LJ FB: Team Camp day 2 - 20 days till opener at Torrey Pines

Max Martinez (left), new defensive

line coach, runs a pursuit drill with

#45 having to get the QB (played

by assistant Felipe Alayza,

background).

(Photos by Ed Piper)

By Ed Piper

The clock is ticking...

There are 20 days until the football Vikings' season opener at perennial-power Torrey Pines Fri., Aug. 22.

On day 2 of La Jolla's on-campus Team Camp, new defensive line coach Max Martinez was running his charges through drills.

His boss, Defensive Coordinator Randy Cowell, he also in his first season in Vikingville, had just installed one of the looks of the 4-4-3 defense. "Amoeba", Cowell explained, "can have six guys rushing, five guys rushing, four guys rushing"--you get the idea.

And the Vikings' six newly-named 2025 team captains, all seniors--announced at the beach bonfire the night before, Fri., Aug. 1--kept up their modeling and hard work for their teammates.

Those captains are: Carson Diehl, wide receiver/safety; Charlie Martin, middle linebacker; Huddy Smith, starting quarterback; Taylor Jeffery, linebacker/running back; Logan Clark; and Dylan Haugum, defensive end/tackle.

DC Randy Cowell (left) installs one of the

looks of the Viking defense "Amoeba".