1979 Baseball: Hats Off! Hilltop, Metropolitan League
The long game ended the longest wait in the 18-season history of the San Diego Section. Hilltop’s 3-1 victory over Vista in the 17-inning 2-A finals marked the first year that a team not from the Eastern, Western or Grossmont leagues had won the title. Championships had been won by Eastern League schools Hoover (4), […]
Read More2024-25 Basketball Week 4: No Change from 1 Through 8.
The January grind continues with virtually no change in the Top 10 last week as teams try to position themselves for the February stretch run. The only movement was all the way down in ninth and 10th places. St. Augustine moved up to No. 9, and San Diego High made its first appearance at No. […]
Read More2024-25 Basketball Week 3: Montgomery Loses, But Still No. 1
Olympian upset (?) Montgomery, 53-47, in a Metro Mesa League game but the voters weren’t too impressed. The Aztecs remained No. 1 in the poll and the Eagles advanced only from eighth to fifth despite an overall record of 16-2. Montgomery is 18-2. Olympian’s losses were 60-56 to Francis Parker and 63-60 to now-No. 2 […]
Read More2024-25 Basketball Week 2: No Change, No. 1 Through No. 4
John Maffei’s weekly The San Diego Union poll. First-place votes in parenthesis. Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. Bold entries in columns are up-to-date rankings, followed by previous. Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max-Preps’ represent state rankings. NR—Not ranked. Records as of Feb. 12. TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAXPREPS CAL-HI SPORTS 1 Montgomery 17-1 (18) 180 1 8-9 11/10 […]
Read More2024 Football Week 17A: Granite Hills’ Turner Got Max Results
Max Turner of Granite Hills wrapped the San Diego Section scoring championship after he rushed for three touchdowns in the Eagles’ 34-28, Southern California regional playoff loss against Huntington Beach Edison. Turner’s 216 points outpaced the 188 of Calipatria’s Dominic Hawk and the 5-foot-8, 185-pounder was a model of consistency for coach Kellan Cobbs’ team, […]
Read More2024-25 Boys Basketball Week 1: Montgomery Leads Carlsbad in Poll
San Diego Section basketball teams, after hundreds of games and enough travel to catch the attention of Triple-A, are settling into the January-February grind of league play and selected intersectionals before the Southern California playoffs. Montgomery is No. 1 in John Maffei’s latest The San Diego Union-Tribune poll and No. 8 in California, according to […]
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