Sports Report

A Look back on our last season of sports, and an inside perspective on our current teams’ goals going forward.

WORDS by MYLES HAZEN PHOTOS by BRAD ELLIOTT, ASHLEE MAYFIELD, BLAKE DORFMAN, AMELIA FOWLER, VALERIE YOSHIMURA, and MASON SIEGEL

Senior Owen Pryor defends the ball heading to the goal. Junior Aden Meisel in a chase for the ball.

BOYS SOCCER

One-on-One with Aden Miesel

Q: Talk about what the sport means to you and your experience. A: My journey with soccer at Laguna began as a freshman. Playing competitively, I didn’t consider it as anything more than a hobby, but after playing for Laguna’s varsity team, I have come to see how cohesive this sport can be. A skilled team thinks and reacts as one. Q: What was your biggest take-away from the season? A: Though we may not have gotten as far as we wished, I confidently speak for the team when I say there were no regrets. Strong chemistry guided us through matches in which we knew we were out skilled and outnumbered. Midway through the season, our coach had to be temporarily replaced because he was COVID positive. Regardless, we maintained a winning record which got us into CIF. Lastly, we were extremely grateful for the dedication shown by our coach James Kiffe throughout the season. We owe him one.

BOYS GOLF

One-on-One with Mason Siegel

Q: What are your team’s goals for the future? A: We would love to place first in our division and make the CIF playoffs. We have very helpful and supportive coaches Coach Yoshimura, and Coach Sugano. It’s very thrilling to see our team grow and adjust to the game of golf.

Q: What else do you wish to add on the topic of your sport? A: Golf is a very difficult and mental sport as staying in touch with the game is vital to success. We can’t wait to see how our team performs this year.

Team players walking the course. Mason Siegel hits a driver.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

One-on-One with Jack Shiebler

Q: How has the team done is past years? A: In all of my four years our team has been very successful and we have won our league twice. We have made great runs in both division four and division three CIF.

Q: What are your goals going forward? A: We hope to make a run at winning CIF division three along with winning the Chadwick tournament we attend every year.

Senior Amelia Fowler warming up.

Junior Lola Hall goes up to hit.

SAILING

One-on-One with Hudson Mayfield

Q: How are you hoping the team can grow going forward? A: Hopefully, we are able to maintain a competitive team going into next year, as well as being able to keep the environment that we currently have. If anyone is interested in joining next year reach out to me or Myles for more information.

Players react after a close call.

Senior Jack Shiebler ready to serve.

GIRLS SAND VOLLEYBALL BOYS TENNIS

One-on-One with Amelia Fowler

Q: What progress has the team made so far? A: Our team has won both of our home games and there has been so much hard work and growth at every practice. We have a range of different grades, some are new players to volleyball completely, but we’re all improving everyday.

Q: What has been your favorite part of the season? A: I love how much fun the teams have together. Everyone is so kind and supportive and I strongly encourage everyone to try sand volleyball. Q: What are some of the team’s intentions going forward? A: This year our expectations are to make playoffs and our hope is to possibly win. But even without winning the league, we can hopefully still make a deep playoff run, especially because the team also has a lot of good young players.

Q: How have your past seasons gone? A: My freshman year we lost in the early rounds at playoffs, my sophomore year was cut short, and last year we opted out due to COVID-19 concerns.

Hudson and John Mayfield hiking out of the boat.

One-on-One with Ben Rodgers

Senior Ben Rodgers smashes a serve.

Junior Cody Busch-Weiss runs to a ball.

Myles Hazen and Jack Andrews sailing upwind.