2019 Week 15: We’re Down to 6 Survivors
The season continues for the six San Diego Section division champions. Pairings for the Southern California regional playoffs with teams with AA classification playing on Friday, Dec .6, while teams with A designation will play on Saturday, Dec.7. Division Team Record Opponent Record I-AA Helix 11-1 Chatsworth Sierra Canyon 12-1 I-A Oceanside 11-3 Corona del […]
Read More2019-20 Weeks 1-2: San Ysidro Frosh Challenges Dad
Mikey Williams, a 6-foot, 3-inch guard heralded as one of the outstanding ninth grade players in the country, scored 50 points in one game recently as the San Diego Section basketball season got under way. But the San Ysidro freshman can’t claim family bragging rights. That’s because Mikey’s father, Mahlon Williams, a three-year star at […]
Read More2019 Week 14: Trying to Pick the Winners in San Diego Section Finals
Taking a look at this week’s five division championship games at Southwestern College and a doffing of the fedora to the Helix Highlanders, who overcame the loss of superstar running back Elelyon Noa: DIVISION I No. 9 seed Oceanside (9-3) and No. 2 Lincoln (10-2) were beneficiaries last week, gifted with forfeit victories over San […]
Read More2019 Week 13: Eight Teams Overcome Poorer Seedings
Call it the “Ides of November” or “Beware the Quarterfinals.” Julius Caesar apparently missed the significance and was assassinated in 44 BC after being advised to “beware the Ides of March,” a March 15 date on the Roman calendar noted for religious observances and as a deadline for “settling debts,” according to accepted history. On […]
Read More1985-86: Titans Go For Three
Poway’s quest for a trilogy was in full swing. Coach Neville Saner’s team, San Diego Section winners the last two seasons, made it clear from the first tip that things weren’t going to change. The Titans opened the season on Dec. 3 with an 81-48 victory over established and well regarded El Capitan, which would […]
Read More1985-86: Oceanside & El Camino Were Don’t Invitems
As Tom Shanahan of the Evening Tribune described on Jan 18, 1986, “The Oceanside-El Camino football rivalry may not stir much passion, but emotions in the city’s basketball rivalry have overheated.” “Boiled over,” added Shanahan of the antipathy felt by these too-close-for-comfort North County neighbors. The Wildcats’ gymnasium was filled to its 1,100-seat capacity when […]
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