Individual High School State Championships

Liam McCue in to the finals!

Great Performances by LBHS at Scholastic Surf Series Team and Individual High School State Championships. Liam McCue was tops with a Final spot in Mens Shortboard

On Saturday Laguna Beach High School Surf Team competed at the Scholastic Surf Series High School State Championships held at Oceanside South Jetty. Laguna Beach High School surfed in the Team competition portion of the contest against various High Schools amongst the different divisions. Everyone worked really hard digging deep in the team competition with some surfers competing in multiple divisions for unforeseen reasons.

The Surf for the event was 4-5ft with light winds and pretty nice conditions, but a little tricky. Our Boys Shortboard was up first against Carlsbad High School. We saw very good performances put in by Laguna surfers Trey Lockhart and Travis Booth both winning their heats, while Jake Levine and Jett North also did well taking a 2^nd and 3^rd, and Liam McCue took a 4^th. In the end the boys just missed moving on, by just 3 points, 30 to 33 points.

Our girls were up next and they gave it their all doing double duty. Girls Longboard was up against Half Moon Bay. Kayla Coscino did outstanding taking the win and pulling off several stylish rides. Destiny Thompson unfortunately had her leash break and had a long swim and Maya Takabayashi was coming off a major injury, just getting back in the water to support her team mates. Kayla and Destiny went back out in Girls Shortboard against La Jolla and Kayla continued to really impress the judges. One of her rides included a big high risk vertical hit that scored her an 8.5 out of 10 and she took the win while Destiny did well and took a 4^th. The girls were short a girl and missed advancement by just 2 points.

The Boys Longboard competed successfully against La Costa Canyon taking 1, 2 and 3, with some outstanding rides amongst each of them. Jake Levine competed for the first time in Longboard and took the big win followed by Jameson Roller and Jackson Jenkins. They ran out of steam in the Semi-Finals going down to Coronado

Jake and Jameson did triple duty also competing in Bodyboard against La Costa Canyon,and were just edged out with a 2^nd and 4^th.

Monday saw a whole new day of competition and some of the Laguna Team come back to compete as Individuals and did really well. Liam McCue led the Laguna surfers and surfed his way in Boys shortboard all the way to the Finals finishing in 6^th and winning nearly all his 6 heats along the way!

Claire Kelly surfed well in the Girls shortboard making it a few rounds and getting a couple of standout rides, while Jameson Roller also won several heats in Boys Longboard and had some great rides..

The Scholastic Surf Series also announced their overall Team and Individual ratings and trophies for the five event series with the Orange County league being Dominated by Laguna and their surfers. The trophies will be delivered to the school shortly and top 6 surfers named here to pick up.

Laguna Beach overall 1^st, plus 1^st in Boys Shortboard, Boys Longboard, Girls Shortboard and 2^nd in Girls Longboard

Boys Shortboard

1st Sam Nelson

3rd Jake Levine

4th Holden Geary

6th Liam McCue

Boys Longboard

1st Jameson Roller

Girls Longboard

1st Destiny Thompson

6th Maya Takabayashi

Girls Shortboard

2nd Claire Kelly

3rd Destiny Thompson

Bodyboard

3rd Hunter Johnson

5th Travis Booth

A big Thank you to all our team support including the parents and Team Mom lead by Lori Levine

From your Coaches Scott Finn and Alisa Cairns