BREAKERS ROUNDUP: Boys’ hoops team peaking at right time

The Laguna Beach boys’ basketball team put on a strong showing Monday at the North-South Challenge at El Toro High. The Breakers took control early in their match-up against former Pacific Coast League foe Northwood and then cruised past the Timberwolves, 67-35.

The win put Laguna at 8-3 overall.

“I thought it was a real solid team effort,” Laguna Coach Bret Fleming said. “I thought we defended well and rebounded well. Ryan Lawler had a real solid game with some big rebounding and Adam Selevan had a big shooting night.”

Lawler led Laguna with 22 points and Selevan got all 12 of his points from behind the three-point arc.

Dylan Roley also was in double figures with 12 points. Christian Kesler scored eight points, Cody Duplisea had five pints, Chris Paul and John Palfreyman each scored three points and Skylar Perkins had two points.

The Breakers resume action today at the Century Holiday Classic. They tip off at 3:30 p.m. against Beckman at Century High.

“I feel we’re making progress at this point in the season and feel pretty good about our team,” Fleming said. “We’re not real big numbers-wise on our roster, so I feel fortunate that we’ve remained pretty healthy so far. Staying healthy is a big key for us.”

Girls’ Basketball

Laguna fell behind Century by 17 points in the first half of a Dec. 19 nonleague game, couldn’t recover and dropped a 58-32 decision to the host Centurions. Emily Writer scored a game-high 19 points for the Breakers and Sam Garner had 10 points.

The Breakers begin play today at the Garden Grove Tournament. They will face Orange at 9 a.m. at Garden Grove High.

Girls’ Soccer

Laguna Beach, fresh off a final four appearance at the Ocean View Holiday Tournament, scored a 3-1 nonleague victory Dec. 19 over visiting Ocean View at Guyer Field.

Samantha Kafer scored at the 10-minute mark off an assist from Maya Butler. At the 52-minute mark, Butler posted a goal, this one coming off a Holden Penney feed. Alex Williamson scored Laguna’s final goal with Erica Hawkins getting an assist at the 65-minute mark. Lura Hills had five saves for the Breakers.

The Breakers open play Saturday at the North Orange County tournament. The tournament continues Monday and concludes Tuesday.

Boys’ Soccer

The Breakers are off until Jan. 2 when they play a nonleague game at Tustin. In their last game, they battled San Clemente to a scoreless tie Dec. 19.

Girls’ Water Polo

In an early season Division II showdown between two top-five teams, No. 1 Laguna scored an easy 15-5 win over host Agoura at Cal Lutheran University on Saturday in Thousand Oaks. The Breakers took a 6-3 first-quarter advantage to a 9-3 lead at the half after shutting out the Chargers in the second quarter.

Annika Dries paced the scoring with four goals. Taylor Dodson, Lexie Ross, Jessie Holechek, Yoshi Andersen and Melena Masson all scored twice and Natasha Schulman had a goal.