2022 Week 13B: Division I & II Championship Opponents
Notes about this week’s San Diego Section finalists. Webmaster and researcher Henrik Jonson contributed much of the information: DIVISION I 1 Mission Hills (9-3) vs. 3 Mater Dei (8-4), tonight, 7:30 p.m., Southwestern College. The Grizzlies advanced from the semifinals with a 28-21 win over No. 5 El Camino. Mater Dei defeated No. 2 Cathedral, […]
Read More2022 Week 13A: The Championship Opponents in D-V, IV, and III
Notes about this week’s San Diego Section finalists. Webmaster and researcher Henrik Jonson contributed much of the information: Division V 1 Crawford (11-1) vs. 3 Classical (8-3), Saturday, 2 p.m., Escondido High. Crawford moved on after a 26-7 victory in the semifinals versus No. 5 Mar Vista. Classical retired 2 Escondido Charter, 28-14. Crawford’s Matt […]
Read More2022 Week 12A: An Evenly Matched Open Division Title Game
Tonight’s Lincoln-Carlsbad game for the San Diego Section Open Division championship in Snapdragon Stadium will be the first since 2013 not involving Helix or Cathedral. Lincoln and Carlsbad have been here before, as recently as 2019 and 2021, and each is looking for a breakout. The Hornets lost in the Division I championship game to […]
Read More2022 Week 12: Seeds and Pairings Free of Acrimony; Playoffs Move on to Quarterfinals.
The 62nd San Diego Section playoffs, 64 teams strong, opened last week, with favorites prevailing in 16 of 22 first-round games, a 72.7 winning percentage. Hats off to CIF commissioner Joe Heinz and his staff, and the voting representatives from the City, North, East, Desert, South, Coastal, and eight-man regions who got the seedings and […]
Read More2022 Week 11A: As Regular Season Ends, Playoffs Begin
Ten things, among many, to remember about the 63rd San Diego Section regular season: –Nineteen teams won or tied for 18, eleven-man league championships. Fallbrook and San Pasqual deadocked for first in the Valley. –Carlsbad ruled the Avocado League for the fourth consecutive year. –Chula Vista won an outright championship for the first time since […]
Read More2022 Week 11 B: Overtime, How it Began; Lincoln Regular-Season Champion
Granite Hills’ epic, four-overtime, 46-44 win over Helix for the Grossmont Hills championship represented the longest game in San Diego County history, although the first overtime contest also was long, for another reason. From the 1976 season narrative: NEW TIE-BREAKER TESTED “History-making events are supposed to be heralded with sounding trumpets and helium-filled balloons,” wrote […]
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