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2021 Week 13: Great Open Division Championship Matchup
I went out on a very unstable limb last week and crashed. Picking Torrey Pines to beat Carlsbad and Mission Hills to knock off Cathedral not only was ill-advised but was punctuated with an in-your-face (mine) combined, 82-17 score by the winning teams. Now we have a championship that brings together two clubs representing, on […]
Read More1956 Baseball: Cavers Lose 4 in Row, Longest Streak in 28 Years
The Cavers were out of sorts. San Diego High finished with an 18-8 record, its poorest since the 17-10 of 1950, and the Cavers lost four games in a row down the stretch to fall out of City Prep League and playoff contention. According to Don King’s Caver Conquest, the athletic history of the school, […]
Read More2021 Week 12: Playoffs Shift Into High Gear With Open Division Play
Round two of the San Diego Section playoffs offer quarterfinals in Divisions I-V and semifinals in the Open Division. The four clubs in the highest bracket, beginning play after a week off: 4 TORREY PINES (6-3) @1 CARLSBAD (10-0) The Falcons get another shot at the unbeaten Lancers, a team Torrey Pines had on the […]
Read More1956 Track: 5 Stars Deliver in Five-Star State Track Meet
Track and field made a leap with multiple outstanding performances in several events. All five area qualifiers scored points in the greatest state meet in history, witnessed by about 4,500 persons on a 100-degree day in Chico. —Coach Raleigh Holt’s Hoover Cardinals won another City Prep League championship with depth in every race, jump, and […]
Read More2021 Week 11: Hat’s Off! Eighteen League Champions
League championships can be forgotten amid the giant second season of playoffs. if a team has a pulse, no matter how few W’s and how many L’s, it’s most likely a postseason participant. But don’t pass that along to the San Diego Section’s regular-season winners. Players identify these achievements on their letter jackets, coaches enhance […]
Read More2021 Week 10: Oldies Still Are Goodies
Big Brother split with Little Brother in two traditional games last week. Younger Helix made it a quarter century of continued success with a 25th consecutive win over older Grossmont, 29-14, and older Mira Mesa topped younger Scripps Ranch, 38-35. Helix now is 46-18-2 against Grossmont since 1951, when the fledgling school divided enrollment and […]
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