LJ sports: Finding a place to play

As things are pieced together, La Jolla High is working out where physical education classes are going to take place next year while the football field is replaced.

Also, the multitudinous (my mother liked that word) sports teams representing the school will have to find fields to practice on throughout the year. The only exempt teams are the baseball and softball teams, which have their own fields that are not being renovated.

At the football gala/fundraiser Sat., May 30, a player said during presentations that the football team(s) will practice up above on the baseball field at Muirlands Middle School.

Another school, University City, has had the varsity baseball team work out at McElroy Field on Governor Dr. while its new baseball field is constructed.

Mission Bay High just had its new football stadium--a beautiful facility--and track unveiled earlier in the spring track season. The Vikings' track teams, girls and boys, were fortunate to compete on the track the fourth day it was in use.

LJHS coach Paul Byrne had to bring starter blocks, because there weren't any available on the MBHS track at that early point. The hurdles races couldn't be run, because nobody had any hurdles. But that was part of the joy of the newness of the place.

Right next door, the football stadium awaits La Jolla's varsity football games Sept. 4, which is the Friday beginning the long Labor Day Weekend; two weeks later, Sept. 18; and finally, the Buccaneers' home game hosting the Vikings Oct. 9. The last is the Western League opener. That should be exciting.

Bishop's, which hijacked LJHS last year, and West Hills, a host for summer passing leagues in the past, are the two earlier opponents in the games at Mission Bay.

An unusual circumstance surrounds the Vikings' opening game of the football season next fall: a Saturday night opener. That's at least according to one schedule that has been released. (The other schedule cites a Friday night game, but Aug. 22 is a Saturday.) We'll have to check to confirm that.


Copyright 2015 Ed Piper