WATER POLO: Brandeis, Clark, Health Careers and Taft girls win playoff openers

The UIL’s first water polo playoffs got underway Monday evening with the girls hopping in the pool first, and Northside teams took command from the jump. Brandeis rolled past Canyon, Clark rallied to beat Davenport, Health Careers knocked off Smithson Valley and Taft shutout Highlands in each schools’ inaugural playoff games.