2017-2018 Scholastic Surf Series Opener and Dana Hills League Event

Jake Levine, Liam McCue, Jeremy Shutts, Jameson Roller, Jett North, Kyle Shaw, Nate Madigan, Travis Booth and Zac Henderson

Big Week for LBHS Surf at both the Scholastic Surf Series Opener and Dana Hills League Event. Individual Champions Jameson Roller, Kelly Smith and Maya Takabayashi

Hi Everyone

We had a great day yesterday at the Scholastic Surf Series Event #1 at 9^th St in Huntington Beach. For this event LBHS had a bye in Team competition so we went straight into the individual competition where we dominated each division Final. We had a mostly new young team participating and everyone really did an outstanding job. Some of the kids were needed doing double duty and Jameson Roller stepped up and surfed all three divisions and killed it. He finished 1^st in Boys Longboard, 2^nd in Bodyboard and surfed well in shortboard. Meanwhile Jackson Jenkins had a huge day making the Finals in both Longboard and Shortboard. He finished 2^nd in Longboard and 5^th in Shortboard.

The surf was pumping all day and the weather was really nice too. We had five out of the 6 Boys shortboard Finalists, with each of the boys having some really nice rides in the Finals and along the way. When the Final scores were tallied Luke Hagopian finished in 2^nd, Lucas Jablon edged out Ryan McGee to finish in 3^rd and 4^th, while Jackson and Sam Starr rounded out the final in 5^th and 6^th.

Our Girls held their own in the large surf and came out on top with Kelly Smith winning the Shortboard and Maya Takabayashi winning the Longboard.

Last Thursday saw Laguna take on Dana Hills in a league event at Salt Creek. The surf was good and our Surfers came out of the gates firing. Kiko Nelsen and Trey Lockhart went 1 and 2, while a few heats later Travis Booth and Sam Nelsen also ripped taking 2^nd and 3^rd. Liam McCue surfed really well to finish with a win while Jake Levine had a 4^th. Other standouts in Shortboard were Jeremy Shutts taking a 1^st and Luca Elghanayan looking really solid to take a 3^rd. Our Girls were strong as usual with Kayla Coscino leading the way in shortboard snagging some excellent rides to take the Win, while also taking a 3^rd in Longboard. Kalohe Danbara and Kelly Smith also looked good in shortboard taking 3^rd and 4^th. Meanwhile Claire Kelly was a big standout on a couple of waves in Longboard to take 2^nd. Travis also took a 3^rd in Bodyboard and Jameson had a 4^th in Longboard. For awhile we were looking good for the overall win, but things started to change toward the end and we were edged out by 8 points with an overall score of 88 / 80.

Thank you to all the Parents, friends and principal Jason Allemann coming down to cheer on the team.

Photos 1 Beach shot, , 2, Jameson Roller 3,4, 5, 6, 7,

From your Coaches Alisa Cairns and Scott Finn