2020-21 Week 5: Torrey Pines Makes Jump in State Ratings
Torrey Pines this week ranks second in one California poll, third in another, and a unanimous No. 1 in San Diego. John Olive , who became head coach at Torrey Pines before the 1997-98 season and whose teams have averaged 23 victories a season, commands a Falcons squad that has reached this juncture of the […]
Read More2020-21 Week 4: Torrey Pines’ Run Now at 19 in Row
Coach John Olive may have passed the word around the Torrey Pines campus on Del Mar Heights Road:Â Do not even think about an undefeated season. The coach would plead, “It’s too early.” Or, “We’re just thinking about our next game.” But three impressive victories last week have put the Falcons at 19-0, with a […]
Read More2020-21: Evolution of Individual Game Most Points
The innumerable number of games and points and lack of sustained record keeping, or reporting, in earlier years make basketball a most challenging sport when it comes to posting stats of the “most”. The table below, which begins decades after the game came to San Diego, lists an evolution of individual high scoring for one […]
Read More2020-21 Week 3: Top 3 Teams Are Combined 37-0.
RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS LAST WEEK 1. Torrey Pines 16-0 (10) 127 1 2. Cathedral 6-0 (2) 112 2 3. San Marcos 15-0 (1) 109 3 4. Santa Fe Christian 10-2 89 4 5. Carlsbad 10-2 71 6 6. El Camino 11-3 57 5 7. St.. Augustine 6-2 53 8 8. Orange Glen 14-2 30 […]
Read More2020-21 Week 2: Power is on Del Mar Heights Road*
San Diego Section teams have been staying close to home because of the pendemic, but the season is in full swing with usual powers Cathedral and Torrey Pines almost neck and neck. San Marcos and a few others appear to be lying in the weeds. Coach John Olive’s Torrey Pines Falcons managed to get in […]
Read More1993-94: Lincoln Boys, Christian Girls Dominate D-IV
Strength in the lower divisions, boys’ and girls’, continued to be the signature of San Diego Section teams. The Christian girls followed the sensational mid-1980s stretch of four state championships by Point Loma by reaching the state Division IV championship game for the fourth season in a row. Lincoln boys won the state D-IV title […]
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