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Breakers quest for a playoff spot ended on Wednesday, Feb. 8, with a 43-24 loss to Saddleback (5-5, 10-14) at Bus McKnight Gym on the Roadrunner campus. Laura Nolan scored 10 as the Breakers made only eight of 59 shots to finish fourth in the Orange Coast League. Godinez was the...

Laguna completed the regular season with a 57-38 win over Costa Mesa on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at home and a 63-36 rout of Saddleback on Thursday, Feb. 9. Breakers advanced to the 3AA playoffs hosting Pioneer (Del Rio # 3 19-8) this past Wednesday, Feb. 15, with the winner advancing to...

It’s Adult Basketball Time at The Club Sign-ups will open Tuesday, Feb. 20, for the fifth season of the adult spring basketball league at the Boys & Girls Club, Canyon Branch. Games are to be played for nine weeks on Mondays or Wednesdays at 7:15 or 8:15 p.m. and start in...

Boys Basketball (16-10, 5-3) Breakers clinched a playoff spot last week with a pair of wins in Orange Coast League play. On Wednesday, Feb. 1, Laguna ran past Calvary Chapel (9-13, 2-6) 49-36 and on Friday, Feb. 3, defeated Estancia 61-31 to revenge an earlier loss. A victory...

  Boys Basketball (14-10, 3-3) Breakers split their games last week but must defeat Estancia Friday, Feb. 3, to make the playoffs for the 11 straight year. The regular home season concludes on Tuesday, Feb. 7, when Laguna hosts Costa Mesa for their 80th meeting. Breakers lead the...

Boys Basketball (13-9, 2-2) Breakers split their games last week as Costa Mesa (3-1, 7-14) defeated Laguna 46-39 on Wednesday, Jan. 18 at the Mustang Gym for their first victory over the Breakers at their home gym in 10 years. On Friday, Jan. 20, Grady Morgan’s hot hand led the...

  Boys Basketball (12-8, 1-1) A reduced seven-player Breakers squad was no match for Santa Fe as the Chiefs ran past Laguna 56-22 on Monday, Jan. 16. Charlie Rounaghi hit a three-pointer early in the game, but Santa Fe scored 19 straight to take control of the contest played at...

Boys Basketball (11-6) Laguna opened their 11th Orange Coast League race this past week and will have a clear idea on taking their 10th of 11 titles when they host Godinez (15-3) on Friday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m. at Dugger Gym. Both the Grizzlies and the Breakers are in the Southern...

By Charlie Warner, Special to the Independent The Laguna Beach High School basketball team star Blake Burzell, who recently shattered a 54-year-old scoring record with 1,480 career points, will likely add to that in this week’s games versus Calvary Chapel and Godinez. The...

Junior Blake Burzell scored 26 points against Reno’s Bishop Manogue on Friday, Dec. 30, to break Laguna’s career scoring record with 1,480 points in 17 games this season. That mark leaps ahead of the previous high school career record set by Ron Lutz of 1,468 points. Lutz, who...

Burzell Breaks All-Time Scoring Mark  Boys Basketball (11-6) Breakers 10th at Torrey Pines; Laguna went 2-2 at Santa Fe Christian High School last week in the Senators Division of the Torrey Pines Holiday Classic. Play started on Tuesday, Dec. 27, with a tough 58-47 loss to...

Boys Basketball (9-4) Woodbridge’s hot shooting Warriors could not miss in the final period as they outscored Laguna 28-19 to edge the Breakers 65-63 at the North South Challenge held on Thursday, Dec. 22 at El Toro High School. Laguna had taken the lead late in the second period...

Boys Basketball ( W 6, L 2) Blake Burzell scored 39 points this past Monday, Dec. 12, at Westminster High as Laguna edged highly regarded Los Alamitos 65-61 in the opening game of the Charlie Wilkens Memorial Tournament. Burzell tied a school record with seven three-point baskets...

Winter Sports in Full Swing Boys Basketball ( W 3, L 2) The boys completed the Godinez Grizzly tournament, winning three straight before dropping their last contest to Huntington Beach. On Nov. 30, Laguna easily defeated Orangewood Academy 48-37, building their lead off a hot...

Boys Basketball The boys 83rd season opened this week at the Godinez Grizzly tournament and Coach Bret Fleming is expecting another run for an Orange Coast League title. Breakers have won nine titles in the past 10 seasons and Fleming is 199-107 in the 11 seasons since returning...