- 2023-2024 Boys Week 8B : Playoffs Enter Semifinals Round of 4
Two rounds of San Diego Section playoffs produced at least four shockers, sending power ratings analysts diving for cover.
No. 8 seed Scripps Ranch defeated No. 1 Santa Fe Christian in a second-round game, 60-51, in Division I in the week’s most significant reversal. There were others: A 6 seed over an 11, a 12 over ...
- 2023-2024 Girls Week 8: Finalists Emerge in D-III, IV, V, V-A, and V-AA
See table below for scores and pairings.
All games except final, are at higher (lower number) seed.
- 2023-24 Boys Week 8A: The Playoffs Are Here, Follows Last Regular-Season Vote.
John Maffei’s weekly, final regular-season Union-Tribune poll.
#
TEAM
RECORD
POINTS
PREVIOUS
MAX-PREPS
CAL-HI SPORTS
1
Carlsbad
26-2 (8)
161
1
8/9
15/15
2
Montgomery
26-2 (9)
159
2
17/20
20/21
3
St. Augustine
24-4
139
3
21/21
21/20
4
Torrey Pines
21-7
108
4
40/37
On the Bubble
5
La Jolla Country Day
22-5
103
5
59/58
NR/NR
6
La Costa Canyon
19-7
79
6
58/65
NR/NR
8
Mission Hills
21-7
50
7
76/80
NR/NR
7
Santa Fe Christian
20-8
64
8
98/88
NR/NR
9
Cathedral
19-8
38
9
106/102
NR/NR
10
San Marcos
22-6
9
NR
133/126
NR/NR
Others receiving votes
Vista (19-9, 5 points), Mission Bay (17-11, 5), San Diego Southwest (25-2, 3), Rancho Buena Vista ( 21-7, 2), Olympian (24-3, 1), Victory Christian (18-9, 1),
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on ...
- 2023-24 Girls Week 7: Last Poll Before Playoffs
John Maffei’s Girls Week 7 Union-Tribune Poll
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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 (14-12)
34
148/18.08
NR
6T/7
Del Norte (18-9)
39
119/19.81
NR
8/5T
Rancho Bernardo (19-9)
34
126/17.91
NR
10T/9
Bishop’s (20-7)
6
208/15.13
NR
10T/NR
Grossmont (20-8)
6
211/15.93
NR
Others receiving votes:
Cathedral (6).
*First-place votes in parentheses. Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
Max Preps and Cal-Hi Sports are state rankings. NR/Not ranked.
The San ...
- 2023-24 Week 7 Girls: Newly Tiarad 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 lasts ...
- 2023-24 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 banners are ...
- 2023-24 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 2-0 ...
- 2023-24 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 5 ...
- 1973 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 a wind-assisted ...
- 2023-24 Boys Week 5: Lancers’ Week Included 3 Big Wins
Carlsbad cemented its hold on No. 1 in the Union-Tribune poll with victories of 62-54 over No. 4 Torrey Pines, 70-66 over Valencia West Ranch, and 78-57 over No. 7 La Costa Canyon.
Montgomery stayed at No. 2, with no-sweat 60-27 and 88-31 dominations of Otay Ranch and San Ysidro.
No. 3 St. Augustine took care of ...
- 2023-24 Girls Week 5: Grizzlies, Torreys Continue to Hold Sway
No. 1 Mission Hills and No. 2 La Jolla Country Day maintained their front-runner pace, and Poway moved up to No. 3 with wins over San Marcos , 58-43, and a come-from-behind, 42-40 squeaker over former No. 3 Del Norte.
As proof of the Lady Grizzlies’ dominance, their average wins are by 19 points (62-43), although ...
- 2023-24 Girls Week 4: Grizzlies, Torreys Bruised But Upright
No. 1 Mission Hills trampled San Marcos, 72-18, but was rocked by state top 10 Santa Ana Mater Dei, 56-37, and was 2-2 in the week.
No. 2 La Jolla Country Day had three local wins and a loss to Sacramento McClatchy, 63-60.
The top eight spots remained intact in the Union-Tribune poll, although only Del Norte, ...
- 2023-24 Boys Week 4: Carlsbad, Montgomery 1-2 in Votes
John Maffei’s weekly Union-Tribune poll.
#
TEAM
RECORD
POINTS
PREVIOUS
MAX-PREPS
CAL-HI SPORTS
1
Carlsbad
19-2 (11)
164
1
9/7
15/13
2
Montgomery
19-2 (6)
156
2
18/15
21/21
3
St. Augustine
19-3
139
3
16/14
22/22
4
Torrey Pines
16-5
119
4
41/44
29/30
5
Santa Fe Christian
15-6
92
5
77/75
NR/NR
6
La Jolla Country Day
16-5
81
6
57/64
NR/NR
7
Cathedral
15-6
52
7
104/115
NR/NR
8
La Costa Canyon
13-5
51
8
72/77
NR/NR
9
Mission Hills
16-6
36
10
128/136
NR/NR
10
Mission Bay
14-8
20
9
93/95
NR/NR
Others receiving votes
Olympian (20-0, 19 points), San Marcos (16-5, 4), Rancho Buena Vista (16-6, 2), San Diego Southwest (20-2, 1).
