SIBLING RIVALRY
9/30/2009 8:45:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
by Jacob Breems, sports information intern
RIVERSIDE, Calif. --- Nobody was more excited at the end of the recent men's water polo match between California Baptist University and No. 12-ranked United States Air Force Academy than Dennis and Carol Hines.
Any parent knows the stress of watching their children fight with one another, however it must have been downright nerve racking for the Hines to watch their two grown son's battle each other in an extremely intense competition.
Younger brother Peter, a sophomore at CBU, came out victorious and quite frankly happy to be alive after spending the afternoon guarding his older brother Jack. Both are two-meter defenders and had key goals in the match. Peter scored in the third quarter to give the Lancers a two-goal lead, while Jack led Air Force on a furious late game comeback with three fourth quarter goals only to watch his team fall 12-11.
“There was no way I wanted to lose that one,” said Jack. “You don't want to go home for Thanksgiving break with a loss hanging over you. It's really a pride thing more than anything.”
Like a true younger brother Peter is more hesitant to gloat in victory over his older sibling, but still relishes the opportunity to come out on top.
“We played each other twice last year, too,” said Peter. “As I recall, CBU won those games. So it's three to one, but who's counting? I get a lot more hyped up when I'm playing him than in an ordinary game.”
The Hines brothers grew up in Riverside and being less than two years apart in age were naturally close. Though such closeness in age can sometimes breed a nasty competitiveness, the two brothers were actually much more apt to work together than look to one-up each other.
“We didn't compete very much when we were young,” said Peter. “We were home schooled so we worked together on a lot of great projects.”
It was actually Peter who led the way for the two Hines boys to get into water polo when he immediately took to the game after his mother brought the two of them to a local practice. Not to be outdone, older brother Jack also took up the game and soon began excelling.
“Neither of us wanted to wear a speedo at first,” said Jack. “Once I realized it didn't take balance or a lot of coordination, just more endurance, I liked it.”
Both played water polo at local Riverside Poly High School and earned All-American and All-CIF honors during their high school careers. They even teamed up for CIF championships in 2004 and 2005.
Since beginning their college careers, however, all that teamwork and cooperation has turned into fierce competition as the two brothers now play important roles on two very successful programs.
Jack, now a Senior at Air Force, is one of the team's captains and was named second team All-CWPA last year. He made an immediate impact for the Falcons when he arrived in 2006 when he was named co-rookie of the year for the team.
Peter, now entering his second season with the Lancers, thought about following his brother to Air Force, but was dissuaded by some of Jack's stories about the rigors of the institution. He is still looking to achieve the individual honors his brother has, but already owns the edge in head-to-head victories. Peter was a consistent threat both offensively and defensively for CBU last year, with 29 goals, six assists and 14 steals. He looks to be even better this year.
The stunning upset by CBU was not the first or last meeting between the two teams. During the 2008 campaign the Lancers and Falcons met twice with CBU winning both matches, 14-9 and 8-7. In the first meeting Peter greeted his brother with his first career hat trick. Again, like the good older brother he is, Jack could not let himself be outdone by the younger Hines and posted his own hat trick this year in the aforementioned Air Force loss.
That loss, however, was not the final meeting between the two and later in the East Meets West tournament Jack led the Air Force cadets to a redeeming 8-7 victory. He also outscored his brother 2-0.
With this being Jack's senior year at Air Force it looks as though that final Falcon victory will be the last time the two brothers meet in the pool. As entertaining as it has been to watch the Hines go at it, there is one couple who may just be relieved to see these matches come to an end.
“(My parents) are just glad when the games are over and no one needs stitches,” said Peter.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. --- Nobody was more excited at the end of the recent men's water polo match between California Baptist University and No. 12-ranked United States Air Force Academy than Dennis and Carol Hines.
Any parent knows the stress of watching their children fight with one another, however it must have been downright nerve racking for the Hines to watch their two grown son's battle each other in an extremely intense competition.
Younger brother Peter, a sophomore at CBU, came out victorious and quite frankly happy to be alive after spending the afternoon guarding his older brother Jack. Both are two-meter defenders and had key goals in the match. Peter scored in the third quarter to give the Lancers a two-goal lead, while Jack led Air Force on a furious late game comeback with three fourth quarter goals only to watch his team fall 12-11.
“There was no way I wanted to lose that one,” said Jack. “You don't want to go home for Thanksgiving break with a loss hanging over you. It's really a pride thing more than anything.”
Like a true younger brother Peter is more hesitant to gloat in victory over his older sibling, but still relishes the opportunity to come out on top.
“We played each other twice last year, too,” said Peter. “As I recall, CBU won those games. So it's three to one, but who's counting? I get a lot more hyped up when I'm playing him than in an ordinary game.”
The Hines brothers grew up in Riverside and being less than two years apart in age were naturally close. Though such closeness in age can sometimes breed a nasty competitiveness, the two brothers were actually much more apt to work together than look to one-up each other.
“We didn't compete very much when we were young,” said Peter. “We were home schooled so we worked together on a lot of great projects.”
It was actually Peter who led the way for the two Hines boys to get into water polo when he immediately took to the game after his mother brought the two of them to a local practice. Not to be outdone, older brother Jack also took up the game and soon began excelling.
“Neither of us wanted to wear a speedo at first,” said Jack. “Once I realized it didn't take balance or a lot of coordination, just more endurance, I liked it.”
Both played water polo at local Riverside Poly High School and earned All-American and All-CIF honors during their high school careers. They even teamed up for CIF championships in 2004 and 2005.
Since beginning their college careers, however, all that teamwork and cooperation has turned into fierce competition as the two brothers now play important roles on two very successful programs.
Jack, now a Senior at Air Force, is one of the team's captains and was named second team All-CWPA last year. He made an immediate impact for the Falcons when he arrived in 2006 when he was named co-rookie of the year for the team.
Peter, now entering his second season with the Lancers, thought about following his brother to Air Force, but was dissuaded by some of Jack's stories about the rigors of the institution. He is still looking to achieve the individual honors his brother has, but already owns the edge in head-to-head victories. Peter was a consistent threat both offensively and defensively for CBU last year, with 29 goals, six assists and 14 steals. He looks to be even better this year.
The stunning upset by CBU was not the first or last meeting between the two teams. During the 2008 campaign the Lancers and Falcons met twice with CBU winning both matches, 14-9 and 8-7. In the first meeting Peter greeted his brother with his first career hat trick. Again, like the good older brother he is, Jack could not let himself be outdone by the younger Hines and posted his own hat trick this year in the aforementioned Air Force loss.
That loss, however, was not the final meeting between the two and later in the East Meets West tournament Jack led the Air Force cadets to a redeeming 8-7 victory. He also outscored his brother 2-0.
With this being Jack's senior year at Air Force it looks as though that final Falcon victory will be the last time the two brothers meet in the pool. As entertaining as it has been to watch the Hines go at it, there is one couple who may just be relieved to see these matches come to an end.
“(My parents) are just glad when the games are over and no one needs stitches,” said Peter.
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