- 2022-23 Week 12B: 5 More Upsets; D-III and D-V Finals Tonight
Montgomery knocked off favored Carlsbad in a battle of Open Division 3 and 2 seeds and 3 seed Ramona edged No. 2 High Tech San Diego in Division III, but the most surprises have been in IV and V, where San Pasqual, Classical, a pair of No. 8 seeds, continued on their unexpected runs in ...
- 2022-23 Week 12: Perfect Seeds From Open to D-III in Semifinals
San Diego Section Open Division playoffs are down to four teams, with enticing contests tonight that match No. 4 seed San Ysidro (18-11) at 25-4 and No. 1 St. Augustine and No. 3 Montgomery (24-5) at No. 2 Carlsbad (24-5).
San Ysidro, in and out all season after the high expectations of Mikey Williams’ return from ...
- 2022-23 Week 11D, Quarterfinals: Happy Trails, Two Top Seeds
Calexico Vincent Memorial and the Rock Academy, top seeds in Division IV and V, respectively, were among three ousted favorites in San Diego Section quarterfinals playoffs Friday night.
San Pasqual (16-13) defeated Vincent (22-7) , 56-52, and Classical (15-9) outlasted Rock (21-7), 49-45, in overtime in a pair of upset victories by No. 8-ranked teams. On ...
- 2022-23 Week 11C: No. 2 seed Clairemont Clocked by No. 15 Brawley
Six favorites went down in Boys’ divisions I-V in the 38-game first round of the San Diego Section playoffs.
Seedings are based on power ratings that essentially are a comparison of “who you played and how who you played did.”
There were some stunners, three in D-IV and V.
Brawley (8-18), a 15th-ranked struggler in D-V, traveled 132 ...
- 2022-23 Week 11B: The Saints Are Ranked No. 1 and Playoff-seeded No. 1
Union-Tribune prep czar John Maffei announced that this week’s poll will be for the regular season, which has ended, and that a final poll will be released following the last time out, basket, or free throw, and final tick of the scoreboard clock in the playoffs.
St. Augustine so far has run the table, amassing all ...
- 2022-23 Week 11: Hat’s Off! 42 Boys’ and Girls’ Champions
The leagues and teams sometimes are different and some teams play football in one league and basketball in another. Some teams don’t play football and some of these leagues don’t offer football.
MaxPreps ranks any team in California that provides information and Max’s information is not always complete. Cal-Hi Sports rates from 1 to 25 and ...
- 2022-23 Week 10: Santa Fe Christian, Mater Dei Rattle the Top 10
One week to go in the regular season and the ranks have been shaken.
St. Augustine, Carlsbad, and Montgomery remained 1-2-3 in the latest Union-Tribune vote, but seven others changed positions. Most notable were Santa Fe Christian’s leapfrogging from No. 8 to No. 4 and Mater Dei’s rising from No. 9 to No. 6.
Santa Fe, its ...
- 2022-23 Week 9: Saints Still Unanimous No. 1 After Loss
Despite an 84-72 loss to Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in the Nike Extravaganza in Santa Ana last week, St. Augustine remained a unanimous No. 1 in the San Diego Section poll this week and could take a 24-4 record into the playoffs.
The Saints open the semifinal week of the regular season with two Western League ...
- 1959 Track: Tripp’s Great Day in Southern Section Finals
Arnold Tripp took charge early in the Southern Section championships at Long Beach Veterans’ Stadium when he upset hometown favorite Dee Andrews of Long Beach Poly in the broad jump, then followed with a second in the 100 to San Bernardino’s John Howard, and ran down Howard in the stretch of the 220-yard sprint, bettering ...
- 1958 Baseball: Cavemen Exit Playoffs in Quarterfinals
Another great San Diego High team? Or a very good San Diego team that had punished mostly mediocre opponents?
The Cavemen, 23-1 and one of the favorites for a Southern Section championship, were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the playoffs at Long Beach Poly, a team with a 20-3 record but had not participated in the ...
