Breakers Edge San Juan Hills 3-2 Laguna completed the 39th Annual Anaheim Lions Tournament with a victory Wednesday, April 3, at Brookhurst Field in Anaheim as Jackson Ress won his sixth of the season, scattering seven hits and striking out five. The victory marked Laguna’s best showing ever in the Spring Break tournament and extended [...]
Scores of kids participated in Laguna Beach’s annual youth track meet on Friday, March 22, including Calvin Capelle. His time of 2:43 in the Division 4 boys 800 meter smashed the city record of 2:58, held since 2004 by Joseph Rosseau, according to recreation supervisor Thomas Toman. Photos courtesy [...]
Baseball (9-2, 4-0) Laguna 10, Godinez 0 Kurt Rabone was near perfect in five innings facing 17 batters giving up only a walk to help the Breakers over the Grizzlies (5-6) at Skipper Carrillo Field on Tuesday, March 26. Breakers pounded out 13 hits led by Preston Grand Pre, Richie Nunis, and Blake Hester who [...]
One of the best female swimmers in Laguna Beach High history, Andrea Reigel (’09) realized her life-long dream when she competed in four events for the UCLA Bruins at the NCAA championships last Thursday through Saturday in Indianapolis. “I’m really happy with how my career ended,” she said, “I feel like I reached my potential [...]
Baseball (7-2, 2-0) Laguna 13, Saddleback 0 As expected, the Breakers opened their 75th league campaign with an easy shutout victory over the Roadrunners in a contest played on Friday, March 15 at Skipper Carrillo Field. It was 9-0 Laguna after one inning as Jackson Rees threw four shut-out innings allowing three hits. Also pitching [...]
By Jennifer Sweet, Special to the Independent Laguna Beach Little League juniors division team Wells Fargo Advisors defeated the Lake Forest Twins 10-7 on Saturday, March 16. Wells Fargo’s game got going in the second inning with a single by Joseph Sweet to bring in Jordon Leppo and Lucian Georges. Sweet then stole home [...]
Girls Softball The Breakers return all but one starter from last year’s team that finished third in the Orange Coast league before losing in the CIF wild card round to Silverado. It was Laguna’s first post-season home game in 10 years. Victoria Batistelli, Alan Ludloff’s assistant last season, takes over coaching duties from Ludloff, who [...]
Professional volleyball player Raúl Papaleo was named coach of Laguna Beach High School’s girls varsity team, Principal Joanne Culverhouse announced Tuesday. “Raúl’s excellent experience as a player and a coach–and his focus on positive and winning attitudes will build and establish good relationships with our community and our players,” Culverhouse said. “He has a very [...]
Baseball (5-2) San Juan Hills 4, Laguna 2 Breakers gave up back-to-back doubles in the first inning and left too many stranded runners on base in the loss to the Stallions on Tuesday, March 12 at Laguna in the opening game of the non-league doubleheader. The team had 12 base runners but could only score [...]
Laguna Beach High School’s Hulst Field hosts two back-to-back track meets, beginning with the 32-school Trophy Meet on Saturday, March 16. Gates open at 6:30 a.m. and the first event begins promptly at 8:41, in honor of distance legend Eric Hulst’s state record time in the 3200, a mark that stood for more than 30 [...]
Baseball Breaker baseball has experienced unprecedented success in recent years, with the last two teams posting the best records in team history. This year’s team looks to keep that momentum going. Head Coach Mike Bair has “high expectations” for his experienced squad, which includes 13 seniors and five juniors. The Breakers are again loaded with [...]
By Alisa Cairns and Scott Finn, Special to the Independent Laguna Beach High School’s surf team “stole the show” during the Scholastic Surf Series Sunday March 3, at Golden West Street in Huntington Beach. The surf had some size and power and was definitely challenging, but the Laguna crew handled it nicely. Blair Conklin, [...]
Baseball Laguna went 2-1 in pool play to open their 2013 season in the 30th annual Newport Elks Tournament play this past weekend. The season began on Friday, March 1 at Skipper Carrillo Field with a 11-2 victory over Jurupa Valley (2-1) a squad coming off a league title and deep playoff run last season. [...]
Baseball Breakers attempted to compete as a club team last week in the rain-hammered 33rd annual Mid-Pacific Institute Baseball Tournament in Honolulu. The squad did get a few games in to prepare for this week’s season opener in the Costa Mesa division of the 30th Annual Newport Elks Tournament along with Calvary Chapel and Estancia. [...]
Boys Basketball Cole Kesler (Sr) – MVP 1st Team: Jake Dal;ke (Sr), Noah Blanton (Jr), Alec Wulff (Jr) Girls Basketball Jacqueline Cenan (Fr) – Co MVP 1st Team: Jane Wallin (Jr) 2nd Team: Alexandra Lewis (Fr) Boys Soccer Reece Barton (Sr) Offensive Co-MVP 1st & 2nd Team: no selections Girls Soccer 1st [...]
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 [...]
