Sports Shorts: Holbrook to Be Inducted Into Triton Golf Hall of Fame on Friday

Larry Holbrook, the former girls golf coach at San Clemente High, will be inducted in the Triton Golf Hall of Fame in a ceremony after the Rainbow Sandals/Lady Triton Invitational on Friday at San Clemente Municipal Golf Course.

Holbrook, who was forced to retire because of health issues, coached at San Clemente from 1988-2001. He was also given much credit for helping girls golf become a CIF-sanctioned sport in 1998.

The induction ceremony will begin approximately 6 p.m. at the conclusion of the day’s competition, which features 25 teams from California, Arizona and Nevada.

Ryann O’Toole, last year’s Triton Golf Hall of Fame inductee, is a 2005 graduate and a member of the LPGA. The graduate of UCLA was selected to play on the U.S. Solheim Cup team, which will compete against their European counterparts Sept. 23-25 at Killeen Castle in County Meath, Ireland.

The Tritons (3-1) play Palm Desert today (Thursday) at Talega. San Clemente has posted a victory over Laguna Beach and two over San Juan Hills after losing its season-opener to El Toro.

Laguna Hills Cross-Country Invitational

Patch couldn't get out to Laguna Hills High on Saturday for the area's first cross-country meet of the season, but you can find the results on this ESPN/Rise link.

San Clemente, competing in Division 1, won the freshman and sophomore girls titles, paced by freshman’s Kelsey Carroll’s fifth-place finish and sophomore Melissa Eisele’s first-place finish (time not available). The junior girls finished fifth and the sophomore boys finished sixth.

(Aside: I once asked a librarian friend of mine if people expected her to have all the answers. She said no, but added that she knew where to find them.)

What's next? The 31st annual Cross-Country Classic, co-hosted by Woodbridge, Estancia and Costa Mesa highs, begins Friday at 5 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m. at Estancia High in Costa Mesa.

Tritons to Jump Into Deep Pool

San Clemente will be among a contingent of six boys water polo teams who will compete in the annual S&R Sport Southern California Water Polo Tournament, Oct. 8-9 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine.

Last year, Los Alamitos defeated Newport Harbor, Corona del Mar and Foothill on the way to claiming the title. Joining those teams and the Tritons this year will be Irvine.

Other California teams participating are Wilson (Long Beach), Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood), Coronado, Clovis West (Fresno), Bellarmine (San Jose), Jesuit (Carmichael), Sacred Heart Prep (Atherton), Miramonte (Orinda), Davis and Acalenes (Lafayette).

Today (Thursday) and Saturday, the Tritons will compete in the Clovis West tournament in Fresno and next weekend takes part in the highly competitive South Coast Classic at Newport Harbor High.

San Clemente lost its season-opener on Tuesday at Huntington Beach, 15-4. Derek Cousineau scored twice and had four steals and one assist.

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