O.C. schools go 1-2 in state surf tournament

2013-05-06 16:21:27

Middle-school surfers from up and down the California coast took their statewide final exams in surfing Sunday, and San Clemente's Shorecliffs and Bernice Ayer Middle Schools came up 1-2.

Competing in messy surf conditions at Oceanside, Shorecliffs came away as the team champion with 344 points, winning by more than a 100-point margin among 23 schools in the two-day Scholastic Surf Series tournament. Shorecliffs was champion in bodyboarding, boys' shortboarding and boys' longboarding. Marco Forster Middle School of San Juan Capistrano was champion in girls' longboarding. Aviara Oaks of Carlsbad was champion in girls' shortboarding.


"I felt like we surfed well in spite of the poor conditions," Shorecliffs coach David Hennings said. "I'm proud of all our surfers and how hard they work. We have a great school and a super talented group of surfing students that represent us well."

Among individual surfers, four of the five division winners were from Orange County, two of them from Shorecliffs.


Boys shortboard: 1. Kei Kobayashi, Shorecliffs; 2. Jordy Collins, Aviara Oaks; 3. Zach McCormick, Oak Crest; 4. Sam Coffey, Mission Hill; 5. Ethan Mudge, Shorecliffs; 6. Ryan Martin, Shorecliffs.

Girls shortboard: 1. Ashley Beeson, Niguel Hills; 2. Tera Richardson, Shorecliffs; 3. Alani Helm, Mission Hill; 4. Sydney Tisdel, Aviara Oaks; 5. Kristen Noonan, Earl Warren; 6. Autumn Hays, Mission Hill.

Boys longboard: 1. Jacob Atwood, Shorecliffs; 2. Nathan Strom, Valley; 3. Trevor Anderberg, Diegueno; 4. Fisher Quigley, Bernice Ayer; 5. Koby Gilchrist, Oak Crest; 6. Grayson Amthor, Diegueno.

Girls longboard: 1.Teresa O'Connor, Marco Forster; 2. Autumn Hays, Mission Hill; 3. Meg Roh, Marco Forster; 4. Maya Harrison, Bernice Ayer; 5. Kalea Johnson, Half Moon Bay; 6. Gabriella McCormick, Bernice Ayer.

Bodyboard: 1. Charley Rouse, Valley; 2. Luke Overin, Bernice Ayer; 3. Trevor Anderberg, Diegueno; 4. Kian Feiner, Shorecliffs; 5. Tommy Rinaldini, Niguel Hills; 6. Derek Reynolds, Bernice Ayer.

Team points: 1. Shorecliffs, San Clemente, 344; 2. Bernice Ayer, San Clemente, 218.5; 3. Oak Crest, Encinitas, 206.5; 4. Aviara Oaks, Carlsbad, 191.5; 5. Earl Warren, Encinitas, 174; 6. Mission Hill, Santa Cruz, 173.

Scholastic award: Meg Roh, Marco Forster.

Sportsmanship: Luke Overin, Bernice Ayer.


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