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Lincoln and Cathedral, traditional big shots in the Western League and San Diego Section, appear to be trying to outdo each other. The Hornets of coach David Dunn, 24-2 over the last two seasons, are signed to play road games at Long Beach Poly, Sacramento Grant, and Coronado High of Henderson, Nevada, plus home games against ...

San Diego High won its third consecutive CIF championship under fifth-year coach Mike Morrow and posted a 19-3 record, according to Don King’s Caver Conquest. The Great Depression was raging, unemployment was high, young men had time on their hands, and many played baseball. Possibly without budget for travel beyond obligatory Coast League games, Morrow’s clubs played ...

I’ve seen at least 40 state meets since my first in 1957 at Edwards Field in Berkeley and they evolve each year, becoming arguably one of the best high school events in the country. Buchanan High in Clovis has been the venue since 2009 and the site of some of the San Diego Section’s finest moments, ...

There were three competitors, hurdlers Anisa  Bowen-Fontenot and Morgan Herbst, and distancer Jaelyn Williams, with No. 1 rankings, and 15 performances that ranked in the top five, as compiled by Athletic.net. EVENT MARK NAME, SCHOOL STATE OTHER NAME SCHOOL 100 :11.50w Shaheed, Madison 4th :11.38w Wright Temecula Chaparral :11.64w Gilhooly, Coronado 14th :11.83 Smith, La Jolla 22T 200 :23.52 Shaheed 2nd :23.48w Wright :23.67w Smith 5th :24.36 Gilhooly 400 :53.39 Smith 2nd :53.17 Mosby Inglewood St. Mary’s :54.38 Burkhardt, Steele Canyon 7th :55.94 Arciaga, Westview 24th 800 2:06.51 Buswell, Poway 3rd 2:03.48 Engelhardt Ventura 2:07.23 Makenna Herbst, Carlsbad 5th 2:07.32 Arciaga 6th 2:09.87 Williams, Eastlake 10th 2:11.89 Dailey, La Jolla 20th 2:12.53 Scuba, Sage Creek 25T Aguirre, Patrick Henry 25T 1600 4:40.29 Williams 3rd 4:29.86 Engelhardt 4:42.26 Dailey 3rd 4:50.61 Lopizzo, La Costa Canyon 22nd 3200 9:57.11 Williams 1st 9:59.81 Thomsen Santa ...

Twice No. 1-ranked Brandon Arrington, Jr., of Mount Miguel was a double winner in the 100 and 200  at the 104th State meet and seven other performances by San Diego Section thinclads made the California top 25 as compiled  by Athletic.net.  Those not in first 25 below are indicated by asterisk: EVENT MARK NAME, SCHOOL STATE OTHERS NAME, SCHOOL 100 :10.27w Arrington, Jr., Mount ...

104th STATE TRACK FINALS CLOVIS BUCHANAN HIGH San Diego Section medal winners in bold. BOYS 4×100 Relay—Pittsburg, :40.77. 1600—Dybdahl (Santa Barbara), 4:08.23. 110HH—McFarland (Elk Grove Consumness Oaks), :13.6. Wind 3.1.  3. Tseko-Biffle (El Capitan), :13.99w. 4. Martin (Helix), :14.07w. 400—Ricks (L.B. Poly), :46.79. 100—Arrington, Jr. (Mount Miguel), :10.33.  Wind 1.3. Section No. 3 all-time. 800—Evans (Carlsbad), 1:50.21. Section No. 2 all-time.  11. Bowman (Sage Creek), 1:54.2.  12. Cordero ...

104th STATE TRACK TRIALS CLOVIS BUCHANAN HIGH Mount Miguel’s Brandon Arrington ran the fastest sprint double in San Diego Section history, a wind-aided :10.27 100 meters and :20.55 200, and Carlsbad’s Cain Evans charged down the stretch to run a 1:51.88 800, the seventh fastest. Fifteen area entries qualified in competition that took place on a cool, windy ...

Anisa Bowen-Fontonot, Payton Smith, Amirah Shaheed, Makenna Herbst, Kaitland Arciaga, and Morgan Herbst, won their first tests in trials at Clovis Buchanan High, the Central Section host of the 104th state meet. Twenty San Diego Section entries qualified for the next day finals. San Diego Section qualifiers for finals in bold: GIRLS 4×100 Relay (heat 1) Calabasas, :45.90; 3. ...

Sophomore Jaelyn Williams of Eastlake scorched a San Diego Section record 4:40.29 in the 1600 meters and eased to a 10:15.40 victory in the 3200, and veteran Tessa Buswell of Poway continued a late-season surge, her 2:07.12 in the 800 narrowing the gap between Buswell and record holder Hannah Riggins’ 2:06.69 in 2023. Williams and Buswell ...

