Laguna girls win water polo silver medal

The Laguna Beach Age Group Water Polo 8th-grade-and-Under team won the silver medal by posting a 5-1 record at the San Diego Cup tournament.

Laguna won its first five matches by a combined score of 53-10, before falling in the division final to Santa Barbara.

Both Candyce Schroeder and Jessie Holechek of Laguna were named to the all-tournament team.

Santa Barbara 10, Laguna 6Laguna took a 1-0 lead on a score from Jessica Shusko from hole set, but Santa Barbara scored the next three goals and never trailed again to win the gold.

Jessie Holechek led Laguna with three goals, two coming off penalty shots. Kelsey Thorton and Candyce Schroeder each scored once.

Laguna 11, Los Angeles 1Laguna took advantage of a Los Angeles Water Polo Club team playing without its top scorer to cruise to a semifinal win.

Laguna had beaten Los Angeles, 8-2, in an earlier match.

Laguna goals were scored by Jessie Holechek who had three, Candyce Schroeder, Kelsey Thorton and Riley Duncan each scored twice and Bridget Alvarez and Jessica Shusko each scored once.

Laguna 5, Diablo 3

Laguna was held scoreless in the first half, then used a five-goal second-half to overtake Diablo.

Laguna trailed 1-0 at the half. A goal by Candyce Schroeder in the third quarter tied the score at 1-1. In the fourth quarter, Riley Duncan came up with a steal and sent a flip pass to Schroeder who sprinted the length of the pool to score again as Laguna took its first lead, 2-1.