2013: Hoover Rallies
The Hoover Cardinals earned their seventh trip in 10 years to the San Diego Section finals last night, overcoming the deep and long San Marcos Knights, 68-63. Hoover (28-5) takes on La Costa Canyon (27-4) Saturday in Viejas Arena for the San Diego Section II championship. The Cardinals defeated the Mavericks 56-55 earlier in the […]
Read More2013: Saints March in and Over First-Round Foe
St. Augustine students residing in “The Pit,” were off their game last night. When the score reached 79-20, the vocal cheering section in a corner of the Saints’ tiny gymnasium began serenading visiting Mar Vista players with “This game is over! This game is over!” The game actually was over barely a minute after it […]
Read More2013: It’s a Brave(s) New World!
Will it be once every 57 years? That’s how long it took El Cajon Valley High to win its first league basketball championship, a feat not accomplished since the school opened in the 1955-56 school year. The Braves (19-8) have yet to enter the UT-San Diego basketball poll Top 10 but their exploits have created […]
Read More1960-61: Where’s Aretha? Mustangs Want Respect
It was a question never answered, because it seldom was asked. Which was the better team? The 25-1 San Dieguito Mustangs, who won the Class A championship, or the tradition-rich, 24-3 Hoover Cardinals, who won the AA title in the 1960-61, first season of the CIF San Diego Section . Some 50 years later a […]
Read More2013: Cathedral Holds Sway as Playoffs Near
With nine days until the first round of San Diego Section playoffs, Cathedral Catholic still is No. 1. UT-San Diego’s CIF basketball ratings did not change from the previous week. One through 10, no one moved up or down, although Army-Navy cleared up a nettling mark on its record. The Warriors, 21-4 and ranked second, […]
Read More2013: Army-Navy Rises in Poll
Army-Navy, gathering steam behind the long, shot-blocking, 7-foot, 1 inch Cheikh N’Diaye and slick-shooting guard Devin Watson now is second in the UT-San Diego boys’ basketball poll. N’Diaye had six blocked shots and 20 rebounds to with his 20 points and Watson scored 29 as the Warriors eased past Santa Fe Christian 64-53 in a […]
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