LJCD girls cagers win 20th game The La Jolla Country Day (LJCD) School girls basketball team captured its 20th win of the season last week in a 59-50 victory over rival Bishop’s School. The win was the 16th straight for LJCD and clinched the Coastal South League championship for the Lady Torreys. LJCD took a 28-26 halftime lead and was up 42-40 at the end of the third quarter. It was a fourth-quarter 8-0 run charged by tenacious defense that lifted LJCD to victory. Sophomore Maya Hood paced the Lady Torreys with a double-double, scoring 16 points and grabbing 14 rebounds. Senior Ariana Elegado had 15 points and five assists, while Briteesha Solomon added nine points and four steals. Also playing well for the Lady Torreys was freshman Kelsey Plum with nine points and a key steal in the fourth quarter that helped the LJCD run. Junior Kaylah Miller added eight points, including 3-for-4 from the free-throw line, while sophomore Malina Hood added four points and three rebounds. Bryn Stark and Alissa Campanero paced Bishop’s School with 13 and 12 points, respectively. La Jolla High wrestlers place at tourney La Jolla High’s wrestling team saw action last week at the City Conference Tournament with several wrestlers gaining Top 5 finishes. David Blasquez grabbed a second-place finish (heavyweight), Quinn Strauser finished third (142 pounds) and Matt Vasques finished in fourth place (154 pounds). Pitcher Wells honored Former major league baseball pitcher David Wells, a Point Loma High School (PLHS) alum and former San Diego Padre, will be honored several times in the coming months by community groups. The school’s baseball field will be named in Wells’ honor at a ceremony Wednesday, Feb. 20 prior to the annual varsity versus alumni game. Wells has provided thrills for PLHS varsity players by pitching for the alumni team over the past two years and is expected to take the mound again. He will be joined by a squad of former players who wore Pointer colors dating from last year to some who played in the 1980s. Wells is perhaps best known for pitching only the 15th perfect game in major league baseball history on May 17, 1998. He joins fellow PLHS graduate Don Larsen, who pitched a perfect game in the 1956 World Series, making the Pointers the only high school in the U.S. that can boast of two such graduates. The ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. at the facility, located on the campus of Dana Middle School, 1775 Chatsworth Blvd.
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