Dual-role players Trenton Fudge (19, kicker/receiver)
and Carter Simington (11, defensive end/receiver)
warm up with mates as the sun gets low in the sky
in Fallbrook. (Photo by Ed Piper)
Leads of 13-0 and 20-7 evaporate
The word went out at 8:53 p.m. Sunday evening, Sept. 14, that La Jolla High would be on minimum day schedule the following day, Monday, Sept. 15, and football players would be weight-lifting and having a walk-through in the gym instead of regular workouts outside. This is presumably because of the continued high heat with humidity that was forecast for Monday.
During film, and weights and walk-through, Vikings would be kicking themselves over the early leads that they held over Fallbrook Sept. 12, yet falling to the Warriors 55-52.
La Jolla scored the first two touchdowns of the game on their first two possessions, to lead 13-0 with less than four minutes gone in the game.
Collin "Peyton" Rugg and comrades then came out and scored on their following possession after Fallbrook broke into the points column, the Vikings in command 20-7.
But poof, the Warriors' Alex Acosta ran 47 yards before Carlton O'Neal tripped him up at the 5-yard line, with Acosta skating in to score on the next play off left tackle.
Then, on the next drive, with the Vikings only able to pick up short yardage, Trenton Fudge's punt was deflected and Fallbrook, given a short field at the Vikings' 31-yard line, shortly punched the ball in to take a 21-20 lead. There was 5:15 remaining in the first half.
From then on, it was a seesaw battle.
Copyright 2014 Ed Piper
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