Fall 2026 Sports Update
Football (3-2)
The Breakers received a forfeit win from their opening opponent, Yorba Linda, who was required to forfeit four non-league wins (Laguna (34-21), Long Beach Poly (30-13), El Dorado (27-0), and Esperanza (42-7) due to a number of CIF violations. The Mustangs did lose to Laguna league rival Huntington Beach 29-25 last week. The Breakers will face the Oilers in the last regular season game on October 30 at their historic on-campus stadium.
Defense Update:
The Breakers had 2 1/2 sacks against San Pedro and 48 total tackles. Grayson Kazmouz (Boise State) led with 1.5 sacks, both resulting in key defensive stops that forced punts. Wyatt Bogdan led in tackles with 10.
This week:
#59 Breakers traveled to Fullerton High School last evening (Thursday, Oct. 1) for their Delta League opener against Troy High School. The Warriors are 3-2 and are ranked #106 in the Southern Section after losing 26-12 at El Dorado on Friday (Sept. 25). The Warriors’ wins were over Fullerton (28-21), Segerstrom (42-0) and Sunny Hills (42-0). Their other loss was (7-0) to Rio Hondo Prep.
Next week:
Another Thursday game, this time at El Modena on October 8. Laguna was 34-40 in Thursday contests out of 890 games played for the varsity program entering this week’s Troy contest.
Laguna is currently ranked #59 out of 374 SS-CIF football schools.
Remaining Games:
October 8 – El Modena #51
October 16 – Dana Hills #37
October 23 – Western #184
October 30 – Huntington Beach #22
Past games
August 21 – Yorba Linda #30
August 28 – Orange #33
September 4 – Shadow Ridge (NV) #16 in Nevada (equal to #108 in SS-CIF)
September 10 – Westlake #28
September 25 – San Pedro LA-CIF ranked # 2 (equal to #93 in SS-CIF)
October 1 – Troy #106
(Follow the team on Instagram @lbhsbreakerfootball.)
Game and season statistics are posted on MaxPreps.
Cross Country
The team is then off until October 9 when they travel to Fresno for the Clovis Invitational which is held on the State CIF course at Woodward Park.
Boys Beach Volleyball (6–2, 2–2)
The 8th Annual Laguna’s Pairs tournament was Friday, Sept. 25 at Main Beach. Winner Newport Harbor Team #1 (Hudson Mann & Jett Evans) d. Huntington Beach Team #2 (Kenno Kosty & Dylan Hunter).
Finishing in third place was Corona del Mar #1 (Marco Dibella & Cash Alexander).
How Laguna’s pairs did:
#1 Vince and Julian Merheb won their pool, but lost in the playoffs to eventual champion Newport #1, 23-21; #2 Jacob Bystrom and Declan McCormick lost in the playoffs to Los Alamitos and #3 Bo Carson and Nico Lerum won their pool, but lost 22-20 to Newport in the playoffs.
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2026 Boys Beach Volleyball – Laguna’s Top Pairs: (L-R) Coach Eric Dickson, Vince Merhab, Julian Merhab, Bo Carson, Jacob Bystrom, Declan McCormick, Nico Lerum, Head Coach Paul Cuevas and Asst. Coach Riley Gapp. Breakers will host Newport Harbor on Monday, Oct. 5 at 3 p.m. on Main Beach.
Laguna d. Crean Lutheran, 6-1, on Monday, Sept. 28 at Crean
#1 Julian Merheb/Vince Merheb lost 16-21, 18-21
#2 Nico Lerum/Bo Carson WON 21-13, 21-16
#3 Jacob Bystrom/Truman Smith WON 21-13, 21-18
#4 Quinn Halloran/Kurt Moen WON 21-13, 21-10
#5 Cole Steinke/ Ethan Cauley WON 21-13, 20-22, 15-3
Four Man – Laguna Beach WON 28-22
(Julian Merhab, Vince Merhab, Nico Lerum, Jacob Bystrom, Truman Smith, Quinn Halloran and Kurt Moen)
Laguna d. Aliso Niguel, 7-0, on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at Main Beach
#1 Julian Merheb/Vince Merheb WON 21-14, 21-5
#2 Jacob Bystrom/Declan McCormick WON 21-14, 21-10
#3 Quinn Halloran/Kurt Moen WON 21-14, 17-21, 15-9
#4 Nico Lerum/Bo Carson WON 21-11, 21-13
#5 Cole Steinke/Ethan Cauley WON 21-11, 21-9
Four Man – Laguna Beach WON 28-17
(Julian Merhab, Vince Merhab, Nico Lerum, Jacob Bystrom, Truman Smith, Quinn Halloran and Kurt Moen)
The remaining Team competition schedule:
Monday, Oct. 5 Newport Harbor
Wednesday, Oct. 7 San Clemente
(Follow the team on Instagram @lbhsboysbeachvolleyball.)
