2021 Week 15: Local Turf War in DII-AA Pits Helix Against Mater Dei
The CIF came up with an unusual pairing this week: teams representing the same section and which should have intimate knowledge. Intimate knowledge was denied, because COVID canceled a Highlanders-Crusaders match in Week 3. There is shared common knowledge, however. Mater Dei defeated Otay Ranch, 41-7, and St. Augustine, 35-0. Helix beat the former, 29-14, […]
Read More2021 Week 15: DI-AA Matchup, Final Top 10 Poll
Cathedral has won its last two Southern California Division I-AA playoff games, 35-28 in 2016 and 24-21 in 2018, each time at home against Harbor City Narbonne. In attempting to win a third the Dons will head 70 miles North Friday to play Orange Lutheran, a four-loss team that was fifth in its league, at […]
Read More2021 Week 14: How We See the Finals
We’re on holiday, in the process of enriching the Las Vegas economy, so this will be short, in more ways than one. This week’s fearless, if not peerless, Division I-V predictions: D-I, Lincoln 31, Helix 20. Can’t go against my alma mater. D-II, Scripps Ranch 38, La Jolla 35. I live in the community of […]
Read More2021 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 […]
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