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1999: Avocado League Avalanche
It only took 46 years. The population growth of San Diego’s North County coincided with the rise of the once small and remote Avocado League, founded in 1953. After recent years of ascendancy, a punctuation mark was added this season. As Tom Shanahan of The San Diego Union pointed out: –Five Avocado schools ranked in […]
Read More2013-14: First Round: San Diego 7, Opponents 19
Wipeouts like these usually are reserved for the North Shore of Oahu. San Diego Section boys basketball teams lost 10 of 11 games in the first round of the Southern California regional playoffs. Girls teams helped ease the pain and won 6 of 14. In four games in which San Diego boys teams had more […]
Read More2013-14: Mavericks Return to No. 1
What goes around, comes around. La Costa Canyon, ranked No. 1 in the first UT-San Diego basketball poll in December, is first again after vacating the top spot weeks ago. The Mavericks defeated St. Augustine, 62-60, in the San Diego Section Open Division championship last week and received 10 first-place votes. St. Augustine dropped to second and […]
Read More2013-14: San Diego Teams Whacked in Seedings
Talk about a kick in the pelvic region. The new State Basketball Tournament Open Division pairings did no favors for two San Diego Section stalwarts. The seedings and pairings were announced by the state CIF this evening. St. Augustine (28-3) will visit Santa Ana Mater Dei (31-0), the nation’s No. 2-ranked team, Friday night, March […]
Read More2013-14: Game of Year Revisited
St. Augustine and La Costa Canyon, which played arguably the game of the regular season in January, go for the gold tonight. The Saints edged the Mavericks, 79-74, as part of a Martin Luther King Day doubleheader at Francis Parker and things haven’t changed. Expect the score to be a little lower but the intensity […]
Read More2013-14: Kearny Knocks Off Sweetwater
Kearny High found the key to ending Sweetwater’s great run Saturday afternoon. Coach Carl Bronson, ably assisted by UT-San Diego sportswriter Mark Zeigler, exposed the shorter Red Devils’ lack of a low post defense. The strategy allowed the Komets to repeatedly attack from the low block under the basket for layups and point-blank shots. Kearny […]
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