By Ed Piper
One thing we learned watching the Viking boys in action (after an evening unsuccessfully trying to find the High Tech San Diego gym Friday night) Tues., Nov. 22, is that Jackson Diehl can sky.
The Viking-quarterback-turned-basketball-forward made repeated attempts to block shots by opposing Mission Viejo players in a Regional Rumble game at Madison High, and some successful. View the photo above.
Another thing we had confirmed was that La Jolla guard Sam Smith can shoot and score, as he plunked in 16 points, including two two-pointers in the second quarter, three more in the third quarter plus a three in that quarter.
Diehl is raw, still developing his basketball skills. Smith is more polished. But those weren't enough Tuesday as the Diablos lived up their name and bedeviled the Vikings from start to finish, jumping out to an 8-0 lead in the first quarter that forced La Jolla coach Paul Baranowski to call a quick timeout to quell the uprising.
The Vikings righted the ship soon after that, and even got within three points with about two minutes left in the game. But they gave up needless and easy baskets in crunch time, as coach Moe Golshani's crew broke through the LJ pressure adeptly.
Diablo guard Jaden Hubbard, 6'3", scored 32 points to be named "Player of the Game" by host Madison coach Mike Stuts. As a result, the entire Mission Viejo team was treated to Chick-fil-A chicken sandwiches.
Hubbard killed the Vikings with two threes in the opening quarter, and two more in the second. But to the credit of La Jolla's defense, he didn't sink any more threes the rest of the game.
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