1960: San Diego’s Final Act in Southern Section: Baseball, Track and Field.
A couple newcomers led the shouting in a last hurrah for San Diego. Area schools were preparing to leave the Southern Section after 47 years and embark on their own, 31 institutions forming the San Diego Section in the next school year. Clairemont and El Capitan, numbers 30 and 31, ignored usually unsuccessful results for […]
Read More1992-93: Playoffs Now Have 5 Divisions
CIF bosses approved a fifth division for playoffs. “Those who worried that five playoff divisions would take some of the glitter off league races needed to be in the stands at Christian and San Diego High this past weekend,” wrote Steve Brand before the start of the postseason. “When Christian beat Our Lady of Peace […]
Read More2020 Week 2: Tough Going at Point Loma
Point Loma canceled its season, hours after the story below was published. Joel Allen, who quarterbacked Christian to a Division IV championship in 2002 and created a brilliant coaching record at The Bishop’s (11 seasons, 100-39-1 record, .739 winning percentage) had stepped down. Allen was going to go into business with his brother and was […]
Read More2020 Week 3: Cathedral No. 1 Here, No. 7 in California
Comparisons are building for Cathedral. The Dons are a unanimous No. 1 in The San Diego-Union-Tribune poll and seventh for the second week in a row in the respected Cal-Hi Sports ratings. At No. 7, Cathedral is at its highest level in the Cal-Hi eye test rankings since the 2016 club finished fifth. Coach Sean […]
Read More2020: Active coaches with 50 or more wins through 2019
Football season is just beyond the horizon in this chaotic year, but many coaches are actively preparing for a January start (in the usual basketball season), including those who have reached 50 victories in their San Diego Section football careers. Earlier postings listed the Top 10 active football coaches in victories, and the all-time Top […]
Read More2020: Bill Rainey, Crawford Football Star and CIF Track Champ
Bill Rainey left with a couple championships when he graduated from Crawford High in 1962 and went on to the University of Southern California. Rainey, who passed away recently at his home in Seattle, was the San Diego Section football player of the year in 1961 and also was the first San Diego Section track-and-field […]
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