Shooting in the gloaming

By Ed Piper

The local news note the other day (U.S. Women's Amateur match play ends in darkness, Aug. 9) reminded me of my own pulling my car up next to school basketball courts in my hometown and shooting baskets in the illumination of my headlights.

In the playoff Aug. 8 at San Diego Country Club, headlights and cellphone lights were used to help competitors move along. Eleven started the playoff for eight spots. Five were still left when darkness was finally called, competing for the remaining four spots. They had to start the next morning at 7 a.m. to eliminate one golfer.

In my hometown of Camarillo, I used to drive onto the courts and shoot at night. I did this a handful or more times. Maybe many times. Later in my shooting days, which are long past, I wasn't quite as mobile as I had been as a young pup, so I merely went for free-throw streak records.

It could be quite dizzying, looking up at the same basket from the same foul line, tens of times. I broke a hundred in a row, pushed it to 114 or 119.

You had to go run and get the ball after it went through the hoop each time. But the advantage was, there were no distractions, no one to bother you.

I did this at Camarillo Heights, I believe the second-oldest elementary school in Camarillo. It is in the Heights, which take you up Anacapa Drive from the main drag, Las Posas Road, up an ascent above the city.

That school was where my brother and I, newly moved to Camarillo from the only home I had known in Long Beach, were thrust onto the play field for youth baseball tryouts in April 1964. Our family had moved due to our dad's work transfer only two months before, on Tuesday, February 11. I remember the exact day we moved. We were allowed to miss school our travel day, Tuesday, and the next day, but our parents put their foot down and said Steve and I had to go to school Thursday, February 13. Our sister got a break, being older and in the eighth grade--she didn't have to enroll until Friday. Lucky girl.

Then, on the shooting frontier (this was long before there was a three-point arc--I could have been good behind that), at Monte Vista Intermediate School downtown, I got busted one time. I never did vandalism or drive untowardly, like on the grass fields to make doughnuts. But a Camarillo city policeman came and told me I had to leave. Oh, well.

I don't know how well I was shooting that night. Probably pretty well. One of my strengths as a basketball player was my ability to shoot outside. But again, I never made a three-pointer, because at that time they only existed in the ABA (now defunct) back then, and people thought they were kind of like a circus shot. They probably associated it with the ABA, which was a minor league compared with the established NBA, with inferior talent and unbalanced competition, although superstars like Dr. J and the Ice Man, George Gervin, played in the NBA. (That was because of money--they could get enormous contracts in the bidding wars between the two leagues.)

Pair of unusuals

The Vikes' Daniel
McColl drives
inside against
Mission Bay
Dec. 3, 2016.
(Photos by Ed Piper)

 

Teammate Reed
Farley skies to protect
the basket in the
same game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Ed Piper

The past year saw two unusual student athletes graduate after four years at La Jolla High.

I include "athlete": Both had GPA's in the 4-point something's. Way up there.

Everybody in the Viking family is familiar with them: Reed Farley, in basketball, and Daniel McColl, in everything--basketball as a teammate of Farley's, football, and finally volleyball.

I think God has a great sense of humor. In Reed's case, when he injured his knee in late January 2017, ending his high school career, he was five points shy of Steve Higgins' career total for second place all-time at La Jolla.

Five measly points.

I know Reed has a sense of humor. I haven't talked to him specifically about this, but I'm sure he would have a big chuckle over the irony of it. All he needed was to score the layup he injured his leg on, hit a three, and make a free throw, and he would be second all-time among Viking boys scorers.

Not that second place is that great. Nothing to be ashamed of, though.

Higgins played his Viking basketball in 1968-1970, long before there was a three-point arc or a shot clock to hurry up the number of shots.

Looking at the LJHS all-time points board, Grayson Moyer, who played just before I began covering Viking football and basketball, 2001-2004, is way ahead of both Higgins and Farley at 1,772 points. No way Reed was going to reach that, even if Reed shot every time down court and Coach Paul Baranowski's team went to the state championship. You just can't make that many points from where Farley was standing.

