LBHS SURF TEAM BATTLES DANA HILLS AND COMES UP WITH A GIANT WIN

Trey Lockhart

LBHS SURF TEAM BATTLES DANA HILLS AND COMES UP WITH A GIANT WIN WHILE ALSO TAKING DOWN ALISO NIGUEL

The Laguna Beach High School Surf Team battled Dana Hills at Salt Creek last Thursday with classic conditions and surf in the 5ft range. The event was a League event and the second meeting for the season. Many of the Laguna surfers found success and were key to the win, but you could say the MVP was Travis Booth with a runner up spot in Short Board and a crucial 2^nd in Bodyboard. Meanwhile Our Girls did their part with Kayla Coscino another MVP taking the shortboard win and a 2^nd in Longboard, while Kalohe Danbara and Kelly Smith went 2, 3 in shortboard and Claire Kelly took 3^rd in Longboard. Laguna was out in front with numerous top results. In Boys Shortboard Trey Lockhart, Sam Nelsen, Jeremy Shutts and Jake Levine all had wins and Kiko Nelsen had the wave of the day to take a very close 2^nd. Jett North did well to take a 4^th. We have had a tough time in our Longboard and Bodyboard Divisions and the team has all rallied hard to fill the gaps with some of the surfers doing double duty. It came down to the last heat of the day with the Bodyboarders hitting the water. At the first meeting with Dana we had a chance to tie and just came up short and this time it looked like it might happen again. But as it turned out Travis Booth pulled through with a great Bodyboard performance and his 2^nd place finish was enough to give the Team an 8 point win 87 /79 overall, the first time taking the win in a very long time!

Day 2, last Friday saw the team dominate Aliso Niguel in a non-league scrimmage. Several of the usual suspects had top performances, while some new younger kids also got in the mix and came in with some great results. Sam and Kiko Nelsen took wins as did Jake Levine, while Travis Booth took a couple of 2nds in Boys Shortboard and Bodyboard once again. Jeremy Shutts displayed some nice surfing and took a 2^nd in shortboard while his brother Andrew took 4^th in Bodyboard. Jameson Roller surfed nicely in Longboard to take a 2nd. Trey Lockhart took another win while his brother a Freshman took 2^ndand Jett North took a 3^rd. Several new surfers saw action and was led by Joseph Schenk who had some nice rides to take a 2^nd in shortboard, while Lucas Jablon and Julian Williams-Goldberg took 3rds and Zac Henderson had a 4^th in Lonboard. Our Girls did awesome once again with Kalohe Danbara taking the win, while Tess Booth was close behind finishing in 2^nd in Shortboard and 3^rd in Longboard and Kelly Smith took a 3^rd in Shortboard.

A big thank you goes out to all the parents and friends who showed up to support our Laguna kids.

From your Coaches Scott Finn and Alisa Cairns