It was a good week of action for some of the winter teams at La Jolla Country Day (LJCD) School last week. The LJCD girls soccer team took two of three games to stay above .500. LJCD (7-5-2) ended play last week with a 4-0 loss to Coastal League foe Francis Parker. According to LJCD head coach Dave Jenkins, despite the team being down a few goals, Erika Shepard played the remainder of the game at sweeper after moving to that position midway through the first half. “Erika played extremely well, matching Parker players physically and with equal ability,” Jenkins said.  Kelly Mordente, coming off two days of illness, played well as an outside defender, and despite four goals against, Rachel Locke was solid in the goal and stayed busy all night making many nice saves, according to Jenkins.  In a 2-1 victory over Canyon Crest, Shepard knocked in a rebounding ball from a free kick taken by Ana Cruz to tie things at 1-1.  With about 15 minutes remaining in the game, Cruz drove a blistering free kick from just outside the penalty area past the Canyon Crest keeper to put the Lady Torreys up by one. LJCD then held onto the lead to avenge its 3-1 loss to Canyon Crest a few weeks ago.  “So many players played so well today,” Jenkins said. “Captain Aleena Young had a tremendous game — leadership by example. Erika Shepard played attacking forward and was a great target for our midfielders. Jodi Morris stepped in to play sweeper for the first time in four years and played a great game. Rachel Locke had about 10 great, diving saves.” “Tara Roudi, Meagan Narwold and Alana Pockros contributed some great minutes putting a lot of pressure on the Raven defenders. It was a pleasure to watch every player on the team work so hard and contribute today,” Jenkins added. LJCD’s other recent win was a 2-1 decision over Horizon, where Katherine Klicpera and Shepard tallied for the Lady Torreys. The La Jolla Country Day School boys soccer team also captured a pair of victories in action last week. LJCD capped the week with a 1-0 win over league-leading Canyon Crest. Lee Klitzner got the game-winning goal for LJCD, while the Torreys received strong play from the likes of Ryan French, Dan Rogers, Max Ferre, Philip Poyhonen, Mical Bailey, Alex Fleischhacker, Hunter Khaleghi, Dennis Roth, Alistair Dobke, Rodrigo Cuenca, Tyler Hong and Noah Wolfenzon. In a 7-2 win over Horizon, LJCD was led by Roth (three goals), Klitzner (two goals) and French and Khaleghi (one goal each). Khaleghi also earned an assist, as did Hong, French, Cuenca and Fleischhacker.  Finally, it was another three-win week for the LJCD girls basketball team last week, including an impressive 77-42 win over a very good Villa Park team (17-6).  The other two wins came against Coastal South League opponents Horizon (57-17) and Canyon Crest (60-29). That gives the young LJCD (19-3) team 14 straight victories heading into this week’s showdown with league rival Bishop’s. In the win over Horizon, the Lady Torreys jumped out to a 34-5 first half lead and never looked back. LJCD used a balanced attack with four players in double figures. Kelsey Plum led the way with 17 points, eight rebounds and five steals, and Briteeesha Solomon added 14 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots. Maya Hood had a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds, while Kaylah Miller added 10 points, including two long-range threes in the winning efforts.x In the triumph over Villa Park, LJCD forced 27 Spartan turnovers, while also hitting 8-of-16 three-pointers, including five by Miller. Solomon led the scoring with 17 points and Plum added 16 points. Hood had a double-double with 13 points, 11 rebounds and nabbed six steals, while twin sister Malina Hood added 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Ariana Elegado finished with five points, five steals and had six assists, while freshman Brianne Yasukochi ran the point when Elegado went to the bench with her fourth foul and held her team together. LJCD’s win over Canyon Crest was sparked by Malina Hood, who led the way with 14 points, while twin sister Maya Hood added 13 points, six rebounds and five steals.