The 2026 Na­tion­al Sec­ondary Schools Wa­ter Po­lo League con­clud­ed in ex­cit­ing fash­ion on March 8, with St Joseph’s Con­vent Port-of-Spain (SJC­POS) and Fa­ti­ma Col­lege emerg­ing as the dom­i­nant teams on the fi­nal day of com­pe­ti­tion at the Na­tion­al Aquat­ic Cen­tre in Bal­main, Cou­va.

SJC­POS con­trolled the girls’ di­vi­sions, cap­tur­ing three ti­tles across the un­der-14, un­der-16, and open cat­e­gories. In the Un­der-14 fi­nal, they pro­duced a com­mand­ing 15-2 vic­to­ry over neigh­bours Bish­op Anstey High School (BAHS) Port of Spain. Drew Thomas and Ro­maya Pierre led St Joseph’s scor­ing with four goals each, while Bish­op Anstey’s Ka­maria Pierre and Sarayah Williams scored one goal apiece.

The two schools met again in the open girls’ fi­nal, where SJC con­tin­ued their strong show­ing, edg­ing past BAHS 6-5. Eliana Lee, Shau­na Mur­phy, and Khiara Ben­jamin-Roach each scored two goals to help se­cure the win for SJC. Bish­op Anstey’s Mya Dos San­tos was the top scor­er for her team with two goals.

The SJS girls al­so claimed the un­der-16 girls’ ti­tle, af­ter de­feat­ing Holy Name Con­vent 22-12 in an en­ter­tain­ing con­test. Shau­na Mur­phy de­liv­ered an out­stand­ing per­for­mance with sev­en goals, while Holy Name’s Melanie Valdez Brown al­so scored sev­en, though it was not enough to pre­vent St Joseph’s Con­vent’s vic­to­ry.

Fa­ti­ma Col­lege proved equal­ly dom­i­nant in the boys’ di­vi­sions, se­cur­ing both the un­der-16 and open male ti­tles against Queen’s Roy­al Col­lege (QRC). In the U-16 boys’ fi­nal, Fa­ti­ma pre­vailed 17-13 with Gio­van­ni Fe­li­cian-Moses lead­ing the scor­ing with six goals. QRC’s Aaron Vil­lafana re­spond­ed with five goals in the los­ing ef­fort.

Fa­ti­ma then com­plet­ed the sweep, win­ning the open fi­nal by al­so de­feat­ing QRC 19-9. Je­re­mi­ah Hen­riques-Brown de­liv­ered a stand­out per­for­mance with nine goals for Fa­ti­ma, while QRC’s Javier Jor­dan scored five.

The on­ly third-place match of the day came in the un­der-16 boys’ di­vi­sion, where St Mary’s Col­lege de­feat­ed Fa­ti­ma Col­lege 19-10 to se­cure the bronze medal. Gabriel Fuller­ton led St Mary’s with six goals, while Fa­ti­ma’s Jude Galt fin­ished as the game’s top scor­er with eight, though it was not enough to change the out­come.

The fi­nals capped off an ex­cit­ing sea­son for the Na­tion­al Sec­ondary Schools’ com­pe­ti­tion, high­light­ing the depth of tal­ent among Trinidad and To­ba­go’s young wa­ter po­lo ath­letes.