Laguna mixes it up in win

The Laguna Beach 14-and-under mixed water polo team posted a big

victory at its own pool as it crushed the Wolf Pack, 13-3, in age

group water polo action.

Laguna’s first-quarter scoring came from the arm of Annika Dries,

who scored her team’s first three goals en route to a 3-1 lead.

Dries also scored once in the second quarter, and an additional

goal by Dylan Conroy and two by Hannah Faith pushed Laguna’s goal

total to seven.

Three blocked-shot attempts by Brett Thompson allowed Laguna to

take a 7-1 lead at the half.

Laguna padded its lead in the third quarter as Dries, Thompson and

Robert Chew all scored. Kacky Brown took over goaltending duties from

Thompson at the start of the second half and didn’t allow the Wolf

Pack a goal in the period, as the host team extended its lead to

10-1.

In the fourth period, Chew, Thompson, and Brown all scored for

Laguna.

In other age group water polo action:

Boys’

14-and-under division

Laguna played three tournament games at Capistrano Valley High

Saturday and placed fourth overall among eight competing teams.

Laguna defeated Rosebowl, 10-9 and lost to Newport Beach (13-2)

and host Capo Valley (12-7).

In the win over Rosebowl, Victor Alcone netted three goals and

Robbie Quellmalz scored once, and Laguna’s defense only yielded a

single goal in taking a 4-1 lead.

Rosebowl, however, rallied in the second quarter, limiting Laguna

to a goal by Spencer Dodson while scoring three itself, to forge a

4-4 halftime tie.

Laguna fell behind, 7-6 after three quarters, as Dodson and David

Brunner each scored in the quarter. But the team came on strong in

the fourth quarter, getting two goals each from Brunner and Morgan

Brick and key blocks from goalie Hunter French to pull out a 10-9

win.

In its 13-2 loss to Newport Beach, Brick and Alcone each scored in

the third quarter to account for Laguna’s scoring.

In its final game of the tournament, Laguna fell to Capo Valley,

12-7.

Laguna fell behind, 5-0, after the first quarter, which turned out

to be the difference in the match.

Brunner led Laguna with four goals. Brick scored twice, including

one from his own goal in the fourth quarter when he played goalie,

and Zachary Riegler scored once.

Girls’

14-and-under division

Laguna’s “A” team won three games at the Capistrano Valley

Tournament, capped by a 6-2 win in the final over the Laguna “B”

squad.

Laguna began the tournament with a 7-4 win over Los Alamitos.

Laguna failed to get on the scoreboard in the first quarter but

made up for it in the second quarter, when Annika Dries scored twice

and Kacky Brown scored once.

Arianna Ross and Madison Duncan both scored in the third quarter

and Dries and Lexy Ross finished off the Laguna scoring in the fourth

quarter.

Laguna followed that win with a 3-2 overtime triumph over Newport

Beach.

Hannah Fait opened the scoring for Laguna with a second-quarter

goal, and capped it with a game-winning goal in overtime.

Lexy Ross scored Laguna’s other goal, which she posted in the

fourth quarter.

In the final against the Laguna “B” team, a 12-and-under team,

Dries scored five goals and Dylan Conroy scored the other for Laguna

“A”.