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2013-14: Alma Maters Beckoned Coaches
How uncommon is this? When Kearny (23-2) meets Sweetwater (28-0) Friday afternoon the teams will be coached by alumni of their respective schools. At stake will be the San Diego Section Division IV championship. Historian Greg (Stats) Durrant came up with this and other nuggets as the veteran prep sports maven prepared to take in […]
Read More2013-14: Foothills Coach Not Quite Boeheim
There are 20.8 seconds remaining in the game. Your team trails, 57-54, after battling back from down 14. A blocking foul is whistled on one of your players. The frustration finally got to Foothills Christian coach Brad Leaf. Leaf channeled his inner Jim Boeheim and was slapped with a technical. The Knights mentor’s outburst at […]
Read More2013-14: Great Matchups in Open Final 4
There will be basketball almost every night this week in the San Diego Section. Girls begin quarterfinals play in Divisions II, III, and IV tonight and Tuesday night. Boys tip Tuesday night in II, III, and IV. Open semifinals are Tuesday and Wednesday and finals Saturday at the Jenny Craig Pavilion on the University of […]
Read More2013-14: Saints No. 1 Here, 18th in State
St. Augustine is top-ranked in the final UT-San Diego regular-season poll and is the defending state champion in Division III as playoff teams enter the homestretch of the season. Coach Mike Haupt’s team, 29-4 a year ago, take a 26-2 record into this season’s playoffs and are ranked 18th in the state by Cal-Hi Sports. St. Augustine finished […]
Read More2013-14: Basketball’s Second Season Begins
Seventeen teams with losing records and three .500 squads made the San Diego Section playoffs. It doesn’t look as ridiculous as in previous years. Pairings announced Saturday promise good games, even in early rounds, especially considering size of brackets and number of divisions. Only in Division II is there virtual mediocrity. Seven of the eight, […]
Read More1960: For Better or (Mostly) Worse
San Diego County was “free” of the giant Southern Section and on its own, twenty-eight schools strong. The formation of the local CIF section pleased administrators and assorted education honchos who wielded the sharp end of the stick. Coaches and most fans were ambivalent. The great competition against Northern schools and the building excitement of […]
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