Trenton Fudge, a Viking wide receiver and punter/kicker, was limited to PAT duties against Bishop's Sept. 4 after trying one punt. "I wanted to play, but my parents held me back and my doctor wouldn't release me" to play on offense, he said in the shadows in front of Mission Bay's stadium as La Jolla's team waited for the team bus to take them back to campus after the loss.
Fudge injured the AC joint in his shoulder when he was tackled on a pass reception during the opening win at Country Day Aug. 28. He said when he went down, "It twisted." The area hurts, and he said he could feel it "especially on punts."
The two-sport athlete, who also starred for La Jolla's Division II title-game baseball team last spring, punted once Friday for 32 yards, but then was replaced by backup punter Cole Dimich, who had three punts for a total of 105 yards.
Fudge did take point-after-touchdown duties after Daniel McColl scored La Jolla's sole touchdown in the second quarter.
In week one, Fudge decimated the Torreys with 190 yards receiving on 11 passes from quarterback Casey Brown. He stayed in the game even after sustaining the injury.
Immediately following the game, after Carter conducted a postgame interview with a reporter, Fudge informed Carter he was going to Scripps Hospital with his parents to have the AC joint looked at. His father said, "We're going to Scripps. Do you know a better place?", shrugging his shoulders. By then, it was after 10:30 p.m. The game at Country Day lasted three hours, 15 minutes.
Back at Mission Bay, asked if he would be able to answer the bell for Blastoff against Fallbrook Fri., Sept. 11, on University City's field, Fudge shrugged, "I don't know."
The fleet senior, who originally only did kicks for the varsity as a sophomore until Coach Jason Carter saw Trenton's success in limited action as a receiver, is receiving therapy for the injury. Early in Fudge's receiving heroics, Carter mused, "We probably ought to use him more."
Copyright 2015 Ed Piper
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