Unusual? Yes, in the talent he displayed. I have said this multiple times before in this column: No other Viking boys basketball player has evidenced the level of individual talent that Reed Farley did during my 13--I'm starting my 14th--years covering Viking sports.

Plus he is just an incredible team player. The other guys loved him, and enjoyed interacting with him, because he is just a good, fun, outgoing guy.

Now for McColl, who played in the front court, knocking bodies over, while Farley was often out at the point, or not infrequently coming in from the left baseline (opposite McColl's low post on the right baseline) to take an alley oop for a slam dunk (i.e., a year ago in summer league at Grossmont, and several other times--fun to photograph).

What Daniel did that was totally extraterrestrial was this: He built up his body to 255 pounds for football, and ran not around but over and through people as a bruising running back on offense and a scary linebacker on defense for the LJHS football team.

I remember watching him hang out with his fellow basketball players, I think his junior year. He walked up to someone and bumped into them with a small smile on his lips. The other kid's body moved. Daniel enjoyed it. He could physically move people around like that, even off the gridiron.

But, like Farley, McColl is a good guy. I'm not implying otherwise.

Then, when volleyball called to him, after his senior year of football he worked his body down to a stunning 205 pounds--for basketball, then volleyball.

All it got him, along with his grandmother Yolanda's high estimate of his athleticism, and tons of desire, was CIF Player of the Year in volleyball. He led Coach Dave Jones' boys team to the school's first Open Division championship in any sport. (The Open Division, for any of you who don't know, is the highest division in CIF.)

As Jones pointed out, McColl never played club volleyball, as did all the star volleyball players around him--he, measuring an adequate 6'2", dwarfed by 6'8" Nathaniel Gates, 6'7" Gabe Vargas, 6'7" Chase Blackwell. You get the idea. These guys all devoted year-round to volleyball, and McColl, playing volleyball only during the high school season, went from a bench-sitter his junior year to leader and Player of the Year his senior year.

Phenomenal.

LJ b BB: Digging Diego

Guard Diego Solis (center), flanked by teammates

(L-R) Behzad Hashemi (foreground), Jacob Duffy,

Evan Brown, and Gabe Solis (foreground).

(Photo by Ed Piper) 

By Ed Piper

The story behind part of Diego Solis' effective shooting for the La Jolla High varsity this summer--despite his being a rising freshman--is the following:

"When I was younger, I was shy playing with older kids," Diego says.

"In the fifth grade, I broke my (right) ankle. I shot. That's all I did." And the lefty's outside shot got better and better.

Until this past spring and summer, when Solis, the younger brother of teammate Gabe, a junior, shot very efficiently.

For example, Diego hit a three from one of his sweet spots, outside the arc to the left of the top of the key, in the second quarter against Olympian in a game in the Montgomery High league July 12.

That came after his layup to put the Vikings up, 13-8, early in the quarter. This all shows the confidence and assurance that Solis has displayed--and all before he even matriculates at La Jolla High.

The southpaw's three built an 18-10 red-and-black lead midway through the stanza. The Vikings held on that night for a 53-40 win, even though they led the Eagles by as much as 18 late in the game.

Solis, who his dad says is "extremely shy"--though you wouldn't know it in a one-on-one interview--really put on the dog later in the second period: He stripped the ball defense, then took it in for a layup. 25-12 advantage.

Do you do anything right-handed?

"I brush righty."

Write?

"Lefty."

"I kick righty, though."

A dessert you like?

"Oreo ice cream."

Food?

"Burritos."

Did you grow up in San Diego?

"Yes."

You look comfortable and effective on the basketball court.

"I have good teammates," he says modestly, "and my coach has given me opportunities."

Have you always been confident out there?

See above.

LJ FB: Mad Max and the super sophs

New assistant coach Max Medrano

at La Costa Canyon 7-on-7 tourney

June 24--trying to catch some shade

between games on a warm day.

