Charlie Gal, shown here congratulating
Reed Farley (33) during the Vikings'
51-44 win at West Hills in the CIF
semifinals, will have a lot more
seasoning next fall.
(Photo by Ed Piper)
By Ed Piper
Paul Baranowski, head coach of La Jolla High boys basketball, listed the following teams in a new league configuration, not yet official: Serra, Scripps Ranch, Patrick Henry, Hoover, and Madison, along with the Vikings.
"We won't know until May 15," the veteran coach said by phone May 3. That's when the CIF council tasked with official league configurations meets to finalize the new lineups.
"It's based on the last five years and power rankings," said the former Arizonan, who said he had hoped to take La Jolla to a summer league in Flagstaff this summer, but the timing just doesn't work out.
Baranowski said the varsity won't participate in the Montgomery league this summer, which one observer sees as a positive change due to the soft opponents LJHS often seemed to face. But the coach insisted that play in that South County league provided valuable game-condition experience for several younger players in the La Jolla program.
In the summer basketball information he released, the La Jolla coach showed both varsity and JV's will play Tuesdays in the Hoover league. In addition, the varsity will play in the West Hills Invitational again this year, June 17-19.
Other familiar engagements from past years will include Point Loma Nazarene and Grossmont.
The Vikings went to the CIF Division 2 championship game the past season, before falling to Country Day. They will return Reed Farley, Charlie Gal, Daniel McColl, Nick Hammel, and Quinn Rawdin from that squad.
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