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Seventeen La Jolla student-athletes participated in the reconfigured National Signing Day on Nov. 11, committing to colleges as close as UC San Diego and as far away as Harvard University.
La Jolla Country Day School, looking for a new boys basketball coach, got more than 80 applicants from across the country.
La Jollans can be proud of both their high schools’ girls cross-country teams. Hats off to La Jolla High and The Bishop’s School for qualifying for the 2019 CIF State Championship in Fresno on Thanksgiving weekend. La Jolla High placed 19th of 25 teams in their division in the State Championships. The Bishop’s School placed 9th of 23 teams in their division, improving two places from last year’s team and tied the best finish by Bishop’s in the State Championships.
More than 90 runners braved heavy winds, cold and drizzle to compete in a San Diego Unified School District’s middle school cross-country meet Nov. 20, 2019 at Morley Field Sports Complex in Balboa Park, San Diego. Nine students from Muirlands Middle School in La Jolla ran their best against a tough field. Payton Smith took second place overall for eighth-grade girls and Ilya Davydov took second place overall for sixth-grade boys within the district. Officials agreed the meet was a great experience for everyone involved and are looking forward to the next middle-school track meet in May 2020.
La Jolla High School’s varsity girls cross-country team competed for the win in the 2019 California CIF state championship Nov. 30 at Woodland Park in Fresno. Head coach Mandy Benham said the first team is the first to qualify for the state championship meet since 2008. The girls competed in the division for race and came in 19th out of 25 teams. Sophmore Emma Valenzuela said: “It was a great experience to be part of the state meet and it was exciting to see some of the fastest runners in California!”
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From beginning to end, the 2019 La Jolla High School Homecoming game promises to an exciting one.
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The La Jolla High School Vikings football defense was strong during its opening home game against The Bishop’s School Knights, Aug. 23, slowing plays big and small.
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This year’s high school football season begins with the local favorite match-up “Battle for Pearl Street,” when the La Jolla High School Vikings take on The Bishop’s School Knights, 7 p.m.
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The town of La Jolla had an impressive spring sports season among all of the lacrosse teams.
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La Jolla High School sent both of its lacrosse teams to the CIF playoffs (girls and boys each cleared the CIF quarterfinals the weekend of May 10), and several other teams have already brought home titles.
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After 13 frustrating years, San Diego seems poised to adopt short-term vacation rental regulations.
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Peter John Meno is being held in county jail. The crash early Sunday left two passengers in his car dead.
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Letters to the editor: La Jolla is ever-changing — and that’s a good thing In reading last week’s La Jolla Light, I was intrigued that the published letters all seemed to be part of a larger theme: opinions about what kind of future we should have in La Jolla.
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Given the national despair over election ugliness and the ever-worsening pandemic, I’ve tried to steer clear of both topics recently.
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Taking a jet ride instead of a bus ride from San Diego to Sacramento might have been the best decision of the week for La Jolla Country Day School in preparation for its CIF state Division III championship basketball game against San Francisco University on Friday, March 8 at Golden 1 Center.
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Senior right-hander Tim Holdgrafer, the former Grossmont College standout who prepped at La Jolla High, recorded Cal Poly Pomona history on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019.
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For the second year, La Jolla Youth Soccer’s Impact Girls 2008 team made a deep run into the State Cup Soccer Tournament, but came up short in the quarter finals.
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Opening Day across America provides optimism, unblemished records and a brief peek into the future of the season ahead.
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The La Jolla High School Viking Rugby team has arrived.
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Tangle in the Tank II raises funds for for breast cancer research and the Susan G. Komen Foundation
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Opening Day for La Jolla Youth Baseball feels like a reunion.