(Photo by Ed Piper)

By Ed Piper

"Have you seen the athleticism of the sophomores? I want to stay around for a while to see them develop," said an intense, enthusiastic Max Medrano, new assistant coach working with defensive backs on the La Jolla High football team.

He highlighted the names of sophomores Finn Rice--"he's a football player"--Jack Wiese--same--Matthew Hammel--"I see him as a Division 1 pitcher in baseball" besides his potential in football--and Matthew Kelly, all who are showing the ability to make plays in varsity workouts this summer despite having just completed their freshman years.

Medrano, whose goal eventually is to be a defensive coordinator, said, "I take my football pretty seriously. I played at Cathedral Catholic." He played under long-time Don head coach Sean Doyle, and star running back Tyler Gaffney, who later played at Stanford and is now a Jacksonville Jaguar in the NFL, was a teammate.

"Starting week of official workouts (Aug. 1-4) was good, because the guys weren't too physical in their first week in pads," said Medrano, grabbing some healthy food at Sprouts on Sunday evening, Aug. 6. His mother, Jane Medrano, is an English/Language Arts teacher at La Jolla High, and is the academic tutor--and rabid fan--for the Viking football program.

The younger Medrano will coach on both the varsity and junior varsity teams. This is his first year of coaching.

"We're bringing a whole (new) culture of football to guys who have never played football," he said, eyes focused, thoughts keenly tuned to the student athletes he has been working with through the spring and summer, ever since new head coach Tyler Roach tapped him for an assistant coaching position. "I like to see that."

Particularly high on some of the younger athletes, especially ones who will lead the junior varsity football team this fall--speaking of the super sophs--"Mad Max" said, "I see it being like the seniors who just graduated. The sophomores who are coming up are athletic" and are going to end up blossoming as they move into their upperclassman years. "They're athletic in football, lacrosse, baseball" and other sports.

"It's a good program," the former Don said of the Viking athletic program overall. "The softball team, the soccer teams, lacrosse. They're all doing well."

"The athletic facilities we have (newly finished last year) are like the ones we had at Cathedral," he said, fire in his eyes. They're excellent, in other words.

Medrano is also high on Carsten Fehlan, the junior quarterback. "It's a good situation for him this year," he asserted. "He can watch and see what Trevor Scully (a senior quarterback) is doing. He can learn from that."

"What Carsten needs to do is get more mobile. He's a volleyball player, so he is used to posting himself in one position." Medrano expressed confidence that Fehlan, a star who led the junior varsity last year, will develop and make the adjustments necessary to be a successful quarterback on the varsity level.

The coach also commented on Kenny Hayden, the lefty senior quarterback who has been rehabbing a knee and did not play in 7-on-7 competitions against other teams during the summer. "You can see he's big. He's physical." It remains to be seen how Scully and Hayden will be employed by Roach, as Scully has the advantage of a junior season starting at Mission Bay, "playing with the best athletes" with the Buccaneers (Medrano's comment), before transferring back to La Jolla High this summer. Hayden saw limited action at quarterback as a junior, with senior Cole Dimich calling signals for the varsity under former head coach Matt Morrison.

In the Vikings' last 7-on-7 in July against El Capitan, West Hills, and Christian, Scully took all the snaps at quarterback. Prior to that, Scully had shared duties with Fehlan, who in the previous four-team round-robin was inserted about halfway through, before Roach brought Scully back out.

"I want to move the guys ahead to college on their football and academics," Medrano said, reflecting the emphasis on keeping their studies up that his mother helps bring to the program through her ardent and attentive work in tutoring the football players on their homework assignments.

Prep sports: Norris and Horizon

By Ed Piper

This is soapbox time, so if you want to steer clear of discussion of the present state of high school and youth sports, and you just want to read fluffy stories about your kids' teams, don't read this.

