LJ flag FB: 2nd day of tryouts 8/6

Photos by Ed Piper

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LJ b water polo 14, Santana 4 - Draz Classic 8/8

Photos by Ed Piper

The intimidating sight of 6'8" lefty Dexter Black

(with ball), the CIF Player of the Year. Displaying

a wingspan of almost seven feet, the senior scored

two goals, playing half the game, which was

shortened due to Classic rules.

LJ FB: Fall scrimmage - Offense 21, Defense 7

Photos by Ed Piper

Freshman Zakai Jackson (4) takes the ball

on a jet sweep left, with Kali DeBerry (left)

leading the way. QB Brody Bukich is #5.

Junior QB Brody Bukich (L) starts the offense

with running back Kali DeBerry (22)

to his right.

Baptiste "Bap" Ferton (22) gets ready to launch

a PAT kick late in scrimmage time.

Soph QB Ty Tortorice is about to receive

a snap in the Viking offense.

Defensive Coordinator Stephen Dixon (R) exhorts

his defense near the end of the 20-minute

scrimmage from 10:30 to 10:50 a.m.

Lineman Zach "Snacks" Gergurich huddles with

fellow defenders during a break: "I weigh about

255 (pounds) right now."

Zakai Jackson (4) makes a short gain before

he is tackled from behind. At far left, Kali

DeBerry is leading the way, blocking

on the jet sweep.

Junior running back Kali DeBerry takes the

handoff from quarterback Brody Bukich (5).

The back had a couple of nice runs, as well

as a catch in the middle for a short gain.

LJ b water polo: Post-tryout AM workout 8/6

Photos by Ed Piper

Field player/twin Simon Glenister: "We don't

know who's older."

Lev Kevorkian

Lefty/twin Henry Glenister

 Senior "Big Bad" Dexter Black, 6'6", CIF San Diego

Section Player of the Year

Worker lines up donor tiles on second panel,

to the left of the original set of tiles.

Varsity and JV players work on passing in

triangles of three during the last portion

of the workout at 8:50 a.m. (Traffic going

into La Jolla to visit practice at that hour

was a bear, on both the 52 and via

Soledad Mountain Road.)

LJ FB: Preseason practice 8/5

Photos by Ed Piper

Defensive Coordinator Stephen Dixon (standing,

right) runs his defense through an "install" as

part of classroom instruction during preseason

practice. In each session, Dixon (defense) or

head coach Tyler Roach (offense) introduces

a scheme on their side of the ball--or a tweak,

slight change, variation, and so forth.

Viking punter/kicker Ryan Hassankhani (88)

receives instruction from Brock Miller,

who kicked for Santa Fe Christian (Class

of 2010), then went on to play for

Southern Utah, then NFL teams the Giants,

49ers, and Rams, as well as in the USFL.

Ryan's takeaways for Wednesday: Narrower

base; parallel drop arm; more turn on the ball.

LJ FH: Tryouts day 3 (of 3) - 8/5

Photos by Ed Piper

Junior "Milty" (Ella Milton) (right) runs with

teammates one of 10 100-yard-sprints (a full

football field) in a certain amount of time

as part of Coach Amanda Combs Warford's

tryouts and training Wed., Aug. 5.

5'8" senior midfielder Reese Lejuwaan (center)

runs the time trial alongside junior Ella Pearl

(left) and senior Talia Snider.

Starting goalkeeper Adalee Branstetter, a junior,

chats on the sidelines with a compression sleeve

on her right leg, as she rests her right knee.

She is prepping for the start of games next

week.

LJ flag FB: Tryouts 8/3 - day 1 (of 2) before school starts

Photos by Ed Piper

She (back left) can fling it.

Agility drills

Coach Matt Butcher (rear left) speaks to prospects

for the first official Viking flag football team

in CIF - "there will be a lot of firsts".