Young Warriors water polo team to aim higher this season

Two seasons removed from a league championship campaign, Fallbrook High School Warriors boys' water polo head coach Bill Richardson might have good reason to believe the Warriors are headed back in the right direction.

A fourth-place finish in the Valley League in 2018 and a first-round exit from the from CIF playoffs was an unusually low year for the Warriors. But while the varsity team was struggling to a 7-22 record, the junior varsity Warriors went undefeated in league play and finished 11-12 overall on the season.

That young talent is moving up to varsity this season, and their abilities...