Trio of CIF Hopefuls All Ousted
LBHS CIF Update
Girls Water Polo Breakers Let Dos Pueblos Escape in Semi-Finals For most of the match on a cold Wednesday night in Irvine, Laguna looked like the dominant team getting set for a return trip to the CIF Southern Section Division II finals. Full Story
Laguna Students Singled Out as Leaders
Laurielle Hofer and Jason House of Laguna Beach High School are among 32 Orange County high school students who will compete for $220,000 in scholarship funds from the The Irvine Company. Full Story
Art Students Win Plotkin Awards
On Feb. 10, the Peter and Masha Plotkin Memorial Foundation announced the recipients of fivescholarships to Laguna College of Art & Design students. Recipients of the $500 scholarships were juniors Shane Daley, Jason Kowalski and Erin Metzdorf, along with sophomores Hannah Harris and Jared Linge. Full Story
Society's Pressure Cooking Kids
An epidemic of depression among young people was the focus of a parent-education talk last week by Madeline Levine, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist from the Bay Area and author of "The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids. Full Story
Breakers Bury Alumni
About 10 alumni players, ranging from Chuck Harrell '65 to Noah Brewster '05, returned to the LBHS diamond to take on the current LBHS varsity baseball team in the annual alumni game. Here, Chris Stansbury, LBHS '03, hits a series with brother Gabe, LBHS '09, catching. The final score was 7 to 1. Full Story
School Kneads Help Raising Dough
Wednesday is Thurston Middle School's night at Domino's Pizza. Every Wednesday through April, customers who mention Thurston when they place their order will generate a $2 contribution towards the school's eighth-grade promotion festivities. Full Story
Girls Team Grabs WinterFest Championship
Youth water polo
The 14 and under girls came away this year as 1st place champions at the annual WinterFest Tournament at the Los Alamitos Base, competing against the top "AA" teams in California. They played their first game against Cal Baptist Lancers winning 6 to 4. Next they played against Corona del Mar, a nail-biter of a game. They tied with CdM, which then went into a shoot out. Full Story
Have a Heart and Get Tested
A high school athlete dies from Sudden Cardiac Death every three days in the United States, making SCD the number one killer of youth athletes in the nation. Heartfelt Cardiac Projects is offering cardiac screenings for an $85 tax deductible donation per participant at Laguna Canyon's Sports Performance Institute, Saturday, Feb. 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Full Story
Court Star Lindsay Davenport Drafted for Team Tennis
Laguna Beach resident Lindsay Davenport topped an all-star lineup of tennis players when she was first pick of the 2008 World TeamTennis (WTT) player draft earlier this week, selected by the Newport Beach Breakers. Full Story
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