LAGUNA SPORTS UPDATE WEEK OF OCT . 7 By Frank Aronoff | LB Indy

FALL SPORTS UPDATE

CROSS COUNTRY

Laguna Girls Cross Country finished second in the Small School division at the Orange County Championships held on Oct . 14 in Oak Creek Canyon Park / Silverado . Yolo Javier led the team with a 19:09.20 mark on the three-mile course , with Sudney Sydney , Kiara Flores , Anoua Carrie , and Karina Pitz scoring for the Breakers . Corona del Mar won the division and following Laguna were Brea , Mission Viejo , and Irvine rounding out the top five of 13 teams scored .

Laguna Boys were supposed to run , but lingering flu sidelined the squad . The boys will be ready for the league finals to be held on Oct . 29 at Central Park in Huntington Beach . The Sunset Wave League for boys includes Corona del Mar , Huntington Beach and Marina while the girl ’ s Sunset Wave League includes CdM , Edison and Marina . CIF : The girls have qualified and will run in the prelims on Nov . 12 regardless of the league meet outcome . Top 16 teams in Division 4 advance to the finals to be held on Nov . 19 at Mt SAC . Only the top seven teams in the final advance to State to be held on Nov . 26 . The only way the boys ’

team can keep their 22-year consecutive post-season streak alive is to finish first or second in the league meet .

Rankings : Girls XCC is still # 10 this week in the SSCIF D-4 polls . For more information visit www . lbxc . org for girls ’ cross country , and www . lagunabeachcrosscountry . com for boys .

FOOTBALL ( 5-3 ) Rasmussen Sets State Record –

Breakers Rout Grizzlies 48-0

As expected , Laguna overwhelmed Godinez in the opening Pac 4 League contest held on Oct . 14 at Valley High School near the Godinez campus . Breakers scored on all five first quarter possessions and held the hosts to minus 10 yards for the period . Senior running back Bella Rasmussen became the first girl in California to score more than one touchdown in a career with two scores in the game . Rasmussen has been a football fan and player since early childhood and came close a couple of times last season .

In this contest , Laguna scored on the second play of the game with a perfect 75-yard Jackson Kollock to Jackson Rodriguez pass play . The Grizzlies first possession ended on an interception by Aiden Mulkay on the Godinez nine yard line . After two Grizzly penalties Jackson Kollock finished the drive with a simple toss to Ryner Swanson . Godinez was then

forced to punt and the next Laguna drive was a five play affair with a big 40-yard pass play to Miles Freeman followed by a 16-yard toss to Jackson Rodriguez setting up another short touchdown play .

Myles Freeman forced a fumble on the next Grizzly try and recovered the ball . Breakers made it 28-0 on a 19-yard toss to Swanson with just under two minutes remaining . Nick Rogers made the final score of the period with a long run after catching a short pass out of the backfield as time expired . That extra point try was moved to the opposite endzone to begin the 2nd quarter to accommodate the officials ’ restroom break , which was unusual . The attempt was wide by Jackson Rodriguez and it was 34-0 .

It was the Rasmussen show in the second period as Charlie Kelly recovered a Godinez fumble to set up Laguna ’ s next possession . Breakers scored on a 4-play drive capped with Rasmussen ’ s run to paydirt .

Her next touchdown was set up by a 53-yard interception return by Dylan Zevnik . Rasmussen almost scored on a 16-yard run but finished the drive with a 1-yard push .

After that , a running clock quickly ended the last five minutes of the period after only two scrimmage plays , and the second half was also a running clock allowing only 28 scrimmage plays in the half .

Up Next : The league title is on the line as Westminster ( 8-0 ) faces Laguna Friday night , Oct . 21 at Guyer Field . The rating system used for CIF playoff placement has Laguna ranked # 157 and the Lion ’ s # 158 . Breakers will be the Lion ’ s toughest opponent so far this season while Laguna has played four higher rated teams all before Jackson Kollock was eligible to play . The final regular season game is Friday Oct . 28 at Ocean View ( 1-7 ). Baring an upset at Ocean View , Laguna should make the playoffs – probably in D9 in a 16-team bracket , with the pairing announced at 10 a . m . on Sunday Oct . 30 , at wwwcifss . org .

In the past 87 seasons , Laguna has qualified 20 times with a 20-19 overall playoff record .

Rushing : Kollock 2- ( 15 ), Rasmussen 8-21 , Dix 5-7 , Team 1-4 Passing : Kollock 14-7-0 200 yds 5TDs 287.9 rating , Das 3-3-0 46 yds Receiving : Swanson 3-25 , Rodriguez 2-91 , Rogers 1-44 , Freeman 1-40 , K Das 1-31 , Vellmure 1-8 , Soloff 1-7 Kick-off Returns : none Punt Return : Rodriguez Fair catch Punts : Rodriguez 1-24 ( inside 20 ) Interceptions : Mulkey 1-3 , Zevnik 1-53 , Castillo 1-23 Fumble Recovery : Freeman , Donaldson , Kelly

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