Originally published Jan. 10, 2016.

John Saleamua took the handoff, cleared the first line of defense, and cut to the outside.

The Sweetwater running back was running free along the Montgomery sideline when he suddenly went down.

Jack Jackson, a Montgomery player, had left his bench area, came onto the field, and tackled Saleamua, short-circuiting a 79-yard touchdown run.

“I couldn’t believe it,” said the shocked Saleamua.

“I was on my head phones talking to one of our spotters upstairs in the press box, when he yelled in my ear,”  Red Devils coach Al Jacobus told Jerry (Sigmund) Froide of the Evening Tribune.

Game officials huddled briefly at midfield and then signaled touchdown, one of many in Sweetwater’s 44-7, first-round playoff victory.

“It was a weird play,” understated Jacobus.  “I guess they were frustrated over there.”

“I thought I had a touchdown for sure,” Saleamua said.  “I would have been really mad if the refs hadn’t given me the touchdown.”

Longtime observers remembered the nationally televised Cotton Bowl in 1954.  An Alabama player left the bench and brought down Rice’s Dickie Moegel, who was running free for a touchdown.

Game officials also ruled touchdown as Rice won, 28-6.

HELIX TAKES THE HIGH ROAD

Dominated by Grossmont in the annual carnival, beaten by the rival Foothillers in league play, overwhelmed by a Mount Miguel comeback a week later, the Helix Highlanders took a figurative mandatory eight count, had the sawdust wiped from their gloves, and rallied to win the San Diego Section championship.

Coach Jim Arnaiz’s Scots knocked out San Pasqual, 17-10, before 8,778 persons in San Diego Stadium to capture the school’s first title and validate Arnaiz’s program as one of the area’s elite.

Casey Tiamalu, a 5-foot-8, 193-pounder rushed for 160 yards in 11 carries and scored on runs of 25 and 40 yards in the  second half as the Highlanders, stung by three turnovers, rallied from a 10-3 deficit.

Tiamalu also got the Highlanders on the scoreboard in the first half with a 38-yard field goal.

Winning the championship was the last thing on Arnaiz’ mind  when he made his way off the field at Helix’ Benton Hart Stadium in mid-season.

The coach would be occupied by nightmares after he put his head down on the pillow that night following a devastating, 41-40  loss to Mount Miguel that saw Arnaiz’s team fall to 3-2.

Helix had leads of 27-0 and 34-6.

Mount Miguel coach Brian Smith admitted to being “in shock.”

“We didn’t panic or scream,” said Smith.  “We just told the players to get rolling.”

A six-yard pass, John Coughlin to Jerome Weatherspoon, with 22 seconds remaining in the game clinched the Matadors’ comeback as they survived a 350-yard, five-touchdown passing effort by Helix’ Jim Oxe.

Helix regrouped, set sights on the big prize, and won its last seven games.

SHOCK AND AWE IN REVERSE

John Shacklett’s Morse Tigers seemed unbeatable.

The team from the 16-year-old school at 69^th Street and Skyline Drive was in  beast mode.

The Tigers set a San Diego Section record with 425 points and 47.2 average in a 9-0 regular season.

”Deep,  talented, quick, awesome,” wrote Steve Brand of The San Diego Union after Morse had put up 50 points a game in a 5-0 start.

But it’s a long way to the finish line.

Morse fought the fog and La Jolla in the playoffs’ opening round, leading only 6-0 at halftime.

Mark Kennedy, the County’s No. 3 rusher, gained only 25 yards in seven carries but the Tigers scored 13 points in the third quarter and pulled away from the pesky Vikings to win, 20-0.

Michael Johnson took up the slack for Kennedy, gaining 151 yards in 15 carries and scored on runs of 62 and 18 yards. Michael’s brother, Jerry, returned a punt 40 yards for another touchdown.

Shacklett told writers that he had a “good talk” with his club at halftime.

DISASTER

Crusty Bob Woodhouse’s San Pasqual Golden Eagles had a top 10 defense yet averaged at least 4 touchdowns a game less than Morse.

But the Eagles made plays.

The squad from east Escondido was wobbling late in the game, clinging to a 21-19 lead with the rallying Tigers on San Pasqual’s  25-yard line.

Allen Dale and Dave Gleason came to the rescue.

Dale stopped Billy Ervin for a five-yard loss and Gleason sacked quarterback Keith Magee on fourth down.

Ball game.

The resourceful Eagles had similarly kept Morse at a distance throughout the quarterfinals contest.

Morse’s first score didn’t come until 3:22 remained in the third quarter when Magee and John Glover connected on a 41-yard scoring pass play.  San Pasqual promptly answered with a touchdown and took a 21-6 lead into the final quarter.

Ervin’s 10-yard run at 7:03 of the fourth made the score 21-12.  Morse stunned the Eagles with an onside kick, Ray Anderson recovering. Magee raced 47 yards for a touchdown on the next play.

Momentum clearly was with Shacklett’s team, but San Pasqual dug in and closed the door.

The last time a 10-0 team had been so shockingly led to the exit was in 1958, when San Diego was beaten, 26-18, in the quarterfinals by eventual Southern California champion Long Beach Poly.

RUN THAT BY ME AGAIN

Morse defeated Escondido, 18-0,  in a two-day preseason scrimmage.

No big deal?

Hmm, that was 18 touchdowns to none.

“Was it 18?” wondered first year Cougars coach Denny Snyder, whose team then lost its season opener to Vista, 35-7.

Bring back Chick Embrey?

Snyder admitted to being a little shook,  but “if there was a lynching party, I didn’t hear about it.”

Chick Embrey stayed retired and Escondido recovered, advancing all the way to the playoff semifinals before bowing to Helix, 18-16.

DON’T LOOK AHEAD

“All season I’ve been telling the kids the story of a farmer who looked so far into the forest he tripped over his hogs,” said Sweetwater coach Al Jacobus.  “What irony. Now we play a team called the Hogs.  That’s Spooky.”

San Pasqual defenders were known as such, cognomens that also would identify Washington Redskins Super Bowl offensive linemen in the 1980s.

Asked how he was going to approach the semifinal contest against the favored Red Devils at Southwestern College, Bob Woodhouse announced,  “We’ll take the 805 South.”

Woodhouse’s glibness was nothing compared to the time he threw a defanged rattlesnake under the Oceanside bench, distracting the Pirates’ players and coaches into an upset loss.

No snakes this time, but San Pasqual reached the finals with another surprising victory, 15-12.

HILLTOP TO MOUNTAIN TOP

Residences of Chula Vista’s upscale east side didn’t know how to react.

The Hilltop Lancers won their first  Metropolitan League championship since the school opened in 1959 when Mark Armbrust and David Wright collaborated on a 24-yard touchdown pass with 41 seconds remaining in the game to defeat Bonita Vista, 26-21.

The Lancers and Sweetwater each had 8-1 league records. Hilltop won for only the fifth time in 20 tries against the Red Devils but claimed the title by virtue of their 15-7, head-to-head victory after Bryan Wagner kicked field goals of 24, 22, and 21 yards.

 COACHES UNHAPPY

It was one thing for the Grossmont District superintendent in 1977 to suggest a shutdown of interscholastic sports, but coaches this year, especially those who endured the long hours of football,  had enough.

Area school districts enacted policies which forced coaches to begin practices after school.

For years the mentors were allowed to use the final physical education period of the school day for football practice, which would continue after school.

This procedure saved at least an hour in the teacher-coaches’ work day.

Now the coaches were being ordered to coach a full p.e. session first and then begin football exercises.

Twenty-one coaches either stepped down or transferred to other schools. Several retired or got out of coaching or found positions in two-year or four-year colleges.

School	1978 Coach	1977 Coach
Bonita Vista	Jan Chapman	Larry Fernandez
Castle Park	Reldon (Bing) Dawson	Gil Warren
Cathedral	Dan Ramos	Paul Wargo
Christian	Dan Henson	Rick White
Chula Vista	Gary Chapman	Bob Korzep
El Cajon Valley	Don George	Jim Mann
El Capitan	Art Preston	Joe Rockhold
Escondido	Denny Snyder	Bob (Chick) Embrey
Fallbrook	Tom Pack	Chuck Lundquist
Granite Hills	Paul Wargo	Dan Garcia
Hoover	Jerry Varner	Roy Engle
Marian	Bill Smith	Phil Bryant
Monte Vista	Bob Korzep	Larry Schimpf
Ramona	Jack Menotti	Mike Cunningham
San Marcos	Kenny Broach	Ivan Seaton
Santana	Phil Bryant	Joe DiTomaso
Southwest	Bob Arciaga	Oscar Mercado
Sweetwater	Al Jacobus	Dave Lay
Torrey Pines	Darold Nogle	Cliff Kinney
Valhalla	Rick White	Russ Boehmke

Coached in previous season at another San Diego Section school.

