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2015-16 Week 3: Holiday Tournaments Continue
New Year’s and league play await, but holiday action continues, most notably with the Under-Armour event hosted by coach John Olive and the Torrey Pines Falcons. Play begins Saturday with seven of the Union-Tribune Top 10 clubs competing. Foothills Christian, St. Augustine, and Army-Navy are in the elite National Division. Foothills, No. 1 in the latest Union-Tribune poll, plays Oakland Bishop […]
Read More2015-16 Week 1: Foothills Christian Meets Texas Team
No. 1 Foothills Christian is scheduled to play Cypress Lakes of Katy, Texas, in the Phoenix suburb of Goodyear, Arizona, Friday. The game is to be televised on ESPN 2 at 3:30 p.m., according to Max Preps. Other teams in the upper half of the Union-Tribune Top 10 will be in tournament play beginning Thursday. […]
Read More2015: 3 Area Teams To Host State Finals
San Diego Section teams posted a 4-2 record in the Southern California playoffs (a.k.a. State Bowl Championship Series) last week, the games hewing to a historic trend of strength in the lower divisions. Local teams will be favored in at least three of the state championship games this week, with all kickoffs Saturday night at […]
Read More1976: Birt’s Legacy Intact as Herb’s Continues to Build
Like ships passing in the night, Birt Slater and Herb Meyer were headed in the opposite direction, but their coaching paths were virtually identical. Slater confirmed his retirement as head coach at Kearny following the Komets’ 39-28 loss in the San Diego Section championship game to Meyer’s first year, front-loaded El Camino squad at San Diego […]
Read More2015 Week 16: Helix Sweeps Final Football Poll
After losing their first game, 23-19, to Scottsdale Chaparral, the Helix Highlanders fell from their first-place position in the Union-Tribune‘s opening football poll but unanimously regained the top spot in the final week of the poll following their 44-30 win against St. Augustine in the San Diego Section Open Division championship game. The Saints finished second and Mission Hills, […]
Read More2015-16 Week 0: Foothills No. 1 In Poll
Foothills Christian, No. 1 in the first Union-Tribune basketball poll, was 4-0 before being savaged by a piranha-like attack from the Chino Hills Huskies in finals of the Battle Zone Tournament at Corona Centennial Saturday night. Final score, 106-86. Foothills’ T.J. Leaf scored 44 points and was 21 for 27 from the field, but the Knights were […]
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