By Ed Piper
"We thought Carson (Diehl) might like to rest this week, because he got so tired last week," La Jolla Country Day School football coach Tyler Hales joked Fri., Sept. 5, during lunch for his Torreys football players.
Diehl, a senior, scored five touchdowns last Fri., Aug. 29, against Patrick Henry. He scored on two pick-sixes, his specialty as a safety (he grabbed nine interceptions to lead the county as a sophomore).
He also added a rushing TD from the "wildcat", taking a direct snap at the line of scrimmage. The rest of his night was traditional: two pass receptions at wide receiver for scores.
"We've been talking with Tyler (Roach) all week," explained one Tyler of the other Tyler. On campus, his school's two football teams, the junior varsity and varsity, were scarfing down French fries (scalloped on the edges) with other goodies for the lunch, which was served under the covering outside the gym that keeps them out of the sun.
He knows of the Vikings' injuries, one that will probably keep quarterback Huddy Smith out of a second straight game. I mentioned Diehl's TD run from the wildcat. Hales was totally informed. Schools exchange video the week before in a sportsmanlike interaction that enables opponents to prepare.
I asked Hales if his team was healthy. "Not at full strength," he said. But he did acknowledge that starting QB Jett Astephen is ready for the game.
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