INITIAL RESULTS

Christian’s Dan Henson had the most successful season of the new coaches, posting a 9-0-1 record and defeating Army-Navy, 33-0, for the Class A title.

Sweetwater’s Al Jacobus continued Dave Lay’s excellence, finishing with a 10-2 record and reaching the AA semifinals. Denny Snyder was 10-2 at Escondido.

Paul Wargo (6-4), Darold Nogle (6-3), and Reldon (Bing) Dawson (5-3-1) were others with winning records.

Art Preston, who was 3-4-1 at El Capitan, had retired from coaching after leading the Vaqueros to an 8-2 record and a berth in the championship game against Kearny in 1963.

WORLD, ACCORDING TO HERB

Herb Meyer was getting philosophical in his 20^th season.

“If you stick around long enough you have to win a few by osmosis,” said the El Camino coach, who started at Oceanside in 1959.

Meyer had just tied Birt Slater for second all time among County mentors with his 132^nd victory. Chick Embrey retired with 144 wins and the lead in 1977.

“Part of 132 is longevity,” said Meyer.  “People got pretty excited when I won number 100, but I’m not setting goals like winning 150 or 200.”

Meyer finally pulled the pin in 2003 with a record total of 339 victories.

THE CAVERS’ YEAR?

There was optimism at San Diego High.

Stanley Murphy’s team had won 6 in a row dating to the final four games of the 1977 season and were  looking forward to their first big test against Morse.

Steve Brand of The San Diego Union predicted that the game would be “interesting and probably close”.

Morse didn’t let up after leading 13-7 at the end of the first quarter, 40-7 at the half, and 53-19 after three.  Tigers coach John Shacklett then began substituting and Morse put away a 69-19 victory.

San Diego, 5-3-1 under Murphy in 1977 and full of promise, fell to 3-6 and 1-6 and seventh in the Western League.

I WANT TO COACH

Four standouts were destined to become head coaches and would be active almost 40 years later.

Escondido tackle Rob Gilster would head programs at Orange Glen and Valley Center.  End Sean Doyle of University became that school’s leader and stayed with the Dons when their campus moved and the school was renamed Cathedral.

Herb Meyer’s son, Joe, eventually took over at Rancho Buena Vista after other stops. And Morse running back Dino Babers went the college route, guiding Eastern Illinois, Bowling Green, and Syracuse.

AFTER THE FACT

Willie Morcillo of Mira Mesa had to wait before he was credited with  a section record, 50-yard field in a 21-14 victory over La Jolla.

Morcillo originally was determined to have booted a 43-yard placement, but seven yards were added after coach Brad Griffith’s review of game film the following day showed the scrimmage line was La Jolla’s 33-yard line and that the kick was from the 40.

Morcillo bettered the record of 47 yards by Poway’s Denny Miller in 1976 but did not have a long reign at the top.  David Cabral of La Jolla Country Day boomed a 51-yarder later in the season.

TRAGEDY 

A small plane flying East collided with a Pacific Southwest Airlines 727 that was approaching Lindbergh Field to the West, resulting in  more than 135 lives lost.

The mid-air collision, the most deadly in aeronautical history, occurred  around 9 a.m. in  North Park, about two miles from St. Augustine High.

Dougherty Gymnasium on the St. Augustine campus was converted into a temporary morgue.

The original intent was for the gym to serve as an emergency room as more than  75 doctors, nurses, and volunteer medical aides converged on the school site.  When it was determined there were no survivors, the gym played another, tragic role.

TRUE GRID

Add Mount Miguel to those who thought the playoff system established in 1976 created a redolent presence…after defeating Grossmont, 35-12 in the regular-season finale, the Matadors were forced to meet the Foothillers again the following week in the first round and lost, 18-17…San Diego  junior Terry Turner gained 87 yards in 12 carries in the Cavers’ season-opening, 12-0 win over Lincoln…Turner had never played in  a game…Patrick Henry quarterback Brent Woods is son of Jack Woods, who was “Charlie” on the popular “Charlie and Harrigan” radio show in San Diego…defending champion Lincoln flattened out to 5-4, but finished with a 4-game winning streak…Coronado made the playoffs for the first time in 17 years and La Jolla shared a piece of the Western League championship, their first since the Vikings and San Diego tied in the City Prep League in 1952…Kearny missed the playoffs for the first time since 1966 and Castle Park for the first time since 1972…the 18^th annual Grossmont Carnival “featuring lots of spirit, penalties, and money,” according to Steve Brand, was played before 7,500 at Aztec Bowl as the West beat the East, 14-0…

 

Can the Steele Canyon 4×100 relay team hang with the favorites?  Can Ava Parker hold her own in a possible four races in two days?  Is this the year that Chiara Dailey wins a state championship?

Those are among the questions this week as San Diego Section qualifiers head to Buchanan High in Clovis for the 106^th state meet and the 51st in which girls are involved since their first in 1974.

Dailey, a dominant runner for four years at La Jolla High, will try for a 1600 or 3200 championship.

Helix’ Parker is a threat in the 200 and 400 but can the young ninth grader hold up physically amid the Clovis heat and the stiff competition?

The Steele Canyon ladies set a San Diego Section of :45.78 last week and will try to match strides with Fullerton Rosary (:44.23), Calabasas (:44.78), and several others in the stacked event.

The answers will begin around 5 p.m. Friday and resume at the same time Saturday.

San Diego Section athletes in state top 25 are noted in Athletic.net, except any with the — designation.  *Junior. **Sophomore. ***Ninth-grader. Bold indicates season best achieved last week.

Best marks as of May 27:

