Laguna Beach won its first two football games of the season by a combined score of 87-7.

The Breakers didn’t face much adversity in those two games against lesser opponents. But when Laguna Beach leveled up in competition last week, the team had to overcome some challenges that were self-imposed.

Laguna Beach trailed 15-14 at the start of the fourth quarter against Tesoro, largely due to 140 penalty yards on 15 penalties for the Breakers.

Early in the fourth quarter, freshman running back Charlie Christian ran for a 6-yard touchdown where he ran through two Tesoro defenders. The score shifted the momentum in Laguna Beach’s direction.

“We struggled with a lot of penalties early in the game and we finally cleaned that up,” Laguna Beach coach John Shanahan said. “Our kids played extremely

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