Viking cheerleaders work out Tues., Aug. 16,
under warm skies on the softball field.
(Photos by Ed Piper)
"We'll have two teams this year, including a performance team," said La Jolla High cheer advisor Cindee Russell, beginning her second full year and third year overall coaching the "porras" for the Vikings.
What's exciting this fall are the new facilities the cheerleaders will be able to step out on come football season. Russell said her spirit agents won't be making the trip to the South Bay for the season football opener at Montgomery High in week one, Aug. 26.
They will make their debut on the new track in week two at the football home opener Sept. 2, which presumably will be Blast Off.
The new mascot, whose identity won't be revealed at this point, was introduced at cheer practice Tues., Aug. 16. The softball field was a beehive of activity that afternoon, as Russell's cheerleaders went through their paces along the left field line, Lisa Griffiths was running field hockey tryouts and practice a short distance away in right field, and new girls volleyball coach Kelly Drobeck was holding her own tryouts inside the gym.
Meanwhile, up on the Muirlands Middle School field, baseball coach Gary Frank was hosting a pitching clinic by Tom House, and new coach Matt Morrison's football team was arriving for practice at 4 p.m.
Depending on what time practice for girls tennis was, new coach Darice Carnaje--who this fall adds tennis to her girls basketball coaching duties, which began last winter--was most likely holding tryouts and practice on the nearby tennis courts--either at the same time, or some other time during the day.
Russell's cheer squad is led by a core of returnees, including senior Sally Chen and others who were spotted in practice.
The new person filling the Viking
mascot role--identity?
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