Earlier this week (Aug. 1), the local paper carried two items on high school sports that kind of pushed my buttons. One was on Helix basketball superstar Miles Norris's transfer to New Hampshire Academy, a basketball factory masquerading as a high school, and Horizon High School's closing its doors.

Being of that faith, I have a hard time with Christian schools that recruit. You look at their basketball team, and you wonder what the players on that team have to do with that school's mission to educate and get a high school diploma. The kids don't reflect the student body. The coach acts like he's a pro coach, focused only on his team's performance on the court. Maybe that's not fair, but that is an impression that schools' programs yield themselves to.

Ever since I was sports editor of my college newspaper, I could never fathom the abuses of the system--as I see it--by faith-based schools. Remember, I'm a retired life-long public school teacher, and I hold the mission of our schools to teach the three R's--reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic--not to act as some kind of glorified pipeline for teens' dreams of getting a college athletic scholarship and/or playing in the pros.

I go way back for this example, and this is from my public school substitute-teaching, preceding my two decades teaching full-time in our county's juvenile court schools: I was subbing at a well-known high school in my home county, Ventura County. I was only going to be the substitute teacher for four days or so one week while the regular teacher was out sick. Lo and behold, a student in one of the teacher's five classes (this is before block schedule became the vogue as it is now) was battling for eligibility for that Friday night's football game, I believe.

So, not being inappropriate or applying undue pressure, the team's coach inquired of me--since the regular teacher was home, sick, and nowhere to be contacted (pre-cell phone days, with texting; pre-email days also)--if the student had a chance of being eligible, despite the "D" or whatever it was I put on his weekly progress report.

Now, mind you, I'm not on a power trip to ruin a boy's week by keeping him out of the week's football game. But on the other hand, would he have had such an advocate asking about bettering his grade if he weren't on the team? In one way, it's not fair to other students that he has this coach in his corner. On the other hand, maybe that's a pretty good situation: the student is accountable to the coach of a team he truly wants to play for, so there's a lever there that can be pulled to ratchet-up his motivation, thus equaling more study and more learning.

I forget what the outcome was--if he played or didn't that Friday.

The only point I have to make is that the tail--sports--start wagging the dog--the student's academic career and route toward a high school diploma, when you get into situations like (1) Horizon's recruiting (CIF has a rule against recruiting, but everyone knows which schools will take your call to play on their team--just look at the rosters), which was always a negative on that school's image for me, and (2) Norris the 12th-grade superstar's transfer to a faraway basketball factory.

Now, on Norris, to give some background: Others know a lot more about this than I do, but when I attended the prestigious annual Under Armour Holiday Basketball Classic at Torrey Pines after Christmas, there was a whole division consisting of teams from "prep schools"--which is a joke academically--and academies like New Hampshire. The commercialism these days is crass and sickens me--new shoes and outfits all around, banners of the sponsors, whether Under Armour, Nike, or whoever. What does this have to do with high school basketball? Nothing, and that's why John Olive, head coach at Torrey Pines High who runs the tournament, and the sponsoring sports apparel business wisely created a whole different division.

I mean, really, 19-year-olds who can slam-dunk with their eyes closed, who are beyond the age of normal high school enrollment? Wise move to keep them in their own little fish aquarium. Believe me, it was eye-popping to watch the incredible talent of the individual players. I loved it as a basketball fan. But as an educator, I see it as further crass commercialism and corruption of prep sports, and exploitation of young people.

A member of my extended family and I went round-and-round over this--Norris' impending transfer to NHA--Tuesday (Aug. 1). It comes down to me blaming the parents for not looking out for their own children's welfare and futures. Another high school basketball star transferring among three schools in his four years of high school eligibility. A junior, years ago, leaving San Diego High before the end of the 11th grade to turn pro in Israel. (Sad story, washed out with immaturity and no work ethic, besides showing himself to be unteachable to willing adult teammates who wanted to help him. Now what's he doing? Mopping floors, with no high school diploma?)

