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BY ROB STONE SEPTEMBER 2011 The University City (UC) Centurions suffered a tough 27-13 loss to the Serra Conquistadors in a non-league football game at Serra last Friday, Sept. 23. UC jumped out to an early 7-0 lead when senior running back Jordan Green gathered in a six-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Jack Minnick with 6:06 left in the first quarter. With the score all tied up at 7-7, Green got into the end zone once again, this time on a touchdown run from three yards out to give the Centurions a cushion of 13-7 with 4:35 remaining in the second quarter. Unfortunately for UC, that was as close as they would get as the Conquistadors would pull away and clinch the victory in the second half. With the loss, the Centurions saw their record fall to 2-2 on the young season. Meanwhile, senior running back Kenneth Martey matriculated the ball 55 yards on eight carries, but it wasn’t quite enough as the La Jolla Vikings (1-3) were shutout 34-0 by the St. Augustine

BY ROB STONE SEPTEMBER 2011 Energized by the efforts of Emily Feerick (nine kills), Mackey Forgey (12 digs), and Desi Peterson (three aces), the University City (UC) Lady Centurions swept the Montgomery Lady Aztecs in three games (25-22, 25-20, 25-16) in a non-league volleyball match at University City High School last week. Feerick had two blocks, Cassie Knutson 12 kills, Marissa Gomez six kills, Marina Varano 12 assists and Emma Choi 19 digs as the Lady Centurions also swept the Clairemont Lady Chieftans in three games by scores of 27-25, 25-20 and 25-20 at Clairemont. Meanwhile, behind the play of Katherine Lane (nine kills) and Kelly McPherson (27 assists), The Bishop’s School Lady Knights took out La Jolla High School in four games (26-24, 16-25, 25-13, 25-23) at Bishop’s last week. After being taken by the Lady Knights, the visiting Lady Vikings became the takers in beating the Grossmont Lady Foothillers in four games (27-25, 25-22, 24-26, 25-19) as Katrina Powell

  BY ROB STONE SEPTEMBER 2011 The La Jolla Vikings defeated the West Hills Wolf Pack, 23-21, in a non-league football game at West Hills last Friday, Sept. 9. La Jolla was led by running backs Kenneth Martey (8 carries, 94 yards, 1 TD), Mark Pollan (11 carries, 67 yards, 1 TD), Conor Irwin (8 carries, 50 yards), Dillon Cromwell (7 carries, 37 yards), and Chance Abbott (6 carries, 32 yards, 1 TD). With the victory, the Vikings evened their record at 1-1 on the young season. In other week two non-league football action: The Calipatria Hornets came down from the Imperial Valley only to be stung 56-6 by the La Jolla Country Day (LJCD) Torreys. Country Day cruised behind the performances of Sage Burmeister (12 carries, 74 yards, 3 TD’s), Colin McMahon (4 carries, 60 yards, 3 TD’s), Daniel Henry (2 receptions, 25 yards, 1 TD), and Josh Church (1 fumble recovery, 1 TD). With the win, the Torreys remained unbeaten at 2-0. Finally, despite the efforts of runn

BY ROB STONE SEPTEMBER 2011 Behind the performance of junior running back Sage Burmeister (21 carries, 114 yards, 1 TD), the La Jolla Country Day (LJCD) Torrey football team trumped the Tri-City (TCC) Christian Eagles, 23-12, in their season opener at Country Day on Friday, Sept. 2. A seven-yard carry for a touchdown by junior Colin McMahon (11 carries, 64 yards, 1 TD) gave Country Day a slim cushion of 7-6 in the second quarter. But, Burmeister’s five-yard burst for a score in the fourth quarter enabled the Torreys to build a 16-12 lead. Later in the fourth quarter, a 12-yard interception return for a touchdown by junior linebacker Josh Church (2 INT’s, 46 yards, 1 TD) sealed the victory for LJCD. In other season-opening football action: The University City (UC) Centurions traveled down to the South Bay to topple the Hilltop Lancers 42-34. UC was paced by the play of running backs Sam Haynes (18 carries, 188 yards, 4 TD’s), Jordan Green (13 carries, 88yards), and Abraham

BY ROB STONE JANUARY 2011 The University City (UC) Centurion men's basketball team defeated the La Jolla Vikings, 53-37, in a Western League game played at La Jolla High on Friday night, January 28. Behind the performances of 6-foot-4 senior forwards Amir Hicks and Tim Patrick and 5-foot-9 senior guard Stephen Rivera, UC jumped out to a quick 7-4 lead and opened it up to 15-10 early in the second quarter. By the time both battling ballclubs were heading into the locker room at halftime, the Centurions were enjoying a 21-13 cushion. After the intermission, led by the play of 6-foot-5 senior forward Nick Reynolds, the Vikings outscored UC 18-6 to take a 31-27 advantage at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Patrick raced in for three dunks and Hicks hit 4-of-6 free throws from the charity stripe as the Centurions outscored La Jolla 26-6 down the stretch to pull away for the victory. “When Tim (Patrick) dunks the ball the way he’s capable of doing, it giv

