournament Tuesday.
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Water polo to open section playoffs at Lodi
October 30, 2025SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis earned a No. 11 seed and will travel to sixth-seeded Lodi for the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II girls’ water polo championship tournament, the section office announced Thursday. The contest takes place at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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SF celebrates seniors in regular-season finale
October 27, 2025SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis water polo honored seniors Sara Ellis, Rose Haag, Ava Jack and Frances Wells prior to the girls’ varsity portion of a Sierra Foothill League water polo quadrupleheader against Davis Monday, but the Troubadours ultimately fell to the Sac-Joaquin Section’s top-ranked team by a final of 17-1.
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Troubies swept by Trojans in penultimate home game
October 22, 2025SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior Frannie Wells scored two goals while assisting Savannah Hamilton on a third, but St. Francis trailed wire to wire in a 19-6 loss to Oak Ridge in the girls’ varsity game of a Sierra Foothill League water polo quadrupleheader Wednesday at Jesuit.
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SF water polo falls on road at Del Oro
October 20, 2025LOOMIS, Calif. – Senior Frannie Wells netted two goals while sophomore Kendal Douglas and Gia Navarrete each posted a goal and an assist, but St. Francis struggled to keep pace with host Del Oro, falling by a 19-4 final score, in the girls’ varsity end of a Sierra Foothill League water polo quadrupleheader Monday night.
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SF water polo swept at Whitney
October 15, 2025ROCKLIN, Calif. – Senior Frannie Wells assisted Maya Wenceslao and Audrey Ellis on goals in the second and third quarters, respectively, but St. Francis fell by a 21-2 margin to Whitney in the varsity girls’ portion of a Sierra Foothill League water polo quadrupleheader Wednesday night.
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Douglas scores career high in loss to GB
October 13, 2025SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sophomore center Kendal Douglas scored a career-high five goals but St. Francis surrendered eight unanswered in the second half in falling to Granite Bay, 18-6, in the varsity girls’ portion of a rainy Sierra Foothill League water polo quadrupleheader Monday night at Jesuit High.
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SF wraps action at 47th Western States
October 11, 2025MODESTO, Calif. – Senior Frannie Wells scored a goal and assisted three others in Saturday’s tournament finale against Ponderosa, as St. Francis wrapped action with two Day 2 losses at Enochs High during the 47th Western States girls’ water polo tournament. The Troubadours lost to Morro Bay, 9-2, then followed with a 15-4 setback against Pondo.
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Troubies sweep Day 1 at Western States tourney
October 10, 2025MODESTO, Calif. – Senior Frannie Wells tied her career high of five goals in a 14-5 win over Los Banos, then sophomore Emma Dietrich netted two goals to spark a second-half comeback in a 6-4 victory against Buhach Colony, as St. Francis swept its Friday schedule at the 47th-annual Western States girls’ prep water polo tournament at Enochs High.
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Thunder sweeps Troubies in road water polo action
October 06, 2025ROCKLIN, Calif. – Sophomore Audrey Ellis scored four goals with two steals and an assist while freshman Gia Navarrete added a goal and four steals, but a second-quarter scoring drought doomed St. Francis to a 12-7 loss to Rocklin in the girls’ varsity portion of a Sierra Foothill League water polo quadrupleheader Monday night.
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Troubie polo swept on visit to NorCal power
October 01, 2025DAVIS, Calif. – Sophomore Emma Dietrich scored her team’s lone goal while posting a pair of steals as St. Francis lost to Davis, 19-1, in the girls’ varsity portion of a Sierra Foothill League water polo quadrupleheader at the new DSHS Aquatic Center Wednesday night.
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Troubies fall to Trojans in road SFL water polo tilt
September 29, 2025EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. – Sophomore center Kendal Douglas scored two goals while freshman Gia Navarrete had a goal and an assist, but St. Francis fell to Oak Ridge, 12-4, in the girls’ varsity portion of a Sierra Foothill League water polo quadrupleheader at the El Dorado Hills CSD community pool Monday.
