Laguna Beach Local News

SUMMER UPDATES Basketball – Basketball’s summer program ended last week. The previous week, Laguna went 2-1 at the Estancia Tournament defeating the Eagles and Westminster but dropping a game to Yorba Linda. Girls Water Polo – Laguna Girls were at the annual USA Water Polo Junior Olympics held at Stanford and...

SUMMER UPDATES Basketball – Breakers were 1-4 last week in summer play beating Laguna Hills but dropping games to Foothill, Dana Hills, and Northwood. Girls Water Polo – Laguna captured the inaugural Newport Elite 8 tournament last weekend going 5-0 against a number of top California high school teams in contests...

SUMMER UPDATES Baseball – Jairo Ochoa has confirmed the core of his coaching staff is returning for 2023 led by Austin Paxson back for his seventh season for Laguna. Basketball – Varsity went 2-2 last week defeating Costa Mesa and St Margaret’s but dropping contests to Los Alamitos and Trabuco Hills. Boys...

Laguna Beach High School recently announced their 2021-22 season all-sport award winners following a format that has been in place for 16 seasons. 2021-22 was the school’s 88th season of competition. In past seasons, annual awards were issued by local media and skipped in some seasons. Finally, in 2006-07...

  Laguna’s Will Kelly and Ava Houlahan were selected by the Sunset Conference Athletic Directors as two of the conference’s four athletes of the year. They were honored on Monday, May 23 at Servite High School by the Orange County Athletic Directors Association Will Kelly A Fall 2021 First Team All...

Baseball (12-10, 4-3) Griffin Naess pitch a complete game on April 14 at Skipper Carrillo Field scattering four hits and striking out eight for the 2-1 dramatic victory. The win coupled with Newport taking down Corona del Mar tightens the four-team league race into the final week of league play...

WINTER SPORTS Girls Basketball (20-11) Breakers Qualify for State – Advance to Section Semi’s Laguna Girls Basketball’s historic run will continue into next week as the Breakers have qualified for the State playoffs that open on March 1. This past Wednesday, the Breakers were in Bermuda Dunes for the D5AA semifinals against...

WINTER SPORTS Girls Basketball (18-11) Laguna played poised and determined last Saturday night at Loara High School as they easily defeated the second-place team from the Garden Grove League 51-38. The Breakers connected on eleven three-point shots with senior Anna Cheng scoring three in the first quarter on her way to...

WINTER SPORTS Boys Basketball (12-13, 1-5) Laguna almost repeated the meltdown with Newport Harbor on Jan. 19 but held on to edge the Sailors 45-43 on Feb. 3 at the Tars’ gym. The victory allowed the Breakers to finish the league season tied with Newport (15-13, 1-5) for third. Jackson Sirianni...

Boys Basketball (11-12, 0-4) Laguna celebrated senior night on Friday with their final home contest hosting league leading Edison (22-4, 4-0). Despite the pandemic-affected seasons, Jackson Sirianni will finish No. 7 in career games with 96 on the books after Edison last week. He passed Laguna legend Ron Lutz at...