Fifteen-year-old Roman Martin will travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil this summer to play for the semi-professional Clube Pequeninos do jockey soccer club. The La Jolla Country Day student will be the only non-Brazilian invited. Martin is the son of Jeff and Lisa Martin of La Jolla Shores, and big brother to Jane. He departs for Brazil on July 1.
Matt Dykstra of La Jolla likes the number three. At three years old (he is now 10) he started playing golf. On three separate occasions at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club golf course, he hit a hole-in-one.
The oldest continuously running tennis tournament held at one venue in the United States — the La Jolla Tennis Championship — is back for the 97th year. Beginning June 14, the La Jolla Tennis Club attracts former world champions and World Tour players from across California.
La Jolla Youth Baseball (LJYB) believes in the old adage “the more, the merrier” when it comes to the Memorial Day Tournament hosted by Tecolote Youth Baseball each year. This could be updated to say “the more, the improved, the merrier” because that’s what happens for every kid who gains post-season experience.
On most days amid the picture-perfect conditions of Mission Bay, you’ll find a bunch of rowers, ages 13-80, who are all part of the nationally-known San Diego Rowing Club, an organization that seeks to impart the wisdom, art and craft of being a world- class rower.
In continuous operation since 1888, the club is now headed in part by Chris Callaghan, the director of rowing and Junior Head Coach, who has a passion for the sport.
Championship Saturday (May 18, 2013) at La Jolla Youth Baseball went around the horn with exciting come-from-behind walk-off victories in Pinto and Mustang games that went down to the final inning, and a Bronco showdown that had to play an extra game on Monday, May 20, before their champion was decided.
The La Jolla Youth Baseball season comes to a close Saturday, May 18 with championship games in the Pinto, Mustang and Bronco divisions. Shetland doesn’t have playoffs, but a lot of kids will play post-season games on tournament teams. Pony schedules its inter-league playoffs over the Memorial Day weekend at Tecolote.
The 13th annual Menehune Surf Contest, organized by the La Jolla Shores Surfing Association, took place on Saturday, April 20, 2013 with more than 140 young surfers competing at La Jolla Shores beach. Full results in this story.
Effective pitching, timely hitting and good defense allowed the La Jolla Country Day School Torreys to beat The Rock Academy Warriors, 2-0, in a baseball game at Country Day on May 1.
The U.S. Olympic Committee has said international rules don’t allow two countries to propose a joint Olympic event.
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