High schoolers work overtime to unseat 16-time national champion San Clemente
San Dieguito Academy surf team members, Titus Santucci, right, and Dane Libby at Seaside Beach in Solana Beach on Thursday. Driving home from Dana Point, Titus Santucci was stoked that he had just led the San Dieguito Academy surf team to an unfathomable, come-from-behind national championship.“Get back here now, bro!” the voice on the other line said. “We need you for the surf-off.”
Santucci and Libby secured the crown by beating San Clemente’s Bryce Celaya and Ben Brantell by a combined score of 29.86-18.31 in an unprecedented 20-minute overtime heat. Santucci, who graduated earlier this month, finished first with 15.66 points; Libby, a sophomore, was second at 14.20.“It was insane,” Duprat said. “So much fun to watch. I really wished it was a girl- and-guy final because I was interested in surfing again. But it was great.
Hall of Famer Janice Aragon has been the NSSA executive director since 1989. She called it “a fantastic finish. What a comeback for San Dieguito.” San Clemente’s Celaya won the individual national championship mostly by catching waves on the north peak at Salt Creek. Since its inception in 1978, the NSSA had never determined a national high school champion by using the overtime rules. Cal State San Marcos is the only college national champion to win the title in a surf-off, beating North Carolina-Wilmington in 2009.
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