By Ed Piper
After an initial 2016 opening football game away at Montgomery High, new Coach Matt Morrison's Vikings will play an astounding six games in a row at Edwards Stadium--out of a total of 10 regular-season games.
If you've had enough of travel games during La Jolla's year of construction, you'll be able to overdose on football games on the Vikings' new playing surface on Fay Avenue.
Morrison's first edition, through the first four Friday nights in September, will play Hilltop, Country Day, Mater Dei, and Coronado in weeks two through five of the CIF schedule.
Then, in October, La Jolla will play host to Patrick Henry in the Eastern League opener and Serra in weeks seven and eight.
An observer said that La Jolla High, while undergoing construction of new buildings housing the coaches' offices and the boys locker room, plus a new press box and concession stand, didn't apply to get new stadium lights due to possible restrictions.
Mission Bay High now has lights for night games, which it didn't have before. But as part of the agreement to have the lights, the school has had to agree with limits on their usage to mitigate disruption to surrounding neighborhoods. During one football game La Jolla played in the new stadium last year, the lights shut off during the game with time remaining in the contest.
Apparently there are Coastal Commission restrictions, among other factors, that could have similarly limited La Jolla High's use of new lights for night games. So, according to this source, the administration decided not to make a change in the stadium lights, even with the potential upgrade. Photographers have noted the inadequacy of the lights for chronicling night games at Edwards Stadium.
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