By Ed Piper
La Jolla High coach Paul Baranowski featured several of his young bucks from his stable of talented freshmen that completed successful seasons last winter, as the Vikings concluded play in the Point Loma Nazarene University Team Camp Sat., July 9, with a pair of late afternoon/evening games.
Nick Hulquist, Jacob Duffy, and Evan Brown were among those who faced a juggernaut Mater Dei team, which has several scholarship players who showed why the Crusaders recruited them in the first place. Final score was 52-33. Mater Dei opened up a merciless 25-3 lead in the first half before La Jolla found its feet a little.
In the nightcap, La Jolla played Valley Christian of Cerritos, the eighth of eight games over two weekends of the PLNU annual event. The two weekends of play are separated by an off weekend, in which Baranowski has his team play in the Grossmont High camp.
Rising junior Charlie Gal, who played a game with his travel team in Anaheim Saturday morning but said he wasn't tired Saturday afternoon, had trouble with the tall and capable Mater Dei bigs in the first game. He wasn't able to go into his favorite move with his back to the basket at the right block,with the Crusaders' length inhibiting not only Dale but his teammates as well from moving freely.
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