The Cathedral Catholic High School Dons of Carmel Valley and the La Jolla High Vikings took to the hardwood at the Vikings’ gym on Feb.14. It wasn’t pretty, and on the scoreboard, 66-36, it looked really bad. There are no excuses, however, let’s look at what actually caused this lopsided loss.
La Jolla Country Day School girls got past The Bishop’s School Knights on Feb. 12, 2013 in the final regular season basketball game for both teams. The game was played on Knights’ court. It started out lopsided and became very exciting and close at the end. It started with Country Day Torreys jumping out to a 10-0 lead — seven points of which were scored by Kelsey Plum. Bishop’s scored the next six points on layups by Olivia Erlbeck, Imani Littleton and Devon Roeper.
The Bishop’s School Knights and Horizon Christian Academy Panthers squared off on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 on the Knights’ home court. The Knights trailed most of the game, but made a push in the fourth quarter, and eventually fell by only two points as Horizon prevailed 55-53.
The Bishop’s School Knights and Horizon Christian Academy Panthers squared off on Friday, Feb. 8 on the Knights’ home court. The Knights trailed most of the game, but made a push in the fourth quarter, and eventually fell by only two points as Horizon prevailed 55-53.
The game played Friday, Feb. 1 between the girls varsity basketball teams at La Jolla Country Day and The Bishop’s School was a lot closer than the final score, indicates: Torreys 62, Knights 45. The Country Day Torreys got off to a peak 19-3 lead in the first quarter. To their credit, the Bishop’s Knights never quit and eventually got within five points.
The La Jolla High School varsity basketball team once again played tight defense that proved to be too much for the Lincoln High School Hornets on Jan. 25 in the “Big Gym.” The Vikings walked off the court, celebrating a 53-41 victory.
La Jolla High’s girls varsity basketball team beat the Lincoln High Hornets, 52-22, in the “Big Gym” on Jan. 25, 2013.
“All Hands On Deck!” is the call for January at La Jolla Youth Baseball. Behind the scenes, the board and League presidents have been working for a couple of months getting registration set up, facilities organized, uniforms ordered and sponsors engaged. When registration closed on Jan. 14, nearly 400 players, ages 5-14, were committed to play on 40 teams in five divisions.
La Jolla High School boys basketball played Scripps Ranch High in a low-scoring battle from the beginning. Shooting percentages were low and defensive intensity was high. La Jolla came into the game averaging 54 points per game, but won the home match 46-41.
On the strength of a balanced scoring attack, La Jolla High School’s girls water polo team managed to overcome several deficits in the first half, then pulled away in the third quarter for a victory over a strong Cathedral Catholic High School team, Jan. 16, 2013.
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