Here are my predicted winners for Wednesday’s O.C. games in the boys water polo playoffs, highlighted by eight first-round matches in Division 1:
Division 1
Mater Dei def. Crespi
Newport def. LB Wilson
CdM def. Los Al
Loyola def. Oaks Chr.
HB def. LB Millikan
Orange Luth. def. Beckman
JSerra def. Agoura (Lions get 1st D1 playoff win in school history)
Harvard def. Irvine
Division 3
Murrieta Valley def. Estancia
Aliso Niguel def. South Pasadena
Montebello def. Costa Mesa (Improved Mustangs face tough 1st-rd foe)
Moorpark def. Trabuco Hills
Capo Valley def. San Marino
Yorba Linda def. Royal
Laguna Beach def. Chaparral
Division 5
Ayala def. Sage Hill
Albano’s 2015 record: 8-2