And, do you know what, some of these kids being ferried from school-to-school are African-American. Where is the emphasis on hitting the books as a plan for their future lives? A minute fraction are going to make the pros (i.e., NBA), and all of them are going to need reading, writing, math skills to get a job in the real world, whether after their careers or when they find there are hundreds, thousands of other players just as good as them. My colleague in teaching, Charles Muhammad, a former NFL player, bemoaned the fact the parents of his African-American students only cared about sports and not their children's ability to read and write and completion of assignments.

Looking at my sports coverage, I hope that you see I emphasize student athletes who play for their home high schools. Eric Sondheimer spoke my thoughts when he wrote in his coverage of high school sports in the Los Angeles area, "I'm going to put the spotlight on kids who stay home and play for their neighborhood schools." That is the impact I can have for what I see as the good in high school sports.

One (African-American) dad (not at La Jolla High) told me, "It's not a plantation. My son should be able to play wherever he wants." His son happens to be 6'11", with tons of athletic talent, and he transferred to a high school that started four transfers (of five starting positions) last year. Yeah, but how about the others who don't have the family support, and aren't getting a good education along with their high school attendance?

I hear a lot of criticism of Jerry Schniepp, the present commissioner of the CIF San Diego Section. Heck, it's not his fault. When CIF, state-wide, but section-by-section, changed its rule on athletic transfers from sitting out the first month of the season to no sit-out period at all, Jerry Schniepp didn't cause that. It's parents who are relentless in being quick to go the legal route by hiring a lawyer to threaten and pursue a grievance in court to let their kid play anywhere they dang well please. It's a selfish, me-me-me environment that parents engender when they look out for their own kids' sports prospects, and lose track of the bigger picture, as I see it--a good education and preparation for the future.

LJ FB: LT signs with LJ

By Ed Piper

These are the dog days of summer, when school teams are almost completely shut down, summer league boys and girls basketball has concluded, and official football workouts start as per CIF regulations--though the footballers have been practicing in some form all along except for the no-contact "dead period".

So, along comes a highlight for La Jolla High football, and that's that L.T. is footing it for the Vikings. "Who's that?" asked a reporter on the field during warmups before new head coach Tyler Roach's team faced El Capitan, West Hills, and Christian in a four-way 7-on-7 round-robin Tues., July 25 at Edwards Field.

"L.T.", came a teammate's answer. "What's L.T. stand for?" came the next question. "I don't know. Hey, L.T., what are your names?"

"Lawrence Taylor." Same as the former New York Giant great, a Hall of Fame linebacker. I thought he was kidding. "No, that's really my name," said the 5'9" rising sophomore, getting back in line to take some warm-up passes from the Viking quarterbacks. Kenny Hayden, the lefty who has been out on physical rehabilitation the whole summer, was throwing passes to receivers. That was good to see. He'll be vying with fellow senior Trevor Scully for quarterback duties under Roach's new offensive platform.

The original L.T., of course, was famous for his quote in 1987 about his influence as a celebrity on young people: "I'm no role model."

The good thing he did, I guess, was play hard and strive for excellence. Speaking as a classroom teacher who sees how much public figures affect young, impressionable fans, I say he flunked the role model issue.

You can't deny you're an influence, and use that as an excuse to act like a jerk. Thank God for the positive role models who embrace the role--as famous people, they're going to affect people, whether they accept that fact or not.

Anyway, back to the Viking gridiron, La Jolla starts its official preseason workouts today, Aug. 1. A parent asked Head of Operations John McColl about "Hell Week", which used to be an annual rite consisting of two- or even three-a-day killer workouts at the start of the preseason to toughen the core players and weed out the lesser-committed. It was often characterized by someone passing out due to the heat. Unfortunately, we still get the reports each year of a prep or college football player who dies during strenuous workouts in the summer heat.

