Goalie Morgan "Mogie" Watson scoops up
loose ball as Ryan Blackburn helps defend
in closing minutes with five-point lead secure.
(Photo by Ed Piper)
By Ed Piper
La Jolla's boys lacrosse team went on a 9-2 streak after trailing by three goals in the second quarter, and earned a place in the CIF Division 2 championship game with a convincing 13-8 win over Valley Center Wed., May 18, at Mission Bay High.
Tyler Cook, a compact and quick 5'7", scored three goals in a row down the stretch to help the Vikings salt the victory and face Del Norte in the finals, which will be played Sat., May 21, at Granite Hills High at 2:30 p.m.
After a 2-2 tie at the end of one quarter, La Jolla quickly fell behind, 5-2 as the Jaguars, aroused and playing in front of a small but vocal rooter-bus contingent from Valley Center, put the Vikings on their heels.
The margin was 6-4 at halftime. La Jolla coach Tom Duerr fed his players something at halftime, because they roared out and immediately reversed their second-quarter tentativeness with aggressive play and a flurry of goals.
Freshman Uee Wintringer netted two goals in clutch time. Senior Connor Usselman scored a hat trick in the game. Cook, on the move, kept Valley Center on the ropes with his three consecutive goals, spread across the close of the third quarter and the beginning of the final period.
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