Bishop’s, La Jolla polo open CIFs with wins The Bishop’s School boys water polo team opened CIF play with a pair of wins to move into Tuesday’s (Nov. 18) semifinals against Cathedral Catholic. In a 21-3 win over El Capitan, the top-seeded Knights got four goals from Scott Siegel while senior captain Demian Tschirn was a force at the center forward position, drawing three ejections and adding three assists. In a 12-4 win over University City High, Bishop’s was led by Tschirn with two goals, two assists, two steals and two drawn ejections. Siegel added four goals, while Matt Michalko tallied three. In Tuesday’s other semifinal, La Jolla was to meet Coronado for the right to move into the championship game. La Jolla advanced to the semis with an 11-4 victory over Valhalla, as Augie Arcidiacono paced the Vikings with six goals. La Jolla field hockey records shutout The La Jolla High field hockey team opened CIF play last weekend with a convincing 9-0 victory over Canyon Crest High. Anjali Thota and Molly Rutgard recorded the shutout for the Lady Vikings, with Maddy Sharp notching four goals. La Jolla also got contributions from Sami McLaughlin (goal, two assists), Claire Mittermiller (goal, two assists), Anna Parma (goal), Kaitlin Sharpe (goal, assist) and Kristina Mendez (goal). Viking harriers place third at finals The La Jolla High girls cross country team finished third last week at the Western League finals. Since La Jolla defeated University City and Cathedral Catholic earlier in the year, all three teams will share the league championship. In last week’s finals, La Jolla was paced by Courtney Avvampato (seventh place, 20:13), Tess Plant-Thomas (12th, 20:44), Tatevick Simavryan (13th, 20:45), Zoe Wescoe (14th, 20:46), Jeanine Mejares (15th, 20:47), Ilanna Fricks (24th, 21:45) and Meagan Bautista (29th, 22:04).