2015-16: Cathedral, Foothills Beat Favorites on Road
Greater challenges lie ahead, but San Diego Section teams in the Southern California regional playoffs were successful in three of four Open Division quarterfinals games last night. —The Foothills Christian Knights stunned Santa Ana Mater Dei, dealing the Monarchs their first loss at home in 10 years, 50-46, and moving on to Tuesday’s semifinals and […]
Read More2015-16: Kearny, St. Augustine Pull Big Road Wins
Despite being seeded in the nether regions of the Southern California regional playoffs, No. 15 Kearny and No. 12 St. Augustine scored significant road victories last night, while most other San Diego Section squads, including all 13 girls’ teams in action, were stowing their gear today. Kearny (31-3) overcame a 53-47, fourth-quarter deficit to upset No. 2-ranked and host Huntington […]
Read More2015-16 Week 11: Foothills Runs Away With Final No. 1 Rating
Records through Monday, March 7: Rank Team Record Points Last Poll 1 Foothills Christian (11) 24-4 110 1 2 Cathedral 20-6 96 2 3 St. Augustine 22-7 79 4 4 Kearny 30-3* 77 7 5 Torrey Pines 25-5** 71 3 6 El Camino 27-6 50 5 7 Army-Navy 21-10 42 6 8 La Jolla Country Day […]
Read More2015-16: Boys Hit Road in Southern California Regionals
San Diego’s eternal quest for respect from the Southern Section renews this week with opening rounds of the state regional playoffs. Respect still is to be earned. Only one of 15 boys teams is seeded higher than its opponent in the six divisions, Open and I-V, brackets for which were announced yesterday by the state […]
Read More2015-16 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 […]
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