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Open Division Quarterfinal matches start on Wednesday October 27, with top seed San Marcos hosting 8 seed Carlsbad, which they bested previously, 27-6. The Knights’ (21-1) lone defeat was to state #4 Huntington Beach.  Three seed Helix (16-1) expects to be in the mix, with its only loss coming to Bonita Vista (20-5). Divisions I, II, III and ...

*Regular seasons, that is, but one will fall this week, when Santa Fe Christian  (8-0) visits Escondido Charter (8-0). The Pick:  Santa Fe, ranked fifth in the top 10. Charter has been blanked in top 10 voting all season. No. 1 Carlsbad (8-0) faces  La Costa Canyon (5-3), no stranger to big games in the big ...

The regular season is in the homestretch and teams are jockeying for league championships and San Diego Section playoff seedings.  Carlsbad has two incentives, undefeated regular season and top seed in the Open Division.  The Lancers meet an old rival this week. Coach Thadd MacNeal’s team, 7-0 and a unanimous No. 1 in  John Maffei’s weekly ...

TOP 10 John Maffei’s The San Diego Union Week 7 poll. Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous rankings in italics. NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps and Cal-Hi Sports‘ are state rankings. HS-ratings.com and MaxPreps follow computer model. RANK TEAM POINTS PREVIOUS MAX PREPS HS-RATINGS.COM CAL-HI SPORTS 1. Carlsbad  (6-0) *31 319 1 13/16  48.2/47.6 14/18 2. Mission Hills (5-1) 267 4 19/19 42.6/40.5 37/36 3. Cathedral (3-3) *1 245 2 33/29 45.9/45.2 23/19 4. Granite Hills (4-2) 244 3 51/58 33/33.7 36/32 5. Santa Fe Christian (7-0) 177 6 48 39.9/38.7 42/43 6. Rancho Bernardo (5-1) 135 8 71/115 27.4/22.1 On Bubble 7. La Costa Canyon (3-3) 130 5 43/34 30.3/29.3 On Bubble 8.  Helix ...

The thermometer  has been over 100 degrees in various San Diego locales recently. It’s been that hot before. Originally posted Sept 1, 2022. The thermometer is expected to reach three digits in San Diego Friday, recalling a similar day and high school football 59 years ago. On Thursday, Sept. 26, 1963, an all-time high of 111 degrees scorched ...

Standard and Poor’s market index ratings weren’t affected and Nasdaq didn’t notice but don’t tell that to the Mabel O’Farrell Falcons, whose stock rose slightly after winning their ninth game following 75 losses since 2018, blanking Orange Glen, 46-0. The Falcons had scored 49 points in their first five games, all losses. O’Farrell,  a K-12 charter school ...

TOP 10 John Maffei’s The San Diego Union Week 5 poll. Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous rankings in (italics). NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps and Cal-Hi Sports‘ are state rankings. **Cal-Hi Sports did not publish ratings this week; two previous  listed.  HS-ratings.com and MaxPreps follow computer model. RANK TEAM POINTS PREVIOUS MAX PREPS HS-RATINGS.COM CAL-HI SPORTS 1. Carlsbad  (5-0) *26 325 1 16  47.6 points 16 (24)** 2. Cathedral (2-2) *6 285 2 47 40.4 19 ...

It was a curious trip for Santa Fe Christian.  The Eagles flew to New Orleans for an almost-midseason, Week 4 intersectional, a type of game usually reserved for San Diego Section opponents in the Pacific or Hawaii time zones. The Eagles dominated Isidore Newman School, 41-7, but it wasn’t the trip or the victory that was ...

Number 1 Mission Hills  (19 first-place votes) and No. 2 Carlsbad (6 No. 1’s) are on a North County collision course to a Week 7 clash, which may decide the Avocado West championship and pivot the winner to the San Diego Section playoffs. Mission Hills, with first-year coach John Altieri, and Carlsbad, skippered by 16-season veteran ...

TOP 10 John Maffei’s The San Diego Union Week 2 poll. Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous ranking in (italics). NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps and Cal-Hi Sports‘ are state rankings. HSratings.com, computerizes points grade. RANK TEAM POINTS PREVIOUS MAX PREPS HSRATINGS.COM CAL-HI SPORTS 1. Cathedral (0-1) *20 301 1 15th 47.8 points 15th 2. Mission Hills (2-0) *6 284 2 16 45.7 24 3. Carlsbad (2-0), *6 279 3 13 45.7 20 4. La Costa Canyon (1-1) 177 5 21 26.6 On Bubble 5. Oceanside (1-1) 160 4 73 24.3 37 6. Granite Hills (1-1) 143 6 6 25.0 41 7. Rancho Bernardo (2-0) 114 9 84 14.1 NR 8. San Marcos (1-1) 110 8 50 13.4 NR 9. Santa Fe ...

