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By Kirk Morgan The men’s and women’s 2019 California Beach Volleyball Association “A” level tournaments were held at Main Beach April 6-7 with great weather and good-sized crowds enjoying some very competitive beach volleyball. Hometown locals ruled the...

Breakers suffered consecutive 5-set match losses fading in the fifth set. On Thursday, Aug. 16, in a steamy gym at Dana Hills, Laguna lost 25-18, 26-28, 25-20, 14-25, 8-15 to the Dolphins. Piper Naess led the squad with 20 kills and 18 digs, while Ella Tyus added 14 kills, Halle...

Rolf Julius Engen-  Aug. 5, 1929- July 31, 2018 Rolf Engen passed away peacefully at his home in Laguna Beach, surrounded by his loving family. He was five days short of his 89th birthday. Rolf was raised in Santa Ana, California, and was a life-long athlete, playing basketball...

Breakers opened their 47th season under CIF sponsorship this past Tuesday with a 25-13, 25-12, 25-16 sweep of former league rival Calvary Chapel at the Eagles gym. Breakers were never threatened and recorded 16 services aces. Ella Tyus recorded 12 consecutive serves in set 2 and...

Boys Sand Volleyball Doug Mauro takes over for the boys fifth year in sand competition, replacing Darren Utterback, who went 29-6 in his four seasons at Laguna with one OC title and four straight trips to the county championship.  Utterback left to spend more time with his kids,...

Breaker’s 2018 Varsity will be selected late next week with tryouts on Aug. 10 and the 47th edition of the Varsity will compete in the 10th Annual Queens Court Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 11, through Sunday, Aug. 12. Laguna opens in pool play in the 48-team Varsity Division at...

Laguna junior Geste Bianchi was selected to the Junior Nationals 16-Open All Tournament team at the recent Nationals held in Phoenix, Ariz., earlier this month. Bianchi was a member of the Balboa Bay 16- Blue team that won the event. Also earning gold was graduating senior Sam...

The competition was heated and fun to watch during the juniors girls city sponsored volleyball tournament that was held last week in hot temperatures and 14-16 knot winds. The city teamed up with the California Beach Volleyball Association to host contests for girls under 14 and...

Girls Sand Volleyball No individual team awards are given out in the sport. The top varsity pair was Lexi McKeown and Peri Brennan.   Boys Volleyball Continued their post-season tradition with their 45thconsecutive trip to the playoffs. Extended their league win streak to 98...

Breakers finished their fifth season of competition ranked second in the state after losing to Mira Costa in the State Tournament finals last Saturday at Dockweiler Beach near El Segundo. Breakers had already easily defeated the top San Diego team, La Costa Canyon, earlier this...

Fifth ranked Huntington Beach rallied to defeat Laguna 20-25, 25-18, 24-26, 25-17, 15-7 in a five set match last Tuesday, May 8, at Dugger Gym to eliminate the Breakers in the first round of the Division 1 volleyball playoffs. For Laguna, the loss was only the fifth time they...

  Girls Sand Volleyball (10-1, 5-0) For the third straight season Laguna’s So Cal playoff run ended with a loss to Mira Costa, this time in the finals of the seventh annual IVBL championship as the Mustangs won their sixth straight title. Breakers defeated Palisades, Sierra...

Laguna closed out the regular season with their 98thconsecutive league victory in a 25-17, 25-16, 25-23 win at Estancia on Tuesday, May 1. Key players in the win were Geste Bianchi with 10 kills, a solo block and two block assists; Drake Bell with nine kills, a solo block and a...

Girls Sand Volleyball (7-0, 5-0) The Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League held their sixth annual pairs tournament to determine the top individuals in Southern California. Lexi McKeown and Peri Brennan became the first duo to topple Mira Costa from the throne capturing the...