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San Diego Section athletes in state top 25 as noted in Athletic.net, except any with the — designation.  *Junior. **Sophomore. ***Ninth-grader. Bold indicates season best achieved last week. EVENT MARK NAME, SCHOOL STATE CALIFORNIA NAME, SCHOOL SECTION 100 :11.92w, :11.94 Joelle Frazier, Steele Canyon — :11.33w, :11.51 Kirk, Calabasas Southern :12.00 **Miyah Holmes, San Marcos —   Ava Parker, Helix :12.04 *Aniyah Scott, Steele Canyon — 12.10 **Haley Hannemann, Mission Hills — 200 :24.05w, :24.31 ***Parker 10th :23.35 **Collins, Fullerton Rosary Southern :24.20 Frazier 15th :24.66 Ella Joo, Del Norte — :24.72 Holmes   :24.89w, :25.46 Valentina Diaz Flores, ...

Dual meets wrap this week, heading into league finals May 8-9, San Diego Section divisional championships May 16, Section finals May 23, and the 106th state meet May 29-30 in Clovis at Buchanan High. Mater Dei’s Jasir Fontenot, state 100 hurdles champion as a ninth grader in 2025, lost for the first time since a race ...

Ava Parker is stepping on her big brothers’ toes while continuing a family tradition at Helix. The ninth grader ran :53.47, the fourth fastest 400 meters in County history last week in the Mt. San Antonio Invitational in Walnut.  Ava was second in the race to the state-leading :53.13 by Clara Adams of Long Beach Wilson. The ...

Del Norte set a San Diego Section record in the four-man, 800-meter relay with a time of 7:44.70 at the 65th Mt. San Antonio Relays in Walnut Last week. The team of Finn Butler, Isaac Bradshaw, Nick Echsner, and Cam Yarbrough bettered the mark of 7:48.39 by a Torrey Pines foursome at Mt. Sac in 2011. The ...

La Jolla’s Chiara Dailey won the Arcadia Invitational mile in 4:41.12 last week, which converted to a 4:39.31 for 1,600 meters and put Dailey at the top of the list in California, along with her state-leading 9:53.8 for 3,200 meters.  Dailey ran 4:37.08 after the state meet and conclusion of her high school season in ...

Josiah Bowman’s 1:49.54 victory in the 800 meters last week at the Arcadia Invitational put the Sage Creek senior in a neighborhood visited only by Bob Hose, a legendary runner from Madison in 1964. Hose, running in the 1964 Pre-Olympic Invitational against college and international competitors, was hand timed in 1:49.2 for 880 yards in a ...

Ron Riedberger, 92, passed recently in Vista, where he served the school district as teacher, coach, and administrator for 37 years, including five seasons as coach of the Panthers’ basketball team, 1960-61 through 1964-65. Riedberger’s 1961-62 squad posted a 14-8 record and defeated Fallbrook, 81-67, at Escondido High in the San Diego Section 2-A championship game. The ...

The performances and the performers keep getting better, the latter fueled by evolution, diet, training, equipment, and facilities, beginning sometimes indoors in December with a long eye toward the state track meet, which will be held again at Clovis Buchanan High in the 106th renewal May 29-30. There have been several big meets through March, but ...

Small, private schools held sway in the San Diego Section this season in what might be described as an overall, mediocre campaign. Victory Christian and Santa Fe Christian, which finished 1-2 in John Maffei’s Union-Tribune poll, were eliminated decisively in the Southern California Regional playoffs, Victory 78-51 by Bellflower St. John  Bosco in the quarterfinals and ...

San Diego Section teams were 0-5 in semifinals of the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs and their seasons came to an abrupt end, following that of the combined more than 200 other Section boys and girls squads which competed this season. Francis Parker girls (23-8), third seeded in Division I, led 2 seed Temecula Rancho Christian ...

GIRLS FIRST ROUND DIVISION I TUESDAY, MARCH 3. UPPER BRACKET 9 Westview (20-10) 37, @8 Pasadena La Salle (30-4, Southern) 50. LOWER BRACKET 14 Westchester (26-4, L.A. City) 41, @3 Francis Parker (22-7) 65. 11 La Jolla Country Day (17-12) 57, @6 Oak Park (22-9, Southern) 72. 10 Mission Hills (19-12) 51, @San Juan Capistrano JSerra (21-8, Southern) 54. QUARTERFINALS THURSDAY, MARCH 5. 6 Oak Park (22-9, ...

