Fall 2026 Sports Update
Cross Country
The squads will be traveling to Hawaii for the Iolani Invitational on September 12.
Boys Beach Volleyball (3–1, 0-1)
The Breakers lost their opening league match, 4-3, losing on Main Beach to Santa Margarita.
#1 Julian Merhab & Vince Merhab lost 21-17, 18-21, 11-15
#2 Nico Lerum & Bo Carson won 21-16, 21-15
#3 Jacob Bystrom & Declan McCormick won 21-11, 21-14
#4 Quinn Halloran & Kurt Moen won 14-21, 21-3, 15-12
#5 Cole Steinke & Ethan Cauley lost 21-15, 14-21, 9-15
Laguna four-man lost 16-28
Remaining schedule:
Wednesday, Sept. 9 Newport Harbor
Thursday, Sept. 17 at Edison
Wednesday, Sept. 23 Dana Hills
Wednesday, Sept. 30 Aliso Niguel
Wednesday, Oct. 7 San Clemente
Newport four-man tournament is Thursday, Sept. 10.
Laguna’s tournament is Friday, Sept. 25.
(Follow the team on Instagram @lbhsboysbeachvolleyball.)
Girls Golf (0-2)
Laguna had a dual match with Irvine on September 2 at Ben Brown’s (par 32). The Vaqueros won the match 238-245, with low score going to Irvine’s Melody Lin at 43. The low score for Laguna was Sofia Carr shooting 46.
Flag Football (2–7, 0-1)
Laguna lost to University, 31-14, on Monday, Aug 31, in a non-league match and then lost their league opener at Irvine, 7-6, on Wednesday, Sept. 2.
The next home game is September 14 with Rosary Academy.
Football (0-2)
This Week: Friday, Sept. 4, 7 p.m., the Breakers will host Shadow Ridge from Las Vegas, now the #21 team in the state of Nevada after falling 35-7 to then SS-CIF #70 Simi Valley on August 28. The Breakers are now favored over the Mustangs and, as of Wednesday, Sept. 2, held the #63 ranking in the SS-CIF.
Next Thursday, Sept. 10 Laguna travels to Ventura County to take on #37 Westlake (2-0), the favored team to win the Channel League this season. The Warriors beat Newbury Park 32-26 and Agoura 38-7 to open the season and face Chatsworth/LA-CIF this week.
(Follow the team on Instagram @lbhsbreakerfootball.)
Girls Tennis (1-1)
Laguna defeated Irvine in a non-league match 12-6, this past Tuesday (Sept.1) on the local courts, with Rebecca MacCallum sweeping her singles 6-1, 6-0, 6-2 and the doubles team of Marlow Johnsen & Easton Trozak and Grace Koury & Alexis Berger sweeping their three sets to highlight the wins.
The Breakers are hosting Aliso Niguel on September 8, San Clemente on the 10th and Palm Desert on the 11th.
Girls Volleyball (0-6)
The Breakers suffered another four-set loss losing at Aliso Niguel 25-23, 18-25, 16-25, 15-25. Evie Rowe (Jr.) led Laguna with 11 kills, with sister Iris (Fr.) adding 10. Savanna Mair (Fr.) provided 24 assists, three kills and 11 digs.
Today (Friday, Sept. 4) and Saturday (Sept. 5), Laguna is in the Orange County Championships/Dave Mohs Tournament, opening with Temecula Valley, Huntington Beach and Sage Hill in pool play today.
Boys Water Polo (6–2)
OC #5 Breakers took care of #8 San Juan Hills with a 10-7 win on Tuesday (Sept. 1) at the loser’s pool. Laguna’s defense controlled the game with the visitors holding a 7-2 advantage at the intermission. Dane Seybold had three goals, Zach Hornstein and Ellis Minck adding two each. Henry Day continues to provide strong defense in the cage.
On Wednesday (Sept. 2), Laguna crushed Crean Lutheran 19-8 in a contest played at Irvine’s Woollett Center. Eleven different Breakers scored, led by Colin Gregg with four.
Major tournaments with playoff-placement rankings on the line are the Santa Barbara Tournament on September 10-12 and Newport’s South Coast Tournament, September 17-19.
(Follow the team on Instagram @laguna_boys_waterpolo.)
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