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2023-24 Girls Week 7: Last Poll Before Playoffs
John Maffei’s Girls Week 7 Union-Tribune Poll Rank/Prev Team (Record) Points* MaxPreps Rank/Rating Cal-Hi Sports 35 1/1 Mission Hills (20-8) 60 (6) 16/31.68 15/15 2/2 La Jolla Country Day (22-6) 54 20/30.11 22/22 3/4 Westview (18-10) 41 76/23.19 NR 4/3 Poway (19-8) 39 81/22.51 NR 5/8 Francis Parker (16-9) 35 101/21.15 NR 6T/5T Bonita Vista […]
Read More2023-24 Week 7 Girls: Newly Crowned Await Playoffs
Twenty-nine champs and co-champs of 22 leagues prepare for the post-season that begins Tuesday. Now when ratings based on strength of schedule determine playoff seeds, are league banners just gym rafter eye candy for fans and newbies? Maybe, but players and coaches agree they’re a reminder of the camaraderie and journey to the top that […]
Read More2023-24 Boys Week 7: Hats Off! Champions and Co-Champs of 22 Leagues
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 […]
Read More2023-24 Girls Week 6: Mission Hills, LJCD March On, Westview Moves Up
No. 1 Mission Hills rolled past Rancho Bernardo, 69-17, and Poway, 86-32, and La Jolla Country Day outscored Francis Parker, 61-54, and Grossmont , 60-42, to stay No. 2 in the poll. It was not a good week for Poway, which also lost to Westview, 72-54. The Wolverines also beat San Marcos, 58-45, and their […]
Read More2023-24 Boys Week 6: The Playoffs Are Coming! The Playoffs Are Coming!
It’s wrap-up week in the San Diego Section, as the regular season ends Friday, Southern California postseason pairings are posted Saturday, and the second season starts with regional playoffs next week. Carlsbad, Montgomery, St. Augustine, and Torrey Pines remained 1 through 4 in the weekly Union-Tribune poll, and there was no change from last week’s […]
Read More1973 Track: Jefferson and Banks Carry the Day in 55th State Meet
Elijah Jefferson went where no San Diego County athlete had gone in 45 years. Willie Banks won an event that was known by another name when it was last contested 34 years before. Jefferson became the first from the area since 1929 to win the 100-yard dash in the state track meet when he followed […]
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