LJ track captures Sweetwater Relays
The La Jolla High track team captured the Sweetwater Relays last weekend.
La Jolla finished with 180 points, followed by Clairemont with 124. This meet is a total of boys and girls points. Some of the running relays were co-ed, while others were not.
All the field events were relays ” two boys and two girls. Of 21 events, La Jolla took 10 firsts and eight seconds, a pair of thirds and one fourth place.
In the field events, Ashley Fu won the long jump in 16′ 1-1/4″, and Allyn Meyer was third. Lauren Christensen and Melia Plotkin went one-two in the pole vault at 9′ 6″.
Charger Girls auditions set for March 31
The San Diego Charger Girls will hold auditions on Saturday, March 31, at the University of San Diego’s Jenny Craig Pavilion.
Preliminary auditions will be held on March 31, with interviews for finalists on April 2, followed by dance finals on April 3.
Those interested should complete an application and include a non-returnable photograph of themselves (5-by-7 or larger, black and white or color, head shot or full body shot) and send to: San Diego Charger Girls Auditions, 4020 Murphy Canyon Road, San Diego, CA 92123.
For more information, visit www.chargers.com.
La Jolla sluggers split pair of games
The La Jolla High varsity baseball team continued to play well as they split a pair of games last week in the Bully’s East Tournament.
Patrick Christensen threw six shutout innings, allowing only four hits and a hit batter, and Casey Richmond came on for the save as La Jolla defeated the Mission Hills Grizzlies 3-1.
Third baseman Jimmy Filter singled home the first run of the game in the third inning and put the Vikings up for good. La Jolla added a couple of insurance runs in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Trent Jemmett and a wild pitch that allowed Jack Peterson to score and secure the victory.
The win earned the Vikings a berth into the tournament championship game.
Despite a superb pitching performance by Richmond, the Vikings fell in the tournament championship 2-1 to Patrick Henry. Richmond tossed six innings, allowing two runs on five hits.
“We played very well again today ” we just ran into a very good team and an excellent pitcher, and the breaks just didn’t fall our way today,” La Jolla head coach Gary Frank noted. “This was our first championship game of any kind since the City Conference tournament in 2001, but if we continue to play like we did these first three weeks, it won’t be our last championship game appearance this year.”