2024 Football Week 15C, How Times Have Changed
Competitive Equity is defined by the CIF as “finding ways for teams to compete that are similar with each other in a competitive nature.” Back in the day school enrollment and geography determined the levels on which teams competed. You wouldn’t see a school with almost 2,500 students playing one with 120 in the playoffs. […]
Read More2024 Football Week 15B: Maffei’s Final ’24 Poll
John Maffei’s final The San Diego Union poll: Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous ranking in (italics). Previous rankings were before San Diego Section playoffs. Bold indicates latest. NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps‘ and Cal-Hi Sports‘ are state rankings. RANK TEAM/RECORD POINTS MAXPREPS CALPREPS.COM CAL-HI SPORTS 1. Lincoln (10-2) 30* 300 (1) 12 (13) 63.3 […]
Read More2024 Football Week 15A: Division I-A Matchup Spotlighted
Coach Kellan Cobbs’ Granite Hills Eagles (11-2) take on another tough Orange County opponent when they visit Huntington Beach Edison (10-4) Saturday at Huntington Beach High. Granite Hills was a 49-21 loser to eventual state champion Mission Viejo in a 2023 regional playoff and Edison dropped a 49-24 decision to Mission Viejo this season. Another […]
Read More2024 Football Week 15: Now for the Regionals
Beginning with hot summer practices in late July through close to 1,000 games and 14 weeks of action, six teams still are standing. Champions Lincoln (Open), Granite Hills (Division I), Poway (D-II), St. Augustine (D-III), El Capitan (D-IV), and Monte Vista (D-V) embark on another season in the CIF State Southern Regional this week. San […]
Read More2024 Football Week 13: Lincoln Touchdown Underscores Playoffs Intensity
Mission Hills played keep away, controlling the ball for 34 plays to 8 in the second half, and the strategy almost worked, until Lincoln scored an overtime touchdown to win the Open Division semifinal playoff, 13-7. It won’t be the Hornets’ touchdown that will be remembered. Mission Hills’ Giovanni Harte, who battled the Lincoln defense, […]
Read More2024 Football Week 12A: Can St. Augustine Do It Again?
Many of the San Diego Section cognoscenti declared an upset when winless St. Augustine defeated La Jolla Country Day, 16-0, in the first round of the Division III playoffs last week. That the Saints (0-10) were seeded seventh in the division and the 5-5 Torreys were 10th, according to CIF power ratings, didn’t seem to […]
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