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San Diego Section track and field athletes kept getting better, but so was everyone else. Excellent marks were posted, some that would have shattered records a few years before, but didn’t earn a mention in this  narrative because of ever-increasing volume, i.e., more and more good performances. With two qualifiers  in each event, the section advanced 44 ...

Strong teams abounded but it was University of San Diego High, third in the Western League and only 12-10 overall, that emerged in the Class AA playoffs. Dick Serrano coached the Dons to their first CIF championship and followed with titles in 1978, ’80, and ’81, figurative mileposts for the 1961 Uni graduate who coached and ...

SirDarius Autry, a 160-pound junior running back, wide receiver, and cornerback, became the 37th player in County history to score at least 200 points in a season. “Sir” Autry also became the third running back to finish first in the County in the Hoover Cardinals’ 94-season history, according to available statistics from newspapers and Max Preps ...

The Coach 100 Club welcomed a new member in 2023 and the 200 club could add another in 2024. Mater Dei coach John Joyner, who announced he was stepping down at conclusion of the season, became the 49th to win at least 100 games, finishing the season with an all-time record of 104-69, .601 and state Division ...

The last of John Maffei’s The San Diego Union weekly poll voting was at conclusion of the San Diego Section playoffs. Cal-Hi Sports and Cal Preps.com rankings included all games in the  CIF state postseason.  Max Preps’ entries were inclusive of San Diego Section playoffs. Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. NR–Not ranked. Last entries in ...

It almost was all quiet on the San Diego County track and field front. Pole vaulter Bob Henderson of San Diego high tied for second in the state meet at 12 feet, 9 inches, and was the only local entry to score. Henderson had a career best of 13 feet and teammate Ben Sohn was one of ...

After five defeats in the Southern California regionals, including a couple jaw-droppers, Del Norte, 30-28 to Lake Balboa Birmingham, and St. Augustine, 21-20 to Ventura St. Bonaventure, the San Diego Section is down to one team. Would you believe 8-6 Sweetwater? The same Red Devils, 0-4 at the start of the season and 8-43 from 2015-20, who ...

Two of baseball’s all-time greatest players were playing with hundreds of so-called mortals. Hoover’s Ted Williams and Pasadena Muir Tech’s Jackie Robinson trod on the diamonds and little Escondido High knocked down some  giants and went all the way to the Southern California finals. 3/31/36 A total of 31 teams and up to 600 players were signed to ...

San Diego Section teams in bold.  Columns 4, 5, and 6 are prep outlets’ ratings of opponents. DIVISION TEAM OPPONENT CAL-PREPS.COM MAX PREPS CAL-HI SPORTS I-AA Granite Hills (12-0) @Mission Viejo (11-3) 65.9/69.7 7/5 6/12 I-A St. Augustine (10-4) Ventura St. Bonaventure (11-3) 46.4/51.4 39/31 43/29 III-AA Del Norte (11-1) Lake Balboa Birmingham (11-2) 32.2/33.0 99/94 On Bubble/Not ranked III-A Mount Miguel (12-1) @Lakewood Mayfair (11-3) 21.8/27.1 161/131 NR/NR V-A La Jolla Country Day (11-3) @Wilmington Banning (8-6) 15.8/7.8 213/286 NR/NR VI-A Sweetwater (7-6) Santa Monica St. Monica (11-3) -5.4/-8.9 471/507 NR/NR

This is the curious time of the season. The San Diego Section rounds of championship games, concluding with Division I, II  III, and IV last week, now centers on the Southern California Regional playoffs. And many of us are curious about these strangers suddenly looming on the postseason schedule. How good are San Diego Section teams, which will ...

This is the year of living dangerously for Granite Hills. The Eagles beat Lincoln, 27-26, for the San Diego Section Open Division championship Saturday night in Snapdragon Stadium in the third of a series of cliffhangers and barnburners in the last four weeks. The east El Cajon club, 93-47 under coach Kellan Cobbs since 2013, defending state ...

