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LAGUNA SPORTS UPDATE By Frank Aronoff | LB Indy
WINTER SPORTS UPDATE BOYS BASKETBALL ( 8-3 ) Breakers continue to look like a playoff team - an exciting group for Laguna ’ s 90th season and worth a trip to Dugger Gym .
Nov . 29 - Laguna Beach 70 , at Portola 59
Dylan McEachern hit for 26 to lead the Breakers over the Bulldogs . Dylan also had 10 rebounds , and Sam Burchi grabbed 13 . Jack Halvorson scored 19 , including three 3-pointers while Mack Thompson also hit on three longrangers .
Nov . 30 - San Clemente 63 , Laguna 52 at Portola High School
Tritons jumped out to an early lead to defeat Laguna in the 57th meeting since the school relocated from San Juan Capistrano in 1964 . Breakers were 45-14 against the predecessor school and are now 66-50 overall . McEachern hit for 23 points , and Burchi had 13 rebounds .
Dec . 2 - Laguna 51 , Tesoro 46 at Portola High School
The Breakers jumped out to an early lead and held off the Titans for the win . Scoring details were not available at press time .
Up next : Dec . 13 at San Clemente , Dec . 15 and Aliso Niguel at 7 p . m . at Dugger Gym . GIRLS BASKETBALL ( 2-4 ) Nov . 30 at Trabuco Hills 41 , Laguna
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Breakers were in a battle , but the hosts pulled away in the second half . Hayden Crain-Henning led the team with eight points .
Dec . 4 - Yorba Linda 50 , Laguna 25 at Orangewood Academy
The Breakers struggled with the Mustang defense , making only seven of 38 field goal attempts .
Dec . 5 at Orangewood Academy 77 , Laguna 15
Another tournament mismatch against a D-1 school . BOYS SOCCER ( 1-2-1 ) Laguna blasted St Margaret ’ s 4-1 on Dec . 1 at Guyer Field but lost at Aliso Niguel 4-0 . GIRLS SOCCER ( 1-1 ) Beckman defeated the Breakers 3-0 on Nov . 30 at the Patriot ’ s campus , but the squad got into the win column with a 1-0 defeat of University on Dec . 5 at the Irvine school ’ s stadium . Carly Anderson scored for Laguna .
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Laguna Beach Girls U12 Soccer Team Wins Championship
From left to right : Elisa Camacho , Gemma Morck , Riley Berberian , Penny Jameson , Stella McKinzie , Macie Shearer , Coach Brad Berberian , Stella Murphy , Abbie Kalmonovich , Harper McConnell , Riya Samtani , Ruby Morck and Coral Clayton ( not pictured ). Photo courtesy of Erica Berberian
The American Youth Soccer Organization Laguna Beach U12 girls soccer team , the “ Hot Cheetos ,” capped an undefeated season on Dec . 5 by winning the Orange County Tournament of Champions in an overtime penalty kicks thriller . They qualified for the tournament by going undefeated and winning their league , where they played teams from south Orange County . In the tournament , they went undefeated in pool play and won another overtime thriller in penalty kicks in the semi-finals to reach the championship game . The girls only gave up one goal during their 5-game tournament run and five goals total all season in 13 games . These incredible local girls represented the city with pride and grit and brought home the title .
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