GIRLS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	CALIFORNIA	NAME, SCHOOL	SECTION
100	:11.72w, :12.00	**Miyah Holmes, San Marcos	—	:11.33w, :11.41	Rainey, Calabasas	Southern
	:11.80w, :12.10	**Haley Hannemann, Mission Hills	—	:11.33w, 11:44	Kirk, Calabasas
	:11.89w, :12.04	**Aniya Scott, Steele Canyon	—	:11.43	Scoggins, Calabasas
	:11.92w, :11.94	Joelle Frazier, Steele Canyon	—	:11.46w, :11.47	Sizemore, Fairfield Vanden	Sac-Joaquin
	:11.92w, :12.35	**Valentina Diaz Flores, El Camino	—	:11.48w, :11.70	**Collins, Fullerton Rosary	Southern
	:11.98	*Leah Miller, Sage Creek	—	:11.51w, :11.82	Hervey, Playa del Rey St. Bernard	Southern
	:12.00	Ava Parker, Helix	—	:11.53	Anderson-Brown, Union City James Logan	North Coast
	:12.08	Kaelynn Peart, Cathedral	—
	:12.10	McKenzzi Jones, Morse	—
	:12.10w, :12.22	Danica Denison, Carlsbad	—
	:12.29	Delilah Young, Brawley	—
200	:23.73w, :23.89	***Parker	9th	:23.27w, :23.95	Scoggins, Calabasas	Southern
	:23.84w, :24.21	**Holmes	13T	:23.35	Collins	Southern
	:24.20	Frazier	—	:23.38	Adams, Long Beach Wilson	Southern
	:24.20w, :24.76	**Diaz Flores	—	:23.46	Kirk
	:24.21	***Livia Allison, Steele Canyon	—	:23.49	Clear, Valencia West Ranch
	:24.41w, :24.99	Miller	—	:23.55	Wilson, Fullerton Rosary
	:24.43w, :24.66	Ella Joo, Del Norte	—	:23.56w, :23.85	Sizemore
	24.53w, :24.93	*Emery Gonzalez, Torrey Pines	—
	:24.60w, :25.01	Isabel Garcia, Holtville	—
	:24.64w, :25.09	Daylen Daniels, Steele Canyon	—
400	:53.47	***Parker	3rd	:51.98	*Adams, Long Beach Wilson	Southern
	:55.50	*Gonzalez	—	:52.50	*Varnado, Long Beach Wilson
	:56.19	**Sienna Zana, Mission Bay	—	:53.53	Wilson
	:56.22	**Daylen Daniels, Steele Canyon	—	:54.18	Pearce, San Luis Obispo	Central
	:56.37	Elise Detain, Mater Dei	—	:54.20	Fowler, Long Beach Wilson	Southern
	:56.67	Delaney Hennigan, Westview	—	:54.29	Blue, Long Beach Wilson
	:57	**Kareli Rascon, Eastlake	—
	:57.30	Anna Wilson, Cathedral	—
	:57.43	***Gabriella Barware, La Jolla	—
	:57.47	*Islah Guckenberger, Sage Creek	—
800	2:10.08	Hennigan	14th
	2:10.95	Chiara Dailey, La Jolla	24th	2:04.52	Combe, Corona Santiago	Southern
	2:11.00	Rascon	25th	2:06.38	*Hill, Santa Rosa Sonoma	North Coast
	2:11.73	*Harper Diaz, Santana	—	2:07.82	Samson, Corona Santiago	Southern
	2:13.14	*Mia Oh, La Costa Canyon	—	2:08.10	*Holley, San Luis Capistrano J Serra
	2:13.32	*Riley Martin, Scripps Ranch	—	2:08.13	**Gercek, Irvine Portola
	2:13.44	Isabel Ramos, Point Loma	—	2:08.22	**Smith, Claremont
	2:14.09	**Elle Cooper, La Costa Canyon	—	2:08.50	*Wroblewski, Yorba Linda
	2:15.73	Kristine Bickler, Cathedral	—
1600	4:39.31	Chiara Dailey, La Jolla	1st	4:40.1	Combe
	4:50.31	Ayanna Hickey, The Bishop’s	16th	4:45.23	*Holley
	4:53.10	*Eliana Patterson, Christian	—	4:45.40	Wilson, Irvine
	4:53.45	Sellerberg	—	4:45.45	Bharadwai, Palo Alto	Central Coast
	4:54.17	Isabella Ramos, Point Loma	—	4:47.55	Salim, Torrance	Southern
	4:54.53	*Grace Keefe, Cathedral	—	4:47.57	Oliveira, Palo Alto Castilleja	Central Coast
	4:54.76	Ari Llorens, Francis Parker	—	4:48.68	Terrill, Monrovia	Southern
	4:56.73	**Cooper	—
	4:56.75	*Riley Biddle, Rancho Bernardo	—
	4:56.99	Bickler	—
3200	9:53.38	Chiara Dailey, La Jolla	2nd	9:44.19	Combe
	10:14.60	*Eliana Patterson, Christian	5th	10:01.93	Bharadwai
	10:23.88	Llorens	8th	10:14.45	Wilson
	10:38.94	**Lindsey Billotte, Classical	—	10:18.86	Gutierrez, Sacramento St. Francis	Sac-Joaquin
	10:40.66	***Isabel Gladden, Sage Creek	—	10:18.99	Salter, Hillsborough Crystal Springs Upland	Central Coast
	10:41.02	Hickey	—	10:27.36	Santillan Silva, Santa Ana Century	Southern
	10:41.92	*Keefe	—	10:27.91	Yakaitis, Concord Carondelet	North Coast
100 Hurdles	:13.69	Gabrille Thomas, Grossmont	3rd	:13.43	**Lacy, San Jacinto Valley	Southern
	:13.93w, :14.20	*Evie Allison, Steele Canyon	8th	:13.68w, :13.69	Bain, Long Beach Poly
	:14.06	***McKenzzi Jones, Morse	11th	:13.77	Hervey
	:14:31	*Izabella Czyszczon, Del Norte	21st	13.80	Hughes, Los Altos	Central Coast
	:14.55	**Isabelle Taylor-Dixon, Eastlake	—	:13.81	Lopes, Fresno Central East	Central
	:14.61	*Isabel Garcia, Holtville	—	:13.86	Trucks, Concord Carondelet	North Coast
	:14.89	*Remingtyn Bryant, Ramona	—	:13.98w, :14.26	Smith, Canyon Country Canyon	Southern
	:15.08w, :15.29	**Paige Summa, Cathedral	—
	:15.11w, :15.58	**Reese Young, Valley Center	—
300 Hurdles	:42.34	*Isabel Garcia, Holtville	7th	:39.93	Lacy
	:42.91	**Taylor-Dixon	13th	:41.27	Varnado
	:42.93	Thomas	14th	:41.39	Lopes
	:43.02	*Evie Allison, SteeleCanyon	15th	:41.96	Warner, San Francisco St. Ignatius	Central Coast
	:44.11	Taylor Sheridan, Rancho Buena Vista	—	:42.26	Gallegos, Atwater Buchach Colony	Sac-Joaquin
	:44.32	Sophie Bryson, Torrey Pines	—	:42.27	Bain, Long Beach Poly	Southern
	:44.58	**Young	—	:42.38	Hervey
	:45.27	*Czyszczyon
	:45.56	*Isabella Endicott, Santa Fe Christian
	:45.63	*Bryant
4×100 Relay	:45.78	Steele Canyon	3rd	:44.23	Fullerton Rosary	Southern
	:46.79	San Marcos	22nd	:44.78	Calabasas
	:47.20	Del Norte	—	:45.97	Canyon Country Canyon
	:47.83	Helix	—	:46.14	Long Beach Wilson
	:47.89	Grossmont	—	:46.22	Sacramento Christian Brothers	Sac-Joaquin
	:48.23	San Dieguito	—	:46.36	Long Beach Poly	Southern
	:48.27	El Camino	—	:46.43	San Francisco St. Ignatius	Central Coast
	:48.55	Cathedral	—
	:48.66	Torrey Pines	—
	:48.80	Mater Dei	—
4×400 Relay	3:49.53	Steele Canyon	9th	3:33.83	Long Beach Wilson	Southern
	3:50.79	Helix	12th	3:41.33	Fullerton Rosary
	3:52.29	Westview	17th	3:43.01	Canyon Country Canyon
	3:56.11	Eastlake	—	3:47.28	San Luis Obispo	Central
	3:56.91	La Costa Canyon	—	3:47.57	Claremont	Southern
	3:56.91	Scripps Ranch	—	3:48.37	Los Gatos	Central Coast
	3:57.08	Sage Creek	—	3:48.57	San Francisco St. Ignatius
	3:57.68	San Marcos	—
	3:57.94	Torrey Pines	—
	3:59.57	Cathedral	—
4×800 Relay	9:10.00	Scripps Ranch	8th	8:50.32	San Juan Capistrano J Serra	Southern
	9:10.11	La Costa Canyon	9th	8:50.97	Corona Santiago
	9:10.68	La Jolla	10th	8:56.56	Claremont
	9:11.58	Cathedral	12th	8:59.83	Long Beach Wilson
	9:13.42	Torrey Pines	15th	9:04.07	Mountain View St. Francis	Central Coast
	9:19.68	Canyon Crest	24th	9:09.69	Los Altos
	9:20.71	Point Loma	—	9:11.16	Rocklin Whitney	Sac-Joaquin
High Jump	5-6	*Isa Cunningham, Westview	15T	5-10	Teven, Brea-Olinda; Laruelle, Cupertino Monta Vista	Southern & Central Coast
	5-5	*Anatasia Volkov, La Jolla	19T	5-9 ½	McMullen, San Ramon Valley	North Coast
		*Carys Guckenberger, Sage Creek	—	5-8	George, Stockton St. Mary’s	Sac-Joaquin
	5-4	*Gisele Martinez, Point Loma	—		Osicka, San Ramon California	North Coast
		Natalie Stein, Patrick Henry	—		Jones, Berkeley St. Mary’s
		*Aakash Price, Grossmont	—		Del Cid, L.A. Sacred Heart of Jesus	Southern
	5-3	Amaia Olivo, Mt. Carmel	—
		Valentina Diaz Flores, El Camino	—
	11 at 5-2
Long Jump	19-6 ½	Amaya Estes, Canyon Crest	12th	20-7 ½	Gant Hatcher, Berkeley St. Mary’s	North Coast
	19-3	*Malia Jones, Oceanside	16th	20-4 ¾	McKuskey-Hay, San Francisco St. Ignatius	Central Coast
	19-2 1/4	***Livia Allison, Steele Canyon	16th	20-3/4	Muselborn, El Segundo	Southern
	18-10 1/2	**Danica Whited, El Camino	—	19-11 ½	Elk Grove Cosumnes Oaks	Sac-Joaquin
	18-9 1/4	*Giani Darden, Rancho Bernardo	—	19-11	Saguiguit, Mountain House	Sac-Joaquin
	18-8	***McKenzzi Jones	—	19-10 ½	Essien, Castro Valley	North Coast
		Grace Eichelman, Our Lady of Peace	—
	18-6	Asia Broussard, Steele Canyon	—
	18-3	Jae’dah Holiday, Mount Miguel	—
		Kyla O’Donnell, Cathedral	—
Triple Jump	40-8w, 40-4 3/4	*Malia Jones, Oceanside	4th	42-7 ¾	Hughes, Los Altos	Central Coast
	38-11 ¼	*Darden	12th	41-10	Jones	North Coast
	38-7	**Whited	18th	41-6	Gant Hatcher
	38-3	**Kenzie Banks, Rancho Buena Vista	—	40-7	Strange, Indio Shadow Hills	Southern
	37-10 ¼	**Taylor-Dixon	—	39-9 1/4	Coleman, San Francisco St. Ignatius	Central Coast
	37-9	Lexington Pascual, Rancho Bernardo	—	39-9	DeFlorimonte, Oakland O’Dowd	North Coast
	37-8	**Danielle Ekereke, San Marcos	—	39-7 1/2	Cavallari, South Torrance	Southern
	36-10 ½	O’Donnell	—
	36-7 ¼	Vibha Reddy, Rancho Bernardo	—
	36-6 ½	Madeline Wilcox, La Costa	—
Shot Put	42-6	*Brooklynn Davis, Oceanside	10th	53-2	Massey, Aliso Viejo Aliso Niguel	Southern
	40-9	*Janae Stanley Castillo, La Jolla	16T	45-10 ½	*Wilson, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
		Jaiden Sidhu, Mission Vista	—	45-8 ½	***Scott, Murrieta Mesa
	40-6 ½	**Khalifa Price, Crawford	18th	45-5 ¾	Martin, San Jose Mitty	Central Coast
	40-3	**Miley Christenson, Grossmont	19th	45-3	Johnson, Sacramento Rio Americano	Sac-Joaquin
	39-1	*Olinda Fuller-Lytle, Crawford	—	43-1	Ellison, Oakland Bishop O’Dowd
	38-1	Asia Victoria, Granite Hills	—	43-1/2	Batchelor, Inglewood St. Mary’s	Southern
Discus	128-9	*Davis	—	188-7	Massey
	128-1	**Christensen	—	157-3	Martin
	127-4	**Price	—	157	Smith, Lancaster Desert
	125-11	Samantha Spann, Del Norte	—	155-11	Johnson
	125-1	*Magnolia Clayton, Patrick Henry	—	153-7	Harmonson, Clovis West	Central
	124-9	*Kai Brown, Santana	—	152-1	Suacci, Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman	North Coast
	120-8	Kianna Lefear, University City	—	151-4	Duenas, Lodi	Sac-Joaquin
	119-7	*Yarely Vasquez, Imperial	—
	119-5	*Mereane Savaiinaea, Otay Ranch	—
	118-11	***Sara Olgun, Valley Center	—
Pole Vault	12-8	Caitlin Khieu, Del Norte	3T	13-2	Nguyen, Los Alamitos	Southern
	12-3	*Eva Quinonez, San Ysidro	7th	13-1	Forst, Elk Grove Pleasant Grove	Sac-Joaquin
	12-2	***Aleksandra Strem, Cathedral	8T	12-8	*Porter, Bakersfield Liberty	Central
		*Elia Hext, San Dieguito	8T		Reuter, San Juan Capistrano J Serra	Southern