BY ROB STONE MAY 2010 Leading up to their C.I.F. Division IV playoff matchup with the Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders, La Jolla Country Day (LJCD) baseball coach John Edman felt confident. “We lost to them once already, but we know that we can play with them,” said Edman. “We want another shot at them.” Country Day (22-10) did get their shot. Unfortunately, they came up just short in suffering a tough 6-5 loss in ten innings to Mater Dei (16-16-1) in a third-round elimination game played at San Diego High last Saturday, May 29. The Torreys received a quality start from Ian Lutz, who scattered seven hits over seven innings pitched. Lutz, a sophomore right-hander, allowed three runs, only two of which were earned. Country Day also got quality play from junior Frankie Brown (3-for-4), freshman Tommy Edman (2-for-4, 1 run batted in, 2 runs scored), and junior Anthony Torres (3-for-4, 2 runs batted in). “Our guys love to play baseball,” said John Edman. “We played real

BY ROB STONE JANUARY 2011 The University City (UC) Centurion men's basketball team defeated the La Jolla Vikings, 53-37, in a Western League game played at La Jolla High on Friday night, January 28. Behind the performances of 6-foot-4 senior forwards Amir Hicks and Tim Patrick and 5-foot-9 senior guard Stephen Rivera, UC jumped out to a quick 7-4 lead and opened it up to 15-10 early in the second quarter. By the time both battling ballclubs were heading into the locker room at halftime, the Centurions were enjoying a 21-13 cushion. After the intermission, led by the play of 6-foot-5 senior forward Nick Reynolds, the Vikings outscored UC 18-6 to take a 31-27 advantage at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Patrick raced in for three dunks and Hicks hit 4-of-6 free throws from the charity stripe as the Centurions outscored La Jolla 26-6 down the stretch to pull away for the victory. “When Tim (Patrick) dunks the ball the way he’s capable of doing, it gi

"We've been in desperate need of a victory," said LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY (LJCD) BOYS BASKETBALL coach RYAN MEIER after his TORREYS (10-7) defeated the SANTA FE CHRISTIAN (SFC) EAGLES, 46-43, in a non-league game at COUNTRY DAY on Wednesday night. "We came out with some intensity," said MEIER. "SANTA FE CHRISTIAN (14-6) is an amazing team. They shoot the ball really well."...MEIER on trailing by a score of 41-36 before rallying and closing the game with a 10-2 run to win it: "We could've quit. But we sucked it up, played some defense, and came away with a victory."...LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY'S 6-foot-5 sophomore center, FRANKIE BAMFORD, (24 points, 12 rebounds, eight blocked shots) finished two blocks shy of a triple double, coming up just short..."FRANKIE had a phenomenal performance for us," said MEIER...BAMFORD was followed in the LJCD scoring column by: 6-4 junior RYAN WYATT (9 points), 6-1 junior ALEX PEREZ (8 points), 5-9 so

BY ROB STONE SEPTEMBER 2009 MONTE VISTA HIGH alumnus CLINTON SNYDER had a total of nine tackles to lead the host STANFORD CARDINAL to a big 34-14 victory over the WASHINGTON HUSKIES n a PAC-10 CONFERENCE football game on Saturday, September 26. "We expected to play this way," said SNYDER (five solo tackles, four assists), a senior linebacker. "If we execute, it will happen." Another San Diegan making it happen was STANFORD freshman running back TYLER GAFFNEY. GAFFNEY, a former CATHEDRAL CATHOLIC DON, finished with six carries for 23 yards and one reception for 17 yards. Meanwhile, WASHINGTON freshman wide receiver JAMES JOHNSON (VALLEY CENTER HIGH) caught three passes for 37 yards for the HUSKIES. With the win, the CARDINAL improve their record to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in the conference. With the loss, WASHINGTON falls to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in conference play. *ROB STONE IS A RECOVERING CANCER PATIENT LEARNING TO WALK AGAIN, LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF THE CLAI

BY ROB STONE SEPTEMBER 2018 According to local San Diego area high school football scouts, their is a lot to like about this season's Scripps Ranch High Falcons football team. Such as Nicholas Gardinera and Dillon Gebase. Gardinera, a five-foot-nine-inch, 170-pound sophomore running back, carried the pigskin 19 times for 157 yards and two touchdowns as the Falcons took a road trip out to Fallbrook and came away with a huge 28-3 win against the Fallbrook High Warriors.   "I feel that Gardinera and Gebase, possess solid, sound fundamentals," says local high school football scout Andrew Myers.   "Gebase does a good job of getting the ball to his receivers."  In a home game earlier in the year against the Del Norte High Nighthawks, Gebase, (14 out of 19 passes completed for 196 yards and three touchdowns) a six-foot-two-inch, 175-pound junior quarterback, found six-foot-one-inch, 170-pound, junior wide receiver Rashad Griffin Jr. for six re