- 2019 Week 7: Blazing Christon Starts Run to State Meet
The Countdown to Clovis begins this week as 16 San Diego Section leagues move through trials and finals with an eye on the state championships May 24-25 at Buchanan High in the Fresno suburb, where competition will be as hot as the weather, guaranteed to offer temperatures close to or at 100 degrees.
At the moment ...
- 2019 Week 6: Christon Sizzles at ‘Sac
Madison’s Kenan Christon blasted the San Diego Section 200-meter sprint record, vaulted to No. 1 in California, and into the top 10 in the U.S.
The USC-bound senior lit up the El Camino College track in the 61st Mt. San Antonio Invitational, covering the distance in :20.90 and bettering the section record of :20.98, set in ...
- 1973-74: All-Time and this Season’s Scoring Leaders
Dave Moore topped with a 51-point game, but Patrick Henry’s Mark Fitzner had the most points and held off “Score” Moore for highest average among players from large schools.
The breezy sobriquet for Moore, courtesy of Bill Finley of the Evening Tribune, fit the San Marcos senior, who scored 594 points in 27 games for a ...
- 2019 Week 5: Mt. Sac Up After Valley Center and Cerveny Invites
The Mt. San Antonio Relays, for decades hosted on campus in the community of Walnut, moved west about 30 miles to El Camino College in Inglewood a couple years ago and will headline the menu this week.
Mt. Sac at one point was supposed to be the probable site of the 2020 Olympic Trials and the ...
- 1973-74: Kearny’s Double Unbeaten Komets
Kearny High became the second school (after Grossmont in 1971-72) in the 14-season history of the San Diego Section to win football and basketball championships in the same school year.
The Komets took the Grossmont accomplishment a giant step further. They were undefeated in both sports, football, 12-0-1, basketball, 32-0.
No team has come close since.
Tying it ...
- 2019 Week 4: Fahy Fastest Ever in Section 3200
San Diego Section runners and jumpers warmed to the competition in the Arcadia Invitational, turning in season highs in five girls events and three boys events; the young men brought the total to 9 in a City League triangular meet between Madison, Clairemont, and Christian.
Christin Fahy was third in the 3200-meter run at Arcadia, but ...
- 1929 Track: Willson Leads Hilltoppers To First State Championship
“Willson, with two l’s.”
Jimmy Willson had been correcting the spelling of his last name since he was in grade school but that changed when Willson’s family moved from Massachusetts and 11th grader Jimmy turned out for Coach Glenn Broderick’s track team at San Diego High.
After a “Wilson“ or two, local sports writers got with the ...
- 2019 Week 3: Mt. Carmel Meet Marks Overturned
Authentic.com the go-to, on-line entity for all things track and field, posted several outstanding marks from the Mt. Carmel invitational two weeks ago and then deleted them last week.
Dennis McClanahan, the retired coach of the Sun Devils and the meet director for the invitational and honcho at the San Diego section trials and finals, is ...
- 2019 Week 2: La Costa Canyon’s Fahy Takes National Lead
A raft of marks, including a United States-leading 4:48.34 in the 1,600-meter run by Kristin Fahy of La Costa Canyon, punctuated the 40th annual Mt. Carmel Invitational.
Fahy’s four-lap sizzler topped three Southern Section runners, whose chase of Fahy resulted in the nation’s No. 2, 3, and 4 best performances. No. 5 is a 4:52.4 effort ...
- 2019 Week 1 Track: Christon, Mitchell, Hickey, Thomson State Leaders
Kenon Christon of Madison, Altan Mitchell of Point Loma, Alysha Hickey of Coronado, and Camryn Thomson of Poway are state track-and-field leaders from the San Diego Section, which got down to some serious competition last week after a few February and early-March meets.
Christon ran a personal best :10.52 in the 100 meters at the Elmer ...
- 2018-19 Week 15: Cal-Hi Sports, Max Preps Final Ratings Are In
The San Diego Section’s Big 4 of Open Division teams became a Big 5, when La Jolla Country eclipsed all with a dominating run through the state Division III playoffs.