Three state leaders will lead a San Diego Section Boys contingent into the 106^th state track championships Friday and Saturday at Buchanan High in Clovis:

Sage Creek’s Josiah Bowman, the section record holder at 1:49.54 in the 800 and No. 8 this season in the U.S.; pole vaulter Dylan Yarbrough, whose best of 17 feet, 1 inch, is No. 2 all-time in San Diego and 14^th in the nation, and Rancho Buena Vista’s Justian Richardson, with a 49-7 triple jump.

Many Section qualifiers possess very good marks, but they are pitched tough in ultra-competitive events. Mater Dei’s Jasir Fontenot, who won the 100 hurdles in :13.31 as a freshman at San Diego High in 2025, has battled back from an ankle injury but is tied for the fourth best time going in at :13.67.

Oceanside’s Jayden Gibbs, the Section leader at 59 feet, 4 inches in the shot put, and No. 3 in the state at 189-8 in the discus, was the most significant casualty in the Section championships.  Gibbs’ three preliminary round attempts were fouls when he could not stay in the ring.

San Diego Section athletes in state top 25 are noted in Athletic.net, except any with the — designation.  *Junior. **Sophomore. ***Ninth-grader. Bold indicates season best achieved last week. Girls’ marks tomorrow.

BOYS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	CALIFORNIA	NAME, SCHOOL	SECTION
100	:10.39w, :10.48	Leed Smool, La Jolla	17T & —	:10.12w, :10.28	*Clayton, Jr., Oak Hills	Southern
	:10.40w, :10.46	Brice Abawi, Rancho Bernardo	19T & —	:10.17w, :10.32	*Harris, Anaheim Servite	Southern
	:10.58w, :10.71	Romeo Postolis Carter	—	:10.22w, :10.27	Seymour, Jr., Vacaville Wood	Sac-Joaquin
	:10.61w, :10.66	*Cole Dahlan, Carlsbad	—	:10.24	Obimgba, Torrance	Southern
	:10.63w, :10.77	Jacob Henton, Steele Canyon	—	:10.26w, :10.41	Lugo, Elk Grove	Sac-Joaquin
	:10.66w, :10.85	*Ryan Branco, Eastlake	—
	:10.69w, :10.88	**Tamir Griffith, Helix	—
	:10.72	*Marques Salmond, Madison	—
	:10.74	*Makhai Jackson, Morse	—
	:10.75w, :10.83	Cj Acosta, El Centro Central	—
	:10.75w, :10.88	Silas Christensen, Rancho Bernardo	—
200	:21.08w, :21.12	Obawi	21T &—	:20.51w, :20.77	Harris, Anaheim Servite	Southern
	:21.08w, :21.18	Smool	21T & —	:20.66	Obimgba, Torrance	Southern
	:21.32w, :22.12	*Jordan Simmons, San Pasqual	—	:20.67	Lugo, Elk Grove	Sac-Joaquin
	:21.40w, :21.46	Postolis Carter	—	20.70w, 20.85	Wells, Anaheim Servite	Southern
	:21.51w, :21.52	*Salmond	—	:20.70w, :20.93	Hughes, Palos Verdes	Southern
	:21.54w, :22.09	*Branco	—
	:21.55	*Damian Jones, Granite Hills	—
	:21.61w, :22.10	Aiden de Hoyos, Helix	—
	:21.67w	Tamir Griffith, Helix	—
	:21.67w, :22.09	Miles de la Cruz, Rancho Bernardo	—
400	:47.69	Smool	23rd	:46.11	Yohannes, L.A. Loyola	Southern
	:47.75	Jackson Ellis, Helix	25th	:46.36	Hunter, Anaheim Servite	Southern
	:47.80	*Jones	25th	:46.65	Burroughs, Long Beach Wilson	Southern
	:47.99	*Jorden Woods, San Marcos	—	:46.83	Parker, San Ramon Dougherty Valley	North Coast
	:48.01	Zachary Marsh, Scripps Ranch	—	:46.96	Lee, Elk Grove Monterey Trail	Sac-Joaquin
	:48.61	**Callum Grandunetti, Rancho Bernardo	—
	:48.66	Aiden De Hoyos, Helix	—
	:48.89	*Zander Wallace, Cathedral	—
	:48.90	Austin Crews, Francis Parker
	:49.10	John Melancon Scripps Ranch
800	1:49.54	Josiah Bowman, Sage Creek	1st	1:49.98	*Alberts, Carmichael Jesuit	Sac-Joaquin
	1:51.19	Cam Yarbrough, Del Norte	10th	1:50.24	*Heyer, Sacramento McClatchy	Sac-Joaquin
	1:53.98	*Cade Wilhoit, Mission Vista	—	1:50.24	Morales, San Juan Capistrano J Serra	Southern
	1:54.17	Finley Butler, Del Norte	—	1:50.42	Krueger, Westlake Village Oaks Christian	Southern
	1:54.63	**Keith Buswell, Poway	—	1:50.53	Zavaleta, Riverside King	Southern
	1:54.66	Peter Jordan, St. Augustine	—
	1:55.32	Nathan Ayan, Coronado	—
	1:55.33	Cooper Castleberry, Poway	—
	1:55.59	Nate Wilbur, Cathedral	—
	1:55.64	Finn Reed, La Costa Canyon	—
1600	4:06.22	Bowman	4th	4:04.28	Zavaleta, Riverside King	Southern
	4:07.22	Cooper Castleberry, Poway	7th	4:05.14	*Antonio, Irvine Woodbridge	Southern
	4:09.65	Yarbrough	18th	4:06.03	Stream, Vacaville	Sac-Joaquin
	4:12.47	*Jaxon Northcutt, Mt. Carmel	—	4:06.90	Krueger, Westlake Villlage Oaks Christian	Southern
	4:12.87	Nathan Bamford, Scripps Ranch	—	4:07.03	Desai, Manhattan Beach Mira Costa	Southern
	4:13.71	Nate Wilber, Cathedral	—
	4:14.43	Jack Loomis, Point Loma	—
	4:15.85	Cruz Espinoza, Canyon Crest	—
	4:18.17	*Kian Massoud, Torrey Pines
	4:18.19	Dean Odom, San Marcos
3200	8:57.28	*Northcutt	6th	8:43.21	Zavaleta	Southern
	8:58.63	Castleberry	12th	8:50.62	*Stream	Sac-Joaquin
	8:59.74	Yarbrough	13th	8:51.63	Montoya, Redondo Beach Redondo Union	Southern
	9:02.74	Wilber	—	8:53.74	Desai	Southern
	9:06.04	Gunner Silva, Classical	—	8:54.21	O’Connor, Calabasas Viewpoint	Southern
	9:14.94	Parker, McDevitt, Westview
	9:17.15	Odom
	9:17.87	Leo Lorenzano, Crawford
	9:18.02	**Grant Beasley, Sage Creek
	9:19.46	Tyus Joseph, Helix
110 High Hurdles	:13.67	**Jasir Fontenot, Mater Dei	4T	:13.57w, :14.20	Amey, Sacramento Inderkum	Sac-Joaquin
	:14.12	Spencer Chastang, El Capitan	17th	:13.60	Andrade, Etiwanda	Southern
	:14.16	Jayden Leyva, Imperial	18th	:13.62	Clayton, Jr.
	:14.31	**Niko Williams, Granite Hills	25th	:13.67	Young, Concord De La Salle	North Coast
	:14.54	Taim Alobaidi. Grossmont	—	:13.69w, :13.74	Newton, Long Beach Poly	Southern
	:14.55	*Nyjah West, El Camino	—
	:14.73	Callum McFarlane, Carlsbad	—
	:14.74	Aiden De Hoyos, Helix	—
	:14.77	Mekhi Oluwa, Mater Dei	—
