Fall 2026 Sports Update
Cross Country
The squads will be traveling to Hawaii for the Iolani Invitational on September 12. Follow the teams on their websites:
Girls XCC – www.lbxc.org
Boys XCC – www.lagunabeachcrosscountry.com
Boys Beach Volleyball (3–1, 0-1)
The 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 at @lbhsboysbeachvolleyball.)
Girls Golf (0-2)
Laguna faced El Toro High on September 3 in a non-league match at Oso Creek Golf Course (par 31) with El Toro winning the match 212-237. The low score for Laguna was turned in by Quincy Krizman at 44.
Flag Football (2–7, 0-1)
The recent league opener was a 7-6 loss at Irvine last Wednesday (Sept. 2) – Coach Ryan Kollock noted:
“Varsity was a defensive battle. Score was 0-0 halftime. We scored in the 3rd quarter and then Irvine scored in the 4th. We were able to move the ball down the field, but could not finish our drives. We were able to stop Irvine on every drive except for that one. Then we went into overtime and had six overtime attempts to score. It was a back-and-forth defensive battle from the three-yard line. Irvine came up with a completion in the end zone. We had one last attempt, got the completion and fell inches short.”
Next home game is September 14 with Rosary Academy.
Football (1–2)
Breakers Use Mustang Errors for a 21-7 Victory
Laguna took advantage of three interceptions and four key fumbles to defeat visiting Shadow Ridge from Las Vegas on Friday night (Sept. 4) at Guyer Field. The Mustangs are only the second Nevada team to play Laguna in football; the last time was in 1965 when the Artists defeated Bishop Gorman 26-6 at Guyer Field.
The Breakers had the first possession on Friday going deep to the Mustang 26-yard line before a sack forced a punt. Shadow Ridge only had four plays succeed before Brady Stringham picked off a pass on the Mustang 42-yard line returning it to the 22. Four plays later the Breakers were up 7-0.
The Mustangs got a great kickoff return, but their second possession ended on a fumble on the first play of the second period recovered by William Golden on the Mustang 48.
Six plays later, Jack Hurst found Brady Stringham for a sharp 27-yard pass play for the score.
Shadow Ridge didn’t quit and were able to drive 67 yards without a mistake to score their only touchdown.
The Breakers’ next drive stalled after five plays defended by a now-inspired visiting team. The success didn’t last long as Liam Nassour intercepted a Mustang pass on the Laguna 49 returning it to the Mustang 39.
It then only took one play for Hurst to find Stringham streaking down the sideline in double coverage and a perfect pass made it 21-7 in the final seconds of the first half.
Shadow Ridge got the ball to open the second half and started with a 23-yard kickoff return to gain good field position. Eight plays and two Laguna penalties brought the visitors inside the Laguna five-yard line before the fumbles returned. The first lost two yards and the final on a fourth down on the three-yard line lost 12 yards.
The remaining tries by the teams:
Laguna: Five plays – punt
Shadow Ridge: Three plays – punt
Laguna: Two plays then an interception
Shadow Ridge: Seven plays to the Laguna 10, turnover on downs
Laguna: 12 plays to the Shadow Ridge 34, turnover on downs
Shadow Ridge: First play pass intercepted by Liam Nassour, no return
Laguna: 1 play – Hurst took a knee to run out the clock.
Shadow Ridge: 0- 7-0-0 = 7
Laguna 7-14-0-0 = 21
First Quarter Summary:
L – Mousally 3 pass from Hurst (Stringham kick) 1:34
Second Quarter Summary:
L – Stringham 27 pass from Hurst (Stringham kick) 8:41
S – Holmstrom 10 pass from Keao ( Brimhall kick) 3:31
L – Stringham 39 pass from Hurst ( Stringham kick) 0:09
Team Stats
First Downs: L-14, SR-14
Rush; L-5, SR-171
Pass: L-227 , SR-41
Total Yards: L-232, SR-212
Plays: L-46,SR-48
Fumbles/lost: L-0/0, SR-4/1
Return yards: L-32, SR-0
Punts/Ave: L3-31, SR1-29
Penalties/Yards: L5-35, SR4-20
Individual Stats
Rush: Hurst 3-(-7), Christian 4-6, Gardner 13-11 Team 1-(-5)
Receiving: Stringham 10-182, Golden 2-9, Kimball 2-17, Gardner 1-10, Bogdan 1-6, Mousally 1-3
Passing: Hurst 25-17-1, 227 yards, 3 TDs
KOR: Golden 2-46, Stringham 1-33, Kimball 1-13
Interceptions: Stringham 1-20, Nassour 2-12
Punts: Smith 3 for 22, 29, 43 1 – inside 20
This Week
Thursday, Sept. 10 Laguna travels to Ventura County to take on #33 Westlake (3-0), 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 beat Chatsworth/LA-CIF 49-14 this past Friday.
Rankings
Laguna is ranked #61 this week in the official SS-CIF rankings.
The remaining games/rankings:
Westlake #33, San Pedro #130 (Equivalent), Troy #91, El Modena #82, Dana Hills #42, Western #139, Huntington Beach # 21
Past games:
Yorba Linda #22, Orange #43 Shadow Ridge #102 (Equivalent)
(Follow the team on Instagram at @lbhsbreakerfootball.)
Girls Tennis (1-1)
The Breakers are hosting Aliso Niguel today (Sept. 8), San Clemente on Sept. 10 and Palm Desert on Sept. 11.
Girls Volleyball (3-10)
The Breakers finally got on the winning track last Thursday (Sept. 3) with a 25-19, 26-28, 25-21, 22-25, 15-4 upset of Tesoro at the Titans’ Gym. Iris Rowe had 13 kills, Maia Miller 12, Finley Dorst 10 and Evie Rowe 10 kills in the attack.
Savanna Mair dished out 26 assists, 10 digs and five service aces. Natalia Calef returned to action after being off, due to an injury to provide 19 assists and four aces.
At the Mohs Orange County Tournament on Friday (Sept. 4), the Breakers lost to Temecula Valley 22-25, 20-25, then dropped a tough match to host Huntington Beach 25-19, 17-25, 6-15. In the final match of the day, the Breakers defeated Sage Hill 25-23, 25-15 with Iris Rowe and Maia Miller each recording 10 kills against the Lightning. The Breakers recorded 10 net blocks against Sage tying the team record for a two-set match.
On Saturday (Sept. 5), Laguna upset Yorba Linda 25-16, 25-21, as Savanna Mair tied the school two-set match record with nine service aces and the team tied the team match record with 17 aces. The individual record was originally set by Kyra Zaengle against Cajon in 2019, as was the team record.
The Breakers then dropped a tough match to Vacaville, the #9 team in the San Joaquin CIF Section 25-17, 25-20. In their final match they lost to Menlo School 25-22, 20-25, 10-15.
Up Next:
League play opens today, Sept. 8, at Woodbridge followed by a trip to Pacifica Christian on Friday (Sept. 11). The following week they have a pair of league contests hosting University on Tuesday, Sept. 15 and traveling to the Trojans’ gym on Thursday, Sept.17.
Boys Water Polo (6–2)
This week:
Major tournaments with playoff placement/ranking on the line are the Santa Barbara Tournament on September 10-12.
The following week is Newport’s South Coast Tournament on September 17-19, one of the oldest tournaments in So Cal Water Polo. Originally hosted by Anaheim. the event moved to Newport’s pool in the early 1970s and was eventually transferred to their administration in the mid ‘70s.
(Follow the team on Instagram at @laguna_boys_waterpolo.)
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