2024 Football Week 16B: Homeless Hornets Bring Home Another Title
San Diego Section teams were 1-2 in state championship games last week, with Lincoln’s hard fought, 28-26 win over Pittsburg at Mission Viejo Saddleback College in Division 1-AA a tribute to coach David Dunn and his staff. Dunn coached the Hornets to a second D1-AA title in three seasons and their 35th victory in the […]
Read More2024 Football Week 16: State Championships, At a Glance
Three veteran coaches will lead the San Diego Section contingent in state championship games this week at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo and Fullerton High. Monte Vista’s Ron Hamamoto, who also coached at University, Rancho Bernardo, and Lincoln, has an all-time record of 246-193-2 (.560) and trails only Herb Meyer (339) and John Carroll (248) […]
Read More2024 Football Week 15-D: CIF Regional Playoffs, At a Glance
The six San Diego Section teams playing in the Southern California regional playoffs this week, their opponents, and the Calpreps.com rating for each team. Winners will play champions of the Northern California regional. DIVISION TEAM WON-LOST CALPREPS OPPONENT WON-LOST CALPREPS I-AA Lincoln 10-2 63.4 Newbury Park 14-0 66.8 I-A Granite Hills 11-2 46.6 @Huntington Beach […]
Read More2024 Football Week 15C, How Times Have Changed
Competitive Equity is defined by the CIF as “finding ways for teams to compete that are similar with each other in a competitive nature.” Back in the day school enrollment and geography determined the levels on which teams competed. You wouldn’t see a school with almost 2,500 students playing one with 120 in the playoffs. […]
Read More2024 Football Week 15B: Maffei’s Final 2024 Poll
John Maffei’s final The San Diego Union poll: Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous ranking in (italics). Previous rankings were before San Diego Section playoffs. Bold indicates latest. NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps‘ and Cal-Hi Sports‘ are state rankings. RANK TEAM/RECORD POINTS MAXPREPS CALPREPS.COM CAL-HI SPORTS 1. Lincoln (10-2) 30* 300 (1) 12 (13) 63.3 […]
Read More2024 Football Week 15A: Division I-A Matchup Spotlighted
Coach Kellan Cobbs’ Granite Hills Eagles (11-2) take on another tough Orange County opponent when they visit Huntington Beach Edison (10-4) Saturday at Huntington Beach High. Granite Hills was a 49-21 loser to eventual state champion Mission Viejo in a 2023 regional playoff and Edison dropped a 49-24 decision to Mission Viejo this season. Another […]
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