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Local Little League baseball gained their second all-time major league player this past month as Michael Brady made a brief appearance with the Oakland Athletics after getting called up by the A’s from the Nashville Sounds (Pacific Coast League). He was called up on June 17 and...

Laguna Beach Little League played a tough game in the all-stars final against Aliso Viejo, but unfortunately lost 11-1 at Woodfield Little League Park Saturday, July 1. Corwin Allard, on the mound nearly the entire game, pitched with heart and managed three strikeouts against a...

Coaches for spring sports reported their team’s awards this season, with the exception sand volleyball. All-CIF squads for boys volleyball and baseball are available on the CIF website. Baseball Varsity Best offensive player, Dante Faicchio; pitcher, Jack Loechner; defensive...

Preston Grand Pre, a 2014 Laguna Beach graduate, was selected in the 2017 first year player draft as the Los Angeles Dodger’s 24th pick in the 40 players they selected. He becomes the sixth Laguna player to be selected since the June amateur draft began in 1965. Grand Pre was a...

Laguna Beach Little League hosted its annual Fiesta Night on Friday, June 2, at Riddle Field. The event included a t-ball exhibition game, trophies, a chili cook-off and a home run derby. Teams that won their respective tournament were VFW, AAA – McKenna Porsche, and...

Down 5-3 in the third inning, Laguna Beach High School pitcher Jack Loechner was hit by a line drive that broke a finger on his pitching hand in the CIF quarterfinal against Etiwanda played at home Friday, May 26. After the forced pitching change, the Breakers gave up five runs...

Down 5-3 in the third inning, Laguna Beach High School pitcher Jack Loechner was hit by a line drive that broke a finger on his pitching hand in the CIF quarterfinal against Etiwanda played at home Friday, May 26. After the forced pitching change, the Breakers gave up five runs...

Baseball (20-8, 15-0) For only the fifth time in 79 seasons of varsity play, Laguna completed the league undefeated with a sweep of third place Estancia last week to conclude the regular season. On Tuesday, May 9, at home, Jack Loechner went the distance striking out five for a...

Laguna captured another Orange Coast League pennant, their fifth in a row, with a sweep last week of the Costa Mesa series coupled with a similar sweep by Calvary against Estancia. Breakers held a four game edge over Estancia and five over Calvary entering the final week of...

Laguna swept another series with a pair of shutouts last week defeating Godinez 10-0 at their Centennial Park field, Tuesday, April 25, and taking them at Laguna 14-0 on Friday, April 28. Five shutouts this year ranks the team fifth among 79 seasons of play. Sixteen team...

Laguna finished its spring break with Grady Morgan delivering a dramatic “walk-off” home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Breakers to a 3-2 victory and the series sweep of Calvary Chapel (7-13, 4-5) on Wednesday, April 19, at home. Blake Burzell started the...

Breakers opened their spring break week with a 7-5 victory over Calvary Chapel (7-12, 4-4) on Monday, April 17, at TeWinkle Park in Costa Mesa. Calvary took the early lead, but the Breakers scored three runs in the third inning to take a 3-2 lead and added four more in the fourth...

The squad returned to league play this week with two games with Saddleback. Due to the LBUSD being the odd district out on Spring Break schedules, Laguna will be playing league games next week on Monday at Calvary and Wednesday at home hosting Calvary Chapel.   Statistical...

Laguna swept their league games last week to finish the first round of league play 5-0, but lost three subsequent tournament games this past week. On Tuesday, March 28, the Breakers hit a school record 13 doubles, hammered a total of 24 hits to rout Saddleback 26-2 in a...

Breakers continued to dominate Costa Mesa (1-2, 6-6) winning their 20th straight contest with the Mustangs in a 14-1 rout on Friday, March 24, at Skipper Carrillo Field. Blake Burzell picked up his third win of the year allowing five hits over five innings. Lance Stewart was...