LA JOLLA – La Jolla Country Day coach Krista Jackson has two midfielders/defenders who look the same on the outside as they return for their sophomore years in field hockey, but a service project in Jamaica in early August grew them and stretched them on the inside.

Sophomores Lily Witt and Harper Tilley, young leaders on a young team, traveled to a remote area in the Caribbean country and taught kids stick skills in their sport in between times making arts and crafts.

The duo accompanied former Torrey teammate Anna Lyn, who is Jamaican and who played on the LJCDS squad last year, for three days of interaction and mentoring with the children of a humble area.

What “Witt” (as teammates call her) and Tilley took away was probably more impactful than anything they helped the local children

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