For the second year, Laguna Beach High’s girls’ water polo squad lost in overtime at the Division I semifinals on Wednesday. It took a hot Newport Harbor squad (26-4) on a 15-game win streak to stop the Breakers (23-7) while last year undefeated Dos Pueblos pulled out the win. Four of Laguna’s losses have [...]
Keeping in step with a year-long pattern of sports success at Laguna Beach High, both soccer programs are putting together strong seasons that could end up rivaling the surprising efforts of last year’s baseball and football teams. “They want to do as well as their friends did in other sports,” said boys’ coach Daniel Richards, [...]
As the current school year began, expectations were high for Laguna Beach High’s defending CIF champion boys water polo team. The girls’ volleyball team had lost some offensive firepower but was still expected to hold its own. And few knew what to expect from a football team that had lost the heart and soul of [...]
Out to Prove They Belong Before Laguna Beach played Edison last week, the girls water polo team was unconcerned about their sixth-place CIF ranking. Or that they were 2-0 after season opening wins over Dana Hills and El Toro. Or even that they were about to play a tough match on the road against [...]
What strategy do you adopt after losing the entire starting line up and 90 percent of the offense from the previous season? Play better defense. That’s what Mark Lewis hopes for his team this season. “I can tell you that we have been preaching more commitment to defense as we know keeping the other [...]
Strickland just misses school record After falling short last year, the 2011 girls’ cross-country team achieved its season-long goal of returning to state finals last Saturday in Fresno. And though the Breakers failed to realize their dream as a top three finisher, the young squad, which began the season unranked, finished sixth in both [...]
While a bunch of millionaires squabbled over how to divide a huge pile of NBA cash, Laguna’s high school hoopsters opened what promises to be an exciting season of unselfish Breaker basketball last Tuesday at Dugger gym against Anaheim’s Western High School in the second round of the Godinez Tournament. “They don’t really care who [...]
Boys Streak Ends at Eight The girls cross country squad secured its place in the record books last Saturday at CIF finals, running the fastest team time in school history on the hilly course at Mt. SAC in Walnut. Having fallen short last season, the Breakers 1:38:11 earned them a fifth place finish overall and [...]
The girls cross country team finished third in its heat last Saturday at Mt. SAC in Walnut to advance to CIF finals on Saturday, Nov. 19, on the same course. The boys also advanced with a seventh place finish in their heat. The top five teams from each of three girls’ heats, as well [...]
For the third time in as many years, senior Natasha Strickland captured the Orange Coast League individual title on Nov. 2 at Centennial Park in Santa Ana. And in doing so, she became only the third girl in school history to break the 18-minute barrier. “I really wanted to get that PR my final year [...]
Alyse Wallace Ford and Riley Thomas are finding out that fitting in at a new school is easier when you can knock down kills at the volleyball net in record numbers or fire shots that regularly find the back of a water polo cage. These two Laguna Beach High newcomers may have adjusted well without [...]
At the end of this season, Laguna Beach High School senior Allison Palmer will be preparing to join her sister Alexandra in college, turning the page on a special chapter in Breaker volleyball history where the Palmer siblings set more than two thirds of the points scored by the school’s volleyball team. “It’s been [...]
The boys’ water polo team at Laguna Beach High is looking to re-capture the passion that drove them to their first CIF title in school history last season. “It’s really hard for a team to repeat,” said Nolan McConnell. “We’ve got to find that hunger again.” McConnell and his fellow seniors first developed that [...]
The high school’s girls’ volleyball team made a statement last month in Anaheim at the prestigious Foothill Queens Court pre-season tournament, taking runner up honors for the second consecutive season. Senior Caroline Holte isn’t quite sure what to make of her team’s preseason success over the past two years. “Usually this early in the [...]
The 77th spring season for Laguna Beach High School sports was one of the most successful in school history for league titles and CIF finishes. Baseball and swimming had their best finish in school history while softball earned their second appearance ever in the section playoffs. Boys volleyball qualified for the playoffs a CIF record [...]
Police Use Taser to Subdue Assault Suspect
An assault involving three men escalated into a struggle with Laguna Beach police, who ultimately deployed a taser twice to subdue the younger combative suspect in the 300 block of Cozumel around 1:15 a.m. Friday, May 10, police said. Police ultimately arrested Laguna Beach resident Sergio Gabriel Borgognone, 51, for allegedly resisting arrest and his [...]