"We don't have Hell Week anymore," came McColl's reply. What's an irony is that while CIF state-wide is working to limit more and more how much hitting contact prep football players build up over the calendar year, CIF is also increasing the number of games teams competing for a state title are having to play. Next year the season will be pushed back a week to allow for state championships in all three sports seasons--fall, winter, and spring--so that we will see our Vikings play their opening game, not at the end of August as it is now, but a week earlier--closer to the middle of August. Isn't that kind of ridiculous?, stating my own opinion. I think it's overkill.

"I like the competitiveness of the guys this summer," said Roach before the 7-on-7. "The competitiveness of the guys showing up."

Roach, who has been very upbeat, energetic, and positive as the new face of LJHS football since being hired in the spring to replace the departed Matt Morrison, explained that several potential team members have been taking summer school classes this summer in an attempt to be eligible this fall. English teacher and football tutor Jane Medrano has been highly visible this summer, connecting with team members and encouraging them in their endeavors.

"They're (the summer school attendees) missing some of the morning workouts, because they're in class. They've been able to come to some of the 7-on-7 games," explained Roach, a former UCHS standout.

Who is eligible and who will be on the turf will be revealed on this first day of official preseason practice.

Then, on Friday, Aug. 4, the team will pack up and drive to Big Bear for the annual camp away from home, designed to build team cohesiveness. McColl was spotted buying four brightly-colored balls for team camp at WalMart earlier in the week. "We have to have balls for dodge ball, right?" the long-time LJHS assistant said with a grin as he moved toward the registers.

Roach, back at the round-robin against El Capitan (a returner from an earlier passing event), West Hills, and Christian--the latter a smaller-school football powerhouse which will play in the Honor Bowl at the start of September--said the no-contact period over July 4 served its purpose. The players accumulate some rust during two weeks of inactivity, but the time off also allows them to lie low and regenerate before the big push toward the fall season beginning in August.

"We hope to see a lot of energy. This is our last time (of competition against other teams) before we put on the pads in our scrimmage against Mission Bay July 18," concluded Roach.

The season opener comes versus Hilltop a week later, though to be played at Sweetwater due to construction on the Hilltoppers' field.

LJ FB: 7-on-7 vs. El Capitan, West Hills, Christian

Receiver Gabe Solis leaps to snag a pass from

quarterback Trevor Scully against West Hills.
(Photos by Ed Piper)

By Ed Piper

25-min. mini-games
Start on the 40 - 3 downs to get to the 30 (no first down)
On the 30 - 4 downs to get to the 10 (20 yards)
On the 10 - 4 downs to score (10 yards)
Teams call sack on their own quarterback if he doesn't pass within approximately 3.7 seconds

La Jolla: Rising senior Trevor Scully took all snaps at quarterback, though rising senior Kenny Hayden, rehabbing a knee, threw passes to receivers in warm-ups.

LJ vs. El Capitan - first rotation

LJ offense

1st possession
began 4:33 p.m.
From the 40: 2nd and 10 - complete to Sola Hope 3 yards left side
From the 40: 3rd and 7 - complete to Tucker Jacobs 6 yards right side
From the 40: 4th and 1 - complete to Gabe Solis 26 yards near right sideline throw over defender
From the 10: 1st and goal on the 5 - sack
From the 10: 2nd and goal on the 5 - incomplete to Tucker Jacobs
From the 10: 3rd and goal on the 5 - complete to Tucker Jacobs TD 5 yards middle, three yards into end zone
ended 4:38 p.m.

QB Trevor Scully delivers

after making his reads

in four-way 7-on-7.

2nd possession
began 4:40 p.m.
From the 40: 2nd and 10 - complete to Finn Rice 19 yards left side
From the 30: 1st and 11 - sack
From the 30: 2nd and 11 - complete to Zach Garcia? 6 yards
From the 30: 3rd and 5 - incomplete to Finn Rice middle in end zone diving attempted catch
From the 30: 4th and 5 - complete to Gabe Solis 5 yards good grab reaching behind him
From the 10: 1st and goal on the 10 - complete back right of the end zone leaping catch
ended 4:44 p.m.

