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2024-25 Basketball Girls & Boys Playoffs Week 2: Three No. 1’s Out; Championships Begin Tonight
It’s the week that matters most. Semifinal playoffs have advanced into championship games, which begin tonight, Thursday, February 27, with finals in Boys and Girls Divisions IV, V and VAA. D-IV Games tonight will be at Sage Creek, beginning with 6 seed Del Lago and 1 seed Tri City in Boys , followed by Girls […]
Read More2024-25 Boys & Girls Basketball Playoffs Week 1-A: Most No. 1 Seeds Survive
One week and 96 playoff games in the rear view mirror, San Diego Section playoff teams move into semifinals and championship rounds this week, all six Boys’ and five of six Girls’ No. 1 seeds still standing. The outlier is in Girls’ Division IV, where Escondido, a No. 9 seed, stunned number one Patrick Henry, […]
Read More2024-25 Basketball Girls Playoffs Week 1: Oh, my! Number 14 and Number 13 Win
There were five so-called surprises (highlighted below) in the first round, but one of those reversals was an upset. No, it was a lot more than that, Chula Vista, a No. 14 seed with a 9-17 record, shocked third-ranked Horizon Prep, which entered the game with a 16-4 record, 44-35, in Division IV. La Costa […]
Read More2024-25 Basketball Boys Playoffs Week 1: Few Surprises in First Round
80 teams and 40 games opened the San Diego Section Boys playoffs last night. Girls first-round competition is tonight. Surprises, the polite term for upsets, were few. Six that are highlighted below. Most significant was Helix (12-17) a 14 seed but with a long tradition of success, defeating No. 3 and 21-6 Christian, 43-41, in […]
Read More2024-25 End of Regular Season: Girls Champions Set Sights on Playoffs
Twenty-eight teams won or shared 24 league championships, according to Max Preps, which provides editorial content as supplied by respondents. Lincoln was the competitive champion in the Central League but was suspended from the playoffs, giving a league co-title to Canyon Hills and Coronado. There were no signs of life in the Manzanita League; its […]
Read More2024-25 Week 7: Boys League Champions Gear for Second Season
What’s in a league championship? Especially in this era of power ratings and strengths of schedules and what they mean in playoff pairings and postseason division assignments, which were to be announced today. A league title represents essentially just bragging rights, but ask the players and coaches who achieved it and what they think when […]
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