All-Sports Awards Drake Martinez and Haley Putnam were selected as athletes of the year at the seventh annual LBHS Athletic Booster’s Awards held last week. Martinez set 20 different play, game, season and career marks in football as the most prolific runner and scorer in the sport’s 78 year history at the school. Martinez was [...]
Boys Golf Awards Coached Scott Finn recently released the awards earned by Laguna’s boys golf squad, which finished third this season in Orange Coast League play. Three players earned second team all-OCL honors: Tyler Metez, Spencer Donavan, and Mitchell Wills. The team awards were as follows: Varsity Golf: Team captain, Mitchell Wills; most valuable golfer, [...]
Baseball (26-3) Laguna’s storied 75th season ended in the heat at La Sierra High School as the Breakers struggled early against the Eagles (18-10) on Tuesday, May 21, when temperatures reached the 80s. Grant Wilhelm (3-3) started for Laguna and faced only five batters without an out. Wilhelm had recently had a strong outing against [...]
Richie Nunis delivered a one-out bases loaded single deep into right-center field to lift Laguna to a 5-4 victory over Victor Valley (14-17) as Laguna defeated the Jackrabbits for the second consecutive season in CIF play on Saturday, May 18. Last year Laguna won in the bottom of the seventh on a walk, but 2013 [...]
Breakers Set Triple Record Baseball (18-2, 8-0) Laguna 25, Saddleback 1 At Saddleback on Tuesday, April 16, Grant Wilhelm pitched four innings, striking out nine as Laguna won their record tying 14th consecutive game of the season in the victory over the Roadrunners. The run total was the second highest in Laguna history and the [...]
Breakers’ Bats Alive for 12th Win Baseball (16-2, 6-0) Laguna 7, Estancia 3 Breakers won their 12th game in-a-row (two shy of the school record) with a victory over the Eagles this past Tuesday, April 9, at Skipper Carrillo Field. Laguna’s pitching was not as sharp as it has been but the bats were alive [...]
Baseball (14-2, 5-0) Millerd Pitches Laguna to Upset Win over Sonora Laguna 2, Sonora 1 Cole Millerd made his long awaited debut on Monday, April 1, at La Habra’s Sonora High School, scattering five hits in a 2-1 complete game victory over the seventh-ranked Raiders as part of the 39th annual Anaheim Lions Baseball Tournament. [...]
Breakers Edge San Juan Hills 3-2 Laguna completed the 39th Annual Anaheim Lions Tournament with a victory Wednesday, April 3, at Brookhurst Field in Anaheim as Jackson Ress won his sixth of the season, scattering seven hits and striking out five. The victory marked Laguna’s best showing ever in the Spring Break tournament and extended [...]
Baseball (9-2, 4-0) Laguna 10, Godinez 0 Kurt Rabone was near perfect in five innings facing 17 batters giving up only a walk to help the Breakers over the Grizzlies (5-6) at Skipper Carrillo Field on Tuesday, March 26. Breakers pounded out 13 hits led by Preston Grand Pre, Richie Nunis, and Blake Hester who [...]
Baseball (7-2, 2-0) Laguna 13, Saddleback 0 As expected, the Breakers opened their 75th league campaign with an easy shutout victory over the Roadrunners in a contest played on Friday, March 15 at Skipper Carrillo Field. It was 9-0 Laguna after one inning as Jackson Rees threw four shut-out innings allowing three hits. Also pitching [...]
Baseball (5-2) San Juan Hills 4, Laguna 2 Breakers gave up back-to-back doubles in the first inning and left too many stranded runners on base in the loss to the Stallions on Tuesday, March 12 at Laguna in the opening game of the non-league doubleheader. The team had 12 base runners but could only score [...]
Baseball Laguna went 2-1 in pool play to open their 2013 season in the 30th annual Newport Elks Tournament play this past weekend. The season began on Friday, March 1 at Skipper Carrillo Field with a 11-2 victory over Jurupa Valley (2-1) a squad coming off a league title and deep playoff run last season. [...]
Baseball Breakers attempted to compete as a club team last week in the rain-hammered 33rd annual Mid-Pacific Institute Baseball Tournament in Honolulu. The squad did get a few games in to prepare for this week’s season opener in the Costa Mesa division of the 30th Annual Newport Elks Tournament along with Calvary Chapel and Estancia. [...]
Boys Basketball (22-7) Laguna 66, Salesian 33 Breakers met little resistance in the easy win over the at-large entry from the Santa Fe League on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Dugger Gym. Noah Blanton and Cole Kesler dominated in the first half with Laguna leading 29-21 at the intermission. A 25-6 second half opening run by [...]
Boys Basketball (22-6) Breakers are up next at No. 8 Harvard-Westlake in Studio City, tonight Friday, Feb. 15, 7 p.m. Girls Basketball (19-6) Lost to Brentwood 59-32. Eagles took a larger early lead and never looked back. Boys Soccer (9-4-5) Breakers lost their wild card match at Diamond Bar 2-1 on Wednesday night. [...]
Ill Prepared Hiker Rescued from Hillside
A sheriff’s helicopter was used to extract a hiker who suffered an anxiety attack and was unable to move from a steep trail in Laguna Beach’s open space about 6 p.m. Sunday, June 9, police said. Lifeguards in an all-terrain vehicle coordinated the extraction from thick brush and a steep slope between Alta Laguna Park [...]
