Laguna Beach Local News

SPRING SPORTS UPDATE Many Laguna sports teams had to skip spring break due to the district calendar taking the traditional week later than most of the area public schools. The issue will still exist next year as the Breakers will be out-of-step with the other Pacific Coast League schools and...

SPRING SPORTS UPDATE WINTER AWARDS Girls water polo celebrated its 27th season at an annual awards dinner held on March 27 at Laguna Presbyterian Church. USC commit Ava Knepper was the top honoree, with 101 goals scored (10th best) and 243 career goals, ranking 9th best all-time. Emmy Hensley had 52...

By Jackie Connor, Special to the Independent  This past Saturday, Laguna Beach’s newly revamped South Coast Theater, which also serves as electric car maker Rivian’s largest flagship location in Southern California, saw a full house of the beachiest of surf fans for the premiere of “Girls Can’t Surf,” a fluorescent look into...

SPRING SPORTS UPDATE BASEBALL (7-8) Laguna split their recent non-league games, dropping an 8-1 contest to Fountain Valley on March 20 at the Laguna field. The Barons (7-8) scored two runs in the first and added two more in the third inning and four in the fifth before Laguna scored. Becker...

BASEBALL (6-7)  Laguna dropped another pair of non-league games, losing 10-6 at Edison on March 13 and 5-2 at Los Alamitos on March 15. Against the Chargers, an error in the first inning gave the hosts an early lead, but Laguna took a brief lead in the third inning off...

SPRING SPORTS UPDATE  BASEBALL (6-5)  Laguna dropped a pair of non-league games, losing 1-0 last Friday, March 8, giving up the lone run in the top of the seventh inning against Huntington Beach (6-2). Becker Sybirski took the loss in the pitcher's duel.  On Monday at El Modena, Laguna lost 7-1 as...

Michael Helton started playing T-ball at five years old. He quickly fell in love with baseball. “I wasn’t the most athletic kid, but something drew me to the thinking nature of the game and just how relaxing it was in a way,” said Helton, who grew up in Laguna Beach. Growing...

BASEBALL (4-3) Laguna lost a 1-0 nine-inning Newport Elks tournament contest to Tesoro on Thursday, Feb. 22, but came back on Saturday to defeat Orange 6-0 in a non-league game at Skipper Carrillo Field. Noah Neufield hit a home run, and Becker Sybrisky picked up the win, striking out 6....

SPRING SPORTS UPDATE BASEBALL (2-2) St Margaret’s scored five runs in the fifth inning, four earned to power the Tartans to a 6-4 win over Laguna in a non-league game played at Skipper Carrillo Field last Friday afternoon. The Breakers had a 3-0 lead entering the inning before the roof fell...