Laguna Beach Sports

The CIF Southern Section schedule has two seasons, fall and spring. First football games would be played Jan. 8.

Laguna Beach High School’s Nicole Struss and Emma Lineback are headed to UCLA, while Emma Singer and Jessie Rose will play women’s water polo at Cal.

Local sports leagues in Orange County can get back on the field, but many find barriers in doing so.

Logan Brooks moved across the country before becoming a two-time all-state performer for the Laguna Beach boys’ cross-country team. He was named the Sunset Conference Wave League Male Athlete of the Year.

Edison boys’ golf coach Brendan Patch is organizing an Orange County Boys’ Golf All-Star Senior Showcase for the Class of 2020, which had its season cut short by the coronavirus.

Rob Wigod, the commissioner of athletics for the CIF Southern Section, says that all options are on the table to bring high school sports back for the 2020-21 school year.

High school football teams will be grouped into playoff divisions at the end of the regular season, after proposal is approved 80-4.

The CIF Southern Section has announced that it will be returning to the Mt. San Antonio College cross-country course for its championship races in the fall sport when competitive racing resumes.

Despite no Surf or Wave League games being played, coaches from each school selected five players to be honored. The COVID-19 pandemic ended the season early.

Junior center Nicole Struss, the area’s Player of the Year, helped the Breakers win CIF Southern Section Division 1 and CIF SoCal Regional Division I titles.

Senior forward Megan Chelf, the area’s Player of the Year, finished a four-year varsity career at the top of the Sea Kings’ record book.

Sebastian Rus, the area’s Player of the Year, led the Barons to the Wave League championship, the program’s first league title since the 2007-08 season.