Girls Golf (4–4, 2-1)
The Breakers defeated Pacifica Christian, 241-260, on Tuesday, Sept. 29 in a league match at Ben Brown’s (par 32). Brooklyn Guerra was Laguna Beach’s low scorer, shooting a 44, while Briana Silver from PCOC had the low score for the match with 43.
The Breakers hosted Sage Hill yesterday (Thursday, Oct. 1) and will host Rosary Academy on October 7.
Flag Football (6–9, 4–2)
The Breakers appear to have clinched a playoff spot with a wild 40-6 win over Irvine on Monday, Sept. 28 at Guyer Field. Leading 7-6 at the half, the teams agreed to shorten the half-time break due to the lights automatically turning off at 9 p.m. Laguna outscored the Vaqueros 33-0 to win the contest in resounding fashion. Irvine had defeated Laguna 7-6 back on September 2.
The key remaining Pacific Hills League contest is at Pacifica Christian (0-5, 8-12) on October 7.
Girls Tennis (3–6, 0-2)
On Monday, Sept. 28 Laguna defeated San Clemente 10-8 on the Breakers’ courts, with Rachel Jolley joining Rebecca MacCallum in sweeping her singles sets. The Breakers picked up four set wins in doubles to secure the overall win.
The following day Laguna lost 14-4 at University, with Rebecca MacCallum taking all three sets for three of the Breakers’ four points.
SS-CIF rankings as of September 30 had the Breakers #75 out of 370 schools. They faced Woodbridge yesterday (Oct. 1) and next week are at Sage Hill on October 6 and Portola on October 8.
Girls Volleyball (8-13, 5–1)
The Breakers rallied and held off visiting Woodbridge on Tuesday, Sept. 29 with a 27-29, 25-17, 25-13, 25-21 win over the Warriors, clinching at least second place in the Pacific Hills League. Laguna played Pacifica Christian yesterday (Thursday, Oct. 1) and will travel to Irvine on October 8 for the league title deciding match.
Against Woodbridge, the Breakers started slowly allowing the visitors to build a 12-7 lead before battling back to lead 25-24. Teams then traded back-and-forth before Laguna miscues handed the 29-27 win to Woodbridge. Set two was tight and tied at 15-15 before tough serving by Maia Miller and Savannah Mair allowed Laguna to pull away. Set three was tied at five before Laguna’s serving took over and the Breakers coasted to the set win. In set four, the Breakers were a little too complacent and could not shake the visitors until Savannah Mair served five aces. Laguna’s tough serving by Savanna Farris also contributed to the Warriors’ passing woes in the final set.
Finley Dorst led the team with 15 match kills, Collete Dorst added 12, while the top servers were Savannah Mair with seven aces and 11 serve rotation points. Collete Dorst recorded 13 rotation serving points and had four aces. Siena Utge had 21 assists, with Savannah Mair adding 11 and Savanna Faris 7 assists.
The day before, Laguna lost a non-league match at home to Corona del Mar 25-17, 25-23, 25-21 with Zoey Bond leading the team with seven kills and three blocks. Savannah Mair had four aces.
Boys Water Polo (13–6, 2-0)
Laguna continued league play with their 14th consecutive Pacific Coast League regular season league play victory defeating host University 16-10 on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Zach Hornstein scored five goals, Finn Leverty had four and Masen McKinzie with three. Single scores were from Mason Jakle, Cash Bina, Warren Rootleib and Cade Chaldu.
Today (Friday, Oct. 2), at El Toro High School, Laguna will host Los Alamitos (8-10) in a Senior Day celebration for Laguna’s players. Game time is 4 p.m. and admission is free.
SS-CIF playoff brackets will post by Friday, Oct. 23, 2 p.m. at www.cifss.org.
(Follow the team on Instagram @laguna_boys_waterpolo.)
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