- 1990 Boys Track: Noon & Price Lead the Way
Seventeen of 48 qualifiers from the San Diego Section finals advanced from the 72nd state meet trials at Cerritos College in Norwalk, including San Diego Section all-timers, Brent Noon of Fallbrook and Jerome Price of University City.
Nine of the 17, or 53 per cent, scored points based on at least a top six finish in ...
- 2023 Flag Football Week 13A: No.1’s Bonita Vista, Classical Advance
DIVISION I
Top seed Bonita Vista took care of business, dominating No. 4 and 17-3 Calexico, 33-13, in the San Diego Section semifinals. The Lady Barons (18-1) have lorded over opponents, with a 514-137 scoring advantage, punctuating their MaxPreps’ state No. 6 rating.
Torrey Pines slipped past 12-5 Grossmont, 14-13, with a last-10-seconds, come-from-behind score, to remain ...
- 2023 Week 13: Lincoln, Granite Hills Survive Semifinals Thrillers
After an essentially quiet first week, quarterfinals and Open Division semifinals brought the San Diego Section playoffs to life, starting with a couple wild Open Division battles.
Distance and facing California’s No. 8-ranked team and second seed didn’t deter third seed and California-ranked 14th Granite Hills.
The Eagles bused 44 miles and then outlasted state No. 8 ...
- 2023 Flag Football Week 12B: Playoff Quarterfinals, At a Glance
Division I
Unlike the first round, most favorites won handily. Torrey Pines (15-0) had to outscratch the Brawley Lady Wildcats, 14-13. Bonita Vista (17-1) and Grossmont (12-4) featured their offenses, each putting up more than 30 points.
The Lady Barons, MaxPreps’ state No. 13, next face Calexico in the semifinals. The Lady Falcons of Torrey Pines, Max ...
- 2023 Flag Football Week 12A: Playoffs Round One Results
Two of the four better seeded teams prevailed in the first round of the San Diego Section Division I playoffs, including Scripps Ranch, which had a close call with Hilltop, 13-12.
No. 11 seed Olympian upset 6 Mira Mesa, 12-7. The 9-5 Lady Eagles were behind early to the 8-9 Lady Marauders, but came back with ...
- 2023 Week 12: Pairings Are More On Than Off in Postseason Openers
The CIF’s power ratings, a football version of diversity, inclusion, and equity, worked in all but four games in the week 12, first round of San Diego Section playoffs.
The National Football League long has fostered the “on-any-given-day-any team-can-win” mantra. There aren’t upsets; they’re…well, surprises.
There were four “surprises” as the San Diego Section postseason got underway. ...
- 2023 Flag Football Week 11: Playoff Brackets Favor Barons, Caimans
Bonita Vista and Classical drew the top seeds in the two-division, inaugural postseason.
DIVISION I
While Torrey Pines (14-0) is the only undefeated San Diego Section team, MaxPreps ranks Bonita Vista (16-1) higher, based on strength of schedule. CIF bosses made the Lady Barons the number 1 seed and the Lady Falcons number 2. Calexico (16-2) is ...
- 2023 Week 11: Hats Off! League Champions!
The advent of power ratings, leading to alteration of teams’ division and league placements and affecting playoff seeding, changed the landscape.
League championships don’t carry that once-cherished cachet.
But don’t tell that to the players, coaches, and student bodies. A league title still goes down as a matter of record and still looks great on that letterman’s ...
- 2023 Flag Football Week 10: Torrey Pines, Bonita Vista Stay on Top
Torrey Pines (13-0) remains the only undefeated team and stays put on MaxPreps’ state rankings as number 13, while Bonita Vista (14-1) buoyed to number 5 from 6 in rankings this week.
About 38 games remain in the regular season. The top 12 teams in each division will be announced with playoff pairings on Nov 2. The ...
- 2023 Week 10: Hats Off! Mater Dei’s John Joyner!
A significant accomplishment was overlooked for a few weeks. Mater Dei’s John Joyner became the 49th San Diego Section coach to win a career 100th game.
Fast-finishing for a second straight year, the Crusaders coach’s team defeated Eastlake, 36-7, for its fifth straight win after an 0-3 start and gave Joyner his 103rd victory.