	:14.90	David Watt, Mount Miguel	—
300 Hurdles	:38.06	Chastang	19th	:36.62	Tse, San Jose Harker	Central Coast
	:38.07	De Hoyos	20th	:36.63	Andrade
	:38.50	Alobaidi	—	:36.67	Lugo
	:38.59	Jayden Leyva, Imperial	—	:36.71	Rendon, Carson	L.A. City
	:39.15	Blake Haglof, San Marcos	—	:36.86	Penny, Palm Desert	Southern
	:39.15	**Ryder Von Guenther, Bonita Vista	—
	39.35	*Shay Chase, El Camino
	:39.38	**Niko Williams, Granite Hills
	:39.46	Raul Robledo, El Centro Central
	:39.61	West
4×100 Relay	:41.51	Rancho Bernardo	—	:39.70	Anaheim Servite	Southern
	:41.77	San Marcos	—	:40.57	El Cerrito	North Coast
	:41.79	Granite Hills	—	:40.60	Moorpark	Southern
	:42.01	Helix	—	:40.68	Newbury Park	Southern
	:42.13	Westview	—	:40.69	Concord De LaSalle	North Coast
	:42.19	Point Loma	—		Long Beach Poly	Southern
	:42.22	Steele Canyon	—
	:42.27	Del Norte	—
	:42.48	Santana	—
	:42.69	Torrey Pines	—
4×400 Relay	3:15.39	Helix	9th	3:10.33	Anaheim Servite	Southern
	3:16.62	Scripps Ranch	15th	3:11.72	Long Beach Poly
	3:19.32	Point Loma	—	3:11.83	L.A. Loyola	Southern
	3:19.99	Del Norte	—	3:13.01	Long Beach Wilson	Southern
	3:20.24	San Marcos	—	3:13.86	Fresno Central East	Central
	3:21.32	La Costa Canyon	—	3:14.99	Thousand Oaks	Southern
	3:22.33	Poway	—	3:15.20	El Cerrito	North Coast
	3:22.74	Rancho Bernardo
	3:23.81	Cathedral
	3:24.16	El Centro Central
4×800 Relay	7:44.70	Del Norte	5th	7:38.13	San Juan Capistrano JSerra	Southern
	7:49.56	Poway	11th	7:38.38	Riverside King	Southern
	7:56.83	St. Augustine		7:41.30	Manhattan Beach Mira Costa	Southern
	7:58.10	Scripps Ranch	—	7:42.87	Redondo Beach Redondo	Southern
	7:59.57	San Marcos	—	7:45.95	Chino Hills	Southern
	8:01.21	Point Loma	—	7:46.46	Atherton Menlo	Central Coast
	8:07.66	Mira Mesa		7:46.56	L.A. Loyola	Southern
	8:08.95	Cathedral
	8:09.16	Sage Creek
	8:09.70	Olympiaan
High Jump	6-7	Darrien Scott, Blythe Palo Verde Valley	20T	7-1	Harel, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame	Southern
		*Jerry Stokes, Bonita Vista		7	Guzman, Moorpark	Southern
	6-6	*Alijah Cheeks, Mission Bay	—	6-10	Baca Chino Hills Ayala	Southern
		**Trey Edwards, Helix	—		*Banerjee, Carmichael Jesuit	Sac-Joaquin
		Elisha Harris, Morse	—		*Benson, Moorpark	Southern
	6-4	Justian Richardson, Rancho Buena Vista	—	6-9	Haven, San Jose Bellarmine	Central Coast
		**Dwain Pemberton, Helix	—	6-8 ½	Toland, Palm Desert	Southern
		Dimitar Rodoev,Canyon Crest	—
	6-3	*Chase	—
	6-2 ½	Reed Gasser, La Jolla Country Day	—
Long Jump	23-10 ¾	Mekhi Oluwa, Mater Dei	12th	24-11 ½	*Borden, Murrieta Valley	Southern
	23-7	*Kymani Joseph, Patrick Henry	15T	24-11	Smith, Rocklin Whitney	Sac-Joaquin
	23-4 1/2	Kyler Brown, Westview	21st	24-4	Shen, Cupertino Monta Vista	Central Coast
	23	*Cheeks	—	24-4	Andrade
	22-11 3/4	Maddox Esoo, Santana	—	24-2 ¾	Woodson, American Canyon	North Coast
	22-11 ½	Jaxen Carlisle, La Costa Canyon	—	24-2 ½	Baca
		***Sean Green, San Marcos	—	24-1	Riley, Tulare	Central
	22-10	*Landon Russell, Mission Hills	—
	22-9 ¾	P.J. Johnson, Granite Hills	—
	22-7	Earl Johnson, El Camino
Triple Jump	49-7	Richardson	1st	49-0 3/4	Malloy, Aliso Viejo Aliso Niguel.	Southern
	47-8	Javen Buchanon, Oceanside	6th	48-7 ½	Labuguen, Daly City Westmoor	Central Coast
	47-2	West	10th	48-7	Alcantara, Visalia Redwood	Central4
	46-10w, 46-8 1/4	Hagen Buechler, La Costa Canyon	15th	48-3	Stringer, Menifee Paloma Valley	Southern
	45-1	Che Lesperance, Mira Mesa	—	47-6 ½	Jones, Vista Murrieta	Southern
	45	Elisha Harris, Madison	—	47-6	Wade, Moreno Valley Rancho Verde	Southern
	44-8 ½	Maceo Hanson, Mira Mesa	—	47-3 ½	Smith
	44-7 ½	Oluwa	—
	44-6	**Andre Gainey, San Marcos	—
	44-4	*Damian De La Cruz, San Diego	—
Shot Put	59-4	Jayden Gibbs, Oceanside	11T	65-11	Kensinger, Venice	L.A. City
	50-9	Tommy Mix, Canyon Crest	—	65-3 ½	Jacobson, Mountain View St. Francis	Central Coast
	50-6	Stephen Munoz, El Camino	—	63-3	Morelle, Atherton Sacred Heart	Central Coast
	50-5	Cooper Meyer, San Marcos	—	62-5 ½	Harisay, Etiwanda	Southern
	50-4	Quinn Obrigewitch, University City	—	61-11	Collenberg, Arcata	North Coast
	49-11	Jordan Mendoza, San Marcos	—	61-1 ½	Lloyd, Arroyo Grande	Central
	49-10	Jamarcus Portlock, Grossmont	—	59-10 ½	**Haydock, Clovis North	Central
	49-9	Levi Mincher, Imperial	—
	49-7	Arthur Arekelian, TorreyPines	—
		Jiles Roberts, El Camino	—
Discus	189-8	Gibbs	3rd	201-7	Van Grouw, Clovis Buchanan	Central
	165-9	Chance Curry, Rancho Bernardo	—	190-2	Rubalcava, Hanford	Central
	162-1	Hezekiah Wells, Oceanside		187-9	Ausmus, Redondo Beach Redondo Union	Southern
	157-8	Nicolas Zamora, Mount Miguel	—	184-6	Carlson, Palos Verdes
	156-11	Kawika DeVore, Madison	—	184-3	Miears, Bishop	Southern
	155-4	Arthur Arekelian, Torrey Pines	—	183-10	Haydock
		Laborde, Rancho Bernardo			Prince, North Bakersfield	Central
	154-4	Cooper Meyer, San Marcos	—
	151-10	Mix
	151-6	Mincher
Pole Vault	17-1	Dylan Yarbrough, San Dieguito	1st	17	Wilshusen, Paso Robles	Central
	16-6	*Torin Sotelo, Grossmont	4th	16-9	*Gash, Arroyo Grande	Central
	16-3	Dane von Guenther, Otay Ranch	6th	16-5	Lanaro, Etiwanda
	16-1	Tyler Suhar, Torrey Pines	8T	16-2	O’Brien, Eastvale Roosevelt	Southern
		**Kingston Khouri, Fallbrook		16-1	Gorzkowski, Manhattan Beach Mira Costa	Southern
	15-9	William Smith, Grossmont	12T	16-1/2	Dascalo, Walnut Creek Las Lomas
	15-6	*Lance Irmen, Rancho Bernardo	14T	15-9	McKee, Riverside King
		Grayson Lewis, West Hills
	15-3	*Courtland Bradshaw, Del Norte	21T
		Dylan Myrick, Ramona

