2022 Week 15C: Mater Dei Tries to Better In-Season Record Run
Mater Dei’s recovery from an 0-21 hole to a 22-21 win over Downey in the Southern California playoff last week wasn’t the only remarkable achievement by the South Bay club this year. The Crusaders’ 10-game winning streak, following four straight losses to open the season, is unprecedented, according to researcher and webmaster Henrik Jonson, who […]
Read More2022 Week 15B: Calpreps.com Favors San Diego Section in 3 State Bowl Games
Matchups involving San Diego Section teams in the state bowl championship series this week: Lincoln (12-1) versus Concord De La Salle (10-3), North Coast Section, Friday, 8 p.m., Mission Viejo Saddleback College. Calpreps pick: Lincoln, 65 per cent chance of winning. Mater Dei versus Oakland McClymonds (Oakland Section), Friday, 4 p.m., Mission Viejo Saddleback College. […]
Read More2022 Week 15A: Lincoln Goes After Title Against Legendary Foe
Lincoln, riding with Hot-Roderick Robinson, a 228-pound running back committed to the University of Georgia, will attempt to do what no San Diego Section team has done in this week’s CIF state bowl Division 1-AA championship: Win a game against Concord De La Salle, the North Coast Section champion with the pedigree of 151 consecutive […]
Read More2022 Week 15: State Bowl Championship Results, 2007-21
The San Diego Section and the rest of California prepare for a final act in the 2022 season with CIF state bowl championships this week. Teams from here have a 15-18 record (victories below in bold type) in the competition that resumed in 2006 after an 80-year hiatus. Lincoln, Mater Dei, Granite Hills, and Classical […]
Read More2022 Week 14E: Classical, Granite Hills Seek Titles in D-VIAA & D-IIA
Classical (10-3) makes a first-ever appearance in the Southern California playoffs, host at neutral Del Norte to Lancaster (9-5) in Division VI-AA. Despite finishing with a 1-2 record and in third place in the Pacific League, the Caimans rolled in the playoffs, upsetting Crawford, 33-14, in the D-V championship. OPPONENT DOWN AND UP Lancaster won […]
Read More2022 Week 14D: Blythe Given Computer Edge over Muir in D-VAA
Pasadena Muir (8-6) travels to Blythe Palo Verde (13-1) for a Division V-AA playoff These aren’t the 1935-vintage Muir Mustangs, featuring a future baseball great named Jackie Robinson, who came South and manhandled unbeaten Hoover, 27-0. These Mustangs are more like the Mustangs who came South from 1947-54 and lost seven of nine games to […]
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