High School Roundup: Laguna boys’ golf perfect in OCL
A 178-246 victory over visiting Costa Mesa Tuesday at Ben Brown’s Golf Course (par 32) put the finishing touches on a undefeated Orange Coast League season for the Laguna Beach High boys’ golf team.
Drake Dvorak shot even-par 32 to take match medalist honors, and Laguna completed a 9-0 record in league play. Scott Finn said it was the team’s first undefeated run through league play in his 12 years coaching the program.
Laguna, 12-3 overall, won its first OCL title since 2010.
“The guys finished out the year strong with all five of our scores in the 30s,” Finn said.
“We set the goal to win a league championship at the beginning of the year. It’s very rewarding as a coach to see our players set goals and not only meet them but exceed them”
The Breakers start play at the Orange Coast League postseason tournament next Wednesday at Skylinks Golf Course in Long Beach. The league finals are Thursday also at Skylinks.
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Boys’ Volleyball
The Breakers, champions of the Orange Coast League, took a 25-12, 25-10, 25-6 league match Tuesday at Estancia. Sophomore Pete Obradovich had 14 kills and five digs, senior opposite Nick Rieckhoff 11 kills and four digs, senior libero Adam Lythgoe (four digs) and sophomore Barry Greenough each had six kills, senior libero Reed Donenfeld 10 digs, and junior setter Isaac Wulff 26 assists.
The win was the 66th straight in league match play for the Breakers, who improved to 8-0 in league and 12-4 overall.
In a nonleague match April 24, Dana Hills, the No. 6 team in CIF Southern Section Division 1, defeated Laguna, the top-ranked team in Division 2, 25-19, 25-15, 25-18, at Dugger Gym. Obradovich had 12 kills and Wulff 19 assists.
The Breakers won their seventh league match April 23 by handling visiting Saddleback, 25-6, 25-9, 25-13. Obradovich had 15 kills and 10 digs, Wulff 20 assists, and Donenfeld seven digs and 11 assists.
Laguna played a league match Thursday at Calvary Chapel. The score wasn’t available at press time.
The Breakers will compete Friday and Saturday at the 45th annual Redondo Union Tournament. They play twice next week, closing out heir OCL schedule with a 5:15 p.m. road game Tuesday at Godinez, and end the regular season traveling to Los Angeles Loyola (No. 2, CIF-SS Division 1) for a nonleague match at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Boys’ Tennis
The Breakers, still ranked No. 1 in CIF-SS Division 4, played a makeup nonleague match against Chino Hills Monday and defeated the Huskies, 13-5, to run their overall record to 13-2.
Laguna players Ryan Gee and Zack Washer played doubles last week at the 115th edition of the Ojai Tennis Tournament. The pair dropped a 7-5, 7-5 first-round match to the Placentia Valencia High team of Jacob Lee/Matthew Cuan.
The Breakers ended Orange Coast League play Thursday with a match against Godinez. The score wasn’t available at press time.
They host Palm Springs in a 3 p.m. nonleague match Friday, take on Sage Hill in a 3 p.m. nonleague match Monday at The Tennis Center in Newport Beach, and will compete Wednesday and Thursday at the OCL Tournament at the Costa Mesa Tennis Center.
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Swimming
The Breakers will swim at the OCL prelims and finals next Tuesday and Thursday at Costa Mesa High.
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Track and Field
The Breakers won for the fourth time in four Orange Coast League meets when they defeated visiting Calvary Chapel April 23. The varsity girls won, 72-8, and varsity boys won, 83-24.
At the junior varsity level, the Laguna girls won, 51-8, and the boys won, 26-14.
Laguna athletes participated last Saturday at the Orange County Championships last at Mission Viejo High. For the Laguna boys’ team, Cameron Zuziak ran 2:00.49 in the 800, Drake Bulter a 4:44 in the 1,600, and Charlie Warner 16:10 in the 110 hurdles.
The Breakers ended their OCL meet regular season Thursday against Godinez. The scores weren’t available at press time.
Laguna is the host site for the OCL prelims (Monday) and league finals (Thursday) next week.
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Softball
The Breakers dropped recent Orange Coast League games against Godinez (18-3) Tuesday and Calvary Chapel (24-1).
Laguna hosted Costa Mesa in league play Thursday. The score wasn’t available at press time.
The Breakers play two league games next week. They travel for a 3:15 p.m. game Tuesday at Saddleback, and host Estancia at 4 p.m. Thursday at Thurston Middle School.
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CIF Weekly Rankings
Boys’ Volleyball: Laguna Beach (No. 1, Division 4).
Boys’ Tennis: Laguna Beach (No. 1, Division 2).
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