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Elijah Jefferson’s quest for a record, third consecutive state meet 100-yard dash championship was short circuited by the blindingly fast start (a “flyer”, some suggested) on the Balboa Stadium track by Kevin Williams of San Fernando. Jefferson had tied his  meet record of :09.4 in the trials and Williams, known for tremendous acceleration at the sound ...

The girls from Grossmont and Montgomery closed the San Diego Section basketball season on losing notes in championship games in Sacramento. Montgomery (25-12) dropped a 56-50 decision to Oakland High (23-10) in the Division V final and Grossmont (27-8) was beaten in D-IV, 42-29, by Eureka St. Bernard (30-5). But a losing performance probably was the highlight ...

It was another great season by coach Mike Morrow’s San Diego High Hilltoppers, who won their second Southern Section championship in the last three seasons. (San Diego also won the team championship in track and field and reached the finals in football, losing, 13-12, to Santa Monica). The Hillers were 69-16, a .812 winning percentage,  since Morrow ...

The San Diego Section girls are 21-8 overall in the Southern California regional tournament and  guaranteed two  teams in next week’s state finals in Sacramento.  That’s because the D-IV and V finals will offer a rarity among rarities: All four regional finalists are from the San Diego Section. Fallbrook’s 42-35 D-IV win over Oceanside advanced the No. ...

San Diego Section boys teams exited early from the Southern California regional tournament, but No. 4 seed Carlsbad stuck around and almost knocked out No. 1. Coach Clark Allard’s Lancers lost a semifinal battle, 73-72, at Studio City Harvard-Westlake, the same team that had routed Carlsbad, 83-44, in the season’s first game. The Lancers led by as ...

Only games with a San Diego section team are listed. Complete brackets are here. All games played at higher (low number) seed.

John Maffei’s weekly, final regular-season Union-Tribune poll and the final  Max-Preps and Cal-Hi Sports ratings, inclusive of the state playoffs. # TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAX-PREPS CAL-HI SPORTS 1 Carlsbad 29-2 (17) 161 1 8/9 10/16 2 Montgomery 28-3 159 2 17/20 27/20 3 St. Augustine 25-5 139 3 21/21 31/24 4 La Jolla Country Day 23-6 108 5 60/59 NR/On the Bubble 5 Torrey Pines 21-8 103 4 43/40 NR/NR 6  Mission Hills 21-8 79 8 93 NR/NR 7 La Costa Canyon 19-8 50 6 76/76 NR/NR 8 Mission Bay 21-11 64 NR 97/98 NR/NR 9 Santa Fe Christian 21-9 38 7 118 NR/NR 10 Cathedral 20-9 9 9 104 NR/NR Others receiving votes Scripps Ranch (20-12, 17 points), San Marcos (24-7, 156), Olympian (28-3, 10), University City (24-8, 10), Mount Miguel ...

Jake Hall’s two, late three-point baskets got No. 1 seed Carlsbad past Montgomery, 56-47, Saturday, February 24, for the San Diego Section Open Division championship. The victory, before more than 3,000  persons at U.C. San Diego’s LionTree Arena avenged a 63-55 loss to the No. 3 Aztecs (28-3) in December, was the Lancers’ 19th straight victory ...

Mission Hills earned its fourth Open Division title, after three straight failed attempts, with a hard fought win over La Jolla Country Day, 63-56. The Grizzlies held off a late comeback by the Torreys, and coach Chris Kroesch credited a 14 point blitz, and 18 total,  by Lindsay Jones as the difference maker, saying “She ...

Willie Banks of Oceanside and Elijah Jefferson of Crawford offered a historic footnote to the 56th state meet in Bakersfield. Banks and Jefferson we’re the first from the San Diego Section to win successive state championships since Chula Vista’s Tim Danielson in 1965-66 and only the second and third from the area to repeat since the ...

 Scores through Friday, February 23, are included below.  A playoffs wrap-up will appear later along with pairings for the Southern California regionals. Almost all divisions met seeding expectations, without even a “last second thriller”, but there were some surprises. Division IV No. 4 Escondido Charter upset No. 1 La Jolla. Power ratings notwithstanding, the White Tigers were ...

