Too much Maggie Steffens and a smothering defense wore down the upstart Spaniards, as Laguna favorite Annika Dries and Team USA captured their first gold medal in three tries and solidified their position as the best in the world. Steffens tied the score at one in the first period on a skip shot. Then she [...]
It looks like a rematch between the rookies and the veterans in women’s water polo. Only this time it’s for the gold. Still undefeated in their first Olympics, the upstart Spaniards beat Hungary on Tuesday to earn a spot in Thursday’s finals. They will face local favorite Annika Dries and the Americans, who are the [...]
In the first all-USA women’s beach volleyball final in Olympic history, first time Olympians April Ross of Newport Beach and Jen Kessy of San Clemente will take on two-time defending Olympic champs Misty May-Treanor and Kerry Walsh Jennings in the gold medal match Wednesday. Number four seed Ross/Kessy rallied from a set down to pull [...]
Laguna Beach resident Annika Dries and Team USA are two wins away from their first Olympic gold medal in women’s water polo, after knocking off 2004 gold medal winner Italy 9-6 on Sunday. The Americans are the only team to medal in all three previous games since the sport was introduced in Sydney (’00), where [...]
Women’s Water Polo On a fast break early in the third period of Team USA’s match against Spain on Wednesday, Laguna Beach’s Annika Dries took a pass from Brenda Villa and quickly fired the ball past the Spanish goalkeeper. It was the Laguna Beach High alum’s first Olympic goal and it knotted the game at [...]
A speedy backfield was the hallmark of Laguna’s football team last season. Breaker opponents should expect more of the same, with seniors Drake Martinez and Robert Clemons returning to anchor a ground game that racked up more than 5,000 yards. “That’s our strong point, our speed,” said second year head coach Mike Churchill. Joining them [...]
If you slept in, you missed it. Last Sunday at Aliso Creek Beach, SoLag native Sam Stinnett won Victoria Skimboards’ World Championship of Skimboarding a second time in a closely contested men’s pro final that got underway early to take advantage of optimal surf conditions at low tide. “I didn’t really believe I could do [...]
If you slept in, you missed it. Last Sunday at Aliso Creek Beach, Laguna Beach native Sam Stinnett won Victoria Skimboards’ World Championship of Skimboarding a second time in a closely contested men’s pro final that got underway early to take advantage of optimal surf conditions at low tide. “I didn’t really believe I could [...]
Joanne Culverhouse was an all-American at Western High School in Las Vegas’ and a scholarship athlete at University of Nevada, Reno, competing in volleyball, basketball and softball at both levels. After college, she continued to compete in triathlons and half marathons. “My life was sports,” she said. But during her first year as principal of [...]
Noted author and Laguna resident Arnold Hano will receive the Baseball Reliquary’s Hilda Award this Friday in Pasadena in recognition of his contributions to a game that he helped define from a fan’s perspective in his critically acclaimed book “A Day in the Bleachers.” Founded in 1996, the nonprofit Baseball Reliquary’s mission is to [...]
Concussions are “a ticking time bomb,” said sports agent Leigh Steinberg, guest speaker of Laguna Beach Rotary Club last Friday. That bomb exploded last month when former NFL legend Junior Seau, reportedly suffering from depression fueled by countless blows to the head over a 20-year career, committed suicide. That tragedy spotlighted what Steinberg has been [...]
When Annika Dries became the youngest girl ever selected to train with the U.S. national water polo team in 2009, the 17-year-old tried to contain her excitement, saying, “From here on I have endless possibilities, but I also have endless work to do. I’m not there yet.” Well, she’s there now, or soon will be. [...]
Former Laguna Beach High standout Andrea Reigel will travel to Omaha next month to compete in the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. Reigel, a college senior, qualified for the 100 and 200 backstroke and the 200 individual medley as a member of the UCLA Bruins. “It’s always been a goal, but I never thought it would [...]
The Southern Section’s CIF swimming and diving championships got underway at Riverside Community College Thursday afternoon with a come-from-behind victory for the Laguna boys in the 200 medley relay. Four hours later in the cool evening air, they capped their best overall post-season performance with a runner up finish behind Alhambra’s Mark Keppel High 311 [...]
Whatever happened at CIF finals this past Thursday, May 10, in Riverside, it can’t diminish what swim coach Kari Johnson has accomplished at Laguna Beach High. A former swimmer at Mission Viejo High, Johnson took over the boys and girls teams four years ago with one overriding goal: to bring legitimacy to what many had [...]
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 [...]
