The Pipeline

Sunday, March 23, 2025

LJ baseball 2, Hilltop 0 - 3/21

Travis Lancaster (15), before

the Alumni Game Feb. 22.

(Photo by Ed Piper)

By Ed Piper

Right-hander Travis Lancaster threw a complete-game, two-hit 2-0 shutout at home over Hilltop Fri., March 21, in the GMT Tournament.

Dropping his ERA to 2.55, the junior raised La Jolla's record to 4-5 in the young season. He walked one while striking out three in facing the minimum number of batters in seven innings, 21.

LJ track @ Cerveny VII, Mission Bay 3/22

Photos by Ed Piper

Sophia Biaforde (soph) and Emily Lanzel

(sr) of La Jolla both cleared 7'1"

and finished tied for 10th place

in the vault.

LJ freshman Angela Shen takes off

in the 300m hurdles. She ran 59.33.

Janae Stanley-Castillo (with the medals around

her neck) with family and a friend. The LJ soph

went second in both seeded discus with 68'11.5"

and seeded shot put with 32'2".

Stanley-Castillo (left) on the podium.

Chris Adamson (left) of Mission

Bay, with his guide David

Cervantes, is still a trailblazer

as a junior.

A blind athlete, he was first

in 100 meters, second in

200 meters, and fifth in shot put.

Saturday, March 22, 2025

LJ swim v. Patrick Henry 3/21

Photos by Ed Piper

Friday, March 21, 2025

LJ b golf: Are we the most athletic team?

By Ed Piper

Someone, I think Trevor Kula, asked La Jolla coach Christie Quinn, "Are we the most athletic team you've ever had?"

Quinn, a veteran links coach, didn't even wait. "Not even close," she said. "On my best team, every guy could dead-lift 200 (plus) pounds."

Kula: "But that doesn't make you athletic. We've got guys who play football (Carson Diehl), soccer (Tate Phillips), lacrosse (Seigo Lavinsky)..."

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Kula, a junior, the talkative one this day, Thurs., March 20, at Riverwalk, when everyone else was deep into their game preparation driving and chipping balls, asked: "Who do you have in March Madness?"

I said, "Moorpark Junior College, where I played basketball." Trevor: "They're playing in the JC championships." Me: "They didn't win much--we weren't in the playoffs when I went there."

I asked the water polo player who he was going for. "Are you for Michigan? I've seen a lot of Michigan bandwagoners, especially among middle school boys I sub with." I can't remember who he said.