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2014 Week 15: Oceanside No. 1 Here, 5th in State
Oceanside was the unanimous choice of 19 voters as the No. 1 San Diego Section team in the final UT-San Diego poll. The Pirates are fifth in Cal-Hi Sports‘ state rankings with a state playoff game against Fresno Edison this week and potentially a State Division I championship game in two weeks. The Pirates were helped in […]
Read More2014 Week 15: 3 Good to Go in State Playoffs
Unprecedented. That’s the way pairings shook out for San Diego Section teams today when CIF state commissioner Roger Blake announced that three area squads will host games in the first round of the state playoffs. Officially titled the 2014 CIF Regional Championship Bowl games, the schedule calls for two games here Friday night, Dec. 12, and […]
Read More2014 Week 14: Champions Await State Invites
John Carroll hasn’t won 247 games for nothing. Thrown off by Helix’ speed and quick start, Carroll, coaching from the Southwestern College press box, went to a no-huddle offense late in the third quarter and Oceanside scored the game’s last 17 points to put away Helix, 20-13, in the San Diego Section Open Division final. “We […]
Read More2014: Elena Casanova Cota, Matriarch of Athletic Family
The St.Charles Borromeo Church was filled to its football-field-sized capacity Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, as family members and friends said goodbye to Elena Casanova Cota, who accomplished much in her 94 years. Mrs. Cota raised five sons and a daughter and three of those sons created an athletic legacy at St. Augustine High. Eldest son Paul was […]
Read More2014 Weeks 13-14: It’s Oceanside and Helix, Again
The San Diego Section could get as many as three teams and as few as none in the upcoming state football playoffs. OPEN DIVISION Oceanside, now ranked fifth in Cal-Hi Sports’ top 25 (the highest a San Diego Section team has been since the ‘Side finished third in 2009), is a probable lock for a Division […]
Read More2014 Week 12: Heady Atmosphere for Some Qualifiers
No less than seven teams still alive in the San Diego Section playoffs haven’t been this far in at least 10 years. Sixteen teams are preparing for eight semifinal games this week, with the computer-oriented seeding process playing out well, but not much differently than when it was with coaches hollering and screaming on Selection Saturday. El Capitan, the […]
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