3rd possession
began 4:49 p.m.
From the 40: 2nd and 10 - sack
From the 40: 3rd and 10 - incomplete almost a pick
From the 40: 4th and 10 - incomplete to Finn Rice middle batted down by defender turnover on downs

4th possession
began 4:52 p.m.
From the 40: 2nd and 10 - complete to Gabe Solis 23 yards a bullet throw
From the 30: 1st and ? - complete to Gabe Solis right side in end zone leaping catch
ended 4:54 p.m.

Vike defender D'yhar Sturgis

before the scrimmages.

El Capitan offense
Righty quarterback with a nice spiral, quick release

1st possession
began 4:38 p.m.
From the 40: 2nd and 10 - complete 5 yards left side

2nd possession
3rd possession

LJ vs. West Hills - second rotation

LJ offense

1st possession
began 5:09 p.m.
From the 40: 2nd and 10 - incomplete to Gabe Solis jumped too early long bullet
From the 40: 3rd and 10 - complete to Gabe Solis 27 yards middle - long run after catch with moves had LJ sideline whooping
From the 30: 1st and 3 - incomplete
From the 30: 2nd and 3 - sack
From the 30: 3rd and 3 - complete to Sola Hope 10 yards near left sideline - leaped to almost evade defender to get into end zone
From the 10: 1st and goal on the 3 - incomplete to Gabe Solis middle leaping in the end zone - almost had it but defender pulled ball down to knock it loose
From the 10: 2nd and goal on the 3 - complete to Gabe Solis TD middle front of end zone
ended 5:14 p.m.

2nd possession
began 5:17 p.m.
From the 40: 2nd and 10 - incomplete
From the 40: 3rd and 10 - complete to Jack Wiese 10 yards left side
From the 30: 1st and 20 - sack
From the 30: 2nd and 20 - complete to Jack Wiese? 8 yards middle
From the 30: 3rd and 12 - complete 12 yards short pass then zigzag run
From the 10: 1st and goal on the 10 - incomplete
From the 10: 2nd and goal on the 10 - complete to Gabe Solis 5 yards left side leaping catch
From the 10: 3rd and goal on the 5 - complete to Finn Rice 5 yards TD catch in end zone

3rd possession
began 5:29 p.m.
From the 40 - 2nd and 10 - incomplete to Israel Sandoval thrown too long - time called 5:30 p.m.

LJ vs. Christian - third rotation

LJ offense

1st possession
From the 40: 2nd and 10 - complete to Tucker Jacobs 10+ yards right side
From the 40: 3rd and ? - complete to Sola Hope 5 yards middle
From the 30: 1st and 15 - incomplete to Tucker Jacobs
From the 30: 2nd and 15 - complete to Michael Wells 13 yards left side in the flat
From the 30: 3rd and 1 1/2 - sack
From the 30: 4th and 1 1/2 - incomplete - turnover on downs
ended 5:37 p.m.
Comments: LJ's energy level seems to have dropped since earlier in the scrimmage. Another observer made the same observation.

2nd possession
began 5:44 p.m.
From the 40: 2nd and 10 - complete to Michael Wells 7 yards left side
From the 40: 3rd and 3 - incomplete to Phillip Pacleb
From the 40: 4th and 3 - incomplete - turnover on downs
ended 5:46 p.m.

3rd possession
began 5:50 p.m.
From the 40: 2nd and 10 - personal foul - LJ relinquishes ball

4th possession
began 5:58 p.m.
From the 40: 2nd and 10 - sack, completion too late to Zach Garcia middle right
From the 40: 3rd and 10 - complete to Sola Hope 19 yards middle, leaping catch, then juking for additional yards
From the 30: 1st and 11 - complete to Gabe Solis 15 yards, who was open, then juked for additional yards
From the 10: 1st and goal on the 6 - intercepted
time called 6:01 p.m.