2021 Week 5: Cathedral Takes on Another Big One in North
Cathedral coach Sean Doyle, whose team fosters a we’ll-play-anyone-anytime-anywhere mantra, gets another test this week against perhaps the most honored team in Califoria prep history. The Dons, recovering fast from their disaster in Week 2 at Corona Centennial, blitzed Helix, 52-0, last week and head North to play Concord de La Salle, which has a […]
Read More2021 Week 4: Let’s Hear It for Mabel O’Farrell
The school named for Mabel E. O’Farrell was created in 1957 and opened in 1959 as a junior high, became a School of Performing Arts, and now operates under the tony brand of “The O’Farrell Charter School.” The Falcons got on the favored side of the scoreboard for the first time last week. After 18 […]
Read More2021 Week 3: Dons’ Loss Opens Door for Carlsbad
Not that they give a rip, but the Cathedral Dons’ 43-point, 57-14 defeat last week at Corona Centennial didn’t represent the worst loss in school history. More decisive was a 45-point loss, 55-10 to Sacramento-area power Folsom in 2014. Almost as painful was another 43-point reversal, 56-13 to Marian in the 2003 San Diego Section […]
Read More2021 Week 2: Cathedral, Lincoln Face Rugged Road Tests
Cathedral and Lincoln, each with high aspirations, leave the sanctuary of comfortable surroundings and head North to face two of the state’s bests this week. Cathedral, No. 1 in San Diego and fifth in the state, as ranked by Cal-Hi Sports, takes on No. 8 Corona Centennial. Lincoln, No. 24, goes to No. 10 Los […]
Read More2021 Week 0: Back to the Future
Call it a return to (the new) normal. Football is back in real football time, but the Covid still looms, with the likelihood of canceled games and quarantines. And the pandemic, which reduced the 2020 season to an abbreviated schedule of 2021 spring games, probably was a factor in the turnover of coaches. There will […]
Read More2020 Weeks 4-6: Strangest Season is a Wrap
The world pandemic almost brought the San Diego Section to its knees, but the governing athletic body survived, thanks to determined coaches, players, and administrators.           Thirteen of the 96 schools fielding varsity teams were able to play a maximum six games, as mandated by the […]
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