2025 Football Week 15B: Final Top 10, Doyle’s All-Time Wins
MAFFEI MADNESS John Maffei’s The San Diego Union-Tribune final 2025 poll: Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous rankings in (italics). NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps, Cal Preps, and Cal-Hi Sports are state rankings. RANK TEAM/RECORD POINTS MAX PREPS CAL PREPS CAL-HI SPORTS 1. Cathedral (10-2) 30* 300 (2) 10 63.0 13 (14) 2. Carlsbad (10-2) 259 […]
Read More2025 Football Week 15A: San Diego Section Clubs Begin State Playoffs
Six area teams, from Granite Hills in the East suburbs of El Cajon to Valley Center in the rural North, won San Diego Section championships and are moving on and (possibly/maybe/who knows?) moving up in the super postseason. Regional playoffs are this week, with winners advancing to State championship games Dec. 12-13Â at Saddleback College […]
Read More2025 Football Week 14: Championship Game Coaches, At a Glance
This is perhaps the finest pair of Open Division and Division I championship game matchups since the San Diego Section was formed in 1960. Mainly because of the four coaches leading their teams, veterans who have stood the test of time and turn out winners annually, as their records attest in the table below. Championship […]
Read More2025 Football Week 13: Two No. 1’s Eliminated in Playoff Quarterfinals
Eight more underdogs overcame seeding challenges last week as the San Diego Section playoffs tightened in the quarterfinals. A second week of 26 games saw two No. 1-ranked squads go down, with additional upsets by 12, 11, 10, and six, and five seeds. Most significant was No. 9 Hoover’s 52-49 win over top ranked Sweetwater […]
Read More2025 Football Week 12: Favorites Are 18-8 in Playoffs’ Openers
Rankings and favoritism didn’t matter to eight underdogs in the 26 San Diego Section first-round playoff games. Two each of 11, 10, and 9 seeds prevailed over sixes, sevens, and eights in the divisional brackets. The most significant reversal saw 12 seed Scripps Ranch put it to No. 5 La Jolla, 42-0. Clairemont, another No. […]
Read More2025 Football Week 10: 5 Teams Seek 1 of 4 Open Division Playoff Invites
Sixteen games tonight and 28 more Friday will settle the San Diego Section regular season and determine league champions not yet clinched. Playoff pairings are expected Sunday afternoon. Coming down to the wire Cathedral, Lincoln, Mission Hills, Carlsbad, and La Costa Canyon are alive for berths in what will be a stacked, four-team Open Division […]
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