- 1959 Baseball: Cassie’s Great Run Ends in Disappointment
Another outstanding San Diego High team was eliminated in the Southern California playoffs and followed a trend of other Cavers teams generally also coming up short in football and basketball.
Coach Les Cassie, who guided the 1952 team to an astounding 35-2 record and its lone Southern California title in the decade, retired after this season ...
- 2022-23 Week 7: St. Augustine Wins National Game in Massachusetts
Trailing, 30-23, St. Augustine took charge in the second half and defeated East Catholic of Manchester, Connecticut, 67-57, last week in the Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass. San Ysidro was beaten in the same event by Florida’s Miami Columbus, 74-67.
Locally, most impressive was Montgomery, which zipped past Mater Dei, 77-58, and replaced the Crusaders as ...
- 2022-23 Week 8: Saints’ Busy Week Ends With Nike Event
St. Augustine, priming for what it hopes will be a deep run in the postseason playoffs, has a pair of Western League games this week and a final, tough intersectional test against Sherman Oaks Notre Dame Saturday in the Nike Extravaganza at Santa Ana Mater Dei.
The Saints have a home game Wednesday against Hoover (11-9) ...
- 2022 Week 16: Robinson Leads, Plus Annual Scoring Leaders/2022 Leading Individual Performances
Roderick Robinson, already enrolled at the University of Georgia, became the third Lincoln athlete to win Cal-Hi Sports’ Mr. Football award after leading the Hornets to the state Division I championship and the San Diego Section in scoring.
Robinson had the academic credits and graduated early from high school not long after the Hornets’ 33-28 win ...
- 2022-23 Week 6: Cross-country trips for No. 1 Saints, No. 4 San Ysidro
San Diego Section No. 1-ranked St. Augustine and No. 4 San Ysidro go national this week, traveling to Western Massachusetts for games in the Spalding HoopHall event at Springfield College.
The Saints will meet Max Preps‘ No. 2 team in Connecticut, Manchester East Catholic (7-0 in reported games), at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The Cougars (8-7) take ...
- 2022-23 Week 6: Cross-country Challenges for No. 1 Saints and No. 4 Cougars
San Diego Section No. 1-ranked St. Augustine and No. 4 San Ysidro go national this week, traveling to Western Massachusetts for a games in the Spalding HoopHall event at Springfield College.
The Saints will meet Max Preps‘ No. 2 team in Connecticut, Manchester East Catholic (7-0 in reported games), at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The Cougars (8-7) ...
- 2022-23 Week 5: The Saints Are Still Marching In
Exhausted from a week of travel and tip-ins at numerous venues and in numerous events, San Diego Section teams now gear for league play and some “classics”, such as on Martin Luther King weekend later this month.
So busy and so competitive was last week, today’s Union-Tribune poll revealed a seldom-seen jockeying for position. Only St. ...
- 1958 Track: Lincoln’s Drive to CIF Southern Section Title Crashes
Always striving for higher, faster, further, San Diego -area track and field competitors delivered a bevy of outstanding marks and a consensus that Lincoln, in its fourth season, could become the Southern California team champion, following San Diego’s 1957 championship.
The Hornets didn’t make it, their season ending in disappointment. Lincoln’s troubles in the Southern Section ...
- 1958 Baseball: Cavers Can’t Get Past Long Beach Poly
Another great San Diego High team? Or a very good San Diego team that had punished mostly mediocre opponents?
The Cavemen, 23-1 and one of the favorites for a Southern Section championship, were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the playoffs at Long Beach Poly, a team with a 20-3 record but had not participated in the ...
- 2022-23 Week 4: 80 Teams (from 55 cities, 10 states) Converge for Torrey Pines Event
Dozens of tournaments and nonleague games make the weekly vote for the top 10 in San Diego County almost superfluous. Action is daily and will be through the end of the year, notably with the massive, 32nd Torrey Pines Holiday Classic, which began this morning at several venues.
No.1 St. Augustine (9-2) opens at home at ...
