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1997: Gender Doesn’t Matter
Jason Bott of the Union-Tribune said it best: “Sometimes the best man for the job is a woman.” Her name is Andy Wharton and she hammered a 29-yard field goal with nine seconds left in the game to give West Hills a 31-28 victory over Serra. “I thought the play was stopped,” said Wharton, “but […]
Read More2014: Hamamoto (200), Jackson (100) Hit Milestones
Like mile markers on the interstate, coaching victories progress at their own pace and gradually add up. Monte Vista’s Ron Hamamoto became the eighth to win 200 games this season and Madison’s Rick Jackson was the 39th to reach 100. Hamamoto (201-127-4), a 30-year veteran of San Diego high school wars, was at University (Cathedral), Rancho Bernardo, and Lincoln before […]
Read More2014-15: Hoops Hot in Foothills
Foothills Christian is second in UT-San Diego‘s basketball poll, but the Knights are 18th in the Cal-Hi Sports state vote, ahead of San Diego Section rankings leader La Costa Canyon. La Costa received all 11 first-place votes in the local balloting, but the Mavericks received on-the-bubble status and are out of the top 20 in the state-wide publication’s weekly […]
Read More2014: Week 16: Disaster!
Oh, my! This had to be the worst weekend of football in San Diego County prep history. Two state championship games, one a devastating blowout, the other an almost certain victory flushed in the final two minutes. If John Carroll was thinking of retiring, and we have no idea what he’s thinking, would the great Oceanside coach want to go […]
Read More2014 Weeks15-16: San Diego Teams Face High Scorers
Oceanside and El Capitan forged a Division I & III parlay into the state championships with convincing victories in the Southern California regional playoffs but now will take on two, explosive 15-0 teams this week in Carson. Oceanside (14-0) ran Central Section champion Fresno Edison off the field, 30-6 at halftime, and cruised, 37-22, last […]
Read More2014-15 Week 1: Mavericks Lead in Hoops Again
La Costa Canyon, which began and ended the 2013-14 campaign as the No. 1 team in the San Diego Section weekly poll (it fell to fifth during the season) is again at the top of the UT-San Diego inaugural basketball voting. The Mavericks returned four starters (another reportedly tranferred to a prep school in New Hampshire) […]
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