By Ed Piper
La Jolla High quarterback Jackson Diehl, who plays in the North-South Senior All-Star Game Sat., Dec. 16, at Mira Mesa High at 4 p.m., has been named the Eastern League Offensive Player of the Year.
Diehl, shooting at halftime of the Viking basketball team's home game against Vincent Memorial--during which the high-jumping athlete swatted a shot by a Scot player early in the fourth quarter--revealed that he had received the postseason honor.
An assistant coach also at the basketball game said that the La Jolla football staff of coaches will coach the South squad in the annual all-star event. Included among selectees to play in the game are Viking seniors Brenden Goldstein, a safety; Evan Martin, a punter/kicker; and Sawyer Moseley, a two-way lineman.
Diehl, a team co-captain but also the Vikings' leader in heart and effort, led Head Coach Tyler Roach's squad to an undefeated 5-0 record in the Division 2 Eastern League, an eight-game win streak continuing into the CIF Finals against Del Norte, and a stellar 10-3 record overall. The fleet passer completed 131 of 214 passes for 2,130 yards, and ran the ball 138 times for 1,234 yards.
He scored 27 touchdowns in the air, against four interceptions, and 15 TD's on the ground.
Diehl is having quite a senior year at La Jolla, being named the Homecoming King at halftime of the Sept. 29 game against Mira Mesa alongside Homecoming Queen Payton Smith, a standout sprinter on the Viking track team, who ranks among top 400 and 200-meter runners in Southern California.
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