 

Chiara Dailey has won three state cross country championships but never a state track title.

The all-time great San Diego Section competitor has the option of trying to win three Section championships at Mt. Carmel this week, but what will the Stanford-bound La Jolla senior do?  She has a deadline Thursday  to determine if she’ll go in the 800, 1600, or 3200 races, or all three, with an eye on a last opportunity for a gold medal in the 106th state track meet at Clovis Buchanan May 29-30.

Dailey is the state leader in the 1600 (4:39.31), second in the 3200 (9:53.8), and 19th in the 800 (2:10.95), is first in each event locally and  would be favored in all three at Mt. Carmel, where she would bolster La Jolla’s hopes in team point standings.

Competition will stiffen up and down California’s 10 CIF Sections this week. Other outstanding middle-distance and distance runners also will be deciding what events to enter in respective section showdowns, all eyeing the state meet and the grueling two-day event in Clovis.

Dailey warmed up for the section championships by winning the  800 (2:16.40), 1600 (4:47.44), and 3200 (10:15.01) in the Division III meet at Canyon Hills last week.

Will she try for the triple at Mt. Carmel, or choose one or two events, setting herself up for the battles that await in Clovis?

San Diego Section athletes in state top 25 are noted in Athletic.net, except any with the — designation.  *Junior. **Sophomore. ***Ninth-grader. Bold indicates season best achieved last week.

