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Local swim events get ready for races In the early-morning hours on Sept. 8, area locals and La Jolla Sunrise Rotary Club members will dive into the Pacific Ocean to raise money for San Pasqual Academy, the county’s only residential school for foster teens. “The swim is one of La Jolla Sunrise Rotary’s annual events,” said Lauren Pickard, chairman of this year’s 22nd annual Bob Litchfield Invitational Swim. “La Jolla Sunrise Rotary has been raising funds, donating gifts and service to San Pasqual Academy since October, 2000 when it planned and sponsored a luncheon, ‘For Kids Sake,’ which netted $35,000 for the school,” said Barbara Gerber, a former Rotary Community Service Director and co-chairper-
son of that event. Consisting of approximately 45 members of all ages, La Jolla Sunrise Rotary meets at 7 a.m. on Thursday mornings at the La Jolla Shores Hotel. The club raises money for several local and international charitable and community service programs. It sponsors an annual 4-Way Speech Contest and the Jack Morse Patriotic Speech Contest for local students. Interested in signing up? Contact Lauren Pickard at 619-322-7686 or waveskifun@ netscape.net. You may also register at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis club at 6:15 a.m., where swimmers will be bused to the Cove to begin the race.
Rough water swim set for Sept. 11 Another summer classic is also on the horizon as the 81st annual La Jolla Rough Water Swim is scheduled for Sept. 11. The local event is dubbed as America’s premier open water swimming competition and attracts more than 2,000 swimmers ranging in ages from 5 to 85 years old. There are three different levels of competition for all levels of swimming from juniors (250 yards), masters and amateurs (one mile) and gatorman (three miles). The races get under way at 9 a.m. and both the start and finish lines are at the Cove. For more information, go to www.ljrws. com or call 858.456.2100.
UCSD names Newman new baseball coach
take the head position at NCAA Division I Santa Clara. O’Brien, the winningest coach in school history, amassed a record of 454-283-1 (.616) over 14 seasons in La Jolla.
La Jolla Junior Midgets 16, Tierrasanta 7 An experienced Torrey team turned a successful onside kick into a long scoring drive to open the game and that was enough to outlast Tierrasanta. Cole Burmeister led the Torreys from the quarterback position and provided a number of big plays on defense as well.
UC San Diego introduced former Nebraska assistant Eric Newman as its new head baseball coach this week. Newman had been the pitching coach at Nebraska since 2007 and served as the head coach at Dallas Baptist from 2004 until 2007. A former San Diego Padres draft pick, Newman played eight seasons of pro baseball. “We’re very excited to welcome Eric Newman to the Triton family,” said Earl Edwards, the school’s athletic director. Newman takes over the Triton program from Dan O’Brien, who resigned in June to
La Jolla Pop Warner teams dominate week 1 La Jolla Flag 26, Lakeside White 12 The La Jolla Torreys flag team started their season off on a high note as Maverick Lyons took the opening play from scrimmage and ran 60 yards for a touchdown. The game was never in question thanks to strong play by Matthew Hankee and the rest of the Torrey defense.
La Jolla Midgets 53, Lakeside 22 Playing with only 18 players on Saturday didn’t seem to phase the Torreys as they dominated their opponent from the start. Cameron Moore took the opening kickoff 70 yards for a score. Less than two minutes later, Jalen Harvey broke down the right sideline for a 50-yard score to make the game 16-0.
www.lajollalight.com From Vikings, A22 it’s going to be tough.” Though the goal is always to win, this season the team is also looking to take that next step to compete with the top-tier field hockey schools in the county. “It’s hard because we don’t have a feeder system like many of the other schools,” Mittermiller said. But that seems to be changing with the recent success. The program is now getting more attention this season with more than 40 players trying for the varsity and JV teams. Many of the players who are finding success in field hockey are athletes who are also successful in soccer and lacrosse — sports that in many ways are similar to field hockey. One of those athletes is senior Aubrey Sloan, who tried field hockey as a freshman as a way to stay in shape lacrosse. “Last year we had a lot of crucial seniors, who we have lost,” Sloan said. “Even because of that, we’re hoping that our team can come together. “We hope we can make it to CIF and to win, but mostly we want to understand each other and work well together.” Having a change in the coaching staff has been the biggest challenge so far for this group. “It’s definitely different,” senior Ashlyn Warny said. “We’re not used to (Tanner) yet, but we’ll adjust. “We want to try and make it farther in CIF of course,” she added.
Attend a Free Men’s Prostate Health Seminar Sept. 13, 2011, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Moores Cancer Center Goldberg Auditorium 3855 Health Sciences Drive La Jolla, CA 92093 Seminar led by Dr. Christopher Kane, Division Head of Urology. Lecture will discuss what prostate cancer is, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options. Lecture to be followed by a Q&A panel session with prostate cancer survivors, including Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Haynes.
Space is limited. To register, please call 800-926-8273 or visit health.ucsd.edu.