2019 Week 4: Helix Now No. 1 and NFL Rosters Include a Baker’s Dozen of Section Grads
Thirteen players on opening week NFL rosters made their bones on fields of the San Diego Section: NAME HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE TEAM POSITION Jamal Agnew Point Loma San Diego Lions Cornerback Jake Bailey Santa Fe Christian Stanford Patriots Punter Joe Cardona Granite Hills Navy Patriots Long Snapper Royce Freeman Imperial Oregon Broncos Running Back Tony […]
Read More2019 Week 3: Cathedral Knocks Down Another Big One
Corona Centennial did not make an appearance at Cathedral last week until less than 3 minutes before kickoff. The Huskies did not engage in the usual, pregame warmup. “Gamesmanship,” observed Don Carey, retired, longtime NFL official who now scouts high school officiating crews. If that was the late-arriving Riverside County powerhouse’s message to the Dons […]
Read More2019 Week 2: Cathedral Faces Another Powerful Opponent
Cathedral Catholic takes on visiting Corona Centennial Friday night in a battle of elite privates and publics. Coach Sean Doyle’s private-school Dons defeated Arizona’s big one, Scottsdale Saguaro, 18-10, last week at home in the final of the Honor Bowl tripleheader. Public school Centennial, after a 42-12, opening-game loss to national No. 1 Santa Ana […]
Read More2019 Week 1: Decks Cleared in North County for Orange Glen and Escondido
Westbound traffic will pick up on Escondido’s Valley Parkway Friday night. A neighborhood bragging rights game is scheduled when revitalized Orange Glen motors West from the eastern edge of town on the old thoroughfare to visit big brother Escondido High. They’re only 4.5 miles apart, but the visiting Patriots and host Cougars haven’t met since […]
Read More2019 Week 0: Cathedral Wins Preseason Vote
Football, which used to open with 90-degree practices under blazing Labor Day suns, is back with a now usual berginning in August’s semifinal week. The dates have changed, but not the weather. Cathedral is the San Diego Union-Tribune voting panel’s No. 1-ranked team in the first weekly poll. Dons coach Sean Doyle, who should become […]
Read More1973-74: Kearny’s Double Unbeaten Komets
Kearny High became the second school (after Grossmont in 1971-72) in the 14-season history of the San Diego Section to win football and basketball championships in the same school year. The Komets took the Grossmont accomplishment a giant step further. They were undefeated in both sports, football, 12-0-1, basketball, 32-0. No team has come close […]
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