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2025 Football Week 13: Two No. 1’s Eliminated in Playoff Quarterfinals
Eight more underdogs overcame seeding challenges last week as the San Diego Section playoffs tightened in the quarterfinals. A second week of 26 games saw two No. 1-ranked squads go down, with additional upsets by 12, 11, 10, and six, and five seeds. Most significant was No. 9 Hoover’s 52-49 win over top ranked Sweetwater […]
Read More2025 Football Week 12: Favorites Are 18-8 in Playoffs’ Openers
Rankings and favoritism didn’t matter to eight underdogs in the 26 San Diego Section first-round playoff games. Two each of 11, 10, and 9 seeds prevailed over sixes, sevens, and eights in the divisional brackets. The most significant reversal saw 12 seed Scripps Ranch put it to No. 5 La Jolla, 42-0. Clairemont, another No. […]
Read More2025 Flag Football Week 12: All Top Seeds Fell As Defenses Took Charge
The finals results displayed the overall skill quality and parity of the leagues in the San Diego Section’s third season, plus the effect of 2025 defensive rule changes. Not a single top seed found the finals! All finalists were 2-to-7 seeds, plus 12 seed Canyon Crest. The ability to rush the quarterback unheeded was particularly […]
Read More1994-95, Looking Back: McCoy, Others Made for Dynamic Season
Originally posted Dec. 10, 2019. DECEMBER, 1994 —Six-foot, 11-inch Jelani McCoy started the season with 41 points and set a San Diego Section record with 16 blocked shots in an 85-82 win in the Hilltop/Pizza Hut tournament. El Camino’s Dee Boyer blocked 15 shots in a 1989 game. —Dimitri Hodgkinson scored 37 points and El […]
Read More2025 Football Week 11: Grizzlies Win Regular-Season Top 10 Poll
The postseason begins this week and the Open Division is so stacked that season-long No. 1 Lincoln is out and placed in Division I. Mission Hills, Open Division-seeded No. 1 and the leader in John Maffei’s last regular-season poll, meets visiting No. 4 Cathedral and No. 2 La Costa Canyon is host to No. 3 […]
Read More2025 Football Week 10: 5 Teams Seek 1 of 4 Open Division Playoff Invites
Sixteen games tonight and 28 more Friday will settle the San Diego Section regular season and determine league champions not yet clinched. Playoff pairings are expected Sunday afternoon. Coming down to the wire Cathedral, Lincoln, Mission Hills, Carlsbad, and La Costa Canyon are alive for berths in what will be a stacked, four-team Open Division […]
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