Laguna Beach High

David Koning was born with hypoplastic left-heart syndrome. He said he was dead for six minutes as a toddler before being revived and he literally has half a heart. He also has cerebral palsy and suffers from seizures. Yet, he wants children to know that there is always hope. That?s the idea behind the event that Koning, 22, said he?s put together on Monday. The Laguna Beach High volleyball team manager has set up a ?Changing Children?s Lives? event at the Los Angeles Clippers game that day. The Clippers play the New Jersey Nets at 12:30 p.m., which happens to be Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Thanks to Koning?

The Laguna Beach High softball team beat Estancia in an Orange Coast League third-place playoff game last week and earned a home game in the CIF Southern Section Division 5 playoffs. The Breakers (8-13) will play host to Riverside Woodcrest Christian (12-8, Ambassador League at-large) in a wild-card game Tuesday. The winner will play at Montebello Schurr (15-13), the Almont League champion. Redlands Citrus Valley (20-4), the Mountain Valley League champion, is the division's top seed.

Laguna Beach High boys’ soccer Coach Patrick Coyne will begin instruction Monday of a boys’ soccer camp at Laguna Beach High’s Guyer Field. The camp is open to boys ages 4 to 14, and the cost is $125 per player. The registration fee includes player evaluation, certificate and a Laguna Beach High camp T-shirt. Players will be divided on the field according to age group. The camp runs from 9 to 11:30 a.m. daily through July 11. “For the younger players, there will be a lot of grass-roots development with a big emphasis on fun,” Coyne said.

The 36th annual Women's Laguna Open Beach Volleyball Tournament was held Saturday at Main Beach in Laguna Beach. Lisa Rutlege and Lynn Galli won the title for the second straight year. They defeated Sarah Pavan and Geena Urango in the final. Equal third-place were the teams of Sara Hughes and Delaney Knudsen, and Josie Schatz/Mackenzie Brook. Equal fifth-place were the teams of Traci Morin/Aurora Skarra-Gallagher, Heather Lowe/Gabriela Roney, Summer Ross/Sarah Day, and Monica Lynch/Dede Ravenhorst.

Annika Dries has already proven herself in water polo on the high school stage. Now, she?s doing it on the international stage. The Laguna Beach High senior played with the U.S. women?s senior national team Sunday, in a FINA World League preliminary match against Canada at Corona del Mar High. Dries, 17, is the youngest player on the team. She scored the final goal of the first quarter, helping the U.S. to a 4-0 lead in what would become a 10-5 win. She is next traveling with the team to Russia for the FINA Super Final, which begins Tuesday with Team USA taking on Italy.

Laguna Beach High?s Benito Romeo reached the semifinal round of the 16th annual Laguna Niguel Jr. Tennis Tournament in the Under-16 division last weekend before having to withdraw from the event due to a wrist injury. The sophomore didn?t drop a set en route to making the semifinals of a tournament he won a year ago in the Under-14 division. An X-ray revealed that Romeo had fractured a small wrist bone. ?It is really unfortunate that Benito will have to be in a wrist brace and stop playing for four to six weeks, but we are counting on him being back in playing shape by the beginning of the upcoming high school tennis season,?

A recreational soccer camp for community youth ages 4 to 13 will be held Dec. 22 to 24 at the Laguna Beach High soccer field. The three-day camp, which runs from 9 a.m. to noon, is $100 per camper. The cost includes a T-shirt, player evaluation and competitive play in a fun environment. ?Kids will have a lot of fun learning various skills and taking part in drills,? Laguna Beach High boys? soccer coach Patrick Coyne said. ?It should be a great time.? For information, e-mail paddyjoecoyne@hotmail.

A Laguna Beach High girls? summer cross-country training camp for returning players and incoming freshmen gets underway Monday. The camp, under the direction of Coach Steve Lalim, offers training for the upcoming CIF Southern Section season and runs through Aug. 29. Practices will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. daily each week for the following days and sites: Monday through Wednesday at El Morro School , Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Laguna Beach...

WHAT HAPPENED: The board approved payments totaling $812,984 from the General Obligation Bonds. WHAT IT MEANS: The payments cover various construction and engineering costs for work performed at El Morro Elementary, Top of the World, Thurston Middle and Laguna Beach High schools. WHAT HAPPENED: The board denied a proposed addendum to the independent contractor agreement with Constant and Dickey Inc. to increase the contract amount by an additional $14,134.

Laguna Beach High coaching vacancies The Laguna Beach High athletic departing is still conducting a search to fill four coaching positions. The school has coaching vacancies for varsity and junior varsity softball, boys' junior varsity tennis and frosh/soph boys' volleyball. The positions are open immediately. For more information, interested parties can contact athletic director Ron Schwartz at (949) 497-7773, or by e-mail at rschwartz@lagunabeach schools.