Breakers are 'finding their identity' after impressive week

Breakers Roundup

Laguna Beach boys' water polo team posts impressive nonleague victories against Dana Hills and Foothill, in addition to dominating another league foe.

October 11, 2012|By Mike Sciacca

Laguna Beach High's Camron Hauer pulls up the shoot… (KEVIN CHANG, Coastline…)

The Laguna Beach High boys' water polo team did quite well for itself in the past week, despite facing some stiff competition.

Laguna started the three-game stretch Oct. 4 against Dana Hills, the No. 7-ranked team in Division 1. The Breakers, ranked fifth in CIF Southern Section Division 2, survived a three-overtime, nonleague thriller against the Dolphins and won, 11-10. They came back Tuesday to take on Foothill, the second-ranked team in Division 2, and knocked off the Knights, 10-7. On Wednesday, they returned to Orange Coast League play and ran their league mark to 3-0 by overpowering host Estancia, 25-4.

Sixteen Breakers saw action against Estancia in a game where the Breakers bolted to a 14-0 lead after one quarter. Fourteen of those players scored, led by Rian Atherton with four goals. Camron Hauer, Duncan Lynde and Trent Sadler each scored three goals. Connor Hauer had four assists.

With the three wins, the Breakers extended their win streak to six.

"I think the guys are finding their identity, and we are figuring a way to win," Laguna Coach Ethan Damato said. "It all came together in that Foothill game. We took a 5-1 lead and never looked back.

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Cross-Country

Both the boys' and girls' teams came up with top-five finishes Saturday at the Clovis Invitational at Woodward Park in Fresno.

The boys' team, ranked sixth in Division 4, finished in fifth place in the team standings. Jack Crawford led the Laguna contingent with a third-place finish (16 minutes, 18 seconds). G

The girls' team, ranked third in the Southern Section and fifth in the state in Division 4, finished second among 15 teams.

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Girls' Golf

The Breakers dropped Orange Coast League matches this week to Estancia and Calvary Chapel, and closed out the previous week with a win against Costa Mesa. The results put the Breakers at 4-4 in league and 4-8 overall.

On Monday, Estancia posted a 210-263 win over Laguna at Mesa Linda Golf Course (par 35) in Costa Mesa. The Breakers were without No. 2 player Mary Kate Quellmalz (illness), but first-year player Audrey Curtis came through to lead the Breakers with a 45.

"She works diligently in practice and her hard work is starting to pay off in the matches," Laguna assistant coach Sean Quigley said. "In addition, we got a pleasant surprise from another new golfer, junior Mandi Wisbaum. She not only played in her first match for us, she was also playing one of her first rounds ever for a score."

Wisbaum scored a 59, which counted in Laguna's team score.

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