2023-2024 Girls Week 9: A Couple Semifinals Upsets
Scores through Friday, February 23, are included below. A playoffs wrap-up will appear later along with pairings for the Southern California regionals. Almost all divisions met seeding expectations, without even a “last second thriller”, but there were some surprises. Division IV No. 4 Escondido Charter upset No. 1 La Jolla. Power ratings notwithstanding, the White […]
Read More2023-2024 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 I in the week’s most significant reversal. There were others: 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 […]
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