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2013-14: Saints Unanimous No. 1 in Poll
The Martin Luther King Day doubleheader at Francis Parker produced the best game of the season, St. Augustine’s 79-74 victory over La Costa Canyon, and the Saints are unanimous choices as San Diego’s top team in the UT-San Diego poll. Trey Kell was brilliant for the winners and scored 37 points, but the tough Mavericks […]
Read More2009: They Became Booming Sooners
The University of Oklahoma was quick to notice that Randall, Baxter, and Seale weren’t the only San Diego Section football stars with exclamation points next to their names. Running back Brennan Clay (Scripps Ranch), wide receiver Kenny Stills, Jr. (La Costa Canyon), and free safety Tony Jefferson (Eastlake) all took their diplomas and moved to where […]
Read More2009: No Neon in This Deon
Deon Randall, his jersey in tatters and his high school career at an end, walked off the Carson Home Depot Field. “It’s a great parallel,” Randall said, “a great analogy, a great symbol to how the game went…it was a rough game.” Randall was a warrior in the State Small Schools Bowl. He rushed for […]
Read More2013-14: Powell Has Moved on and Lincoln Struggles
Lincoln could have used Norman Powell last night at St. Augustine, but Powell is busy rising at UCLA under first-year coach Steve Alford. It should have been expected. There’s a connection between Powell and Alford. That was apparent three years ago at a Lincoln-St. Augustine game in the Saints’ old Daugherty Gym. The date, Feb. […]
Read More2013-14: Bennie Edens Basketball Classic?
Amid the flourishing mid-season “shootouts” is Point Loma High, among the increasing number of schools hosting all-day, nonleague “showcase” games. The contests don’t always turn out to be showcases, because games often have to be scheduled a year in advance and teams’ fortunes change, ebbing and flowing for myriad reasons. The Pointers call their annual […]
Read More2013: San Diego Teams Land 4 in First 25
No state champions, but there were four San Diego Section teams in Cal-Hi Sports‘ final, overall top 25. San Diego tied for second with the Sac-Joaquin Section in number of top 25 squads from the 10 state sections. Mission Hills (11-2) was 11th, Oceanside (10-3) 13th. St. Augustine and Cathedral, each 11-2, were 24th and […]
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