The Torreys (23-13) were the only area squad to make it to the state level, where they defeated San Francisco University, 67-39, after Foothills Christian (24-7) ...
- 2018-19 Week 14: It’s a Championship Day for La Jolla Country Day
La Jolla Country Day’s state championship, the first by a San Diego Section team since 2015, served as the denouement for a basketball season that ended in disappointment for the big four of Torrey Pines, Foothills Christian, St. Augustine, and Mission Bay.
The manner in which ‘Day finished its season, routing San Francisco University, 67-39, for ...
- 2018-19 Week 16: La Jolla Country Day Boys Are Last Ones Standing
La Jolla Country Day’s Boys Division III team will try to become the ninth San Diego Section squad to win a state championship Friday afternoon against San Francisco University High in Sacramento.
The Torreys, who were 5-5 in the Coast League but have won eight in a row on the section and regional level, are 22-13. ...
- 1972-73: Oh, Henry! Patriots Climb to Top
Five-year-old Patrick Henry High, located in the sprawling Del Cerro-San Carlos area, had become a glamour school in the San Diego Section and one of the largest in the state with 3,800 students and growing.
The Patriots already had been to a section championship game in football, became powers in baseball and track and field, and ...
- 2018-19: La Jolla Country Day Boys & Girls in Finals
Three San Diego Section teams remain in play in the Southern California regional basketball playoffs, with La Jolla Country Day having representatives in Boys’ Division III and Girls’ D-I.
San Diego Southwest also reached the finals in Boys’ D-V.
The three local squads all face daunting tasks, as they will be on the road Tuesday night in ...
- 2018-19 Week 15: 6 Teams Still Alive in Regional Semifinals
Two boys’ and four girls’ squads passed quarterfinals tests in the CIF state regional playoffs last night.
Most significant was the 66-58 Division 1 win by the 5 seed La Jolla Country Day girls on the road at No. 4 Granada Hills.
Cathedral, the top seed in Girls D-I, sustained a stunning loss, 49-44, to No. 8 ...
- 2018-19 Week 14: San Diego Clubs Win 16 in First Round
Sixteen of the 30 San Diego Section boys’ and girls’ teams remain in the Southern California regional playoffs, with quarterfinals putting everyone back on the court tonight.
Girls squads won nine of 14 opening round contests, the boys seven of 16, with most of the successes coming in Division II through V.
Three of the four male ...
- 2018-19 Week 13: Falcons Edge Knights, Buccaneers, Saints in Last Vote
Torrey Pines emerged from a season-long, four-team battle to claim the No. 1 position in the final The San Diego Union top 10. The first four finishers each occupied the top rung during the regular season.
Union-Tribune Week 10 final poll, Monday, Feb 25:
Rank
Team
Record
Points
Last Week
1
Torrey Pines (14)
25-6
140
2
2.
Foothills Christian
23-7
125
1
3
Mission Bay
18-12
109
5
4
St. Augustine
22-7
87
4
5
Cathedral
23-9
80
7
6
Vista
21-9
53
8
7
Poway
22-7
43
6
8
Carlsbad
26-6
37
NR
9
Santa Fe Christian
20-8
35
4
10
Francis Parker
20-10
24
NR
NR–Not ranked.
Others receiving votes: La ...
- 2018-19 Week 13: San Diego Section Powers Face Expected Early Exits
Seedings for the Southern California Regional playoffs that begin Tuesday reflected the San Diego Section’s strength in the lower divisions.
But the big boys got no respect, as usual.
San Diego teams are favored seeds in only two of nine Open, D-I or D-II contests. They are the choice in five of seven games in D-III through ...
- 2018-19 Week 13: No. 1’s Go For No. 1 Finish
Four No. 1 seeds in six divisions, will be on the floor as finals take place beginning tonight in the San Diego Section.
That Foothills Christian, Cathedral, Rancho Buena Vista, and San Diego Southwest made their way through the rounds is testimony to the ratings system created by Max Preps, the entity favored by section coaches ...
