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2020 Weeks 4-6: Strangest Season is a Wrap
The world pandemic almost brought the San Diego Section to its knees, but the governing athletic body survived, thanks to determined coaches, players, and administrators. Thirteen of the 96 schools fielding varsity teams were able to play a maximum six games, as mandated by the […]
Read More2020 Week 5: Cathedral at Top of Final Poll
The San Diego Union-Tribune‘s final football poll in shortened season. First place votes in parenthesis. Points on scale of 10 points to 1 point. RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS 1. Cathedral 5-0 170 1 2. Carlsbad 5-0 153 2 3. Mission Hills 5-0 136 3 4. Lincoln 4-1 105 7 5. La Jolla 5-0 102 […]
Read More1960: San Diego’s Final Act in Southern Section: Baseball, Track and Field.
A couple newcomers led the shouting in a last hurrah for San Diego. Area schools were preparing to leave the Southern Section after 47 years and embark on their own, 31 institutions forming the San Diego Section in the next school year. Clairemont and El Capitan, numbers 30 and 31, ignored usually unsuccessful results for […]
Read More1992-93: Playoffs Now Have 5 Divisions
CIF bosses approved a fifth division for playoffs. “Those who worried that five playoff divisions would take some of the glitter off league races needed to be in the stands at Christian and San Diego High this past weekend,” wrote Steve Brand before the start of the postseason. “When Christian beat Our Lady of Peace […]
Read More2020 Week 2: Tough Going at Point Loma
Point Loma canceled its season, hours after the story below was published. Joel Allen, who quarterbacked Christian to a Division IV championship in 2002 and created a brilliant coaching record at The Bishop’s (11 seasons, 100-39-1 record, .739 winning percentage) had stepped down. Allen was going to go into business with his brother and was […]
Read More2020 Week 3: Cathedral No. 1 Here, No. 7 in California
Comparisons are building for Cathedral. The Dons are a unanimous No. 1 in The San Diego-Union-Tribune poll and seventh for the second week in a row in the respected Cal-Hi Sports ratings. At No. 7, Cathedral is at its highest level in the Cal-Hi eye test rankings since the 2016 club finished fifth. Coach Sean […]
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