La Jolla High School senior and captain of the boy\u2019s tennis team Michael Rabinovich is hoping to end his team\u2019s two year drought as CIF champions. “All the seniors want to have a last hurrah, start strong and end strong,” Rabinovich said. Vikings tennis has been nothing short of dominant over the past seven decades in which the team has won CIF a state-record 42 times since 1955. LJHS won CIF every year from 1970-1984 and again more recently from 1999-2006. It\u2019s no wonder La Jolla High players and alums are so eager to win back a trophy the team last held in 2008. “The number one thing that\u2019s going to stand between CIF and us is ourselves,” LJHS head coach Matt Previdi said. “We have a lot more depth than other teams out there.” The Vikings have gone down in the semifinals in each of the last two seasons, including last year when they were the top seed in the tournament. They\u2019ve claimed the top seed for DIII once again in 2011. “The biggest issue is going to be complacency,” Previdi said. “If we go into these matches like we did last year, thinking we\u2019d already won, then we\u2019re dead in the water.” As a junior, William Giammona is hoping to add his name to the long list of champions at LJHS. “We need to keep focused. Matt Previdi, our coach, has been really keeping us on track,” Giammona said. “He\u2019s been making sure we haven\u2019t been goofing off or anything. We\u2019ve been training really hard.” The Vikings are scheduled to play a home match in the semifinals at La Jolla High School on May 12. If they win, they will move on to the DIII championship match, which will be played at the Barnes Tennis Center in Point Loma at 2 p.m. on May 13. “I\u2019ve been working extra hard to win CIF this year,” senior doubles player Quincy Briscoe said. “We won\u2019t be happy with anything less than a CIF championship.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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