LJ softball 13, High Tech SD 1 - called after 5 innings - CIF D5 playoffs 5/21

Photos by Ed Piper

Viking first baseman Jacey Taylor blasts a three-run

homer into the planter in left-centerfield

in the bottom of the first to give La Jolla

a 3-0 lead, on the way to a 13-1 victory.

Jacey Taylor (smothered by teammates) is greeted

at home plate after her towering drive in the

bottom of the first.

LJ catcher Aviv Laska (77) belts a double

to left-center in the bottom of the first.

Natalie "Nat" Alvarez pitches

another good game.

LJ head coach Anthony Sarain goes over

the ground rules. Captains Jacey Taylor (11)

and Roxy Metcalf (4) listen.

Captains from High Tech and La Jolla shake hands.

Proud osprey parents (mom fluttering wings

above nest, papa upper right) put on a display

before the game atop a light stanchion

beyond the fence in right-centerfield.

Jacey Taylor gives the "razz".