The La Jolla High Vikings tallied 24 second-half points last Friday night to roll to a 38-21 victory over visiting Hoover High. Garrett Christenson rushed for 105 yards on 17 carries, and Cory Wagner added 57 yards on four carries as La Jolla evened its record at 3-3. La Jolla QB quarterback Zac Zlatic pitched in an additional 47 rushing yards and was 4-for-8 passing for 79 yards, also scoring a pair of touchdowns. Taylor Davis caught three passes for 65 yards in the victory. Braden Fudge was La Jolla’s special teams player of the game and kicked a 27-yard field goal while adding five extra points. La Jolla’s Andy Jones was awarded defensive player of the game honors, leading the defense with five tackles, two sacks and one pass break-up. Looking for its fourth win of the season, La Jolla will host Serra High this Friday in its annual Homecoming game at 6:30 p.m. “Serra has some big wins against Saints and Mt. Miguel this year, and they will be a very tough opponent,” La Jolla High head coach Rey Hernandez commented. “We will need to improve our defensive play in order to stay in the game with them.” Elsewhere, La Jolla Country Day (LJCD) School (5-1, 3-0) came alive in the second half to provide a huge Homecoming crowd with a 42-0 Pacific League victory over visiting Calipatria High School (4-2, 1-2) last Friday. After leading 14-0 at halftime, the Torreys scored 28 unanswered second half points. Senior QB Derek Hatfield was only 4-for-14 passing, but he threw for 107 yards, including two big second-half TD strikes of 49 and 32 yards. Hatfield also rushed for 25 yards and three TDs (6, 1 and 14 yards.). Senior running back Montell Allen led all Torrey runners with 82 yards on 12 carries and scored one TD on an 8-yard third-quarter scamper. Junior RB Frankie Brown had his best effort of the season with 52 yards on seven carries, while freshman Sage Burmeister added 25 yards rushing on three carries. As he has done for most of the season, junior TE Mical Bailey led the Torrey receivers with 48 yards on two catches, including a 32-yard TD catch. Senior Connor Gerhart caught a 49-yard TD pass and junior Anthony Torres added a 10-yard reception. LJCD’s defense was led by Allen and junior DT Junior Togiaso. Allen, who was crowned Homecoming king at halftime, led all tacklers with 11 stops, including four solos. Togiaso racked up nine tackles before leaving the game midway through the third quarter with a knee injury. In junior varsity action, LJCD stayed unbeaten (6-0) with a 35-6 win over Calipatria. LJCD travels to the desert to face Holtville Friday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. Finally, The Bishop’s School suffered a 52-24 loss to rival Francis Parker last Friday in Coastal League play.
