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Laguna Beach Recreation Department’s Summer Camps start on June 16

With summer nearly here, the LB Rec Dept. continues to offer a wide variety of youth sports and children’s programs, too numerous to list here. Summer camps start on Monday, June 16. For more information on the activities and the summer camps Laguna’s recreational department offers and to register, click here.

Around Town

June 13 and 14: JG Swim Tests

June 16: First Day of Summer Camps

June 18: Outdoor Movie Night: Moana 2

June 19: City facilities closed for Juneteenth

June 21: Fête De La Musique

June 27: Sawdust Art Festival opens

June 27 and 28: JG Swim Tests

Summer Camps:

Coming soon – don’t miss out on these fun camps. Register now to secure your spot by clicking here.

–Art Adventures

–U Sk8 Skateboarding

–Laguna Playhouse Theatre Camp

–Freddy Running Club

–Skim Laguna

–LCVC Beach Volleyball

–Bionerds: Insects to the Ocean

–Anime, Cartooning & Comic Creation

–Stop-Motion Animation

–Junior Robot Builders

–Fine Art & Sculpture

–Skyhawks Sports

–Lego Engineering

Summer Camps: Week of June 16:

Sports Camps. Sessions offered for tennis and swimming, intensive tennis camp, advance swim team, advanced youth beach volleyball, baseball and beach camp, beginning swim team, beginning water polo, beginning/intermediate youth beach volleyball camp, Freddy running club, Pro Touch soccer camp, Skyhawks, splashball and U SK8 Skateboarding. Sessions begin on June 16.

Beginning Water Polo

Monday-Wednesday, 4-5 p.m.

Ages 8-14

Junior Lifeguards

Monday-Thursday

9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m.

Ages 8-15

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Junior Lifeguard sessions begin on June 16

Junior Lifeguards. The Junior Lifeguard program provides beach and water safety instruction for boys and girls, ages 8-15. The program offers education in ocean safety, rescue techniques, beach activities, physical fitness and marine safety operations in an environment that emphasizes courtesy, respect and good sportsmanship. Sessions begin on June 16.

Laguna Beach Surf School

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Ages 8-17

Little Mermaids & Sea Cubs

Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Ages 4.5-7

Beach Camp Laguna

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Ages 7-14

Beginning Youth Beach Volleyball

Monday-Thursday, 2:30-4 p.m.

Ages 11-17

Advanced Youth Beach Volleyball

Monday-Thursday, 12:30-2 p.m.

Ages 11-17

Chess

Monday-Friday, 1-4 p.m.

Ages 5-11

Beginning Golf

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Ages 5-8

Youth Theatre Ensemble

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Ages 12-19

LBTA Tennis & Swim Camp

Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Ages 5-11

VEX IQ Robot Build & Code

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Ages 8-12

Intensive Tennis

Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Ages 11-18

Paulo Prietto’s Skim School

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Ages 7-14

Tumble N Kids Gymnastics

Mondays, 3-4 p.m. and 4-5 p.m.

Ages 3.5-7

Art Adventures. This summer camp is designed to provide kids with a fun, creative, educational and enriched experience through a combination of art/craft projects, games, outdoor adventures and more. Week-long sessions beginning June 16.

Parker-Anderson Camps. Sessions include chess, LEGO^® robotics, anime, cartooning and comic creation, jewelry, design and crafts, stop-motion animation, inventor’s workshop, rocket science and astronomy, fine art and sculpture, and Hogwarts Academy. Sessions begin on June 16.

Beach and Ocean Camps. Sessions include advanced youth beach volleyball camp, beach camp Laguna, beginning/intermediate youth beach volleyball camp, junior lifeguards, Laguna Beach surf school, LCVC Beach volleyball, little mermaids and sea cubs, and Paulo’s skim school and skim Laguna. Sessions begin on July 16.

New – Artsy Cooking Summer Camp, sessions begin July 14.

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LB Recreation Department offers a variety of art classes and camps

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Kids Cooking Academy, Artsy Cooking, July 14-18

New – Cool Craft Camp beginning June 23, ages 8-12.

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Girl practices her skateboarding

Youth Sports

Here are a few of the Youth Sports classes, for a complete listing of dates and details (and to register), click here.

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Basketball player focuses on making a basket

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Getting in some practice tennis sessions

Youth Tennis, Laguna Beach Tennis Academy, various levels and ages.

Water Polo – Laguna Beach Water Polo Club.

Currently, Laguna Beach Water Polo Youth Club has age groups 10U, 12U, 14U for boys and girls.

Adults

Adult Fitness: Adult Ballet, Adult Tap, Aqua Blast, Beach Volleyball, Belly Dancing, Better Life Boxing Body and Mind Barre Workout, Latin Dance, Line Dancing Beyond County and Next Step, Lyrical Modern Dance, Mary’s Beginner Line Dancing, Mary’s Fitness Beyond 50, Motus Movement, Nordic Walking, Pickleball, T’ai Chi Ch’uan, Tennis, Yoga Flow and Zumba with Judith.

Art & Enrichment: Acrylic Painting, Adult Beg/Int Drawing & Watercolor, Dog Training, Freehand Drawing, Hortense Miller Garden, Italian Language, Oil Painting, Painting on Silk and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

For more information, click here.

Eugene, ORE. – La Salle women’s track runner Gwenno Goode made her NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships debut Thursday evening, racing in the 3k steeplechase semifinals.
 
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HOW SHE FINISHED:

• Goode placed tenth in her heat with a time of 10:04.19. Overall, she finished 20^th overall out of the 24 runners in the race.
• In the final lap of her heat, she closed with a 1:20.49 split to secure a top-10 spot.

