Briefly In Sports

Pitz wins at Seaside Reef

Taylor Pitz of Laguna Beach won the Open Women’s division of the National Scholastic Surfing Assn. Southwest Conference Open Event No. 7, held Saturday and Sunday at Seaside Reef at Cardiff by the Sea.

Pitz, who has won the division’s three times and is the division’s ratings leader, is the NSSA’s Surfer of the Week. The Laguna Beach High senior, who holds a 4.5 grade-point average, recently accepted early admission to Stanford University, her father, Marc, said.

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Toy drive collects 137 gifts

Laguna Beach High volleyball team manager Dave Koning, founder of Changing Children’s Lives, organized a recent toy drive in conjunction with the school’s girls’ volleyball awards banquet.

The toy drive collected 137 gifts that benefit the Christmas Angel Program/Adopt-a-Family program organized by Marsha Bode and Sande St. John more than 25 years ago.

The program provides holiday gifts for local families, including an area group home for special needs children. Koning, a graduate of Laguna Beach High, has been a volunteer team manager for the school’s volleyball programs since 2003. For information about the program, call (949) 494-1018 or e-mail sande@lagunabeachchamber.org.