The San Diego Section winners were not a surprise, just the scores. Matches to decide ultimate bragging rights are expected to be nail biters when teams that average 25-30 points per game collide. You know the old adage about “assume”. DIVISION I Bonita Vista shut out erstwhile undefeated Torrey Pines, 19-0. Lady Barons quarterback Malyna Castillo, who ...

Sophomores Alison Dring of Mt. Carmel and Erin Blunt of San Pasqual gave promise but only four of the original 45 qualifiers from the San Diego Section finished in the top five in finals at the state meet. 6/1/90 17TH GIRLS STATE TRACK TRIALS, @CERRITOS COLLEGE, NORWALK EVENT NAME SCHOOL MARK PLACE 100 Kimmey University City :12.10 8th* McKinney Monte Vista :12.20 10th Henderson Morse :12.28 13th 200 Dring Mt. Carmel :25.11 10th Henderson Morse :25.16 11th Kimmey — — 400 Dring :55.55 2nd* Bugg Patrick Henry :57.59 7th* Freeman Crawford — — 800 Stowell Mt. Carmel 2:16.78 12th Scott Mt. Carmel 2:18.57 19th Schoene La Jolla 2:24.07 26th 1600 Schiebel Orange Glen 5:10.83 14th Faye San Pasqual 5:11.50 15th Ferguson La Jolla 5:14.10 17th 100 ...

Seventeen of 48 qualifiers from the San Diego Section finals advanced from the 72nd state meet trials at Cerritos College in Norwalk, including San Diego Section all-timers, Brent Noon of Fallbrook and Jerome Price of University City. Nine of the 17, or 53 per cent, scored points based on at least a top six finish in ...

DIVISION I Top seed Bonita Vista took care of business, dominating No. 4 and 17-3 Calexico, 33-13, in the San Diego Section semifinals. The Lady Barons (18-1) have lorded over opponents, with a  514-137 scoring advantage, punctuating their MaxPreps’ state No. 6 rating. Torrey Pines slipped past 12-5 Grossmont, 14-13, with a last-10-seconds, come-from-behind score, to remain ...

After an essentially quiet first week, quarterfinals and Open Division semifinals brought the San Diego Section playoffs to life, starting with a couple wild Open Division battles. Distance and facing California’s No. 8-ranked team and second seed didn’t deter third seed and California-ranked 14th Granite Hills. The Eagles bused 44 miles and then outlasted state No. 8 ...

Division I Unlike the first round, most favorites won handily.  Torrey Pines (15-0) had to outscratch the Brawley Lady Wildcats, 14-13. Bonita Vista (17-1) and Grossmont (12-4) featured their offenses,  each putting up more than 30 points. The Lady Barons, MaxPreps’ state No. 13, next face Calexico in the semifinals.  The Lady Falcons of Torrey Pines, Max ...

Two of the four better seeded teams prevailed in the first round of the San Diego Section Division I playoffs, including  Scripps Ranch, which had a close call with Hilltop, 13-12. No. 11 seed Olympian upset 6 Mira Mesa, 12-7. The 9-5 Lady Eagles were behind early to the 8-9 Lady Marauders, but came back with ...

The  CIF’s power ratings, a football version of diversity, inclusion, and equity, worked in all but four games in the week 12, first round of San Diego Section playoffs. The National Football League long has fostered the “on-any-given-day-any team-can-win” mantra.  There aren’t upsets; they’re…well, surprises. There were four “surprises” as the San Diego Section postseason got underway. ...

Bonita Vista and Classical drew the top seeds in the two-division, inaugural postseason. DIVISION I While Torrey Pines (14-0) is the only undefeated San Diego Section team, MaxPreps ranks Bonita Vista (16-1) higher, based on strength of schedule. CIF bosses made the Lady Barons the number 1 seed and the Lady Falcons number 2. Calexico (16-2) is ...