The last 2025-26 “Maffei Madness”, i.e., the Union-Tribune San Diego Section poll, administrated by the very sane John Maffei: First-place votes in parenthesis. Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. Previous ranking in italics, if changed. Cal-Hi Sports rankings are by Mark Tennis, the newsletter’s publisher, with contribution from statewide correspondents. Max Preps essentially relies on individual school representatives. TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAX-PREPS.COM CAL-HI SPORTS 1. Victory ...

DIVISION I TUESDAY, MARCH 3. UPPER BRACKET 9 Westview (20-9), @8 Pasadena La Salle (29-4, Southern). LOWER BRACKET 14 L.A. Westchester (26-3, L.A. City), @3 Francis Parker (21-7). 11 La Jolla Country Day (17-11), @6 Oak Park (21-9, Southern). 10 Mission Hills (19-11), @San Juan Capistrano JSerra (20-8, Southern). D-II TUESDAY, MARCH 3. UPPER BRACKET 9 Cathedral (22-7), @8 Camarillo (19-12, Southern). 12 Hamilton (20-10, L.A. City), ...

DIVISION I TUESDAY, MARCH 3. UPPER BRACKET 9 San Juan Capistrano JSerra 23-13, Southern), @8 Francis Parker (21-10). 12 Temecula Rancho Christian (22-10, Southern), @5 Victory Christian (27-4). 13 San Marcos (23-7), @4 Bellflower St. John Bosco (21-9, Southern). LOWER BRACKET 10 Santa Fe Christian (26-4), @7 Irvine Crean Lutheran (26-7, Southern). D-II TUESDAY, MARCH 3. UPPER BRACKET 9 Mira Mesa (23-9), @8 Pacific Palisades (20-11, ...

OPEN DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY, FEB. 28. 6 Westview (20-9) 50, @1 Francis Parker (21-7) 66, @Oceanside Front Wave Arena. SEMIFINALS WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25. 4 Mission Hills (19-11) 47, @1 Francis Parker (20-7) 73. 7 Grossmont (22-5) 53, @6 Westview (20-8) 56. DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY, FEB. 28. 3 Carlsbad (18-14) 54, 1 Imperial (24-7) 50, @Oceanside Front Wave Arena. The Lancers’ seventh consecutive victory earned them a ...

OPEN DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY, FEB. 28. 5 Francis Parker (21-10) 55, vs. 2 Victory Christian (27-4) 57, @Oceanside Front Wave Arena. The Knights, who originally opened as Cal Lutheran in La Mesa in 1975 and moved a few times until settling in Chula Vista in 2015, forced the Lancers into 10 second-half turnovers. SEMIFINALS WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25. 5 Francis Parker (21-9) 71, ...

Originally published June 9, 2019. Gordon Nash retired, taking with him a legacy of great teams and great players, and a sour finish. Nash’s coaching record of 259 wins against 69 losses for a won-loss of .790 was forged over 11 seasons in which Helix won two San Diego Section championships, appeared in five title games, was ...

OPEN DIVISION QUARTERFINALS FRIDAY, FEB. 20. 8 Cathedral (19-10) 53, @1 Santa Fe Christian (26-3) 82. 5 Francis Parker (20-9) 55, @4 Mission Bay (20-9) 50. 6 Olympian (22-7) 73, @3 San Marcos (23-6) 75. 7 La Costa Canyon (21-8) 49, @2 Victory Christian (25-4) 67. SEMIFINALS PAIRINGS TUESDAY, FEB. 24. 5 Francis Parker (20-9), @1 Santa Fe Christian (26-3). 3 San Marcos (23-6), ...

Two Open Division quarterfinals near shockers send surprising 7 seed Grossmont to 6 seed Westview and fourth-ranked Mission Hills visits No. 1 seed Francis Parker in the other half of a potentially contentious semifinals playoff bracket.  Grossmont (22-4) eliminated No. 2 Mater Dei (23-3), 62-54, and Westview (19-8) dumped No. 3 Cathedral (22-7) 55-40. There were ...

BOYS OPEN DIVISION QUARTERFINALS FRIDAY, FEB. 20. 8 Cathedral (19-9), @1 Santa Fe Christian (23-3). 5 Francis Parker (19-9), @4 Mission Bay (20-8). 6 Olympian (22-6), @3 San Marcos (22-6). 7 La Costa Canyon (21-7), @2 Victory Christian (24-4). DIVISION I QUARTERFINALS SATURDAY, FEB. 21 8 Madison (19-10), @1 Mira Mesa (20-9). 5 Bonita Vista (19-10), @4 Carlsbad (14-15). 6 St. Augustine (14-15), @3 Christian (21-8). 7 ...