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2016-17: And Then There Were 8 as Regionals Reach Semifinals
The Southern California regional of the state playoffs reached the semifinal round after San Diego Section teams qualified eight of the 17 teams it sent to the weekend quarterfinals. All local boys and girls teams except Helix will be on the road Tuesday night. The Highlanders (29-5), seeded No. 2 in Boys’ Division IV, play host […]
Read More2016-17 Regionals: 17 Remain in Play into Quarterfinals
With Open Division play beginning with quarterfinals tonight, seventeen of 31 San Diego Section teams still are in the Southern California regionals of the state playoffs. Boys teams won seven of Wednesday’s 13, opening-round games, were 6-1 in road games, and 3-3 at home. Four lower seeds, Vista, Orange Glen, Olympian, and Mission Hills […]
Read More2016-17 Regionals: Saints, Torrey Get Rugged First Tests
Thirty-one teams from the San Diego Section begin play Wednesday and Friday nights in the Southern California regional playoffs. Regional winners will qualify for the state championships against Northern California winners. The CIF state committee which created the seedings and brackets based on the power ratings model didn’t think highly of the San Diego Section’s 15 boys’ […]
Read More1942: Imperiled Season is Saved
The rubber didn’t hit the road. So it was with the endangered 1942 season, buffeted by the winds of war that thrust San Diego to the forefront of the defense effort. Gasoline rationing shortly would go from volunteered to mandatory. Night football was out. So was travel. The long-distance conference call became a popular means […]
Read More2016-17, Week 10: Happy Trails, Saints Landmark
Dougherty Gymnasium went out in a blaze…of technicals! The final two games at St. Augustine were in keeping with the history of the 64-year-old building, a bandbox of often ear-splitting noise, tightly-packed crowds, and barnburner finishes. Foothills Christian coach Brad Leaf will be serving a suspension when the Knights open play in the Southern California regionals of […]
Read More1941-42: Season Survives After Pearl Harbor
San Diego High players weren’t thinking of tomorrow. They were more interested in savoring a 27-24 victory at Coronado as the team boarded the ferry for the short ride back to the docking slip near Pacific Highway and Market Street. The Cavers may even have been discussing the merits of crosstown rival Hoover’s 52-36 victory […]
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