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
Bold entries in columns are up-to-date rankings followed by previous.
Cal-Hi Sports’ ...
- 1973 Baseball: Huddleston’s Pointers Continue City Dominance
Baseball in the San Diego Section was an urban game.
Point Loma became the sixth different and overall 11th city squad in the Section’s 13 seasons to win the Class AA championship when it defeated Hoover, 12-2, in the playoff finals.
The Pointers, who fell to University in the 1972 championship, were coached by Dick Huddleston, who ...
- 2023-24 Boys Week 3: Status Quo Prevails 1 Through 9
The top nine positions lingered, with only Mission Hills, on a 10-game win streak, displacing San Marcos at No. 10. Olympian, the only undefeated team at 20-0, and Mission Bay with three more wins, stayed where they were.
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union-Tribune poll.
#
TEAM
RECORD
POINTS
PREVIOUS
MAX-PREPS
CAL-HI SPORTS
1
Carlsbad
17-2 (11)
164
1
7/8
13/13
2
Montgomery
18-2 (6)
154
2
15/16
21/21
3
St. Augustine
17-3
139
3
14/17
22/22
4
Torrey Pines
14-5
119
4
44/43
30/31
5
Santa Fe Christian
14-6
104
5
75/75
NR/NR
6
La Jolla Country Day
14-5
82
6
64/63
NR/NR
7
Cathedral
14-6
42
7
115/101
NR/NR
8
La ...
- 2023-24 Girls Week 3: Mission Hills Stays No. 1
The Lady Grizzlies of Mission Hills overpowered Westview, 71-37, and Rancho Bernardo, 70-27, and stayed on top of the San Diego Section poll. The Max Preps state No. 21 and Cal-Hi Sports No. 16 club lost to State No. 10 Folsom, 58-49, and defeated Portola Valley Priory, 66-50, in the Stockton St. Mary’s Martin Luther ...
- 2023-24 Boys Week 2: Four Teams at Top Separating From Field
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union-Tribune poll.
#
TEAM
RECORD
POINTS
PREVIOUS
MAX-PREPS
CAL-HI SPORTS
1
Carlsbad
14-2 (11)
164
1
8/8
13/19
2
Montgomery
16-2 (6)
158
2
16/12
21/24
3
St. Augustine
15-3
137
3
17/17
22/NR
4
Torrey Pines
13-4
119
4
43/42
31
5
Santa Fe Christian
12-5
96
6
75-98
NR/NR
6
La Jolla Country Day
13-5
65
5
63/82
NR/NR
7
Cathedral
13-5
52
8
101/118
NR/NR
8
La Costa Canyon
11-3
44
9
77/82
NR/NR
9
Mission Bay
10-7
29
7
157/149
NR/NR
10
San Marcos
13-4
18
10
211/219
NR/NR
Others receiving votes
Mission Hills (12-6, 15 points), Olympian (17-0, 12). San Diego Southwest (16-2, 5), Hoover (12-6, 1).
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
Bold entries in columns are up-to-date rankings followed by previous.
Cal-Hi Sports’ ...
- 2023-24 Girls Week 2: Grizzlies, Torreys Prosper
The status quo prevailed as Mission Hills added two, and La Jolla Country Day, one win in the new year. Bonita Vista jumped into No. 6 with a win over Francis Parker. Scripps Ranch (9-8) dropped off with a loss to Cathedral Catholic (8-6).
This week tests the Lady Grizzlies vs. No. 3 Westview and No. ...
- 2023-24 Boys Week 1: Carlsbad No. 1, Montgomery No. 2 in Poll
A mid-November-through-December grind in which many teams completed at least half of their season schedules turns to January league play, accompanied by the popular, so-named “classics” that bring together top teams for weekend doubleheaders until the playoffs.
Five teams at the top of the Union-Tribune poll appeared to have separated themselves from the pack, with Carlsbad ...
- 2023-24 Girls Week 1: Grizzlies, Torreys Atop Poll
The poll leaders switched places, as Mission Hills topped La Jolla Country Day prior to a recent Holiday Classic tournament game in Portland, Oregon, where the Lady Grizzlies beat the Oregon Number 11 team Portland Jefferson, but lost to the No. 3 team, South Medford, in the tournament finals. Three of Mission Hills’ 6 losses ...
