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  Football (4-4, 2-1) Laguna captured the 61st homecoming game with a 21-12 win over Saddleback (1-2, 3-5) in front of a large homecoming crowd at Guyer Field Friday, Oct. 21. The victory snapped a two game losing streak to the Roadrunners, who still hold a series edge at...

Football (3-4, 1-1) Costa Mesa scheduled their new stadium dedication by selecting their contest with Laguna Beach, the one league team where they held a dominating series advantage. The plans unraveled early as the Breakers spoiled the 37th meeting between the schools with a...

  Football (2-4, 0-1) The final 32-7 score in favor of the visiting Godinez Grizzlies fails to reflect the game played Friday, Oct. 7, at Guyer Field. The contest opened with Laguna moving 19 yards in four plays before a short yardage play resulted in a nine-yard loss on a...

By Charlie Warner, Special to the Independent Early this season, the Breakers football squad was struggling with their special teams, specifically their punt team. After player Curtis Harrison was reassigned to the team, the problems evaporated, reported coach John Shanahan....

Football (2-3) Breakers open league play with a 7 p.m. kickoff Friday, Oct. 7, as host to Godinez (1-4) at Guyer Field. Their record belies a strong team expected to win the league. Last week they dropped a 3-0 game to Orange (5-0), a team that easily handled Laguna a few weeks...

  Football (2-3)   The host, St. Margaret’s Tartans, limited the Breakers to one major pass play, sacking the Laguna quarterback seven times in their 10 offensive possessions to earn the shutout victory in San Juan Capistrano Friday, Sept. 23. In the first half, S...

Football (2-2) Breakers faced a daunting task last Thursday, Sept. 15, when they faced the Orange High Panthers for the 16th time since 1936 and the first time since 1989. The undefeated hosts had steamrolled their first three opponents and Laguna became the fourth, losing 48-17,...

Football (2-1) Breakers played tough but lacked depth to compete with the visitors from Segerstrom, which resulted in the lopsided score. The Jaguars scored off Laguna’s first punt, but the teams seemed even, trading possessions until Laguna scored off a six-play drive on the...

Football Takes the Aztecs 52-14 Breakers continue to improve, taking their first home game of the season with another victory over a Garden Grove League school. Teams started slowly as both squads went three plays and punt before Laguna took over their second possession after a...

Football Wins 47-18 Scheduling is everything in football and coach John Shanahan began with a 47-18 rout of hapless Bolsa Grande Friday, Aug. 26, at the Matador field in Garden Grove. Shane Lythgoe recovered the opening kickoff on the Laguna 25 yard line and after a procedure...

Football Opens at Bolsa Grande Laguna’s 82nd varsity season opens Friday, Aug. 26, at Bolsa Grande High in Garden Grove with the beginning of the John Shanahan coaching era at the high school. Shanahan is the 17th head coach to direct the squad and expectations are high for...

Football2-8, 0-5 Following a familiar script, the out-manned Breakers dropped their fifth straight league contest 31-17 last Friday night with Godinez in a contest played at Segerstrom High School. Laguna finished league play winless on the field for the first time since 1999....

Football (2-7, 0-4) For the third time this season and the 101st time in the program’s 81 seasons, Laguna failed to score as Calvary won 40-0 to extend their domination in the series to 13-7-2. The Eagles wasted little time scoring when on the second play of the game a short pass...

Football (2-6, 0-3) Breaker fumbles led to two big scores and the Estancia Eagles rallied past Laguna last Friday, Oct. 23, at Guyer Field to spoil the milestone homecoming contest. Laguna controlled the tempo early grinding out a long 14-play drive for the first score that...

Football (2-5, 0-2) Laguna had a very quick start against the Roadrunners last Friday, Oct. 16, at Jaguar Stadium on the Segerstrom High School campus and looked once again like the spoiler in the 2015 Orange Coast League race. Those dreams ended in the second quarter resulting...