With dreams of a third straight title on their minds, the Naperville North girls water polo team first had to prove they're the best team in their hometown.
It certainly wasn't easy, but the Huskies pulled out a 5-3 win over Naperville Central Saturday morning to claim the Metea Valley sectional title and advance to the state quarterfinals.
"Coming in we knew it was going to be a hard game because last time we played Central it was pretty close," said Wessell, a junior."We knew if we played our defense and used the fundamentals that we have that it would work. Of course the first half showed both teams have awesome defense. I think the second half we just wanted it very badly and we had it in us. Getting that first goal in the second half really got us going. From there it was really good.
"Central was awesome," North coach Andy McWherter said."That first half nailbiter ... neither side could get anything going. We just didn't have any momentum on either side. Both teams played outstanding defense." Reif, one of five sophomores starting for the 29-4 Huskies, scored the first goal of the match and then added a tally at the end of the first quarter as North took a 3-2 lead. Senior Adrian Lam scored the Huskies' second goal and then set up Reif's second score.
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