 Scores through Friday, February 23, are included below.  A playoffs wrap-up will appear later along with pairings for the Southern California regionals. No. 1 Carlsbad will try to reverse a 63-55 loss in December to  No. 3 Montgomery when the Lancers and Aztecs meet in the San Diego Section Open Division championship Saturday at U.C. San ...

For the first time in the San Diego Section’s 14 years, a team not from the city or the eastern suburbs had reached the playoff finals. Twenty-six squads, including Hoover, Helix, El Capitan, Crawford, Point Loma, San Diego, Santana, Kearny, Clairemont, and University had won or gotten to the championship game from 1961-73, and they were ...

Two rounds of San Diego Section playoffs produced at least four shockers, sending power ratings analysts diving for cover. No. 8 seed Scripps Ranch defeated No. 1 Santa Fe Christian in a second-round game, 60-51, in Division I  in the week’s most significant reversal. There were others:  A 6 seed over an 11, a 12 over ...

See table below for scores and pairings. All games except final, are at higher (lower number) seed.

John Maffei’s weekly, final regular-season Union-Tribune poll. # TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAX-PREPS CAL-HI SPORTS 1 Carlsbad 26-2 (8) 161 1 8/9 15/15 2 Montgomery 26-2 (9) 159 2 17/20 20/21 3 St. Augustine 24-4 139 3 21/21 21/20 4 Torrey Pines 21-7 108 4 40/37 On the Bubble 5 La Jolla Country Day 22-5 103 5 59/58 NR/NR 6 La Costa Canyon 19-7 79 6 58/65 NR/NR 8 Mission Hills 21-7 50 7 76/80 NR/NR 7 Santa Fe Christian 20-8 64 8 98/88 NR/NR 9 Cathedral 19-8 38 9 106/102 NR/NR 10 San Marcos 22-6 9 NR 133/126 NR/NR Others receiving votes Vista (19-9, 5 points), Mission Bay (17-11, 5), San Diego Southwest (25-2, 3), Rancho Buena Vista ( 21-7, 2), Olympian (24-3, 1), Victory Christian (18-9, 1), First-place votes in parenthesis. Points on ...

John Maffei’s Girls Week 7 Union-Tribune Poll td:nth-child(2) { text-align: left; padding-left: 10px;} Rank/Prev Team (Record) Points* MaxPreps Rank/Rating Cal-Hi Sports 35 1/1 Mission Hills (20-8) 60 (6) 16/31.68 15/15 2/2 La Jolla Country Day (22-6) 54 20/30.11 22/22 3/4 Westview (18-10) 41 76/23.19 NR 4/3 Poway (19-8) 39 81/22.51 NR 5/8 Francis Parker (16-9) 35 101/21.15 NR 6T/5T Bonita Vista (14-12) 34 148/18.08 NR 6T/7 Del Norte (18-9) 39 119/19.81 NR 8/5T Rancho Bernardo (19-9) 34 126/17.91 NR 10T/9 Bishop’s (20-7) 6 208/15.13 NR 10T/NR Grossmont (20-8) 6 211/15.93 NR Others receiving votes: Cathedral (6). *First-place votes in parentheses. Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. Max Preps and Cal-Hi Sports are state rankings. NR/Not ranked. The San ...

Twenty-nine champs and co-champs of 22 leagues prepare for the post-season that begins Tuesday. Now when ratings based on strength of schedule determine playoff seeds, are league banners just gym rafter eye candy for fans and newbies? Maybe, but players and coaches agree they’re a reminder of the camaraderie and journey to the top that lasts ...

What’s in a league championship? Especially in this era of power ratings and strengths of schedules and what they mean in playoff pairings and postseason division assignments, which were to be announced today. A league title represents essentially just bragging rights, but ask the players and coaches who achieved it and what they think when banners are ...

No. 1 Mission Hills rolled past Rancho Bernardo, 69-17, and Poway, 86-32, and La Jolla Country Day outscored Francis Parker, 61-54, and Grossmont , 60-42, to stay No. 2 in the poll. It was not a good week for Poway, which also lost to Westview, 72-54.  The Wolverines also beat San Marcos, 58-45, and their 2-0 ...