LJ b golf. d. by PHenry 195-216 @ Mission Trails

Photos by Ed Piper

Junior Carter Brown follows through

as he tees off on the first tee.

Soph Charlie Wilkinson

(rear left, behind Brown)

gets his bag ready

to carry down to the

first fairway.

Charlie Wilkinson shows his

form off the blue markers

on the first hole at Mission

Trails.

A Henry golfer (behind) points out

to Charlie where his ball landed

on the first fairway.

LJ coach Christie Quinn (far

left) talks to Ben Itkin (near camera)

before he starts his round.

Itkin shot a 44 to tie for third

among the six varsity

Vikings.

Ryan Hassankhani, a lefty playing with

Itkin, keeps his weight back

as he drives the ball. The sophomore

shot a 46 on the day.

LJ track @ Dick Wilkins Frosh-Soph meet @ Del Norte HS - 4/25

Photos by Ed Piper

First handoff in sophomore 4x100m relay

by LJ runners. The Vike team ran

second in 45.05.

LJ freshman girls in third handoff of

4x100m relay.

LJ team of sophomores Vincent Mirabelli,

Liam Plezia, Vincent Hauser, and Preston Wilcher.

LJ team of freshmen Ayalea Elhassani,

Elliesun Sternberg, Sandra Fiorientini Costa,

and Ava Gorman.

LJ badminton @ Mira Mesa "rookies" tourney - 4/24

Photos by Ed Piper

Viking first-year players at the Mira Mesa tourney

include Ryan Vaughn (center, front row), Malika

Devarkonda, Arielle Sapozhnikov, Alina Schlachetzki,

Sydney Reinking, and Laura Low.

LJ baseball 15, Morse 2 - 4/22

Starter Will Griebe-Arzate, with his severe

body slant to the glove side, delivers a pitch

at Morse High Wed., April 22. The 6-foot

junior went the distance, scattering six hits

and striking out nine.

(Photo by Ed Piper)

By Ed Piper

La Jolla bats continued their recent high-scoring ways in City League play Wed., April 22, at Morse, as the Vikings ran around, through, and over the Tigers 15-2.

The victory Wednesday built on Coach Gary Frank's squad's 12-4 win in the first game of the week's three-game series against Morse Mon., April 20.

Two-three-four slot hitters Reed Turner, Joseph Crudo, and Charlie Martin, along with Harper Lane, all drove in a pair of runs apiece as the red-and-black once again piled on for 12 hits.

Will Griebe-Arzate, with his dad recording parts of the game on his phone from behind the backstop, went the distance against Coach Dallas Booker's Tigers, striking out nine, walking only one. The 11th-grader notched his third win against five losses and lowered his ERA to 3.07, yielding both earned runs.

In the first inning, leadoff hitter Carter Strauss singled, then scored on Turner's hit into centerfield. The visitors led, 1-0.

In the second, after Morse tied the game in the bottom of the first, La Jolla scored three more runs. First baseman Ryan Khourajian singled to center. He was picked off by pitcher Moises "Moi" Davison.

Lane then struck out, but he reached base on the mishandled pitch by the Tiger catcher, Tommy Killingsworth. Luke Cripe walked.

Brady Wilson drove a basehit over rightfielder Evan Prihoda's head, driving in Lane. With runners on first and third, Strauss came up to the plate. Wilson stole second base, and Killingsworth's throw was ill-advised and went into centerfield. Cripe came around for the second run of the inning.

Strauss walked. Cripe, nicknamed "Freaky" by his teammates for some unknown reason, popped out to second. Crudo also walked to load the bases.

With Martin, "Chubs" to his mates, at the plate, Brady scored on a passed ball for a 4-1 lead.

LJ diving vs. Scripps Ranch - 4/23

Photos by Ed Piper

Junior Alex Awbrey's sixth dive - a forward

flip (somersault) tuck (holding knees)

Junior Cole Weiss does a backward

tuck (hold knees) - dive #6.

Olivia Awbrey does a backward

straight (no bending) flip on her

sixth and final dive.

Freshman Payton Lukasik's forward

flip (somersault) tuck (hold knees)

on her sixth dive.

LJ baseball @ Morse - 4/22

Photos by Ed Piper

Brady Wilson (11) scores from third on a

passed ball in the top of the second inning.

First baseman Ryan Khourajian takes a

pickoff throw from pitcher Will Griebe-

Arzate on a runner in the bottom

of the second inning.

Harper Lane (1) leading off third base

in the top of the third inning.

Vikings huddle around Coach Gary Frank

in the dugout between innings.

The Morse program has quite a history. Adam

Jones (banner above) played the outfield

for the Orioles.

LJ b golf vs. Scripps Ranch @ Balboa Golf Course - 4/21

Photos by Ed Piper

Senior Lance Lin tees off

at the first hole at 3:46 p.m.

Sophomore Ryan Hassankhani starts

the arc of his swing from the tee

above the first green far below

at Balboa.

After the first two foursomes descend down the path

to the first fairway, LJ coach Christie Quinn

(far left) and her remaining golfers wait

for their own starts.

With downtown San Diego

a mile in the distance,

the Vikings follow the

paved path to the first tee.

Lance Lin takes Garfield the Cat with him

into battle against Scripps Ranch.

Freshman Ben Itkin shows the ball

he used for warmup on the putting

green. Itkin shot a 50 for nine holes.

Senior Tate Phillips shot

a 46. He acts as captain:

"This is the earliest

I have ever seen an LJ

team show up before

matches." Tate: "It's

all for the good

of the team."