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semifinals will be on Feb . 15 at Irvine ’ s Woollett Center against either Foothill or Corona del Mar . The finals will be at Woollett on Feb . 18 .
WRESTLING Jeremy Kanter 2nd at League Meet
– Qualifies for CIF
Laguna senior Jeremy Kanter finished runner-up in the 182 LB weight class at the Sunset Conference 8-team championship held on Feb . 4 at Los Alamitos . The senior finished fourth last year , and the second-place mark this season is the highest finish ever for a Laguna wrestler . Kanter is having a stellar athletic season this year and was an All-CIF selection as a linebacker for football this past fall .
The breakers had six wrestlers finish fifth , which qualified as an alternate for the SSCIF meet should any of the four actual qualifiers in each weight class drop from this weekend ’ s finals . CIF is organized into six divisions , with the Sunset Conference participating in the Inland Division of eight leagues . The top five wrestlers will advance to the Master ’ s Meet the following weekend to determine the state meet qualifiers . The Inland Division event will be held Friday and Saturday , Feb . 10 and 11 at Fountain Valley High School .
SPRING SPORTS ON THE HORIZON BASEBALL
Jairo Ochoa returns to guide the Breakers this season , shedding the “ acting ” on his head coach title . The Breakers went 13-13 last season , third in the Sunset Wave League and are expected to challenge for the Wave League this season . Laguna is Pre-Season # 8 in the D-4 SSCIF Poll and will open its 85th season this Saturday , Feb . 11 , at Long Beach Poly . Next week , they will participate in the Newport Elks Tournament hosting Mission Viejo on Feb . 14 at Skipper Carrillo Field .
BOYS GOLF Dual match play opens on March 1 with Estancia at Ben ’ Browns .
GIRLS LACROSSE – Laguna returns to varsity play for the first time since 2019 . The Boys program will only have a limited JV season .
SAND VOLLEYBALL - The tenth season opens on Feb . 28 with Fountain Valley . Breakers are 84-21 since the program started in 2014 .
SOFTBALL – Play begins on March 2 at Bolsa Grande .
BOYS TENNIS – First match is Tuesday at Tesoro High School .
TRACK & FIELD – The season starts in March . The annual Laguna Trophy meet is Saturday , March 18 .
BOYS VOLLEYBALL – Play begins with the Tesoro tournament Feb . 24-25 . Looking for the 2022-23 High School schedules and scores ? Check Laguna Beach High School on the Max Preps website .
VILLAGE MATTERS
Encounters to treasure
By Ann Christoph
The murder of Dr . Michael Mammone shocked and saddened all who heard of it . Many of us experienced the enormity of the event in the form of massive traffic holdups . Now we understand why it was so important to close the roads , document appropriately and try to make sense of the tragedy . At first , we didn ’ t know who the victim was , but when I saw his image on the tv screen and heard his name , I , like probably many other visitors to the hospital emergency department , remembered , “ I knew him . He took care of me .” He was so nice , and we had a conversation … Which mishap was it ? I looked in my records . It was the dog bite last May . I wrote a column about it . Now it ’ s not just a chance encounter but a treasured memory . How many encounters do we have every day that remain unrecorded and under-appreciated ? The only sense I can make of Dr . Mammone ’ s death is the reminder to treasure all those encounters and open ourselves to the significance and wonder of each one . Village Matters column : May 13 , 2022 How does a columnist find inspiration ?— Especially when she spends three hours in the emergency room because of a dog bite on the night before a column is due . After assuring me I would survive the dog bite , the doctor asked , “ How long have you lived here ?”
“ A long time , since 1971 ,” I replied to that oft-asked question .
“ It must have been so beautiful back then , so wild ….”
Maybe he imagined that I came with the original homesteaders in 1871 . I ’ m not that old !
“ It was beautiful , but it ’ s beautiful now , still .”
Then I thought of how it was in 1971 . That was before the Laguna Niguel ridgetops were developed with condominiums and houses .
We often hiked up in the hills with Fred Lang and his botanist friends . It was wilder back then . There were vernal pools , now graded away , up at the top surrounded by the still-blooming California lilac . We learned about the rare Dudleyas ( live forever succulents )
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