2020-21 Week 11: Final Regular Season Union-Tribune Poll
The Union-Tribune ‘s final poll included only the regular season. We’ve included San Diego Section and Southern California playoff results in teams’ records but the rankings do not change. RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS LAST WEEK 1. Torrey Pines 30-1 (13) 130 1 2. San Marcos 25-2 113 2 3. Cathedral 17-3 107 3 4. St. […]
Read More2020-21 Week 11: Victory Christian, St. Joseph Favored in Girls’ Southern California Tournament
Sa’de-Wiley Gatewood is back in the hunt. The Victory Christian coach sends her No. 1 seed against No. 4 Playa del Rey St. Bernard Thursday in a Southern California Division VI-AA semifinals game at the Knights’ Chula Vista venue. The winner will meet the survivor of he Corcoran-Los Angeles Franklin game for the championship. Four […]
Read More2020-21 Week 11A: Torrey Pines, 16 Other Boys Teams Seek Gold
Seventeen teams begin one-week quests of Southern California championships and almost all eyes will be on the 29-0 Torrey Pines Falcons, seeded No. 1 in the Open Division and with a quarterfinals bye. Corona Centennial, which the Falcons defeated at home early in the season, 65-62, bypassed a chance to turn the tables on coach […]
Read More2020-21 Girls Weeks 9-10: Third Time Charm for Cathedral
Cathedral upheld the honor of No. 1 seeds and defeated No. 3 Bonita Vista, 55-49, in the Open Division and erased the memory of two losses to the Barons in the regular season. It was not a happy ride for several of the favored seeds in the girls’ San Diego Section playoffs.. Nine upsets, or […]
Read More2020-21 Boys Weeks 9-10: Torrey Pines Still Unbeaten; props to Sage Creek
Unbeaten and 29-0 Torrey Pines continued its march toward a place where no San Diego Section boys team has gone, winning a championship in the largest division in Southern California (the 1935-36 San Diego High team won the Southern Section title but had a loss in a 15-1 season; the 1944-45 Hoover team won the […]
Read More1963 Baseball: East County’s Helix-El Capitan Final Steals City Thunder
The typically good baseball played in the area was augmented by another stable of outstanding players. Pro teams signed dozens and several made it to the big leagues: Dave Duncan and Eddie Herrmann were the first two of the eventual five catchers from Crawford to reach the top. Others included Lincoln’s Lou Marone. St. Augustine’s […]
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