2021 Week 13: Great Open Division Championship Matchup
I went out on a very unstable limb last week and crashed. Picking Torrey Pines to beat Carlsbad and Mission Hills to knock off Cathedral not only was ill-advised but was punctuated with an in-your-face (mine) combined, 82-17 score by the winning teams. Now we have a championship that brings together two clubs representing, on […]
Read More2021 Week 12: Playoffs Shift Into High Gear With Open Division Play
Round two of the San Diego Section playoffs offer quarterfinals in Divisions I-V and semifinals in the Open Division. The four clubs in the highest bracket, beginning play after a week off:  4 TORREY PINES (6-3) @1 CARLSBAD (10-0) The Falcons get another shot at the unbeaten Lancers, a team Torrey Pines had on the […]
Read More2021 Week 11: Hat’s Off! Eighteen League Champions
League championships can be forgotten amid the giant second season of playoffs. if a team has a pulse, no matter how few W’s and how many L’s, it’s most likely a postseason participant. But don’t pass that along to the San Diego Section’s regular-season winners. Players identify these achievements on their letter jackets, coaches enhance […]
Read More2021 Week 10: Oldies Still Are Goodies
Big Brother split with Little Brother in two traditional games last week. Younger Helix made it a quarter century of continued success with a 25th consecutive win over older Grossmont, 29-14, and older Mira Mesa topped younger Scripps Ranch, 38-35. Helix now is 46-18-2 against Grossmont since 1951, when the fledgling school divided enrollment and […]
Read More2021 Week 9: Grossmont Tries Again to Beat Helix
Grossmont is going to beat Helix one of these years. Maybe this week. The way things have gone the last 40-odd that’s a lukewarm maybe. The teams will meet for the 66th time with host Helix holding a 45-18-2 record in the all-time series. A victory for the Foothillers over their so-called younger sibling took […]
Read More2021 Week 8: Rivals Will Be Too Close for Comfort
Three neighborhood rivals with long histories resume their versions of trench warfare this week. Chula Vista and Sweetwater, 2.9 miles apart and the oldest schools south of the San Diego city limits, play for the 74th consecutive year in a chain that began when Chula Vista opened in 1947. The Spartans lead the Red Devils, […]
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