- 2022-23 Week 10: Santa Fe Christian, Mater Dei Rattle the Top 10
One week to go in the regular season and the ranks have been shaken.
St. Augustine, Carlsbad, and Montgomery remained 1-2-3 in the latest Union-Tribune vote, but seven others changed positions. Most notable were Santa Fe Christian’s leapfrogging from No. 8 to No. 4 and Mater Dei’s rising from No. 9 to No. 6.
Santa Fe, its ...
- 2022-23 Week 9: Saints Still Unanimous No. 1 After Loss
Despite an 84-72 loss to Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in the Nike Extravaganza in Santa Ana last week, St. Augustine remained a unanimous No. 1 in the San Diego Section poll this week and could take a 24-4 record into the playoffs.
The Saints open the semifinal week of the regular season with two Western League ...
- 1959 Track: Tripp’s Great Day in Southern Section Finals
Arnold Tripp took charge early in the Southern Section championships at Long Beach Veterans’ Stadium when he upset hometown favorite Dee Andrews of Long Beach Poly in the broad jump, then followed with a second in the 100 to San Bernardino’s John Howard, and ran down Howard in the stretch of the 220-yard sprint, bettering ...
- 1958 Baseball: Cavemen Exit Playoffs in Quarterfinals
Another great San Diego High team? Or a very good San Diego team that had punished mostly mediocre opponents?
The Cavemen, 23-1 and one of the favorites for a Southern Section championship, were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the playoffs at Long Beach Poly, a team with a 20-3 record but had not participated in the ...
- 1959 Baseball: Cassie’s Great Run Ends in Disappointment
Another outstanding San Diego High team was eliminated in the Southern California playoffs and followed a trend of other Cavers teams generally also coming up short in football and basketball.
Coach Les Cassie, who guided the 1952 team to an astounding 35-2 record and its lone Southern California title in the decade, retired after this season ...
- 2022-23 Week 7: St. Augustine Wins National Game in Massachusetts
Trailing, 30-23, St. Augustine took charge in the second half and defeated East Catholic of Manchester, Connecticut, 67-57, last week in the Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass. San Ysidro was beaten in the same event by Florida’s Miami Columbus, 74-67.
Locally, most impressive was Montgomery, which zipped past Mater Dei, 77-58, and replaced the Crusaders as ...
- 2022-23 Week 8: Saints’ Busy Week Ends With Nike Event
St. Augustine, priming for what it hopes will be a deep run in the postseason playoffs, has a pair of Western League games this week and a final, tough intersectional test against Sherman Oaks Notre Dame Saturday in the Nike Extravaganza at Santa Ana Mater Dei.
The Saints have a home game Wednesday against Hoover (11-9) ...
- 2022 Week 17: Robinson Leads, Plus Annual Scoring Leaders/2022 Leading Individual Performances
Roderick Robinson, already enrolled at the University of Georgia, became the third Lincoln athlete to win Cal-Hi Sports’ Mr. Football award after leading the Hornets to the state Division I championship and the San Diego Section in scoring.
Robinson had the academic credits and graduated early from high school not long after the Hornets’ 33-28 win ...
- 2022-23 Week 6: Cross-country trips for No. 1 Saints, No. 4 San Ysidro
San Diego Section No. 1-ranked St. Augustine and No. 4 San Ysidro go national this week, traveling to Western Massachusetts for games in the Spalding HoopHall event at Springfield College.
The Saints will meet Max Preps‘ No. 2 team in Connecticut, Manchester East Catholic (7-0 in reported games), at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The Cougars (8-7) take ...
- 2022-23 Week 6: Cross-country Challenges for No. 1 Saints and No. 4 Cougars
San Diego Section No. 1-ranked St. Augustine and No. 4 San Ysidro go national this week, traveling to Western Massachusetts for a games in the Spalding HoopHall event at Springfield College.
The Saints will meet Max Preps‘ No. 2 team in Connecticut, Manchester East Catholic (7-0 in reported games), at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The Cougars (8-7) ...
