Girls’ water polo wins two

The Laguna Beach Age Group Water Polo girls’ 12-and-under team picked

up a pair of weekend victories to run their overall record to 3-0.

On Saturday, Laguna sprinted past visiting Newport, 9-1, and came

back on Sunday to drill SoCal, 18-0.

Laguna 9, Newport 1

Kelsey Thornton, a newcomer to the team, scored in the first

period to get the Laguna offense off and running.

Jesse Holechek scored twice and Yoshi Andersen once in the second

quarter to move Laguna out to a 4-0 halftime lead.

Laguna’s defense was outstanding in the game, as Jessica Shusko

had three steals and goalie Edie Manetta had four saves in the first

half of play.

Scoring second-half goals for Laguna were Thornton, Shusko, Melina

Masson and Candyce Shroeder, who scored twice.

Shroeder also had four assists during the contest.

Laguna 18, SoCal 0

The game, played at Foothill High, was over after the first

quarter.

Jessica Shusko scored three goals, Yoshi Andersen scored twice and

Melina Masson and Jesse Holechek scored once during a first

quarter-scoring onslaught.

Shusko finished with five goals, Kelsey Thornton scored three,

Holechek and Edie Manetta each scored twice and Kaiitlyn Waidley and

Candyce Schroder each scored once.

Riley Duncan led Laguna in the assists department.

In other age group water polo action:

Girls’

14-and-Under Division

Newport 5, Laguna 3

Laguna rallied to tie the score at the half, but Newport scored

the final two goals of the match to pull out the win.

Lexy Ross scored twice and Yoshi Andersen scored once in the first

half, allowing Laguna to wipe out an early 2-0 deficit to earn a 3-3

tie at the break.

Laguna 11, SoCal 11

In an eight-period match, the teams fought to a deadlock.

Laguna trailed, 9-5, after five periods but outscored SoCal 4-0 in

the sixth period to pull into a tie.

The last of those four goals was scored by Edie Manetta, whose

shot from just beyond mid-pool found the net as time expired in the

period to make it a 9-9 game.

Riley Duncan led Laguna in scoring with three goals. Lauren

Hampton finished with two goals. Her second -- which came off a pass

from Kacki Brown in the eighth period -- tied the score at 11.

Brown, Jessica Shusko, Yoshi Andersen, Kelsey Thornton and Jesse

Holechek each scored once.

Boys’

14-and-Under Division

Newport 14, Laguna 4

Robert Chew, Robbie Quellmalz, Derek Knott and Nolan McConnell

scored goals for host Laguna.

SoCal A 16, Laguna 3

In the first match of a doubleheader between the two programs,

visiting Laguna received goals from Zach Riegler, Robert Chew and

Nolan McConnell.

SoCal B 7, Laguna 5

Spencer Dodson scored two goals to lead Laguna in the defeat.

Nolan McConnell, Derek Knott and Robbie Quellmalz each scored once

for Laguna, and goalie Hunter French made three stops and had a steal

in the first quarter of play.