Viking back Sonia Wu (right) contests ball
with Anahi Briones (7) of the Warriors
in first-half play. (Photo by Ed Piper)
By Ed Piper
To the untrained eye, the Vikings, in their 2025-26 season opener, looked like a well-oiled machine.
Fifth-year coach Austin Mobley told the players in the pregame huddle, overheard on the periphery, "Some things are going to be disorganized in some areas."
But what La Jolla brought Wednesday night, Dec. 12, under a "Cold Moon" (super moon with chilly temperatures) looking like a shiny silver dollar, was enough to down visiting Fallbrook 2-0 behind first half goals by Zara Griffis and Hannah Woolf.
Griffis, a senior wing, punched in a rebound in the far left of the goal after a direct kick. Woolf, a junior and one of three Woolf sisters on the same varsity team, took a pass from Maddy Williams from the left to drill in her kick.
Mobley, whose squad appears to be stocked with talent, played several players in the free-substitution system. The Vikings would look to improve greatly on last year's campaign, with the majority of players back from 2024-25 and a year older, a year more mature. La Jolla won only one game last year and failed to win a game in the City League.
Asked late in the game how things were, junior Norah Zadeyan, walking down the sidelines with a teammate, said, "We scored two goals. That's good," a smile on her face. She earlier clarified that while she was sitting out Wednesday, she would play Fri., Dec. 5 at home against Helix.
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