The U16 water polo team of Montenegro missed a great chance to qualify for the finals of the European Championship.

Đorđe Radošević’s team lost to Italy 13:12 in the semifinals – it could have been different, because our team missed many opportunities.

The winning goal for the “azurine” was scored by Antonio Chianeze with two minutes and 40 seconds left, and Montenegro then wasted two attacks with a player more…

Italy had a plus two on several occasions, our team did not give up and managed to equalize through Danilo Roganović halfway through the last quarter.

Later, great excitement was seen, the Italians were happier and more skillful.

Roganović led the Montenegrin team with five goals, Andrej Durutović scored two, and Luka Cerović, Luka Popović, Luka Dragović, Danilo Savović and Dimitrije Milić each scored one.

Montenegro will fight for bronze in Istanbul with the loser from tonight’s duel between Hungary and Croatia.

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Felony charges have now been filed against a former Crystal Lake South High School dean and Prairie Ridge High School coach who was arrested for driving under the influence and causing an injury crash with children in the car.

The Crystal Lake Police Department and Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department responded around 9:15 p.m. on May 9 to the intersection of Route 31 and Three Oaks Road for a vehicle crash with injuries.

Crystal Lake Deputy Police Chief Thomas Kotlowski said at the time that the investigation showed the at-fault driver in the crash was Hilary Agnello, 43, of Crystal Lake.

Agnello was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol at the time and arrested by officers, Kotlowski said.

Kotlowski said at least two people were transported by ambulance from the crash with minor injuries.

Agnello had two juveniles in the vehicle with her, Kotlowski added.

Agnello was initially charged with driving under the influence, two counts of child endangerment, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash.

On Thursday, the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office upgraded the charges against her when a grand jury returned an indictment charging her with four counts of aggravated driving under the influence with a passenger under 16, two counts of aggravated driving under the influence with a passenger under 16 resulting in a crash, two counts of aggravated driving under the influence causing a crash with bodily harm, two counts of child endangerment, failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash and illegal transportation of alcohol by a driver.

The most serious charges against her are Class 2 felonies.

A criminal complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit Court said the two children in Agnello’s car were ages 12 and 14.

An officer noted in a report that Agnello’s speech was thick-tongued and she had an odor of alcoholic beverage emitting from her breathing and field sobriety testing showed further signs of impairment.

The report said Agnello refused to submit to or failed to complete testing, resulting in a minimum 12-month suspension of her driving privileges.

Kotlowski said Agnello refused to submit to blood alcohol testing and a search warrant was obtained for blood samples, which were sent to the lab for analysis.

Agnell was one of the deans at Crystal Lake South High School in District 155. She was also the girls volleyball head coach at Prairie Ridge High School in Prairie Grove, which is also in District 155.

She has since been removed from the district’s website as being one of the deans. It is unclear if she remains active as the girls volleyball head coach.

Agnello was released from custody following her arrest in May and is scheduled to appear in court again on July 22 to be arraigned on the new charges.

Court records show Agnell has a prior driving under the influence violation from 2017 and also has numerous traffic violations in McHenry County, including one where she fled the scene of a crash involving a parked vehicle last year.

In 1985, University of Hawai‘i pitcher Mike Campbell was selected with the seventh overall pick of the MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners. Later in that same draft, ‘Iolani alumnus and 6-foot-9 University of California righty Dave Masters was taken 24th overall by the Chicago Cubs. It was the first and only time two players with Hawai‘i ties were selected in the first round in the same MLB Draft.

Forty years later, a new type of history is set to be made regarding players from the Islands in the MLB Draft.

Saint Louis alumnus Aiva Arquette and Baldwin alum Wehiwa Aloy are both poised to become first round selections when the 2025 MLB Draft gets underway on Sunday at noon HST. The duo would become the first from Hawai‘i high schools to do so.

Arquette and Aloy both had stellar seasons in the spring, leading their respective college teams to the College World Series in June.

Following his senior season at Saint Louis, Arquette was taken in the 18th round of the 2022 MLB Draft but instead chose to play collegiately at the University of Washington. After two years with the Huskies, Arquette entered the NCAA transfer portal and transferred to Oregon State, where he slugged 19 home runs while committing just six errors as the team’s starting shortstop. All the while, his .354 batting average led the Beavers.

Aloy began his collegiate career at Sacramento State. After earning Freshman All-American honors, he entered the transfer portal and played the final two seasons of his collegiate baseball career at the University of Arkansas.

In 2025, Aloy took home the Golden Spikes Award, given annually to the country’s top amateur baseball player. He started all 65 games for the Razorbacks in 2025, hitting 21 home runs with a .350 batting average.

Although Aloy was awarded college baseball’s top individual honor, the 6-foot-5 Arquette is viewed as the slightly better pro prospect. Arquette is viewed as a Top 10 pick, while Aloy is also expected to be off the board by the time the first round ends.

The 2025 MLB Draft begins on Sunday with rounds 1-3 and wraps up on Monday with rounds 4-20 beginning at 5:30 a.m. HST. Although Arquette and Aloy are viewed as Hawai‘i’s headliners in the draft, a handful of other names remain on the radar for teams making selections.

Not far behind Arquette and Aloy as a prospect is Saint Louis shortstop and 2025 Hawai‘i Gatorade Player of the Year Bruin Agbayani. Although he signed a scholarship agreement with the University of Michigan, he is likely to get selected within the first five rounds.

