La Jolla Country Day (LJCD) School secured its fifth victory of the season last Friday with a convincing 51-14 win over the visiting Hornets of Calipatria High School. Even though his ailing ankle was still not 100 percent, starting QB Derek Hatfield was back in the lineup after missing last week’s game. Playing the fist half only, Hatfield was a perfect 8-of-8 passing for 114 yards and two TDs. Also playing the first half only, RB Montell Allen was very tough on the Hornets, rushing for 109 yards and 5 TDs on 11 carries. Kees Thompson led all receivers with four catches for 77 yards and one TD. Doug Rogers made 3 catches for 24 yards and one TD, while Connor Gerhart added a catch. Allen led the Torrey defense at linebacker with nine tackles, while Junior Togiaso also had a big night making six tackles, forcing a fumble and recovering two fumbles. Blake Mohseni, Alex Papageorge, Rogers and Anthony Torres also played well on defense. Zack Wolfenzon kicked 7-of-7 PATs on the night. LJCD will travel to Army-Navy this Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. in its next contest. In last week’s junior varsity contest, LJCD topped Calipatria 32-26. Elsewhere, La Jolla High dropped a tough 21-17 decision last Friday night at Serra High. The Vikings controlled the game in the first half thanks to three interceptions by Viking defenders. Defensive back Kitt Livingston, and linebackers Henry Nawahini and Thomas Bowman each intercepted Serra quarterback Arthur Stewart to turn back potential scoring opportunities for the Conquistadors. La Jolla got on the scoreboard first as tailback Robbie Beathard contributed 44 yards on the drive, the last two of which resulted in the score (Lee Abelkop PAT). After taking a 10-0 lead in the second quarter on a 27-yard field goal from Abelkop, La Jolla came out of intermission and watched Serra pull to within 10-7 on a 35-yard TD pass. Leading 10-7, La Jolla got its final points of the night as running back Victor Rangel had four runs in the drive for 24 yards, and Beathard found the end zone on a 33-yard scamper off left tackle. Early in the fourth quarter, the Conquistadors capped a long drive with a 3-yard scoring run by junior Tyler Bailey to pull within 17-14. After forcing La Jolla to punt late in the game, Serra marched 70 yards for the winning TD as tight end Colton Bradley scored on a 25-yard catch to secure the victory. On the evening, Beathard had 15 carries for 90 yards and two scores for La Jolla, while Rangel carried the ball 10 times for 73 yards. Viking kickers continued to perform at a high level against Serra. Abelkop was perfect on his three kicks for the evening, and also drove his four kickoffs deep into the end zone. So far this season, Abelkop has made 6-of-8 field goals, and has also hit on 15-of-16 points after touchdown. Senior punter Ethan Swerdlow added five punts to his total of 40 this season. His average punt for the evening was 38.6 yards, and for the season his average is at 38.3 yards. “This was a very tough loss for us,” La Jolla High head coach Dave Ponsford remarked. “From a spectator’s perspective, I’m sure that it was an entertaining game, but we did not play very good football in the fourth quarter in all areas of our game. You have to give Serra credit for coming back on us, but we helped them out. And that is disappointing.” La Jolla will travel to Mission Bay High this Friday for a 3 p.m. kickoff.