Mount Miguel’s Brandon Arrington, Jr., continues to assault 200-meter standards.  His :20.40 in the San Diego Section finals last week at Mt. Carmel would put Arrington at the top of the 2024 national list and set a San Diego County record, but a 3.1-meter tailwind, more than the allowable 2.0, struck those attempts. Arrington gets another ...

Rashid Shaheed was a :48.54 standout in the 400 meters at Mt. Carmel in 2016 and now is one half of a virtually all-San Diego receiving corps with Chris Olave (Eastlake-San Marcos) for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints. Amirah Shaheed, Rashid’s younger sibling, also is creating a path at Madison.  She  tied for the state lead ...

Even after a withering assault on top 25 performances in the Southern Section meet last week, San Diego boys still command eight spots in the California top five of their respective events heading into Saturday’s Section finals at Mt. Carmel. Mount Miguel’s David Arrington, Jr., ran the 200 in :20.64 in the  Division II finals at ...

San Diego High retained a share of its 1929 state championship after losing its Southern California title to Santa Ana. The Hilltoppers returned 1929 state 100 and 220 champion Jimmy Willson, 440 champ Irvine (Cotton) Warburton, state mile champion Evan Dowers, and sprinter Fernando Ortiz, among others on a deep and talented roster. How could they not ...

Brandon Arrington, Jr.’s :20.59 200 in the Grossmont League finals last week is the second fastest in San Diego County history to Kenon Christon’s :20.55 in 2019 and marked the fifth time this season that Arrington has covered the distance in under 21 seconds, rarified air for local sprinters. (Morse’s Ike Okenwa ran :20.97 in 1997 ...

San Diego Section athletes will convene in divisional meets this week at Del Norte (I), University City (II), and Valley Center (III). The road to Clovis Buchanan High and the 104th state track meet May 24-25 is getting shorter and steeper. Tessa Buswell knows the way.  The Poway senior was third in 2:08.53 in  the state ...

Underclass youngsters took charge last week in the 38th Dick Wilkins Frosh-Sophomores meet at Del Norte as the season swung toward league championships this week. Mount Miguel’s Brandon Arrington, Jr., continued to run among the top echelon sprinters in the state with his :10.51 100 meters and :20.88 200.  Rancho Bernardo’s Brice Abawi announced his presence, ...

Cathedral’s Vincent Atilano lost his California lead in the 300 hurdles, but gained a first, and national standing, in another at the 64th Mount San Antonio Relays over the weekend. Atilano eschewed his usual 300 race, in which his :37.42 ranked first until a runner from Eastvale Roosevelt ran :37.06.  The Dons’ senior instead entered a ...

Jerry Bartow ended a 14-season run at Hoover with his third San Diego Section championship and with an overall record of 226-119 (.656) then headed off to Southwestern College, where the Apaches won more than 900 games in the next 39 years before Bartow retired in 2014. Until Ted Williams Field was built on the Hoover ...

GIRLS EVENT NAME SCHOOL MARK PLACE Seeded 100 Lauren Gilhooly Coronado :11.70 First Open 100 Ily Barclay Steele Canyon :12.20 — Taylore Hoagland Rancho Bernardo :12.29 — Tianna Rustkovich Mt. Carmel :12.32 — Chanel Burton Helix :12.36 — Laraigh Allen Helix — — Open 220 Gilhooly :24.82 11th Rustkovich :25.26 — Arynn Sanders Otay Ranch :25.84 — Invitational 400 Payton Smith La Jolla :53.56 Second Nicoletta Burkhardt Steele Canyon 1:03.20 Eighth Seeded 400 Kaitlin Donnelly La Costa Canyon :57.69 18th Tiffany Stoughton Scripps Ranch :59.05 — Allen 1:09.55 — Invitational 800 Tessa Buswell Poway 2:10.41 Third   Makenna Herbst Carlsbad 2:12.09 Sixth Seeded 800 Kaitlin Arciaga Westview 2:09.26 First Open 800 Miriam Aguirre Patrick Henry 2:14.39 Seventh   Harper Diaz Santana 2:18.25 —   Navah Lipsky Francis Parker 2:27.11 — Open Mile Kaya Scuba Sage Creek 4:57.44 Third   Sydney Kosa Olympian 4:58.53 Eighth   Arciaga 4:59.24 10th   Lipsky 5:13.41 —   Emily Russo Del Norte 5:14.47 — Invitational 3200 Jaelyn Williams Eastlak 10:02.56 Third   Giona Lopizzo La Costa Canyon 10:05.65 Fifth   Chiara Dailey La Jolla 10:09.78 Ninth Invitational 100 Hurdles Anisa Bowen-Fontenot San Diego :14.03 Eighth Open ...

Opening event of the marathon 56th Arcadia Invitational was Friday afternoon, April 4, followed by a Saturday spectacular that goes from not long after sun-up to late-night TV. San Diego Section boys and girls Friday participated in many events, some with four classifications, Invitational, Open, Seeded, and Rated.  “Rising Stars” events below, usually are reserved for ...