With local scholastic baseball teams heading down the home stretch of their league season, La Jolla High moved its record to 8-9 overall (1-4 Western League) last week. In a 2-1 loss to Coronado, Dustin Ouellette threw a complete game on the mound and was a tough-luck loser for La Jolla, as the Vikings simply couldn’t muster any offense against Coronado’s Brian Crabb. Kyle Zimmer drove in the only run of the game for La Jolla with a single to left field in the third inning. La Jolla bounced back to defeat Coronado 2-1 in 10 innings the following day. Patrick Christensen threw seven innings, allowing only one run and striking out six. Sam Salom came on in relief and held the Islanders scoreless for three innings, while Yoshi Rothman drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th. La Jolla fell to Point Loma in the third and final game of the week, 9-0.  The Pointers pounded out 10 hits as the Vikings could only manage half that total. Christensen had two hits in the loss. “We’re struggling at the plate right now,” La Jolla High head coach Gary Frank commented. “Unfortunately, our entire team has gone into a batting slump at the same time. We’ve only scored seven runs in the last six games. It’s tough to win a lot of high school games when you’re averaging one run a game. We’re working hard, and hopefully we can turn things around next (this) week.” Elsewhere, The Bishop’s School (8-5, 2-0) continued its hot play last week with a 13-2 win over High Tech High. The Knights were led by Chris Ludwig (three hits, four runs, home run, two RBIs) and Joey Moreno (two hits, three RBIs). Winning pitcher Peter Fraga went five innings and struck out four. Meantime, La Jolla Country Day (LJCD) School appears to have turned a corner by winning two of three games last week. In action last Wednesday, LJCD (3-14, 1-2) dropped an 8-7 decision to Horizon, as junior Keith Gordon pitched a brilliant game through five innings. Gordon scattered five hits and four runs (only one earned) over his five innings. Sophomore Anthony Torres paced the LJCD offense, going 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs. On Friday, LJCD rolled to a 15-4 victory over Canyon Crest, as sophomores Frankie Brown and Anthony Torres each went 3-for-4 on the day.   Brown and freshman Sam Ayala both hit their first career home runs. Senior Ben Cohn earned the win on the mound with four strong innings of work. On Saturday, LJCD rallied from an 8-3 deficit against High Tech High and posted a 17-8 victory. Brown went 3-for-4 again and Torres, Ben Sweeney, Michael Glatt and Roman Valenzuela each added two hits. Connor Gerhart and Valenzuela hit their first career home runs, while Gordon (first career win) kept the Torreys in the game as he threw 4 2/3 innings, allowing only two unearned runs.   Finally, University City (UC) High came into this week with a record of 8-8, following a pair of wins over Madison High last week. In a 15-0 win over Madison, David Washington knocked in three runs to lead the way, while Ryan Waltermire picked up the win on the mound. UC opened the week with a 15-2 win over Madison, as five players drove in a pair of runs each. Jonas Noack struck out five en route to the victory for the Centurions.