1990-91: 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 […]
Read More1989-90 I: Coaching Icons Trepanier, Saner Step Down
Two legendary mentors pulled the pin. Point Loma’s Lee Trepanier, whose Pointers teams dominated the state and earned national recognition throughout the decade, retired after 14 seasons, with a 331-56 record and .855 winning percentage. Neville Saner, whose Poway teams won four Division I titles in his seven seasons, retired after posting a 139-42 (.768) […]
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