BRIEFLY IN SPORTS

Summer soccer camp opens July 9

Laguna Beach High School Summer Camps, open to youth ages 6 to 16, will offer two upcoming sessions for local youth this year.

Camp II, open to boys, will be from 9 a.m. to noon July 9 to 13, at Laguna Beach High.

The final session, Camp III, is open to both boys and girls and includes special tournament-style training and will be held July 23 to 27.

The summer sessions began with Camp I, which was open to local girls and concluded today.

Professional level training will be offered with an emphasis placed on individual ball skills, speed work, small game tactics, goalkeeping and match level decision making. All players will be grouped appropriately.

Laguna Beach High boys’ and girls’ varsity coaches Patrick Coyne and Bill Rolfing will lead both camps with instruction in a positive learning environment.

To register for Camp II, contact the Laguna Beach Community Services (located at 515 Forest Ave.) at (949) 497-0716, ext. 6, or visit https://www.lagunabeachcity.net. For Camp III, contact Coyne at paddyjoecoyne@hotmail.com, or Rolfing at wrolfing@aol.com.

Victory in Canada keeps Lopes on top

Laguna Beach resident Brian Lopes won the final heat of a World Cup mountain bike competition at Mont Ste. Anne, Quebec City, Canada, last weekend, to solidify his position as points leader in the 2007 World Cup Series.

The three-time world and nine-time national champion qualified third and then finished ahead of Scott Beaumont, Filip Polc, Kamil Tartarkovic and Jared Graves to win the final heat.

Lopes has two remaining World Cup events to race in Austria and Slovenia.