GIRLS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	CALIFORNIA	NAME, SCHOOL	SECTION
100	:11.72w, :12.00	**Miyah Holmes, San Marcos	—	:11.33w, :11.44	Kirk, Calabasas	Southern
	:11.85w, :12.10	**Haley Hannemann, Mission Hills	—
	:11.89w, :12.04	**Aniya Scott, Steele Canyon	—
	:11.92w, :11.94	Joelle Frazier, Steele Canyon	—
	:11.92w, :12.35	**Valentina Diaz Flores, El Camino	—
	:12.00	Ava Parker, Helix	—
	:12.08	Kaelynn Peart, Cathedral	—
200	:23.73w, :23.89	***Parker	9th	:23.27w, :23.95	Scoggins, Calabasas	Southern
	:23.84w, :24.45	**Holmes	12T
	:24.20	Frazier	25T
	:24.20w, :24.85	**Diaz Flores
	:24.31w, :24.35	***Livia Allison, Steele Canyon	—
	:24.43w, :24.66	Ella Joo, Del Norte	—
	24.53w, :24.93	*Emery Gonzalez, Torrey Pines	—
400	:53.47	***Parker	3rd	:52.80	Adams, L.B. Wilson	Southern
	:55.98	*Gonzalez	—
	:56.19	**Sienna Zana, Mission Bay	—
	:56.37	Elise Datuin, Mater Dei	—
	:56.67	Delaney Hennigan, Westview	—
	:57	**Kareli Rascon, Eastlake	—
	:57.30	Anna Wilson, Cathedral
800	2:10.95	Chiara Dailey, La Jolla	19th	2:04.52	Combe, Corona Santiago	Southern
	2:11.35	Hennigan	22nd
	2:11.44	**Kareli Rascon, Eastlake	23rd
	2:11.73	*Harper Diaz, Santana	—
	2:13.14	*Mia Oh, La Costa Canyon	—
	2:13.32	*Riley Martin, Scripps Ranch
	2:13.44	Isabel Ramos, Point Loma
1600	4:39.31	Dailey	1st	4:40.1	Combe
	4:50.31	Ayanna Hickey, The Bishop’s	13th
	4:53.10	*Eliana Patterson, Christian	—
	4:53.45	Liesel Sellerberg, Cathedral	—
	4:54.17	Isabella Ramos, Point Loma	—
	4:54.53	*Grace Keefe, Cathedral	—
	4:54.76	Ari Llorens, Francis Parker	—
3200	9:53.8	Dailey	2nd	9:44.19	Combe
	10:14.60	*Eliana Patterson, Christian	4th
	10:23.88	Llorens	8th
	10:38.94	**Lindsey Billotte, Classical	—
	10:40.66	***Isabel Gladden, Sage Creek	—
	10:41.02	Hickey	—
	10:41.92	*Keefe
100 Hurdles	:13.69	Gabrille Thomas, Grossmont	3rd	:13.43	**Lacy, San Jacinto Valley	Southern
	:14.19w, :14.20	*Evie Allison, Steele Canyon	12th
	:14:31	*Izabella Czyszczon, Del Norte	18th
	:14.55	**Isabelle Taylor-Dixon, Eastlake	—
	:14.60	***McKenzzi Jones, Morse	—
	:14.61	*Isabel Garcia, Holtville	—
	:14.89	*Remingtyn Bryant, Ramona
300 Hurdles	:42.34	*Isabel Garcia, Holtville	7th	:39.93	Lacy
	:42.91	**Taylor-Dixon	12th
	:42.93	Thomas	13th
	:43.93	*Allison	—
	:44.11	Taylor Sheridan, Rancho Buena Vista	—
	:44.32	Sophie Bryson, Torrey Pines	—
	:44.58	**Reese Young, Valley Center	—
4×100 Relay	:46.09	Steele Canyon	3rd
	:47.33	San Marcos	22nd	:44.23	Fullerton Rosary	Southern
	:47.52	Del Norte	—
	:48.12	Grossmont	—
	:48.18	Helix	—
	:48.23	San Dieguito	—
	:48.27	El Camino	—
4×400 Relay	3:49.53	Steele Canyon	8th	3:38.67	L.B. Wilson	Southern
	3:53.13	Helix	17th
	3:56.18	Westview	—
	3:56.91	La Costa Canyon	—
	3:58.20	Torrey Pines	—
	3:58.67	Sage Creek	—
	3:58.77	Eastlake	—
4×800 Relay	9:10.79	La Costa Canyon	7th	8:50.32	San Juan Capistrano J Serra	Southern
	9:11.58	Cathedral	8th
	9:23.03	Scripps Ranch	14T
	9:25.16	Point Loma	19th
	9:28.87	Poway	—
	9:32.23	La Jolla	—
	9:35.06	Del Norte
High Jump	5-6	*Isa Cunningham, Westview	15T	5-10	Teven, Brea-Olinda; Laruelle, Cupertino Monta Vista	Southern & Central Coast
	5-5	*Anatasia Volkov, La Jolla	19T
		*Carys Guckenberger, Sage Creek
	5-4	*Gisele Martinez, Point Loma	—
		Natalie Stein, Patrick Henry
		*Aakash Price, Grossmont
	5-3	Amaia Olivo, Mt. Carmel	—
		Valentina Diaz Flores, El Camino
Long Jump	19-6 ½	Amaya Estes, Canyon Crest	12th	20-7 ½	Gant Hatcher, Berkeley St. Mary’s	North Coast
	19-3	*Malia Jones, Oceanside	15th
	19-2 1/4	***Livia Allison, Steele Canyon	16th
	18-10 1/2	**Danica Whited, El Camino	25T
	18-9	*Giani Darden, Rancho Bernardo	—
	18-8	***McKenzzi Jones
		Grace Eichelman, Our Lady of Peace
Triple Jump	40-4 3/4	*Malia Jones	6th	42-7 ¾	Hughes, Los Altos	Central Coast
	38-11 ¼	*Darden	11th
	38-7	**Whited	25th
	37-10 ¼	**Taylor-Dixon	—
	37-2	**Kenzie Banks, Rancho Buena Vista	—
	37	*Lexington Pascual, Rancho Bernardo
	36-7 ¼	Vibha Reddy, Rancho Bernardo
Shot Put	42-6	*Brooklynn Davis, Oceanside	9th	53-2	Massey, Aliso Viejo Aliso Niguel	Southern
	40-9	*Janae Stanley Castillo, La Jolla	16T
		Jaiden Sidhu, Mission Vista
	40-6 ½	**Khalifa Price, Crawford	18th
	40-3	**Miley Christenson, Grossmont	19th
	39-1	*Olinda Fuller-Lytle, Crawford	—
	38-1	Asia Victoria, Granite Hills	—
Discus	127-2	*Davis	—	188-7	Massey
	125-11	Samantha Spann, Del Norte	—
	125-1	*Magnolia Clayton, Patrick Henry	—
	121-3	**Price	—
	120-8	Kianna Lefear, University City	—
	120-1	*Kai Brown, Santana	—
	119-7	Christensen
Pole Vault	12-6	Caitlin Khieu, Del Norte	3T	13-1	Forst, Elk Grove Pleasant Grove	Sac-Joaquin
	12-3	*Eva Quinonez, San Ysidro	7th
	12-2	Elia Hext, San Dieguito	8T
		**Sonia Humer, Rancho Bernardo
	12	Sophie Humer, Rancho Bernardo	10T
		Izzy Bugayong, Rancho Bernardo	11T
	11-9	***Aleksandra Strem, Cathedral	21st

His wasn’t the best mark of the day, but Oceanside’s Javen Buchanon continued a family tradition, a couple generations removed, in the San Diego Section Division I track championships at Del Norte’s magnificent facility Saturday.

Buchanon, the grandson of former NFL and San Diego Chargers star cornerback Willie Buchanon, triple jumped 47 feet, 8 inches, almost a foot better than his previous best of 46-7 ¾ at the Mt. Sac Relays April 18, and elevated to fifth in the event in California this season.

Willie Buchanon ran the 120 high hurdles in :14.5 and the second leg for an Oceanside 440-yard relay team that clocked :41.5 in 1968 and was a prime contender for a state championship in the event until anchorman Ed Johnson was slowed by a pulled leg muscle.

Season’s top marks  at Del Norte included Rancho Bernardo’s :41.51 in the 4×100 Relay and Scripps Ranch’s 3:17.19 in the 4×400, and the 23-foot, 10 ¾-inch long jump by Mekhi Oluwa of Mater Dei in the D-III meet at Canyon Hills.

Top two finishers at Del Norte, Canyon Hills, and University City (D-II) automatically qualified for the Section championships this Saturday at Mt. Carmel.  Fields will be filled by the next best performances.

San Diego Section athletes in state top 25 are noted in Athletic.net, except any with the — designation.  *Junior. **Sophomore. ***Ninth-grader. Bold indicates season best achieved last week.

