2015-16 Week 10: Playoffs Open on Quiet Note
Open Division teams, representing the elite of San Diego Section basketball as determined by the power ratings system, don’t get under way in the  playoffs until Friday (Girls) and Saturday (Boys). Divisions I-V begin play tonight (Girls) and tomorrow (Boys). Several factors go into the power ratings, administered by assistant commissioner John LaBeta, who heard some complaints […]
Read More2015-16 Week 9: Seedings, Playoffs Coming Fast
Assistant commissioner John LaBeta will be up into the early morning hours Saturday and, hopefully after a few hours sleep, at it again when the sun rises. Basketball’s most important weekend is at hand. LaBeta is the ratings maven for the San Diego Section. The regular season ends Friday night and teams will have until […]
Read More2015-16 Week 6: Knights Receive USA Today Props
Foothills Christian, a weekly, unanimous No. 1 in the San Diego Union-Tribune  poll, went “national” this week when it landed as No. 17 in the USA Today rankings. The thrill-a-minute Knights achieved the honor with another roller-coaster performance against Connecticut’s Waterbury Sacred Heart, which was 17th in USA Today the previous week. The Knights defeated the Hearts, […]
Read More2015-16, Week 5: Foothills Goes to Massachusetts
Foothills Christian lost its rematch with Chino Hills but continued as a team of statewide import, still not yet gone “national,” in the eyes of major U.S. ratings entities. The Adidas-influenced Knights will travel again this week, to Springfield, Massachusetts, for the Hoophall Classic and take on Connecticut’s No. 1, 8-0 Waterbury Sacred Heart, averaging […]
Read More2015-16 Week 4: Foothills Gets Another Chance
Foothills Christian, blown off the court, 40-13, in the first quarter and a 106-86 loser to Chino Hills a  couple weeks ago, will have another try at the USA Today No. 1 Huskies in the Sierra Canyon Super Showcase in Chatsworth Saturday. The pressing piranhas of 13-0 Chino Hills, averaging  93 points a game, were champions of the recent City […]
Read More2015-16 Week 3: Holiday Tournaments Continue
New Year’s and league play await, but  holiday action continues, most notably with the Under-Armour event hosted by coach John Olive and the Torrey Pines Falcons. Play begins Saturday with seven of the Union-Tribune Top 10 clubs competing. Foothills Christian, St. Augustine, and Army-Navy are in the elite National Division. Foothills, No. 1 in the latest Union-Tribune poll,  plays Oakland Bishop […]
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