This could be a first since the first game in San Diego County in the 19th century.  I can’t remember another. A father and his son will be head coaches against each other when Francis Parker plays host to Borrego Springs in a Week 2 game. Tim White, who moved from Borrego Springs to Francis Parker this ...

Clear the decks! Football is Back. A few late schedules have drifted in but most teams, with schools in session, have wrapped “training camp” modes after toiling under hot August skies and gearing for the 67th season of the San Diego Section, which started in 1960. First games are this week, most on Aug. 21 or 22, ...

Originally published Aug. 16, 2014. Now wait just a grape-pickin’ minute! Students at Escondido High were up in arms. They did not cotton to the term Grape Pickers or its use to describe the school’s athletic teams, although the wine-making fruit held agricultural sway in the area and the city had hosted a Grape Day Festival since 1908. The ...

Originally published Jan. 10, 2016. John Saleamua took the handoff, cleared the first line of defense, and cut to the outside. The Sweetwater running back was running free along the Montgomery sideline when he suddenly went down. Jack Jackson, a Montgomery player, had left his bench area, came onto the field, and tackled Saleamua, short-circuiting a 79-yard touchdown ...

Originally published Dec. 30, 2015. Balboa Stadium’s days were numbered. When construction was completed in 1915, the concrete horseshoe seating more than 23,000 was the largest municipally-owned stadium in the world, according to Don King, author of “Caver Conquest.” The 1933 magnitude 6.3 earthquake that destroyed 230 school buildings in Southern California, including many at Long Beach Poly, ...

Originally published Feb. 21, 2014. San Diego County was “free” of the giant Southern Section and on its own, twenty-eight schools strong. The formation of the local CIF section pleased administrators and assorted education honchos who wielded the sharp end of the stick. Coaches and most fans were ambivalent. The great competition against Northern schools and the building excitement ...

Originally published Oct. 25, 2024. San Diego’s march to a Southern Section championship was derailed by Glendale in the most confusing finish in the 20-season career of coach Mike Morrow. “Bait and switch”  is a often-used political term for what happened to the Hilltoppers. They were told by CIF boss Seth Van Patten that a victory over Norwalk ...

Sophomore Jasir Fontenot of Mater Dei won his second consecutive 110 hurdles championship and Chiara Dailey of La Jolla won her first, in a final try, after a second in the 1600 preceded victory in the 3200.  State season leaders Josiah Bowman and Dylan Yarbrough came up short and Ava Parker, 15-year-old ninth grader from ...

At Clovis Buchanan High. Non-qualifiers places noted with —.  Places determined by times in events with more than one heat. *Junior. **Sophomore. ***Ninth-grader. GIRLS EVENT NAME SCHOOL MARK PLACE 100 **Miyah Holmes San Marcos :12.02 — **Aniya Scott Steele Canyon :12.21 — **Haley Hannemann Mission Hills :12.22 — 200 ***Ava Parker Helix :23.93 8th ***Livia Allison Steele Canyon :24.57 — **Holmes :24.70 — 400 ***Parker :53.91 5th *Emery Gonzales Torrey Pines :56.44 — Elise Datuin Mater Dei :56.80 — 800 Delaney Hennigan Westview 2:09.07 7th **Kareli Rascon Eastlake 2:09,86 9th *Harper Diaz Santana 2:12.39 — 1600 Chiara Dailey La Jolla 4:46.00 1st Ayanna Hickey The Bishop’s 4:48.41 6th Grace Keefe Cathedral 4:49.67 11th 100 Hurdles Gabrille Thomas Grossmont :13.81 2nd *Evie Allison Steele Canyon :13.92 3rd ***McKenzzi Jones Morse :14.61 — 300 Hurdles *Isabel Garcia Holtville :42.13 3rd *E. Allison :43.35 — **Isabelle Taylor-Dixon Eastlake :44.71 — Garcia Holtville :42.68 7th  4×100 Relay Steele Canyon :46.12 3rd Del Norte :47.59 — San Marcos DNF — 4×400 ...

GIRLS PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND DIVISION I WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26. Orange Glen (12-17) 50, @5 Morse (14-12) 42. Holly Tribbey (16 points) and Rebecca Riddle (13) did the damage to favored Morse. Granite Hills (10-16) 34, @1 Rancho Buena Vista (24-3) 74. Torrey Pines (20-8) 60, Point Loma (15-10) 41. 2 Rancho Bernardo (22-6) 76, San Pasqual (8-18) 31. Mt. Carmel (15-12) 77, @Mira Mesa ...