Drake Martinez, the star tailback for Laguna Beach, has committed to playing collegiate ball at Nebraska next year. Drake will be joining his brother Taylor in Omaha. Taylor is the starting quarterback for the Cornhuskers. Martinez and his coaches are undecided on what role he will fill on the gridiron; he may play safety, wide [...]
Capt. Jason Ehret, active duty U.S. Navy Seal and a 1984 graduate of Laguna Beach High School, will serve as the grand marshal of the Laguna Beach Patriots Day Parade, Saturday, March 2. The Patriots Day Parade honorees will be presented at the association’s honoree brunch Sunday, Feb. 3, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. [...]
With seconds remaining in a game tied at the five-minute mark, Laguna Beach High School’s quarterback Larry Stewart fired a 12-yard pass to Jake Hexberg to lift the Breakers to a thrilling 28-21 victory over Northwood (5-7) in the CIF Southern Division quarterfinal playoff last Friday night at home. The victory moves Laguna to the [...]
Laguna’s magical football season came to an end last Friday as the sheer odds of playing a school 60 percent larger proved too much to overcome. Corona del Mar wore the Breakers down to win 41-14 before one of the largest crowds of the past 60 years at Guyer Field. Fans arrived hours early due [...]
Laguna Beach defeated the Golden West League champion Segerstrom (9-3) 51-40 in a hard fought battle played at Guyer Field. As a result, this season’s record-setting Laguna football squad, the most powerful offensive team in the school’s 77 varsity seasons, will face their biggest test this Friday, again on home turf, tangling with Corona [...]
Laguna opened their 15th trip to the Southern Section playoffs with a rousing 49-13 victory over Orange League champion Anaheim at their home field, Glover Stadium, on Friday, Nov. 18. The storied Colonists with an enrollment of over 3,300 were once the dominant football squad of Orange County in the 1950s and 60s but changing [...]
Laguna Beach took advantage of two key miscues by Calvary Chapel in the second quarter to fuel a school-record tying 34-point spurt to bury the Eagles 48-13 on Thursday, Oct. 20, at Scott Field in Costa Mesa. Breakers continue on track for one of the school’s 10-best seasons in its 77-year history. The season [...]
Estancia (4-2) played like a section favorite as their defense stopped Laguna’s offense at critical moments and defeated the Breakers 35-14 last Friday before an overflow crowd at Guyer Field. The Eagles opened the contest going 75 yards in 11 plays for the first score. Laguna (5-1) seemed to contain Estancia when they completed [...]
Breakers Run Over Webb 55-7 “Old school” football returned to Guyer Field as Laguna needed little dazzle to roll over out-manned Webb School (1-1) of Claremont last Friday at home. Laguna starters scored quickly and often. The contest opened with Robbie McInerny kicking his first of a record seven touchbacks to put Webb on [...]
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 [...]
