They held the 2012 NSSA Interscholastic California State Championships last weekend at the HB Pier with solid 3- to 5-foot surf.
San Diego State (college), San Clemente (high school) and Shorecliffs (middle school) won their respective team divisions, with other local schools also in the hunt.
In the high school division, Huntington Beach High followed winner San Clemente in second place and Edison was third. Newport Harbor was seventh and Marina eighth.
In the middle school division, Dwyer finished in second place and Sowers was sixth. Sowers also had a "B" team that took 12th.
Individually, Breyden Taylor of San Clemente won the boys high school division, and his teammate Colton Overin took third. Bryce Marino of Edison took fifth and Jack Boyes of Huntington Beach took sixth.
In the girls high school division, San Clemente's Tia Blanco took first, and Newport Harbor's Shelby Detmers took fifth.
In the high school longboard division, Jachin Hamborg of Edison took second, Casey Powell of San Clemente took third, Tony Bartovich of Huntington Beach took fourth, and Tanner Martinez of Marina took sixth.
In middle school boys, Tyler Killeen of Dwyer took fifth, and in middle school girls, Julianne Hernandez of Sowers took first, Samantha Cendro of Dwyer took fifth and Francheska Besa of Sowers took sixth.
In middle school longboard, Dwyer's Jeremy Guilmette took second, and Sowers' Conner Dawson took fourth.
JOE HAAKENSON is an Orange County-based sports writer and editor. He may be reached at joe@juvecreative.com.