Throughout various showcases and tournaments, Agbayani’s bat has proven to travel well. He turned heads in June’s MLB Combine in Arizona, stacking up hits against some of the top arms in the country.

‘Iolani senior Mana Lau Kong signed with the University of Hawai‘i, but there’s also a chance he doesn’t make it campus after being monitored by various MLB organizations.

With the increasing amount of pro scouts taking in regular season high school baseball games in Hawai‘i, the two that appeared to receive the most interest from pro scouts in 2025 were Kamehameha’s Elai Iwanaga and Kaiser’s Bryson Toner. Iwanaga is set to play collegiately at UCLA, while Toner will play at Loyola Marymount if he does not go pro this summer.

Mililani senior shortstop Malosi Mata’afa-Alferos also received pro looks over the course of his high school career, though he is considered more likely to move on to the University of Oregon in the fall rather than turn professional.

In the local collegiate baseball scene, Hawai‘i Pacific University’s Bronson Rivera caught the attention of scouts with his 2025 season in which he hit a program record 19 home runs while maintaining a .377 batting average.

As for the University of Hawai‘i, sophomore Itsuki Takemoto is viewed as the program’s top draft-eligible prospect. Utility player Ben Zeigler-Namoa has received pro interest dating back to his days as a junior college player at Yavapai College in Arizona, and his passion for the game has been lauded by scouts.

Matthew Miura, Jordan Donahue, Jared Quandt and Kamana Nahaku are other draft-eligible names for UH that have previously received pro interest.

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Christian Shimabuku can be reached at christian@alohastatedaily.com.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – Owners of the Gainesville Juniors Volleyball Club are hoping now is their chance to become a tenant at the Alachua County Sports and Events Center as the county looks for a new operator.

Club directors Stephanie Wyatt and Joe Deluca say this move would not only help the center with revenue, but also help them serve more families in a bigger building.

They say they currently serve around 350 to 400 families, and want to be a positive, stabilizing force at the sports center during the transition to a new operator.

They are willing to pour in more than $275,000 of direct revenue in one year.

County commissioners voted unanimously to find CP Event Center Operations, L.L.C., a subsidiary of Viking Companies, in default of more than $500,000 in unpaid special assessments.

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Now, county leaders are developing a plan to run it themselves or find a new long-term operator.

“Gives us the opportunity to bring in regional events, volleyball events, that will meet the needs of our community and all of our athletes,“ shared Club Director Stephanie Wyatt. ”But more than that, if we have more space, we can meet the needs of underserved communities or athletes and families in the community.”

Subcontractor RADD Sports sent a letter to the county defending its role, stating it had consistently performed in good faith and covered unpaid management fees to keep the facility running.

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The current operators are only allowed to run the center through the end of September.

“They were not willing to consider us to be part of the facility,” said Club Director Joe DeLuca. “It’s crucial for a variety of reasons: financially, the location of the facility, and as Stephanie has pointed out, the present structure we are in, our lease agreement expires in 9 months.”

Deluca hopes this time they won’t be turned down like they have been in recent years.

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Former NBA player and professional beach volleyball player Chase Budinger, who competed in last year’s Summer Olympics for Team USA, had an honest response when asked whether he thought any NBA players he’s played beach volleyball with could make a transition to that sport on a professional level.

“Zero,” Budinger replied. “None. But there has been a few guys that have impressed me. Richard Jefferson, J.J. Barea, Bake Griffin, were just some of the few that have come out and played with and can compete and have fun with it, but not the level that we play at.”

To be clear, the question posed to Budinger about a transition to the pros was regarding any basketball players he’s played volleyball with, not necessarily any NBA player in general.

In theory, perhaps someone like 7’3″ San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama could become a pro superstar if he focused and trained for the sport.

Budinger made the switch in 2017 after playing professional hoops for eight years (seven in the NBA). The former University of Arizona star was a phenomenal high school volleyball player, winning Volleyball Magazine’s Mizuno National Player of the Year award and winning three state titles for La Costa Canyon High School (Carlsbad, CA). He also starred in basketball and chose that path before returning to volleyball.

He’s done quite well for himself, playing the sport at the highest international level. The 37-year-old teamed up with Miles Evans in the men’s beach volleyball tournament at the Olympics. They advanced to the knockout round after finishing third in group play and winning their “lucky losers” match.

In the Round of 16, Budinger and Evans fell to the eventual bronze medalists, Norway’s Anders Mol and Christian Sorum.

There’s no stopping Garston-based Watford Water Polo (WWP), who have added yet another trophy to their ever-growing list of achievements.

The club’s U14s team travelled to Letchworth Lido last month for the annual Swim England Herts Junior Tournament.

A heavy downpour during the opening match failed to deter WWP, who beat rivals Hitchin 7-0.

After a 10-3 win against Northampton and an 8-0 victory against Cambridge, WWP faced Chelmsford in the final.

The match resulted in a resounding 15-0 win for WWP, who secured the Herts trophy for the fourth year in a row.

Luka Guzijan was voted WWP’s most valuable player for the evening, with special mention for goalie Jeremy Rotenberg who only conceded three goals in four matches.

This isn’t WWP’s only recent success, as their Herts League team have also retained the KO Cup for the second year in a row.

WWP train at Watford Leisure Centre – Woodside. Find out more at www.watfordwaterpoloclub.com

Photo credit: Watford Water Polo