Spring Sports Update

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Baseball’s Streak Now at 10

After tagging the runner at the bag, Austin Paxson tries for a double play at first.

Laguna continued to look unstoppable in Orange Coast League play as the squad’s quest for their first pennant in 48 years appears bright. On Monday, Laguna (10-0, 3-0) pounded Godinez (4-6, 0-3) 18-7.

Laguna scored eight runs in the first inning followed by seven in the second with Chris Paul’s grand slam home-run the big blast of the day. Overall, Laguna pounded out 17 hits including eight doubles. Jackson Rees pitched four innings for the win (4-0) while some relief pitching experimentation resulted in five earned runs that has ballooned the teams earn-run average to 1.50, still an excellent number.

The squad faced Costa Mesa (5-3) and Saddleback (2-5) to complete the first of three rounds of league play this past week. Tomorrow, the Breakers compete in the 37th annual Anaheim Lions Tournament featuring 58 teams, the toughest in-season competition until the playoffs.

The Breakers Lions Tournament Schedule:

Sat Apr 2 vs Romona/Riverside (1-6) 10 a.m., Boysen Park, Anaheim

Sat Apr 2 vs Peninsula (9-1), 1 p.m., Boysen Park, Anaheim (Ranked # 6 in D-II)

Mon Apr 4 vs Pacifica/Garden Grove (6-3), 3 p.m., Fullerton College

Tue Apr 5 @ Sunny Hills (2-6) 3 p.m.

Wednesday April 6  – playoffs TBA.

SS CIF D-IV Baseball Poll as of March 25

1 – Bishop Amat, 2 – Palm Desert, 3 – Oaks Christian, 4 – Torrance, 5 – Laguna Beach, 6 – Chino, 7 – Indio, 8 – La Quinta/LQ, 9 – Troy, 10 – Nogales. Others: Calvary Chapel, Colony, Lawndale

Individual Statistical Leaders Thru 10 Games:

Batting Average:                                    .515  – Paul, .514 – Peruzzi, .389 – Stewart, ..375 – Paxson,  370 – Jones

Plate Appearances:                                    39 – Jones, 38 – Paxson, 37 – Peruzzi, Paul, 36 – Harrison

Hits:                                                      18 – Peruzzi, 17 – Paul, 12 – Paxson, 10 – Clawson, Jones

Runs:                                                      15 – Jones, 14 – Paul, 12 – Paxson

Runs Batted In:                                    19 – Paul, 13 – Peruzzi, 12 – Clawson

Doubles:                                                      6 – Paul, 5 – Jones, Paxson, 4 – Harrison

Home Runs:                                    2 – Paul

Stolen Bases:                                    4 – Paul, 2 – Jones, 2 – Paxson

Innings Pitched:                                    21.2 – Rees, 20 – Paul

Strikeouts:                                    33 – Paul, 11 – Rees

Boys Golf

Breakers (6-5, 6-2) dropped a 217-214 dual match last week to Calvary Chapel but rebounded on Monday to beat Westminster 208-271 at Meadowlark Golf Club in Huntington Beach.  Laguna faced Costa Mesa this past week before taking a break until April 11 when they travel to Ocean View.

Softball

Laguna (4-2) closed out their non-league portion of the season this past week and will start league play on April 12 at Estancia.

Calvary Chapel appears to be the league favorites with the Breakers battling the remaining league schools for the two other playoff spots.

Swimming

Senior Nile Koegel wins in the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 1:00.46.

Breakers went to 3-0 in league dual meets with a double victory over Calvary Chapel and Saddleback on Friday March 25 at the local pool. Breaker girls defeated Saddleback 116-24 and Calvary 109-10. The boys won 130-38 over the Road Runners and 120-21 over the Eagles from Calvary.

GIRLS – – Laguna Varsity Winners

200 Medley Relay (Holechek, Del Toro, Andersen, Masson) 2:04.22

200 Free Taylor Capobianco 2:06.53

Sophomore Sydney Saxe in the 100-meter backstroke, taking second with a time of 1:12.97

200 IM  Paige Watroba 2:30.71

50 Free Yoshi Andersen :26.43

100 Fly Lila Vera 58.30

100 Free Yoshi Andersen :57.24

500 Free Melena Masson

200 Free Relay (Andersen, Masson, Capobianco, Vera) 1:49.33

100 Back Lila Vera 1:00.49

100 Breast Jenna Knott 1:21.80

400 Free Relay (Watroba, Del Toro, Capobianco, Holechek)

BOYS- Laguna Varsity Winners

200 Medley Relay – (McConnell, Dodson, Wild, Koegel) 1:49.97

200 Free – Nolan McConnell 1:54.74

200 IM  – Billy Wild 2:05.61

50 Free – Nile Koegel 23.34

100 Fly – Nile Koegel 1:00.46

100 Free – Billy Wild 51.87

500 Free – Samer Alkateb 5:23.66

200 Free Relay – (Henrikson, McConnell, Wild, Koegel)

100 Back- Nolan McConnell 1:00.30

400 Free Relay – (Brunner, Henrikson, Clark, Dodson)

Boys Tennis

Laguna (3-4, 1-0) completed their first round of league play this week and will face some tough challenges next week with Sage Hill on April 5, Santa Margarita on April 8 and Cerritos on April 11. Sage is ranked # 3 in D-III and Cerritos is ranked # 6 in the same division.

SS CIF D-IV Boys Tennis Poll as of March 28:

1 – Viewpoint, 2 – Paramount, 3 – Laguna Beach, 4 – Santa Ynez, 5 – Dunn, 6 – Buckley, 7 – Linfield Christian, 8 – Santa Clara

Track and Field

Laguna went 2-0 in dual meets with a 72-53 boys victory and a 91-23 girls win over Calvary Chapel last Thursday, March 24, at home. Laguna won nine of the 15 events contested for boys with Ricky De la Torre the only double winner taking the discus with a throw of 114-8 and the shot with a toss of 44-6. The Laguna ladies won 12 events led by Samantha Garner’s double wins in discus (87-11) and shot (30-6) and Sam Knapp with dual victories in the long jump (14-4) and triple jump (26-9)

Boys Volleyball

Colin Ceithaml in a match against Corona del Mar.

Laguna (7-10) dropped a tough five set match last Thursday losing 25-21, 22-25, 23-25, 27-25, 10-25 at Dugger Gym last Thursday to Newport Harbor. Breakers took the first set on five for five kills by Austin Hillemann and tough serving by Robbie McKnight but were unable to put the Tars away to win the match. The exciting fourth set was in Laguna’s favor early but Newport took the lead at 16-14 only to have Laguna battle back to tie the set at 22 and at 25 before forcing the fifth set.

Overall, Hillemann and McKnight led the team with 19 kills while Alek Burk chipped in 11. McKnight had five service aces, and Jack Winn dished out 53 assists. Breakers started league play this past week and should not have any issues to earn another Orange Coast League title. The 28th annual alumni match is set for Friday, May 5 and the CIF playoffs will begin on May 11.

SS CIF D-II Volleyball Poll as of March 28:

1 – Corona del Mar, 2 – Laguna Beach, 3 – Valencia/Valencia, 4 – Oak Park, 5 – Trabuco Hills, 6 – Oaks Christian, 7 – Beckman, 8 – San Luis Obispo, 9 – El Toro, 10 – Aliso Niguel

 

 

 

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