2018-19 Week 11: Foothills Christian’s Hot Stretch Run Earns Rank
Ten consecutive wins since Jan. 11 propelled Foothills Christian into the No. 1 position in the final regular-season The San Diego Union-Tribune poll and earned coach Brad Leaf’s Knights the Open Division top seed in this week’s beginning of the San Diego Section playoffs. Play in divisions I through V convenes Wednesday evening. Open Division […]
Read More2018-19 Week 10: League Champions Step Up to Playoffs
Twenty-one San Diego Section league champions were crowned this week, although such a feat means nothing when it comes to the playoffs, pairings of which were announced today. But league championships represent a lot more than a playoff seeding,or divisional placement. Just ask the Mira Mesa Marauders and San Diego Cavers, who clinched Eastern and […]
Read More1971-72: Drollinger Leads Foothillers to Championship
No one could replace Bill Walton, so Ralph Drollinger just succeeded him. The 7-foot Drollinger, an inch taller than the legendary Walton, played at Grossmont, arch rival of Walton’s Helix. Drollinger posted San Diego County’s second highest, one-season scoring total, 878 points, to Walton’s 958. Drollinger won a San Diego Section championship, to Walton’s two. […]
Read More2018-19 Week 9: Races Coming Down to Wire; Agbo Goes off for Saints.
The San Diego Section regular season will end Feb. 8 and championships in at least three of the 19 basketball-playing leagues will come down to the final week. Rancho Buena Vista (6-1) and Vista (5-2) will meet at Vista for the Avocado League title. RBV edged the rival Panthers, 62-61, in the teams’ first meeting. […]
Read More2018-19, Weeks 7-8: League Races Take Shape
Have team league championships lost their cachet? Shrinking newspaper space, computer and newsletter rankings, weekly “classics” and “challenges” all appear have diminished a once-cherished achievement. Not quite. Go to a game and notice the commemorative patches and chevrons adorning the athletes’ letter jackets. Read a coach’s resume and list of accomplishments. Hear the reaction of […]
Read More2018-19 Weeks 1-6: State Top 20 Eludes San Diego Squads
The San Diego Section’s Big Four, listed numerically in the weekly The San Diego Union-Tribune poll below, has beaten some very good intersectional teams but not gained traction with ratings experts. Wins like Foothills Christian’s 83-74 over Sacramento Sheldon, the state’s No. 9 team according to Cal-Hi Sports and St. Augustine’s 64-49 victory over No. 12 […]
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