WALNUT — Brady Newman had secured position on his defender. The next thing he needed was the ball. King players celebrate with CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship plaque in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. King defeated Los Osos. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) King goalie Troy Newlin celebrates winning the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship against Los Osos in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) King’s ‘Brady Newman celebrates scoring a goal against Los Osos in the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Los Osos’ Aidan Mattera fires a shot against King in the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Los Osos goalie Mike Hale blocks a shot by King in the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) King’s Kale Van Lierop, left, puts pressure on Los Osos’ Adam Flores in the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) King goalie Troy Newlin blocks a shot by Los Osos in the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) King’s Gavin Starling gets ready to fire a shot for a goal against Los Osos in the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Los Osos’ Andres Garcia, center, is tied up by King’s Gavin Starling, right, and Andres Garcia, left, as he tries to take a shot in the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) King’s Troy Newlin lets a shot get by him for a Los Osos goal in the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) King’s Gavin Starling celebrates score a goal agaisnt Los Osos in the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) King’s Logan Brown, left, tries to get shot around Los Osos’ Andres Garcia in the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) King players celebrate winning the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship against Los Osos in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Los Osos’ Thomas Shirley, left, tries to get around King’s Gavin Starling in the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Los Osos’ Aegis Hsieh looks to get a shot around King’s Broderick Grote, right, in the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Los Osos’ Thomas Shirley, right, blocks a shot by King’s Pierce Stoever in the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) King head coach Taryn Morales, right, celebrates with her team after winning the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship against Los Osos in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) King coach Taryn Morales, center, and her players jump into the pool to celebrate winning the CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship against Los Osos in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Show Caption1 of 18King players celebrate with CIF-SS Division 3 boys water polo championship plaque in Walnut on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. King defeated Los Osos. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Expand Logan Brown supplied a perfect entry pass to Newman, who picked up the ball with his left hand and skipped a backhanded shot into the cage for a sudden-death winner that lifted the King boys water polo team to a 10-9 overtime victory over Los Osos in the CIF Southern Section’s Division 3 championship match Saturday evening at the Mt. San Antonio College Aquatics Complex. Newman’s winning goal delivered the program its second section championship. King also claimed the Division 3 title in 2012. “I wanted the ball really bad in that moment,” said Newman, a junior attacker who scored three game in the match. “I had the inside water. I fumbled the ball at first, so I just decided to go with the backhand… I kind of surprised myself, to be honest.” https://twitter.com/callmeepj/status/1857962493282496558?s=46&t=8aqqBHmOdo7HgucEah8Pcw Saturday evening was a bit of a rollercoaster ride for King (21-10). The Wolves held a 3-0 lead early in the second quarter but trailed by three goals early in the fourth period. King chipped away and leveled the match with 49 seconds left in regulation. “It look a lot of team camaraderie and sheer willpower to pull this one out,” King’s second-year coach Tayrn Morales said of the fourth-quarter comeback. “My boys always seem to come together when moments mean the most. It happened again tonight.” Pierce Stoever gave King a 9-8 lead in the opening minute of the first overtime period, but Los Osos knotted things up when Caden Rodriquez scored 37 seconds into the second overtime period. And the score remained tied at 9 when time expired. The third overtime period in water polo is the start of sudden-death play, with the first team to score a goal emerging victorious. King won the sprint and went on a power play, but Newman’s attempt as the shot clock was winding down was field blocked by Aidan Mattera. Los Osos had the opportunity to win, but Aegis Hseih’s shot from about 9 meters away sailed over the cage. The Wolves ran a double post on the final possession of the match, with Newman and Gavin Starling looking to get in a position to score from 2 meters. Newman was able to spin inside of his defender, the first piece of the puzzle that led to the winning goal. “Their goalie (Mike Hale) is a extremely good and knows how to cover the cage well,” Morales said. “We knew it was probably going to take something special to beat him there… I think Brady knew exactly where he needed to put that ball to get it done.” King dominated the first period Saturday, with Newman getting the Wolves on the board with a goal on the opening possession of the match. Newman earned a penalty shot, and Brown converted from 5 meters away to double the lead. Newman then provided the assist on Kale Van Lierop’s goal that gave King a seemingly comfortable 3-0 lead with 2:11 remaining in the opening quarter. Starling picked two exclusions during the second quarter and headed to the bench for the final 3 minutes of the first half. Los Osos (19-11) went on the prowl, with the defense holding King scoreless for a 12-minute stretch. Rodriquez, Mattara and Thomas Shirley each scored a goal during a 2-minute span of the second quarter to level the score at 3. Hsieh scored with 1:17 left to halftime to give the Grizzlies the lead, and Shirley scored again in the third period to extend the advantage to 5-3. “It’s all about the grit of this team,” Los Osos coach Thomas Vega said. “I knew they were going to keep fighting until the end.” Shirley scored twice more during the third period, as Los Osos took a 7-5 lead into the fourth quarter. Mattera scored his second goal of the match on the opening possession of the fourth quarter to give the Grizzlies their largest advantage of the contest. King had an answer, however. Brown got the rally started with his third goal of the night. Stoever scored with the Wolves a man up and 4 minutes left in regulation, and Newman powered a shot inside the post to tie the score with 49 seconds on the clock. “We really wanted this for each other.” Newman said. “We were going to do everything we possibly could do to win this match.” Related Articles High School Sports | San Bernardino boys water polo edges Montclair in Division 6 section final High School Sports | Vista Murrieta football team shuts down Cajon in Division 3 quarterfinals High School Sports | George Toia sparks Summit football past Huntington Beach, into CIF semifinals High School Sports | San Gorgonio overcomes Grand Terrace, reaches Division 11 football semifinal High School Sports | Murrieta Mesa football tops Northwood to reach CIF-SS Division 6 semifinals Hale nearly scored an improbable winner at the end of regulation. King turned the ball over with a couple of seconds remaining on the clock. Hale secured the ball and hurled it the length of the pool (25 meters). It appeared on target for a goal, but King goalie Troy Newlin reached up and got his fingers on the ball and deflected it off of the crossbar as the buzzer sounded Newman and Brown each scored three goals to lead King’s attack. Newlin finished the match with 16 saves and five steals. Shirley finished with a match-high five goals for Los Osos, while Hale recorded 11 saves and seven steals for the Grizzlies. Related Articles High School Sports | San Bernardino boys water polo edges Montclair in Division 6 section final High School Sports | Vista Murrieta football team shuts down Cajon in Division 3 quarterfinals High School Sports | George Toia sparks Summit football past Huntington Beach, into CIF semifinals High School Sports | San Gorgonio overcomes Grand Terrace, reaches Division 11 football semifinal High School Sports | Murrieta Mesa football tops Northwood to reach CIF-SS Division 6 semifinals