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SANTA ANA — Ed Carrera learned on Sept. 5 that his old coaching position at Crean Lutheran had suddenly opened. Later that day, he drove to Santa Barbara to reunite with the Saints’ boys water polo program and coach an early-season tournament.

“Running all over,” Carrera said with a smile of the past few weeks. “I just figured, ‘I’m not going to let (the players) go through a whole, new process of hiring (of a coach) because that could take months to find the right fit.’ “

“So I connected with the (athletic director) and said, ‘I’ll do it. (I’ll) finish off the season,’ ” the coach added.

On Tuesday, Carrera guided Crean Lutheran to one of the biggest victories in school history.

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