Victory No. 100 ...
- 2023 Flag Football Week 9: Bonita Vista, Classical Lead Divisions
Flag football’s initial season has been a numerical and seeming artistic success, with 217 games played through eight weeks, and about 70 scheduled in the remaining two weeks of the regular season.
The 46 San Diego Section girls teams will split into two Divisions for the playoffs, based on school enrollment. The D-I upper half ranges ...
- 2023 Week 9: Hornets are Stinging and Streaking
Lincoln won its 21st game in a row, 42-7, over St. Augustine last week and improved to 9-0 this year. The Hornets will be seeking their first, undefeated, 10-0 campaign Saturday when they wrap the regular season at University City.
Coach Vic Player’s Hornets were undefeated in the 1979 regular season but city schools played only ...
- 2023 Week 8: San Diego Beats Hoover; Helix-Grossmont, No Change
Two of the San Diego Section’s most enduring rivalries were on display.
San Diego and Hoover met for 73rd time, Helix and Grossmont for the 70th.
San Diego ended a nine-game, non winning streak against the Cardinals with a 56-45 victory, the Cavers’ first of the season. Helix beat Grossmont for the 27th consecutive time, 57-8.
CAVERS FADE
Things ...
- 2023 Week 7: Del Norte Ties Section Record in Four-Overtime Win
Del Norte survived four overtime possessions and finally defeated Rancho Bernardo, 49-43, last week, tying a 46-44 Granite Hills victory over Helix in 2022 for the longest game ever played by a San Diego County team.
Existing rules are that each team has four downs beginning at the 25-yard line with straight football rules. Simply put, ...
- 1990 Baseball: It’s season of Foothillers, Marauders, and Eagles
Grossmont became the eighth different team since 1980 to win the San Diego Section 2-A championship. Forgotten by many, the title also was the Foothillers’ first since they claimed a larger bauble. They won the Southern Section major division crown, 5-0, over Compton in 1951.
The Foothillers also won a Southern Section minor division title in ...
- 2023 Week 6: Carlsbad-Mission Hills Headlines Avocado League Opener
The week’s schedule is loaded with potential benchmark league openers as 11 of the 18 San Diego Section loops begin play. Key games:
AVOCADO
Carlsbad (5-0), @Mission Hills (4-1).
Mission Hills leads, 4-3, since 2011 in games matching two of the section’s most successful coaches, the Grizzlies’ Chris Hauser and Carlsbad’s Thadd MacNeal…Hauser is in his 23rd season, ...
- 2023 Week 5: Can Army-Navy Do It?
The Army and Navy Academy, which has graduated future officers and gentlemen since 1910, won its fourth straight game last week, 55-0, over Francis Parker in the Coastal League opener and has not allowed a point this season, rampaging to consecutive blowouts of at least 40 points.
But it will be a huge underdog this week ...
- 2023 Week 4: Carlsbad Chips Away at Hornets’ Lead; Helix Rising
Carlsbad cut into Lincoln’s first place lead in the Union-Tribune poll for a second straight week and had 13 No. 1 votes to the Hornets’ 17.
Lincoln had 19 first-place votes two weeks ago but lost ground again despite a 54-19 win over declining state Division II-AA champion Mater Dei, while Carlsbad crowned Queen Creek Castille, ...
- 2023 Week 3: Helix Barges Into Contention
A month ago, before the games, Lincoln and Carlsbad were the likely candidates for a destination game in the Open Division playoffs, well into November.
The Hornets and Lancers have not disappointed, 6-0 combined with impressive wins against intersectional rivals.
It’s too early to rule out other contenders, but Cathedral, after an early rout of Mater Dei, ...
- 2023 Week 2: How About Helix? Next 3 Games Should Tell
After a 45-21 win at Mountain View St. Francis of the Central Coast Section the question this week is Helix back? The question last week was whether Cathedral was back. Not quite, after a 40-30 loss at L.A. Mission Hills Chaminade.
The Honor Bowl, a Sean Doyle favorite, will provide another opportunity for Doyle’s Dons this ...
