Daniel McColl (right) scrambles for the ball
in Vikings' win June 24 in the Montgomery
league. (Photo by Ed Piper)
There are some new faces, and it's nice to see on the La Jolla High boys basketball team.
Bijan Hashemi is new to me--nice guy when I asked him his name at the Vikings' summer league game Wednesday night, June 24, in Montgomery's beautiful curtained facility.
Others that you're probably familiar with from JV's and possibly Novice/Freshman but I'm not include Nick Hammel, Quinn Rawdin, Jacob Ohara, and Charlie Gal, among others. Alex Drew is newly in Coach Paul Baranowski's program. He's a senior.
Francisco Ramos, a guard, is compact but hard-working. He takes a serious defensive stance when guarding his man. He will be fun to watch in the coming years.
Garrett Brown, fresh off catching in the CIF Finals for the Viking baseball team, looked good shooting Monday against Eastlake. He came in on the second platoon Wednesday.
There is a constantly changing cast of characters each night of summer league, as families take vacations and have other commitments. Bijan said he went to Monday's game at Montgomery but didn't play. Jacob Ohara has been missing this week after playing over the weekend at West Hills.
La Jolla used everyone, with Paul's son Jake coaching, and edged Sweetwater, 41-40, Wednesday. The score was tied earlier at 21-21.
That makes a clean sweep of three wins this week in summer league games: 44-39 Monday night over Eastlake, by eight over Poway Tuesday in the Hoover High league, and the one-point win Wednesday.
Guard Reed Farley helped his teammates break the Devils' press in the first half. Daniel McColl, up from the JV's and a football up-and-comer, was active again under the boards, banging bodies. He knows what to do with the ball, and his shot is fine. He came off the bench in Jake's second platoon.
Morgan Albers was active under the basket. Tony Coan hit his trademark outside set shot at least once with the second unit. He is sporting a headband this summer.
Bijan had several minutes of playing time and was called for an unusual technical foul for elbowing an opponent in the back.
Eddie Parker showed some poise in handling the ball. He slipped inside for a nice drive, his strength on offense.
Center Alex Pitrofsky, by far the tallest player on the court at close to 6'7", was dynamic and showed he likes contact underneath the basket. To think his family thought four or so years ago that he wouldn't be athletic enough to play high school sports just shows how much he is growing into his tall, mobile body.
The Vikings play Monday and Wednesday nights at Montgomery High in San Ysidro, and Tuesdays at Hoover High for the next three weeks.
Copyright 2015 Ed Piper
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