Water Polo

Courtesy of the Sharma family
Nyla Sharma stretches to make a save for her club team.

Circumstances and length have played prominent roles in Nyla Sharma’s ascension in water polo.

Starting out as a field player at age 9, the Mountain View resident has now become one of the top Bay Area goalies in her age group.

Courtesy of Katie Tasman
The Los Altos High girls water polo team commemorates its CCS final win. Front: Sydney Lee. Middle, from left: Alesia Piercy, Madi Musso, Kayley Gould, Cynthia Yee. Back: Assistant coach Danny Buzzetta, Silke Tuyls, May Jiang, Sydney Johnsen, Emily Zhu, Olivia Cairns, Naomi Barkan, Shreya Juneja, Emma Sayar, Alex Warren, assistant coach Seth Tasman and head coach Katie Tasman.

A year after winning the school’s first Central Coast Section title in girls water polo, Los Altos High has won a second – again beating rival Mountain View in the final.

That doesn’t make last week’s 8-6 win any less special to coach Katie Tasman, who acknowledged the challenges that come with defending a championship.