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2025 Flag Football Week 7: Bonita Vista Run Now at 13 Wins in Row
Bonita Vista marched on, topping Mater Dei (11-2), 40-0 , while Torrey Pines (14-9) stubbed its toe on San Marcos (8-7), 31-26. Carlsbad (16-4) topped Oceanside (3-8), 45-0, and Mission Hills (13-5), 20-14. Steele Canyon (13-4) crashed the Top 10 with a win over Santana (7-8), 21-7. John Maffei’s The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 7 […]
Read More2025 Football Week 6 Maffei Madness: Some Unbeaten Clubs Will Lose
Ranks of the undefeated, 12 strong, will begin to thin this week. Three head-to-head games are on the schedule and a couple regarded once-beaten squads also will be in important contests. Game of the week is Mission Hills (5-0) against La Costa Canyon (5-0), the winner positioning itself for the Avocado League stretch drive but […]
Read More1918 Football, Looking Back: San Diego Feels Global Health Crisis
The narrative originally was posted Nov. 10, 2016. A sneeze at a military facility near Junction City, Kansas, turned into a cold that led to a fever that led to a death that led to a global pandemic. The so-called “Spanish Flu”, which is said to have first struck World War I soldiers processing in […]
Read More2025 Flag Football Week 6: “Dee-fence!” is Lady Barons’ Shout
As the section’s only undefeated team, Bonita Vista (12-0) dominates with defense. Taking advantage of the newly adopted national rules that allow a pass rush without 2024’s mandated, 7-second delay, Ella Gomez leads the section with 37 sacks, and Dariyan Wilson has 17 interceptions. Holding opponents to 6 or less points in 9 of 12 […]
Read More2025 Week 5: Success Like This 2 Decades Coming for Pointers
Point Loma is 4-0 for the first time in 20 years, since the 2005 club coached by Mike Hastings was 12-1. Can the Pointers’ run the table? Not likely, with La Jolla (3-1), San Diego (4-0), and Cathedral (4-0) the next three opponents, after a bye this week. But the ghost of Bennie Edens lives […]
Read More2025 Flag Football Week 5: Bonita Vista on Top; Westview Gains
Bonita Vista’s Lady Barons remain undefeated (10-0) and on top, with a dominating 289-69 scoring advantage. Rising No. 10 Steele Canyon (11-2) may prove a test, with its even-better 375-57 points statistic. Bonita ranks 13th in MaxPreps‘ state poll, Steele 78th. The teams will meet at Steele Canyon on Sept. 27. Westview’s Lady Wolverines (9-2) […]
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