The Pipeline

Saturday, October 17, 2026

LJ FB: Game story 10/16

Viking running back Kali Deberry

runs for more of the many yards

he gained at Granite Hills High

Fri., Oct. 16.

(Photo by Ed Piper)

By Ed Piper

LJ FB 15, Christian 9 - Week 9 (of 11) - 10/16

Photos by Ed Piper

LJ running back Kali Deberry (23) runs past

a horde of Patriots on a 16-yard run that set up

QB Brody Bukich's keeper two plays later

for the go-ahead touchdown with 6:14 left.

Sophomore Julian Morones (4) carried

30 times and nearly moved Christian

to a win over the visitors. Here he is

covered by Viking defender Moxy

Appelbaum (22).

The QB keeper by Brody Bukich (7)

completely fooled Christian's defense.

It covered four yards to the pylon

(orange marker, far left).

Friday, October 16, 2026

LJ xc @ 3rd Eastern League cluster - 10/15

Photos by Ed Piper

La Jolla's "camp" at the cluster (right next to

the St. Augustine camp). Viking coach

Adam Dailey (red shirt, third from right)

and others are seen in this view from the grass.

Gabby Bardaro (335) leads the girls varsity

through a turn right off the main grass

area near the middle of the 2.2-mile race.

LJ g golf vs. OLP - 10/15

Photos by Ed Piper

Viking teammates Tiffanie Brownson (from left),

Liesl Kijora, and Natalie Sutton wait before

the match against OLP (in background, far right)

at Riverwalk.

Sophia Wright practices

driving with a wood

before the match. She

shot a 50 on the day.

Captain Bella Itkin shot a 40

over nine holes to lead LJ.

LJ assistant coach Noah

Marquez got in a few shots

on the driving range.

Presumably he played in

the coaches' pair later.

Liesl Kijora (far left) warms up on the driving

range, with assistant coach Noah Marquez

next to her. It was La Jolla's second Western

League match against the Lady Pilots, third

overall.

Thursday, October 15, 2026

LJ b water polo: Game story 10/14

By Ed Piper

Two of the behemoths of national high school boys water polo, Cathedral Catholic, ranked number one in the U.S., and La Jolla, ranked fourth, faced off in their second Western League match Wed., Oct. 14, and it didn't quite match the close, fierce encounter two weeks earlier in Carmel Valley, when the Dons escaped with a 16-15 win.

But that doesn't mean the game wasn't intense. The entire space along the wall facing Nautilus Street was filled, and people knew that the outcome was between two giants, and that the result would further dictate the rankings and place in league.

A lot of followers, it would seem, would be looking ahead to the CIF playoffs, when the big three, these two with Bishop's, will vie in the postseason Open Division brackets.

After the Vikings' Dexter Black opened scoring with a penalty shot following three minutes of grueling defense on both sides, the Dons' Diego Dantas rapidly scored a pair of goals in less than a minute for a 3-1 Cathedral lead.

Max Bruhn, another bruiser, scored for the visitors to open up their first two-goal lead with two minutes left in the first quarter.

Coach Tom Atwell's Vikings hung tough, though, coming back to tie behind Quinn Daniels, wearing a different cap number this day--22--than his trademark "3". Center Henry Glenister's goal made it 3-3, before beefy Grayson Taylor of the Dons scored from the left for a 4-3 Cathedral lead ending the opening period. Taylor dominated the first quarter in the two teams' previous matchup.

The middle of the second quarter saw the Vikings' most productive stretch of the match, with Jude Laifa, then Glenister again scoring to give LJHS the advantage, 5-4. That was the last time La Jolla led, at 5:11.

Coach Tommy Corcoran's red-and-white unit, having made adjustments, then began to edge away. Eamon Bruhn scored to tie, then Dantas came back to score. Dexter hit an impressive one-on-one from the right side, before Dantas asserted authority with a go-ahead 7-6 goal. Cathedral would never trail again.

That finished the half. After the break, Cathedral's Max Bruhn, then Braylen Axline scored. By this time, Jack Davis, defending Black, was being really physical and neutralizing some of Dexter's earlier freedom to move around.