La Jolla will host Scripps Ranch in the first round of the Division 2 playoffs Fri., Nov. 7, at Edwards Stadium.
The brackets, announced Sun., Nov. 2, revealed the Vikings' fate after a 48-35 thumping of Madison three days before. Coach Tyler Roach and his squad had hoped to earn a first-round bye, having sat in the first four schools ranked in Division 2 two weeks ago.
But that privilege didn't come to be, as MaxPreps' logarithm placed them out of the top four at number five, opposite Scripps Ranch, the12th seed.
Football playoff brackets are posted for all divisions on the CIF website at cifsds.org.
The Vikings' loss to St. Augustine 41-35 at Mesa College Oct. 24 didn't help them any, as they dropped out of the fourth seed that looked like it was coming their way.
Still, the fifth seed is remarkable after La Jolla's struggle offensively after senior quarterback Huddy Smith went down with a concussion during the Point Loma game Sept. 26, which effectively ended his season. Freshman Ty Tortorice filled in at QB, then late in the season Roach went to junior Emerson Rota, who had been out with a fractured collarbone.
Since then, for the past three weeks, Rota has had a remarkable run of games at the central position, completing 59 of 89 passes for 719 yards and nine touchdowns. The Vikings eked out wins in two of those three games, narrowly edging San Diego High 36-33 in a shootout at the OK Corral on Oct. 17.
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