- 2022-23 Week 5: The Saints Are Still Marching In
Exhausted from a week of travel and tip-ins at numerous venues and in numerous events, San Diego Section teams now gear for league play and some “classics”, such as on Martin Luther King weekend later this month.
So busy and so competitive was last week, today’s Union-Tribune poll revealed a seldom-seen jockeying for position. Only St. ...
- 1958 Track: Lincoln’s Drive to CIF Southern Section Title Crashes
Always striving for higher, faster, further, San Diego -area track and field competitors delivered a bevy of outstanding marks and a consensus that Lincoln, in its fourth season, could become the Southern California team champion, following San Diego’s 1957 championship.
The Hornets didn’t make it, their season ending in disappointment. Lincoln’s troubles in the Southern Section ...
- 1958 Baseball: Cavers Can’t Get Past Long Beach Poly
Another great San Diego High team? Or a very good San Diego team that had punished mostly mediocre opponents?
The Cavemen, 23-1 and one of the favorites for a Southern Section championship, were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the playoffs at Long Beach Poly, a team with a 20-3 record but had not participated in the ...
- 2022-23 Week 4: 80 Teams (from 55 cities, 10 states) Converge for Torrey Pines Event
Dozens of tournaments and nonleague games make the weekly vote for the top 10 in San Diego County almost superfluous. Action is daily and will be through the end of the year, notably with the massive, 32nd Torrey Pines Holiday Classic, which began this morning at several venues.
No.1 St. Augustine (9-2) opens at home at ...
- 2022-23 Week 4: Montgomery Wins Consolation Championship in Las Vegas
While the St. Augustine boys and La Jolla Country Day girls competed against the best this week, Montgomery came home with a championship, of sorts.
The Aztecs (8-3), won the Baller TV consolation bracket in the Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas, defeating Las Vegas schools Sierra Vista, 71-46; Valley, 60-58, and Clark, 54-36, after a first-round ...
- 2022-23 Week 3: Saints Idle, Stay Atop Union-Tribune Vote
The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 3 poll:
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
*First-place votes. Last entries in columns indicate previous rank.
The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 3 poll:
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
*First-place votes. Last entries in columns indicate previous rank.
Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max Preps’ represent state rankings. NR—Not ranked.
TEAM
RECORD
POINTS
LAST
MAX-PREPS
CAL-HI SPORTS
1. St. Augustine
7-0
190
1
6/7
/10
2. Carlsbad
10-2
163
2
31/30
/NR
3. Torrey ...
- 2022: Doyle and Hauser Move Up; Burner, McNair, Starr Move In.
Eleven wins in 2023 could elevate Sean Doyle to as high as a fourth-place tie with Bennie Edens on the list of San Diego County coaches’ all-time victories.
Eleven wins in 2023 would move Chris Hauser into the club of eight who have won 200 games.
The late Bennie Edens of Point Loma is fourth with 238 ...
- 2022 Week 16: San Diego Section is 4-0 in State Bowls.
The final act for 98 teams and the 561** games they played was a quaternary of success, 4 games, 4 victories in the state bowl championships.
San Diego Section teams enjoyed their most successful year since the inaugural Southern California and state bowl championship series in 2006.
Lincoln (13-1) went on a 21-0 blitz in the third ...
- 2022-23 Week 2: Saints to Meet Florida Power in Las Vegas
St. Augustine, 7-0 and the unanimous first-place choice in the Union-Tribune weekly poll, will take that and its Cal-Hi Sports No. 10 state ranking and Max Preps’ No. 7, to Las Vegas Monday.
The Saints of coach Mike Haupt, slotted in the Platinum Division of the Tarkanian Classic at Orleans Arena, will open against Orlando Oak ...
- 2022 Week 15C: Mater Dei Tries to Better In-Season Record Run
Mater Dei’s recovery from an 0-21 hole to a 22-21 win over Downey in the Southern California playoff last week wasn’t the only remarkable achievement by the South Bay club this year.
The Crusaders’ 10-game winning streak, following four straight losses to open the season, is unprecedented, according to researcher and webmaster Henrik Jonson, who estimated ...
