Laguna Beach High School - Athletics

Athletics

Laguna teams were originally called the Breakers but the community already had a reputation as an art colony even before the establishing of the Festival of Arts 1932 and the famous Pageant of the Masters 1935. Civic pride with Laguna’s art community culminated in a student body vote on June 4, 1936 to change the nickname to “Artists” after only 19 months as the Breakers. In 2003, the student body voted to return to the “Breakers” nickname. The Breakers compete in the Orange Coast League in the CIF Southern Section. Girls Sports were initially under the Girls Athletic Association with limited interscholastic competition. The Southern Section CIF initiated girls team sport playoffs beginning with Volleyball in 1972. Boys and Girls league competition and sports administration were unified in 1974

Fall Sports: (With 1st CIF Season) include Football (1934) Boys Water Polo (1964), Boys Cross County (1960) Girls Cross County (1974), Girls Tennis (1974) Girls Golf (1999) Winter Sports: Boys Basketball (1935), Boys Soccer (1976), Girls Basketball (1974), Girls Soccer (1982), Girls Water Polo (1998) Spring Sports: Baseball (1938), Boys Golf (1952), Boys Swimming (1962), Boys Tennis (1935), Boys Track (1935), Boys Volleyball (1972), Girls Swimming (1975), Girls Track (1975), Softball (1982–2007, 2011- ) Laguna also has a co-ed Surf team (1987)

Laguna Beach has success in sports until the rapid ubanization of Orange County in the late 1950s resulted in Laguna becoming the smallest public high school in the county. The football team won the Orange Coast League title in 2006, their first league title in decades, and won again in 2009 and 2012. The football program actually won a lower division (small school) football title in 1946. They have amassed an overall record of 333-391-19 entering the 2013 season. Despite their struggles on the gridiron, Laguna Beach has been successful in other sports. Boys soccer won CIF-SS titles in 1997, 1998, and 2002. Girls' tennis has amassed 11 Southern Section championships including the top 2005 SSCIF Division I title. Laguna had early success in boy's basketball, winning Southern Section titles in 1953 and 1962. In Cross Country the Breakers' boys cross country team won the Southern Section title in 2009 and the state championship in 1989, 2004 and 2009. Eric Hulst has been Laguna's only Boys State Track champion winning the 2-mile (3200M) in 1975 and 1976 setting the State record in 1976. Renee Durrand was the Girls 1982 State Track Champion in the 800M. Boys Water Polo captured the 2010 and 2011 Division III section titles, Girls Water Polo captured the Division IV title in 2001 and Division II crown in 2009. Overall, the Breakers have won 37 section titles in Boys and Girls athletics.

The Laguna Beach location is conducive to success in volleyball, as evidenced by the school winning multiple CIF-SS championships in the sport. The boy's team won section titles in 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2010 and won the Southern California Division III Regional title in 2009, 2010 and 2011. From 1981 to 1983, the squad had a 69 match winning streak, the longest in State history. The Boys are 374-55 in 40 seasons of league play and 85-32 in Section playoffs. Girl's volleyball won titles in 1976, 1991, 1996, 2006 and 2007. The Girls are also 357-40 in the past 39 seasons of CIF sponsored league play and 98-34 in Section playoffs.