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Troubies hang on against Pondo to close out Grizzly Classic
September 27, 2025EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. – Senior Ava Jack and sophomore Emma Dietrich each scored hat tricks while freshman Gia Navarrete nabbed six steals in helping St. Francis hold on to a 12-11 victory over Ponderosa to close out Granite Bay’s Grizzly Classic girls’ water polo tournament Saturday at the El Dorado Hills CSD Community Pool.
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Troubies sweep first day at Granite Bay Grizzly Classic
September 26, 2025SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sophomore Emme Dietrich scored five goals with two assists while fellow 10th-grader Kendal Douglas chipped in another four goals and two dimes as St. Francis rolled past Cardinal Newman to kick off Day 1 action at the eighth-annual Granite Bay Grizzly Classic Friday.
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Troubies start strong but fall to Del Oro
September 24, 2025SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Despite sophomore Audrey Ellis’ two goals in the first five minutes of play, St. Francis could not keep pace with Del Oro, falling by a 12-3 final in the varsity girls’ portion of a Sierra Foothill League water polo quadrupleheader at Jesuit High Wednesday night.
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Wildcats sweep Troubies in SFL water polo action
September 22, 2025SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sophomore Audrey Ellis netted the lone varsity goal in a 20-1 loss, while Adrianna Perri and Isabella Leyva each scored in the Troubadours’ 20-2 junior varsity setback, as St. Francis lost both ends of a Sierra Foothill League girls’ water polo doubleheader against Whitney at Jesuit High Monday night.
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Troubie water polo places sixth at Woodcreek Invite
September 20, 2025ROSEVILLE, Calif. – Junior Maya Wenceslao scored a hat trick against Sierra in a round-robin matchup, then Sara Ellis, Audrey Ellis and Gia Navarrete each netted two goals in the fifth-place game with River City later in the afternoon, as St. Francis wrapped action at the Woodcreek Invitational girls’ prep water polo tournament at Roseville Aquatics Complex Saturday.
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Troubies split Day 1 at Woodcreek Invite
September 19, 2025SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Freshman Gia Navarrete, sophomore Emma Dietrich and sophomore Kendal Douglas each scored hat tricks in a 14-5 win against Sonora, highlighting St. Francis’ Friday split at the Woodcreek Invitational girls’ water polo tournament at the Roseville Aquatics Complex.
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Troubies turned back by defending champions
September 17, 2025GRANITE BAY, Calif. – Senior Rose Haag assisted sophomore Audrey Ellis for the lone Troubadour goal as St. Francis lost to Granite Bay, 27-1, in Sierra Foothill League girls’ water polo action Wednesday night.
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Troubies shut down Thunder in SFL water polo opener
September 10, 2025SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sophomore Audrey Ellis and junior Maya Wenceslao netted two goals each while sophomore goalkeeper Sasha Michon halted two five-meter penalty shots, as St. Francis bested Rocklin, 7-3, to kick off its Sierra Foothill League girls’ water polo season at Jesuit High Wednesday.
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Troubie polo finishes eighth at Central Valley Showdown
August 30, 2025CLOVIS, Calif. – Sophomore Emma Dietrich netted four goals while fellow 10th-grader Kendal Douglas scored two and assisted three others in St. Francis’ 12-9 loss to Redwood in the seventh-place game of the Central Valley Showdown girls’ prep water polo tournament Saturday.
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Water polo opens 2025 season with split at Central Valley Showdown
August 29, 2025CLOVIS, Calif. – Junior Maya Wenceslao scored five goals while sophomore Emma Dietrich and freshman Gia Navarrete each added four, as St. Francis dispatched Golden West, 15-8, in the nightcap of Day 1 at the Central Valley Showdown girls’ water polo tournament at Clovis West Friday night.
