1933 Football, Looking Back: Cavers ‘Couldn’t Lose’; Metropolitan League Makes Bow
The narrative originally was posted Oct. 20, 2016. “Power, deception, speed, coordination, all wrapped in 11 (blue and) white packages from the Border City.” Such was the observation of a…
2025 Flag Football Week 8: Barons Roll While Others Roil
Bonita Vista cast aside Mater Dei (11-3), 40-0, and Olympian (3-11), 52-31, to reach an unblemished 15-0 record while there was only minor elbowing in the top spot queue. In…
2025 Football Week 8: These Pointers Are Trying to Equal Their Predecessors
Three weeks ago I wrote it was “not likely” that Point Loma, standing at 4-0 for the first time since 2005, would run the regular season schedule out to a…
2025 Football Week 7: Another Avocado League Game of the Week
Carlsbad, Avocado League champion five consecutive years from 2019-23 before being unseated by La Costa Canyon in 2024, finds itself in a four-way battle this season and with a showdown…
2025 Flag Football Week 7: Bonita Vista Run Now at 13 Wins in Row
Bonita Vista marched on, topping Mater Dei (11-2), 40-0 , while Torrey Pines (14-9) stubbed its toe on San Marcos (8-7), 31-26. Carlsbad (16-4) topped Oceanside (3-8), 45-0, and Mission…
2025 Football Week 6 Maffei Madness: Some Unbeaten Clubs Will Lose
Ranks of the undefeated, 12 strong, will begin to thin this week. Three head-to-head games are on the schedule and a couple regarded once-beaten squads also will be in important…
1918 Football, Looking Back: San Diego Feels Global Health Crisis
The narrative originally was posted Nov. 10, 2016. A sneeze at a military facility near Junction City, Kansas, turned into a cold that led to a fever that led to…
2025 Flag Football Week 6: “Dee-fence!” is Lady Barons’ Shout
As the section’s only undefeated team, Bonita Vista (12-0) dominates with defense. Taking advantage of the newly adopted national rules that allow a pass rush without 2024’s mandated, 7-second delay,…
2025 Week 5: Success Like This 2 Decades Coming for Pointers
Point Loma is 4-0 for the first time in 20 years, since the 2005 club coached by Mike Hastings was 12-1. Can the Pointers’ run the table? Not likely, with…
Flag Football Week 5: Bonita Vista on Top; Westview Gains
Bonita Vista’s Lady Barons remain undefeated (10-0) and on top, with a dominating 289-69 scoring advantage. Rising No. 10 Steele Canyon (11-2) may prove a test, with its even-better 375-57…
