Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Many of Orange County’s top boys and girls water polo players will be in action with their respective clubs at the upcoming Junior Olympics in Orange County. Session I features the boys and begins Saturday throughout the county. The finals in the top divisions are Tuesday, July 22 at Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine. Two-time defending champion Newport Beach, powered by players from Newport Harbor, is seeded first in the 18-and-under boys division. Newport Beach won’t have Newport Harbor senior Connor Ohl, who is playing with the U.S. national team at the World Championships in Singapore. Mission, led by JSerra players, is seeded second. Session II spotlights the girls and runs July 24-27. The top-division finals are also at Woollett Aquatics Center. SOCAL is seeded first with Regency (Mater Dei) and Newport Beach slotted third and fourth, respectively. Junior Olympics is considered the largest water polo tournament in the world. The event hosts about 15,000 players who are ages 18-and-under. There are 942 teams entered.