Dana Hills

The Laguna Beach High boys’ water polo team held on for a close win over visiting Dana Hills on Tuesday, winning, 14-13, in a nonleague match. Laguna took the lead in the first quarter, 4-2, but Dana Hills rallied to tie the score at 6 by the half. Laguna came back in the third quarter to score six more goals to take a three-goal lead. Laguna Coach Ethan Damato said his team was just happy to find a way to win after they suffered a 16-12 loss to Villa Park in their opening game of the season on Sept.

TODAY Girls? Tennis (3:15 p.m.) Laguna at St. Margaret?s JV Tennis (3:15 p.m.) St. Margaret?s at Laguna Boys? Water Polo (TBA) Laguna at Villa Park JV Water Polo (TBA) Laguna at Villa Park Frosh/Soph Water Polo (TBA) Laguna at Villa Park Football (7 p.m.) Laguna vs. Corona del Mar (at Newport Harbor High) ? SATURDAY Cross-Country (TBA) Laguna at Laguna Hills Invite Girls?

Breakers baseball alumni game is Feb. 16 Laguna Beach High will hold its annual alumni game Feb. 16, the school has announced. Interested former players can contact Bill Burk, Laguna Beach Baseball Boosters president, at (949) 510-6804, or by e-mail at o2bb@aol.com . ? Beach volleyball classes offered The next series of beach volleyball classes will be offered at Main Beach starting March 8. Classes will be offered for beginning through advanced players, ages 16 and older.

A fast start in its nonleague matchup against Dana Hills on Tuesday wasn?t enough to propel the Laguna Beach High boys? basketball team to victory. Instead, the host Dolphins used a physical inside game in the second half to overcome the Breakers to produce a 53-47 victory. The loss dropped Laguna, which was coming off a weekend performance at the La Quinta Tournament, to 3-2 overall. The Breakers held an eight-point halftime advantage on the Dolphins, fell behind late and then missed a three-point shot in the waning moments that could have tied the score.

Eleven in a row. That's where the winning streak stood going into Thursday's game for the Laguna Beach High boys' basketball team. Last week saw the Breaker boys pick up a nonleague victory and tournament title. Tuesday night at Dugger Gymnasium, Laguna routed visiting Dana Hills, 62-42 in nonleague play. The Breakers, who improved to 11-1, took a 39-28 halftime lead then put the game away by outscoring the Dolphins, 17-3, in the third quarter. Senior guard Cheyne Martin led Laguna in scoring with 20 points.

  The Laguna Beach High athletics department has released the schedules for its 2006 fall sports teams. Beginning with the 2006-07 school year, all Breakers athletic teams will compete in the new Orange Coast League. Below is a listing of the schedules for girls' volleyball, girls' tennis and cross-country. The schedules for football and boys' water polo ran earlier this month. Girls' Volleyball   Sept. 8: Huntington Beach     Sept.

Taking on competition an age-group above it, the Laguna Beach girls' 14-and-Under water polo team held its own in a round-robin event last weekend at Capistrano Valley High. The Laguna girls, composed mainly of seventh-graders ages 12 and 13, took on high school-aged teams from Golden Triangle (San Diego), host Capistrano Valley and Dana Hills. Not only did Laguna hold their own against the competition ? they won all three of their matches. In its first match, against Golden Triangle, Laguna scored the first three goals and burned the net for a total of seven in the opening quarter, en route to an easy 14-4 victory.

Laguna shows some intensity in 3-1 win over Sage Hill.Displaying an intensity it has lacked since a Nov. 22 tie against Dana Hills, the Laguna Beach High boys' soccer team dominated second-half play and posted a 3-1 nonleague victory over visiting Sage Hill Tuesday at Guyer Field. "The boys actually shook off all the rust they had from our past two games and owned this team for the full 80 minutes," Breakers coach Giovanni Vlahos said. "They played as hard and as intense as they did during our 2-2 draw with Dana Hills."

Twelve regional teams competed in Southern Pacific Championship tourney in Irvine.By winning three of its four matches at the Heritage Park Aquatics Center in Irvine last weekend, the Laguna Beach Age Group Water Polo boys' 14-and-under team earned a second-place finish at the Southern Pacific Championships. The tournament drew 12 teams from Laguna Beach, Irvine, Corona del Mar, Dana Point, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, SoCal, TRAP, Golden West, Elite and Northwood. Laguna 11, Northwood 2 Laguna jumped out to a 7-1 halftime lead in its tournament opener, played at 8 a.m. Saturday.