Coaching vacancies still to be filled The...

Coaching vacancies still to be filled

The Laguna Beach High athletic department is still conducting a

search to fill four coaching positions.

The school has open coaching positions 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.org.

Local youth win division titles

The first tournament in the city of Laguna Beach’s 2005 All Court

All Court Tennis Junior Challenger series ended with four players

earning division titles at Alta Laguna Park.

In the 14-and-under division, Benito Romeo went undefeated and

captured first-place.

Paul Solomon finished second to Romeo and Fareed Ahmed took

third-place.

The 12-and-under winner was Jacob Magnussen. In second-place

behind Magnussen was Teague Hamilton and Stormy Dvorak placed third.

Gian Salvini captured first-place in the 10-and-under division

while in the 8-and-under division, Kira Hamilton claimed the top

spot.

Hamilton was followed by second-place Adrien Azera and Dino Romeo,

who finished third.

The second of three series tournament events will take place

Sunday, also at Alta Laguna Park.

Laguna ranked in CIF girls’ polo

Two Laguna Beach High winter sports teams continue to be ranked in

their respective sport by the CIF-Southern Section.

The rankings were released Monday by the Southern Section office

in Los Alamitos.

Once again, Laguna came in at No. 2 in the Division II girls’

water polo poll and again, the Breakers are one spot behind

top-ranked Corona del Mar.

The rest of the top 10 is composed of Villa Park, Peninsula, Sunny

Hills, University, Tustin, El Dorado, Northwood and Fullerton.

The Breakers have defeated seven of those top 10 teams, and were

looking to make it eight when they hosted No. 1 Corona del Mar Wednesday.

In the Division IV-AA boys’ basketball poll, Laguna entered the

week ranked No. 15.