VFW hit three home runs in its regular season finale to beat Newport Beach’s 90 Meters. Grady Morgan and Christian Holm both homered in the first inning and VFW took a quick 5-0 lead and never looked back. Morgan’s home run was his fifth of the season, which led the Majors division. Cutter Clawson hit [...]
Laguna Beach’s Sam Stinnett defended his title during the United Skim Tour skimboarding competition last month in Ubatuba, Brazil, riding a long-lasting sidewave on a beach halfway between Rio de Janiero and Sao Paulo. The unique topography of Sununga beach is well-known in skimboarding circles because incoming waves reflect off of a natural rock wall [...]
Two-time Olympic champion Felix Sanchez visited USC last month. The former Trojan track star from the Dominican Republic was there to make sure the 2013 USC track team understood the importance of beating cross-town rival UCLA. “It was really, really cool,” said USC freshman Natasha Strickland, a former Laguna Beach High star who ran the [...]
The Laguna Hills Little League Angels recently hosted Laguna Beach majors division team Rotary to Friday Night Lights. Rotary’s Sam Kluver got the scoring going with a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded, with Zach Bonnin recording a run. Lance Detweiler continued the good fortune for Rotary, hitting a line drive into center, scoring [...]
Laguna Beach’s Sam Stinnett defended his title during the United Skim Tour skimboarding competition last month in Ubatuba, Brazil, riding a long-lasting sidewave on a beach halfway between Rio de Janiero and Sao Paulo. The unique topography of Sununga beach is well-known in skimboarding circles because incoming waves reflect off of a natural rock wall [...]
Twenty two-person teams battled each other and a stiff sea breeze that whipped across Main Beach last Saturday during the 38th annual Laguna Open Women’s Volleyball Tournament. “This is probably the windiest tournament I’ve ever been in,” said Lynne Galli, after she and partner Lisa Ruthledge won their second straight title. “You just have to [...]
Two-time Olympic champion Felix Sanchez visited USC last month. The former Trojan track star from the Dominican Republic was there to make sure the 2013 USC track team understood the importance of beating cross-town rival UCLA. “It was really, really cool,” said USC freshman Natasha Strickland, a former Laguna Beach High star who ran the [...]
Two-time Olympic champion Felix Sanchez paid a visit to USC last week. The former Trojan track star from the Dominican Republic was there to make sure the 2013 USC track team understood the importance of beating cross-town rival UCLA. “It was really, really cool,” said USC freshman Natasha Strickland, a former Laguna Beach High star [...]
The 36th annual Women’s Laguna Open Beach Volleyball Tournament takes place Saturday, May 4 on Main Beach. Over the years, all the greats of beach volleyball have played here, said organizer Kirk Morgan in n statement. With spectators cheering from the boardwalk located adjacent to the courts, many players say it compares to being onstage, [...]
Janie and Jack Crawford arrived in Laguna with their parents two years ago. For the freshman Janie, the move from Redmond, Wash., marked a new beginning. For Jack, a junior, it became a refreshing reminder of old beginnings past. Jack already trained with two cross-country teams, one as a middle-schooler in Texas and the other [...]
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 [...]
Laguna Beach High School’s surf team wrapped up a perfect season at the Scholastic Surf Series final at Oceanside Harbor last weekend. In team competition with breezy, bumpy conditions Laguna Beach was up against El Toro and cleaned up with nearly every team member advancing into the individual rounds. Zach Levine won in the bodyboard, [...]
Fall Soccer Registration Begins AYSO 86, Laguna Beach’s youth soccer league, is holding walk-in registration for the fall season on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Club, 1085 Laguna Canyon Rd. For information, visit ayso86.org Jr. Guards Train at Moro Beach Potential junior lifeguard participants are invited to [...]
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. [...]
Police Use Taser to Subdue Assault Suspect
An assault involving three men escalated into a struggle with Laguna Beach police, who ultimately deployed a taser twice to subdue the younger combative suspect in the 300 block of Cozumel around 1:15 a.m. Friday, May 10, police said. Police ultimately arrested Laguna Beach resident Sergio Gabriel Borgognone, 51, for allegedly resisting arrest and his [...]
