2023-2024 Boys Week 9: Carlsbad-Montgomery Rematch for Championship
 Scores through Friday, February 23, are included below. A playoffs wrap-up will appear later along with pairings for the Southern California regionals. No. 1 Carlsbad will try to reverse a 63-55 loss in December to No. 3 Montgomery when the Lancers and Aztecs meet in the San Diego Section Open Division championship Saturday at U.C. […]
Read More2023-2024 Boys Week 8B : Playoffs Enter Semifinals Round of 4
Two rounds of San Diego Section playoffs produced at least four shockers, sending power ratings analysts diving for cover. No. 8 seed Scripps Ranch defeated No. 1 Santa Fe Christian in a second-round game, 60-51, in Division IÂ in the week’s most significant reversal. There were others:Â A 6 seed over an 11, a 12 […]
Read More2023-2024 Girls Week 8: Finalists Emerge in D-III, IV, V, V-A, and V-AA
See table below for scores and pairings. All games except final, are at higher (lower number) seed.
Read More2023-24 Boys Week 8A: The Playoffs Are Here, Follows Last Regular-Season Vote.
John Maffei’s weekly, final regular-season Union-Tribune poll. # TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAX-PREPS CAL-HI SPORTS 1 Carlsbad 26-2 (8) 161 1 8/9 15/15 2 Montgomery 26-2 (9) 159 2 17/20 20/21 3 St. Augustine 24-4 139 3 21/21 21/20 4 Torrey Pines 21-7 108 4 40/37 On the Bubble 5 La Jolla Country Day 22-5 […]
Read More2023-24 Girls Week 7: Last Poll Before Playoffs
John Maffei’s Girls Week 7 Union-Tribune Poll Rank/Prev Team (Record) Points* MaxPreps Rank/Rating Cal-Hi Sports 35 1/1 Mission Hills (20-8) 60 (6) 16/31.68 15/15 2/2 La Jolla Country Day (22-6) 54 20/30.11 22/22 3/4 Westview (18-10) 41 76/23.19 NR 4/3 Poway (19-8) 39 81/22.51 NR 5/8 Francis Parker (16-9) 35 101/21.15 NR 6T/5T Bonita Vista […]
Read More2023-24 Week 7 Girls: Newly Crowned Await Playoffs
Twenty-nine champs and co-champs of 22 leagues prepare for the post-season that begins Tuesday. Now when ratings based on strength of schedule determine playoff seeds, are league banners just gym rafter eye candy for fans and newbies? Maybe, but players and coaches agree they’re a reminder of the camaraderie and journey to the top that […]
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