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LAGUNA SPORTS UPDATE By Frank Aronoff | LB Indy
SPRING SPORTS UPDATE
BASEBALL ( 3-6-1 , 0-1 )
Laguna opened Wave League play , dropping a tough 3-1 contest to Newport Harbor last Friday , March 24 , at Skipper Carrillo Field .
Shea Blanchard took the loss allowing just six hits and two runs , striking out 9 in five innings of work . Newport scored first on a fielder ’ s choice play , while Laguna ’ s lone run in the second inning was on a bases-loaded balk .
Weather permitting , Laguna had two league contests this past week , traveling to Marina on March 29 and hosting Edison on March 31 .
Breakers will play in the Ryan Lemmon Tournament starting this Saturday at the Great Park Stadium at 9:30 a . m . against Woodbridge . Laguna will face Canyon / Anaheim on April 3 and Gahr on April 4 .
More information is available on the tournament website : rlfsportz . com / baseball / rlf-baseball-series . Full Stats are posted on Max Preps .
BOYS GOLF ( 3-2 , 0-1 ) Laguna dropped a non-league match
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on March 23 to Aliso Niguel 212- 242 at El Niguel County Club . Junior Russell Franconi-Krychman posted the low scorer for Laguna with a 46 . Junior Chase Tyson was one shot back with a 47 , and Freshman Kiyan Arshadi also posted a score of 47 . On March 28 at Ben Brown ’ s , the Breakers lost to Newport Harbor 176-215 . Russell Franconi-Krychman shot the low score for Laguna with a 39 . While Kiyan Arshadi shot 40 , Chase Tyson 45 , Preston Towe 45 , and Ranen Seeck 46 .
GIRLS LACROSSE ( 6-2 ) Laguna picked up another nonleague win with a 15-3 win over Tustin on March 28 at the Tiller ’ s field . Laguna will be hard-pressed to finish in the top three in the 6-team Sunset League next month for an automatic playoff spot and hopefully will have an overall winning record for an at-large CIF bid . Breakers traveled to El Modena on March 30 and will start league play on April 4 , hosting Corona del Mar .
GIRLS BEACH VOLLEYBALL ( 7-4 , 2-3 )
The Breakers have climbed back into the playoff picture with a string of wins defeating Edison 3-2 on March 23 ,
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Marina 3-2 on March 24 , Huntington Beach 4-1 on March 27 . The team ’ s win streak ended with a narrow 3-2 loss to league champion Los Alamitos ( 8-1 , 5-0 ) on March 28 at Main Beach .
Los Alamitos match results : # 1 Dempsey Sadler / Kyra Zaengle won 21-19 , 22-20 # 2 Meg Gardner / Hayes Firth won
19-21 , 21-16 , 15-13 # 3 Grace Christian / Morgan Saunders lost 10-21 , 15-21 # 4 Katie Halvorson / Macey Draper lost 13-21 , 12-21 # 5 Ava Steris / Maddie Rootlieb lost
17-21 , 21-11 , 8-15
The Breakers can clinch a playoff spot with a win over Huntington Beach in the final league match slated for March 30 in Huntington Beach at the Beach Boulevard / Pacific Coast Highway courts .
CIF Playoffs and pairs championships are scheduled for late next month , beginning April 25 .
BOYS TENNIS ( 0-9 , 0-2 )
Chris Herkins won his three singles sets 6-3 , 6-1 , 7-5 , but the Breakers still lost their opening league match to Huntington Beach 14-4 on March 23 at the Oiler ’ s courts . Laguna dropped
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a 15-3 non-league match at Marina on March 24 and lost a second league match 15-3 to Edison on March 28 on the local courts .
SWIMMING
Laguna split their meet on March 22 with Huntington Beach as the Oilers won the Boys 119-46 , but Laguna took the Girls 90-76 . Newport Harbor won the initial Wave League dual meet on March 28 , swamping the boys 130-36 and the girls 95-69 . Jana Jocic was a dual winner for the girl ’ s team in the 200m individual medley and 100-yard breaststroke .
TRACK and FIELD Laguna dropped their first league meet at Marina on March 23 , with the boys falling 93-13 and the girls 85-23 .
There were a few bright spots on the day as Ryner Swanson won the 100 with an 11.53 time , and the team ’ s 400 relay also won . On the girls side , Sydney Sydney was a double winner capturing the 1600 and 800 runs .
BOYS VOLLEYBALL ( 0-10 , 0-2 ) Laguna ’ s playoff hopes were dashed in a tough 19-25 , 25-23 , 21-25 , 23-25
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