STATESBORO– Senior Imani Moore, who competed in the long jump at the NCAA track & field championships, has been honored with the NCAA’s ELITE 90 award, the league announced Thursday night.

The NCAA ELITE 90 award honors the exceptional achievements of student-athletes. This prestigious accolade is given to those who have not only excelled at a national championship level in their sport but have also achieved the highest academic standards among their peers. The Elite 90 is proudly awarded to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s 90 championships.

“I’m very proud of not only Imani’s accomplishments as an athlete, but even more of what she has done as a student,” head coach David Neville said. “She exemplifies what a student-athlete should strive for; one of the things we always talk about with our athletes is excellence, not only on the track but in the classroom. Imani has done a tremendous job during her time as a student-athlete, and to receive this award at the end of her collegiate career, while also competing on the biggest stage an NCAA student-athlete can stand on, is wonderful. This should make Eagle Nation proud.”

Moore, an All-Sun Belt First Team member and Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, clinched a trip to Eugene after coming in second in the long jump at NCAA Regionals in Jacksonville. This season alone, she set the school and facility record in the long jump and earned the second-best school performance in the triple jump.

EUGENE, Ore.– Imani Moore, competing in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, capped off her senior season by finishing 17th in the event with a jump of 6.02m / 19’9″.

The first Eagle to advance to Eugene since joining the Sun Belt, Moore competed in both the long jump and triple jump at NCAA Regionals, and her jump of 6.54m in the LJ placed her second and clinched her a trip to Oregon.

This caps off an outstanding senior season for Moore, who was an All-Sun Belt First Team member and Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year.

This season alone, she set the school and facility record in the long jump and earned the second-best school performance in the triple jump.

This concludes the 2025 outdoor season for Georgia Southern Track and Field, which had a season to be proud of.

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Chris Acker and the Men’s Basketball staff at Long Beach State have added an exciting international prospect in Leopold Levillain to the 2025-26 roster.
 
Leopold Levillain | Forward | 6-9, 230 | Montpellier, France
 
Playing for Cholet Basketball in France, Levillain had a strong season in 2024-25 as an amateur playing at the U21 level. Playing in 19 games, Levillain averaged 9.8 points per game and 5.9 rebounds per game while also averaging over a block per game as a rim protector. He also played in 10 games as an amateur with the professional senior team, recording three blocks and 11 rebounds in just under 8 minutes per game.
 
Acker on Levillain:
“I’m excited to have Leo join our program. His international experience and toughness from years of playing both basketball and rugby will be a welcome addition. He is another player with a very high basketball IQ who is excited to be a part of what we are building here at the Beach. We can’t wait to begin to work with him.”
 
Levillain is another impact addition to a stacked frontcourt that features returning starter Derrick Michael Xzavierro, Division I transfers Petar Majstorovic and Demarshay Johnson Jr., as well as incoming freshman standout Dallas Washington.
 

Former Coronado High School Water Polo Coach David Throop will return for the 2025-26 school year as the new head coach of both the boys’ and girls’ varsity teams. 

Throop previously led CHS water polo programs and served in various coaching and administrative roles from 1991 to 2015 and again from 2019 to 2021.

“We are happy to welcome back Coach Throop,” said Coronado High School Athletic Director Aaron Brooks. “He has the resume, and has the background, as both a coach and as a player. He is someone who is a community member. We are excited to bring him in and see what we can do with the team. His commitment to honoring the program’s legacy and continuing its growth is a great fit for our student-athletes.”

Throop’s coaching career began in 1987. He has been instrumental in coaching other high school programs throughout his career, such as Mount Miguel and Granite Hills. Along with his experience at the prep level, Troop’s coaching experience spans both the collegiate and national levels. In 2012, he served as the assistant head coach at the University of Hawaii. 

Throop has also been heavily involved with USA Water Polo. From 2001 to 2007, he served as Development Coach. His work with ODP has been recognized on three different occasions. He was awarded the Regional Development Coach of the Year honors in 2003, 2004, and 2010.

“I’m excited to rejoin the Coronado Aquatics community and to be part of the rich history and tradition of water polo here,” said Throop in a press release from the Coronado Unified School District. “Working with talented and dedicated student-athletes is an honor, and I look forward to helping them grow not only as competitors but as individuals prepared to navigate life’s challenges.” 

According to the press release, Coach Throop emphasizes the importance of a collaborative approach to long-term athlete development. He will work closely with junior varsity coach Matt Finley and support youth water polo programs to strengthen the water polo pipeline that begins with the youngest swimmers and builds through high school.

“I am very excited about who he is as an individual. He is a smart person, he can dissect situations very well, he is a great communicator,” Brooks said. “He understands the sport and knows what it means to be a full student athlete at the high school level. We’re just really excited to have Dave be a part of our Islander staff.”

Throop’s coaching philosophy focuses on holistic athlete development, emphasizing individual growth, team culture, and character. He also values the role of community support and booster engagement. “Collaboration with parents, administrators, and groups like ISF helps create a support system that allows our teams to thrive,” he said.

Throop will take over the head coaching duties from Jesse Smith, the former CHS water polo coach and five-time Olympian, who is departing the program after two years. In that time frame, he won two CIF titles as head coach of the girls’ and boys’ water polo programs. 

“Jesse was with us for two years and four seasons total. He won two CIF titles during that time. I fully support him. We hope to see him be successful, see him around the pool, and develop future Islanders that can be on the high school team, with CAC (Coronado Aquatics Club),” said Brooks.

VOL. 115, NO. 24 – June 11, 2025