2023 Week 1: Cathedral Takes Big Step Forward
Is Cathedral back? The Dons, uncharacteristically uneven in 2022 despite their even 6-6 record, blasted Mater Dei, Cal-Hi Preps’ preseason state No. 34 and San Diego Section’s No. 3, 55-14, in the season opener and look for more success this week at Los Angeles West Hills Chaminade, a team coach Sean Doyle’s state Division I […]
Read More2023 Football Week 0: Lincoln and Carlsbad are 1-2 Again
The San Diego Section, 63 years young, is back for its 64th season. Lincoln and Carlsbad, which played for the Division I championship in 2022, begin play this week ranked 1 and 2 in John Maffei’s preseason Union-Tribune poll and they are close in the other major polls, Max Preps and CalPreps and Cal-Hi Sports. […]
Read More2022 Week 17:Â Robinson Leads, Plus Annual Scoring Leaders/2022 Leading Individual Performances
Roderick Robinson, already enrolled at the University of Georgia, became the third Lincoln athlete to win Cal-Hi Sports’ Mr. Football award after leading the Hornets to the state Division I championship and the San Diego Section in scoring. Robinson had the academic credits and graduated early from high school not long after the Hornets’ 33-28 […]
Read More2022: Doyle and Hauser Move Up; Burner, McNair, Starr Move In.
Eleven wins in 2023 could elevate Sean Doyle to as high as a fourth-place tie with Bennie Edens on the list of San Diego County coaches’ all-time victories. Eleven wins in 2023 would move Chris Hauser into the club of eight who have won 200 games. The late Bennie Edens of Point Loma is fourth […]
Read More2022 Week 16: San Diego Section is 4-0 in State Bowls.
The final act for 98 teams and the 561** games they played was a quaternary of success, 4 games, 4 victories in the state bowl championships. San Diego Section teams enjoyed their most successful year since the inaugural Southern California and state bowl championship series in 2006. Lincoln (13-1) went on a 21-0 blitz in […]
Read More2022 Week 15C: Mater Dei Tries to Better In-Season Record Run
Mater Dei’s recovery from an 0-21 hole to a 22-21 win over Downey in the Southern California playoff last week wasn’t the only remarkable achievement by the South Bay club this year. The Crusaders’ 10-game winning streak, following four straight losses to open the season, is unprecedented, according to researcher and webmaster Henrik Jonson, who […]
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