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1921: Army-Navy’s Left Out of Loop’s Loop
Army-Navy Academy in Pacific Beach couldn’t rely on a six-game County League schedule to complement a full slate of games. As reported in The San Diego Union,”…through an error at the beginning of the County League the eleven was omitted.” If that report is to be believed, the person who drew up the County League […]
Read More2015-16 Week 11: Foothills Runs Away With Final No. 1 Rating
Records through Monday, March 7: Rank Team Record Points Last Poll 1 Foothills Christian (11) 24-4 110 1 2 Cathedral 20-6 96 2 3 St. Augustine 22-7 79 4 4 Kearny 30-3* 77 7 5 Torrey Pines 25-5** 71 3 6 El Camino 27-6 50 5 7 Army-Navy 21-10 42 6 8 La Jolla Country Day […]
Read More2015-16: Boys Hit Road in Southern California Regionals
San Diego’s eternal quest for respect from the Southern Section renews this week with opening rounds of the state regional playoffs. Respect still is to be earned. Only one of 15 boys teams is seeded higher than its opponent in the six divisions, Open and I-V, brackets for which were announced yesterday by the state […]
Read More2016: Jerry Ralph is Most Traveled Head Coach
Jerry Ralph made history earlier this week when he was announced as the head football coach at El Camino High in Oceanside, becoming the first to lead five different San Diego Section programs. Ralph has compiled a 123-76-2 (.614) record in 18 seasons, beginning in 1997 at Santana, followed by stints at St. Augustine, Del […]
Read More2015-16 Week 10: Playoffs Open on Quiet Note
Open Division teams, representing the elite of San Diego Section basketball as determined by the power ratings system, don’t get under way in the playoffs until Friday (Girls) and Saturday (Boys). Divisions I-V begin play tonight (Girls) and tomorrow (Boys). Several factors go into the power ratings, administered by assistant commissioner John LaBeta, who heard some complaints […]
Read More2015-16 Week 9: Seedings, Playoffs Coming Fast
Assistant commissioner John LaBeta will be up into the early morning hours Saturday and, hopefully after a few hours sleep, at it again when the sun rises. Basketball’s most important weekend is at hand. LaBeta is the ratings maven for the San Diego Section. The regular season ends Friday night and teams will have until […]
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