1990-91: And the Scoreboard Blinked…and Blinked.
The three-point basket, which became a part of the game in 1986, continued to be refined and exploited and teams’ scoring points in the 80’s and 90’s was common. One-hundred-point totals were at a record pace. Valhalla’s Mark Dillon set a state record with 145 three-pointers and tied the state record with 12 treys in […]
Read More1990-91: Christian Girls Almost Go All the Way.
Christian star Tiffany Stutz played with a re-injured ankle in the state championship game after the underdogs from El Cajon mounted a late-season run through the San Diego Section and state Division V playoffs. Erik Meek of San Pasqual, headed for Duke University, averaged 30.18 points, a figure topped only by Tony Clark’s 30.3 in […]
Read More2019-20 Week 16: Cathedral, La Jolla Country Day Win Open Titles
CHAMPIONSHIPS SEEDS IN ITALICS OPEN BOYS Cathedral was hot. The No. 1-seed Dons had won 14 of their last 16, but No. 2 Torrey Pines was hotter, on a 15-game winning streak. It wasn’t about heat; it was defense. The Dons, who won the Division I championship in 2018-19, trailed, 28-25, at halftime but broke […]
Read More2019-20 Weeks 11-18: Cathedral Wins Final Newspaper Poll
This is the first The San Diego Union-Tribune Top 10 we’ve posted in several weeks and is final for the 2019-20 season, including San Diego Section playoffs. *Completion of San Diego Section teams’ participation in the CIF state tournament are included in the final ratings by Max Preps and Cal-Hi Sports. First-place votes in parenthesis. […]
Read More2019-20 Week 15: Favored Teams win 78% as San Diego Section Playoffs Move Into Semifinals
Shockers, upsets, and surprises (maybe) shook up the first week of the San Diego Section playoffs, which resume Feb. 25 following 120 games in boys and girls first- round and quarterfinals competition. Twenty-seven games have been won by teams with less attractive (higher) seeds. Favorites won 93 games, a 77.5 winning percentage, according to results […]
Read More2019-20 Week 14: Just 27 of 133 Can Claim League Superiority
What’s in a league championship? Especially in this era of power ratings and strengths of schedules and what they mean in playoff pairings and postseason division assignments, which will be announced today? A league title represents essentially just bragging rights, but ask the players and coaches who achieved it and what they think when banners […]
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