2023 Week 10: Hats Off! Mater Dei’s John Joyner!
A significant accomplishment was overlooked for a few weeks. Mater Dei’s John Joyner became the 49th San Diego Section coach to win a career 100th game. Fast-finishing for a second straight year, the Crusaders coach’s team defeated Eastlake, 36-7, for its fifth straight win after an 0-3 start and gave Joyner his 103rd victory. Victory […]
Read More2023 Week 9: Hornets are Stinging and Streaking
Lincoln won its 21st game in a row, 42-7, over St. Augustine last week and improved to 9-0 this year. The Hornets will be seeking their first, undefeated, 10-0 campaign Saturday when they wrap the regular season at University City. Coach Vic Player’s Hornets were undefeated in the 1979 regular season but city schools played […]
Read More2023 Week 8: San Diego Beats Hoover; Helix-Grossmont, No Change
Two of the San Diego Section’s most enduring rivalries were on display. San Diego and Hoover met for 73rd time, Helix and Grossmont for the 70th. San Diego ended a nine-game, non winning streak against the Cardinals with a 56-45 victory, the Cavers’ first of the season. Helix beat Grossmont for the 27th consecutive time, […]
Read More2023 Week 7: Del Norte Ties Section Record in Four-Overtime Win
Del Norte survived four overtime possessions and finally defeated Rancho Bernardo, 49-43, last week, tying a 46-44 Granite Hills victory over Helix in 2022 for the longest game ever played by a San Diego County team. Existing rules are that each team has four downs beginning at the 25-yard line with straight football rules. Simply […]
Read More2023 Week 6: Carlsbad-Mission Hills Headlines Avocado League Opener
The week’s schedule is loaded with potential benchmark league openers as 11 of the 18 San Diego Section loops begin play. Key games: AVOCADO Carlsbad (5-0), @Mission Hills (4-1). Mission Hills leads, 4-3, since 2011 in games matching two of the section’s most successful coaches, the Grizzlies’ Chris Hauser and Carlsbad’s Thadd MacNeal…Hauser is in […]
Read More2023 Week 5: Can Army-Navy Do It?
The Army and Navy Academy, which has graduated future officers and gentlemen since 1910, won its fourth straight game last week, 55-0, over Francis Parker in the Coastal League opener and has not allowed a point this season, rampaging to consecutive blowouts of at least 40 points. But it will be a huge underdog this […]
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