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Point Loma native Kelly Rulon had four goals, five assists, one steal and one blocked shot combined over a six-game span to help the United States Olympic women’s water polo team win the gold medal in London. Rulon, an attacker who prepped locally at University of San Diego High School, played 15:20 of a possible 32 minutes as the U.S. thumped Spain 8-5 in the gold-medal match on Aug. 9. Two days earlier, she had seen another 12:38 of action as the U.S. defeated Australia 11-9 to advance to the gold-medal game. Prior to that, Rulon had scored two goals and also added one assist in a 9-6 U.S. victory over Italy. In Group A Preliminary Round matches, Rulon had one goal, one assist and one blocked shot as the U.S. closed out China 7-6; one assist and one steal in a 9-9 U.S. tie with Spain; and one goal and two assists as the U.S. defeated Hungary 14-13.

Despite some heroics from junior James L’esperance, the Rock Academy Warriors (23-5-1) suffered a tough 8-4 defeat to the Calvary Christian Lions in the championship game of the C.I.F. San Diego Section Division V Baseball Playoffs. Calvary Christian was cruising right along with a 5-1 cushion when L’esperance launched a three-run homer. That cut the Lion lead to 5-4 in the top half of the third inning. Unfortunately for the Rock Academy, that’s as close as they would come as Calvary Christian base runners would cross home plate three more times to help the Lions pull away for the victory. Prior to that, the Warriors had blanked the Christian Patriots 3-0 to reach the title game. In that encounter, junior pitcher Deandre Simpson went the distance for the Rock Academy, striking out seven and allowing only five Patriots to reach base safely (three base hits, two bases on balls). Meanwhile, junior Andrew Brown (two-for-four, two doubles, run batted in, stolen base, two runs s

Despite getting a team-high 15 points from Jay Dutra, The Rock Academy High Warriors boys’ basketball team suffered a 44-36 defeat by the Foothills Christian Knights in the CIF Div. V Finals at the University of San Diego’s (USD) Jenny Craig Pavillion on March 2. Dutra, a junior guard, notched 12 rebounds and was followed in the scoring column by sophomore guard Jonathan Dutra (eight points), sophomore forward Holden Haskett (eight points, game-high 15 rebounds) and senior forward Keelan Elliott (five points). Haskett also had a team-high two three-point goals for the Warriors, while Elliott added one of his own. The Knights were paced by the performances of junior guard Nick Loudon (15 points), senior guard Andre Johnson (15 points), sophomore guard Caleb Hoffman (eight points, team-high 12 rebounds), senior guard Joe Buenresto (four points) and sophomore forward Johnny Van Ommering (two points). Loudon led Foothills Christian with a team-high five three-point goals and was fo

Paced by the performances of sister team Ashley and Sierra Westhem, the La Jolla Lady Viking basketball team defeated the Lincoln Lady Hornets 61-25 in a girls’ Western League contest at La Jolla High School (LJHS) last week. Five-foot-eight senior guard Ashley Westhem led the Lady Vikings with 22 points. Meanwhile, 5-foot-11 sophomore forward Sierra Westhem had 11 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Five-foot-six sophomore guard Sophia Sowers also added 11 points of her own for LJHS. On Jan. 6, the Lady Vikings were led by Ashley Westhem (11 points) as they defeated the Clairemont Lady Chieftans 27-11 in a non-league contest also held in La Jolla. With the victories, LJHS saw their record improve to 7-7 overall and 1-0 in the Western League. In other girls’ high school action, the La Jolla Country Day (LJCD) Lady Torreys defeated the St. Mary’s Rams from Stockton, 71-52, in a non-league game at LJCD. The Lady Torreys (13-1) were led by 5-foot-10 senior forward Maya Hood

The University City High School (UCHS) Centurions defeated the Patrick Henry Patriots 6-1 in a non-league men’s soccer contest at Hickman Field last week. UC was paced by the performances of senior forward-midfielder Travis Nicklaw (two goals), senior forward-midfielder Spencer Williams (one goal), junior midfielder-defender Martin Cisneros (one goal), junior forward-midfielder Martin Castillo (one goal) and junior midfielder Jeremy Tran (one goal). On Jan. 6, the Centurions were led by Nicklaw (one goal), Cisneros (one goal), Castillo (one goal) and junior midfielder-defender Christian Gonzalez (one goal) as they defeated the Escondido Charter White Tigers 4-1 in a non-league game also played at Hickman Field. With the victories, UC saw their record improve to 10-0. In other men’s non-league action, the La Jolla Vikings suffered a tough 3-1 loss to the Coronado Islanders at Coronado High School. With the defeat, La Jolla saw their record fall to 5-2-2. BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL SO