2014-15: Torrey Pines Keeps Winning
The world is Torrey Pines’ oyster, for now. Coach John Olive’s Falcons completed an 8-0 January and have a 10-game winning streak as they visit Rancho Bernardo tonight. The 21-2 Falcons have six remaining regular-season games against teams with a combined record of 61-65. None of those  opponents, Rancho Bernardo, twice (11-9), Mt. Carmel (12-10), Poway […]
Read More2014-15 Week 6: Give Morse Some Respect
Where have I gone wrong? I voted for Morse as No. 5 in the UT-San Diego basketball poll this week. I assigned No. 10 to Army-Navy. The poll of 11 voters released today shows Army-Navy No. 5 and Morse No. 9. Â No change from last week for either team. Morse defeated Riverside John North, 96-88, […]
Read More1998: Helix Mounts Late Run to Championship
Helix’Â San Diego Section Division II title represented what may have been the finest coaching performance in Jim Arnaiz’s 27-season career. The Highlanders had won only 4 of their first 9 games but three ties had made them 4-2-3Â when they began a five-week run to the championship. –They improved to 5-2-3 and clinched second […]
Read More2014-15: No Poll Today But Lots of Action
We’re going to hold off on publishing the weekly Union-Tribune basketball poll, because games Monday night would dramatically alter the Top 10, the deadline of which for voters is 10 a.m. on Monday. The poll’s timeliness often is in question at this time of year, because clubs are involved in the annual series of one-night stands and specially promoted events […]
Read More2014-15: Poll Remains Same, 1-10
The order of  the Union-Tribune Top 10 was unchanged after the fourth vote of the season, but there will be changes next week. No. 1 Foothills Christian was beaten, 48-42, by The Bishop’s at Cuyamaca College last night in what is evolving into a tough Coastal Division race. Foothills’ 6-foot, 11-inch T.J. Leaf did not […]
Read More2015: John Kovac, Started Mesa College Football Program
John Kovac, the first head football coach at Mesa College and coach of Coronado’s 1955-56 Southern California basketball championship team, passed away at age 89. Services for Kovac, who moved from San Diego to Palm Springs in October, will be Jan. 20 at St. Brigit’s Parish, Pacific Beach, on Jan. 20 at 11 a.m. Kovac opened the Mesa program […]
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