2017-18 Week 13: Bonita No. 1 in Girls’ Seedings
San Diego Section teams are favorites in 5 of the 17 boys games and in 6 of the 15 girls contests in the Southern California regional playoffs that begin Wednesday in Divisions I-V. Open Division teams tip Friday. Eleven of the San Diego entries have earned home games. The other 21 are on the road. […]
Read More1962-63 Basketball: Blum, Miller Scored, Crawford Won
There were two races in the Eastern League, one with four teams see-sawing through the season seeking two playoffs berths, and another, weekly shootout between Crawford’s Larry Blum and San Diego’s Elburt Miller. St. Augustine (19-5), led by Bob Spence, Mike (Zeke) Shea, Jimmy Antl, John Emerson, and Gary Hoffman, held off Crawford (24-6-1), Hoover […]
Read More2017-18 Week 12: The Eyes Have It Over the Machine
Who won, the ratings or the seedings? Since the seedings are based on the ratings and the ratings are based on the Ocomputer, the question should be who won, the computer or the human eye? So far, the computer is trailing the organ of sight, at least in this impromptu survey. Writer John Maffei of […]
Read More2017-18 Week 11:Â Basketball Yes, Football No
Who are these guys and girls? Ninety-four of the 128 dues-paying members of the CIF San Diego Section fielded football teams in 2017, which leaves more than 30 to pursue other sports. Many do, in the hoops game. They perform in relative obscurity, their game results often not reported or appearing in the newspaper, but […]
Read More2017-18 Week 10: Contenders Await Playoff Seeds
The dog days of the season will suddenly become the stretch run Saturday, when pairings, fueled by the ratings system associated with Max Preps, will be announced by the San Diego Section. Foothills Christian appears to have a lock on the regular-season Top 10 ratings, which will be announced next week. The Knights, with St. […]
Read More1958-59: Cavers’ Great Season Goes off Rails
Forfeits, ineligibles, nuptials. Three words that sum up a season filled with hot shooting, high scores, and dramatic finishes but ended with flat, early exits for San Diego schools in their next-to-last year in the Southern Section playoffs. –San Diego High, 23-2 on the floor, was 7-18 legislatively after forfeiting 16 victories because of an […]
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