BOYS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	CALIFORNIA	NAME, SCHOOL	SECTION
100	:10.39w, :10.48	Leed Smool, La Jolla	14T & —	:10.12w, :10.28	*Clayton, Jr., Oak Hills	Southern
	:10.40w, :10.56	Brice Abawi, Rancho Bernardo	16th
	:10.58w, :10.71	Romeo Postolis Carter, Grossmont	—
	:10.61w, :10.66	*Cole Dahlan, Carlsbad	—
	:10.63w, :10.77	Jacob Henton, Steele Canyon	—
	:10.66w, :10.85	*Ryan Branco, Eastlake	—
	:10.69w, :10.88	**Tamir Griffith, Helix	—
200	:21.08w, :21.23	Obawi	17T &—
	:21.08w, :21.32	Smool	17T & —	:20.66	Obimgba, Torrance	Southern
	:21.32w, :22.12	*Jordan Simmons, San Pasqual	—
	:21.40w, :21.46	Postolis Carter	—
	:21.51w, :21.52	*Marquez Salmond, Madison	—
	:21.54w, :22.09	*Branco	—
	:21.55	*Damian Jones, Granite Hills	—
400	:47.69	Smool	21st	:46.11	Yohannes, L.A. Loyola	Southern
	:47.75	Jackson Ellis, Helix	23rd
	:47.80	*Jones	25th
	:48.03	Zachary Marsh, Scripps Ranch	—
	:48.14	*Jorden Woods, San Marcos	—
	:48.61	**Callum Grandinetti, Rancho Bernardo	—
	:48.66	Aiden De Hoyos, Helix	—
800	1:49.54	Josiah Bowman, Sage Creek	1st	1:49.98	*Alberts, Carmichael Jesuit	Sac-Joaquin
	1:51.19	Cam Yarbrough, Del Norte	10th
	1:53.98	*Cade Wilhoit, Mission Vista	—
	1:54.17	Finley Butler, Del Norte	—
	1:54.63	**Keith Buswell, Poway	—
	1:54.66	Peter Jordan, St. Augustine	—
	1:55.32	Nathan Ayan, Coronado	—
1600	4:06.22	Bowman	4th	4:04.28	Zavaleta, Riverside King	Southern
	4:07.22	Cooper Castleberry, Poway	7th
	4:09.65	Yarbrough	17th
	4:12.47	*Jaxon Northcutt, Mt. Carmel	—
	4:12.87	Nathan Bamford, Scripps Ranch	—
	4:13.71	Nate Wilber, Cathedral	—
	4:14.43	Jack Loomis, Point Loma	—
3200	8:57.28	*Northcutt	6th	8:43.21	Zavaleta	Southern
	8:58.63	Castleberry	12th
	8:59.74	Yarbrough	13th
	9:02.74	Wilber	—
	9:06.04	Gunner Silva, Classical	—
	9:14.94	Parker, McDevitt, Westview	—
	9:17.87	Leo Lorenzano, Crawford	—
110 High Hurdles	:13.67	**Jasir Fontenot, Mater Dei	4th	:13.60	*Andrade, Etiwanda	Southern
	:14.12	Spencer Chastang, El Capitan	16th
	:14.22w, :14.49	Jayden Leyva, Imperial	20th
	:14.31	**Niko Williams, Granite Hills	24th
	:14.54	Taim Alobaidi. Grossmont	—
	:14.55	Nyjah West, El Camino	—
	:14.73	Callum McFarlane, Carlsbad	—
300 Hurdles	:38.06	Chastang	16T	:36.67	Andrade	Southern
	:38.07	Aiden De Hoyos, Helix	18th
	:38.50	Alobaidi	—
	:38.59	Jayden Leyva, Imperial	—
	:39.15	Blake Haglof, San Marcos	—
	:39.29	**Ryder Von Guenthner, Bonita Vista	—
	39.35	*Shay Chase, El Camino
4×100 Relay	:41.51	Rancho Bernardo	25th	:39.70	Anaheim Servite	Southern
	:41.77	San Marcos	—
	:41.79	Granite Hills	—
	:42.01	Helix	—
	:42.13	Westview	—
	:42.19	Point Loma	—
	:42.22	Steele Canyon	—
4×400 Relay	3:17.19	Scripps Ranch	12th	3:10.33	Anaheim Servite	Southern
	3:18.07	Helix	17th
	3:19.32	Point Loma	25th
	3:21.11	Del Norte	—
	3:21.32	La Costa Canyon	—
	3:22.11	San Marcos	—
	3:22.33	Poway	—
4×800 Relay	7:44.70	Del Norte	3rd	7:38.13	San Juan Capistrano JSerra	Southern
	7:49.56	Poway	11th
	7:58.10	Scripps Ranch	—
	7:59.57	San Marcos	—
	8:01.21	Point Loma	—
	8:06.14	St. Augustine
	8:07.66	Mira Mesa
High Jump	6-7	Darrien Scott, Blythe Palo Verde Valley	14T	7-1	Harel, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame	Southern
		*Jerry Stokes, Bonita Vista
	6-6	*Alijah Cheeks, Mission Bay	23T
		**Trey Edwards, Helix
		Elisha Harris, Morse
	6-4	Justian Richardson, Rancho Buena Vista	—
		**Dwain Pemberton, Helix	—
Long Jump	23-10 ¾	Mekhi Oluwa, Mater Dei	12th	24-11 ½	*Borden, Murrieta Valley	Southern
	23-7	*Kymani Joseph, Patrick Henry	15T
	23-4 1/2	Kyler Brown, Westview	20th
	23	*Cheeks	—
	22-11 ½	Jaxen Carlisle, La Costa Canyon	—
		***Sean Green, San Marcos	—
	22-10	*Landon Russell, Mission Hills	—
Triple Jump	49-7	Richardson	1st	48-8 1/4	Malloy, Aliso Viejo Aliso Niguel.	Southern
	47-8	Javen Buchanon, Oceanside	5th
	46-11 ½	West	11th
	46-10w, 46 1/2	Hagen Buechler, La Costa Canyon	10th
	45-1	Che Lesperance, Mira Mesa	—
	45	Elisha Harris, Madison	—
	44-8 ½	Maceo Hanson, Mira Mesa
Shot Put	58-6	Jayden Gibbs, Oceanside	11th	65-3 ½	Jacobson, Mountain View St. Francis	Central Coast
	50-9	Tommy Mix, Canyon Crest	—
	50-6	Stephen Munoz, El Camino	—
	50-5	Cooper Meyer, San Marcos	—
	50-4	Quinn Obrigewitch, University City	—
	49-11	Jordan Mendoza, San Marcos	—
	49-10	Jamarcus Portlock, Grossmont	—
Discus	189-8	Gibbs	3rd	194-2	Van Grouw, Clovis Buchanan	Central
	165-9	Chance Curry, Rancho Bernardo	—
	159-10	Hezekiah Wells, Oceanside	—
	157-8	Nicolas Zamora, Mount Miguel	—
	156-11	Kawika DeVore, Madison	—
	155-4	Arthur Arekelian, Torrey Pines	—
	154-4	Cooper Meyer, San Marcos	—
Pole Vault	17-1	Dylan Yarbrough, San Dieguito	1st	17	Wilshusen, Paso Robles	Central
	16-6	*Torin Sotelo, Grossmont	4th
	16-3	Dane von Guenther, Otay Ranch	6th
	16-1	Tyler Suhar, Torrey Pines	8T
		**Kingston Khouri, Fallbrook
	15-9	William Smith, Grossmont	11T
	15-6	*Lance Irmen, Rancho Bernardo	14T
		Grayson Lewis, West Hills
	15-3	*Courtland Bradshaw, Del Norte	21T
		Dylan Myrick, Ramona

Horizon’s Division V powerhouse reached the state championship game but couldn’t keep up or get up as high as Modesto Christian, which  commanded the backboards and denied coach Zach Jones’ team.  El Camino got to the D-II regional championship but lost to state champion Compton Dominguez. San Diego Section teams generally exited early from the challenging Southern California postseason.
PLAYOFFS
FIRST ROUND
DIVISION I
Southwest (12-16) 47, @1 Rancho Buena Vista (23-4) 91.
It virtually was over after  the Longhorns raced to a 20-7 first quarter lead and rode with Jamahl Mosley, who scored  31 points.
Rancho Bernardo (18-11) 73, @Morse (19-8) 74.
Sweetwater (14-14) 55, @Helix (22-5) 78.
Granite Hills (16-14) 59, @4 Poway (21-7) 64.
Fallbrook (13-14) 53, @3 Chula Vista (23-4) 61.
Vista (14-13) 83, @Bonita Vista (22-6) 99.
Torrey Pines (17-12) 63, @Valhalla(20-8) 58, OT.
Mt. Carmel (12-15) 49, @2 Point Loma (22-2) 78.
Jaiger Allen escorted the Pointers with 21 points, 15 rebounds.

QUARTERFINALS
Morse (19-9) 66, @1 Rancho Buena Vista (24-4) 86.
Helix (23-5) 49, @4 Poway (22-7) 48.
Bonita Vista (22-7) 81, @3 Chula Vista (24-4) 91.
Torrey Pines (17-13) 50, @2 Point Loma (23-2) 57.
SEMIFINALS
2 Point Loma (24-2) 79, 3 Chula Vista (24-5) 64, @Serra High.
Jaiger Allen was on the court for 24 minutes and scored 33 points and retrieved 25 rebounds as Point Loma, opening the game with an 11-0 run,  eliminated the Spartans. “He had an all-CIF night,” said Chula Vista coach Mike Collins.
1 Rancho Buena Vista (25-4) 59, Helix (23-6) 53, @Serra High.
Jamahl Mosley’s 25 points and 14 rebounds led the way, but it was sophomore Aaron Abrams’ four points in the final minute that propelled RBV past the Highlanders, who made only 10 of 20 free throw attempts and got 18 points from Brad Zollinger.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Rancho Buena Vista (26-4) 78, Point Loma (24-3) 61, @UC-Diego Rimac Arena.
Jamahl Mosley’s 33 points and 16 rebounds were the difference as the Longhorns overcame a 37-32 halftime deficit with a 21-13 third quarter and 24-11 final eight minutes.
“We’re Jamahl Mosley, young and deep,” exclaimed RBV coach John O’Neil of the team’s second title in the last three seasons. Mosley converted 13 of his 16 field-goal attempts and was 7×12 from the free-throw line.
On any other night, the Pointers’ Jaiger Allen would have the spotlight.  Allen scored 26 points and pulled 20 rebounds.  Aaron Abrams, one of five Longhorns sophomores, abetted Mosley with 19 points.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL PLAYOFFS
DIVISION I
Westchester, L.A. City (25-6) 66, @Rancho Buena Vista (26-5) 63.
Aaron Abrams’ three-point attempt with eight seconds remaining hit the back of the rim and bounced away as the Longhorns, who committed 27 turnovers and only made 18 of 28 free throw attempts, bowed to the legendary state power. Jamahl Mosley scored 24 points.
D-II
1–El Camino (25-2), bye.
2–Ramona (23-4).
3–Grossmont (20-5)
Serra (11-13) 78, @El Capitan (12-14) 81.
Monte Vista (9-19) 28, @Hilltop (18-10) 43.
El Cajon Valley (9-15) 58, @4 Oceanside (20-7) 79.
Travis Bray scored 26 points and Pirates teammate Justin Austin added12 points and blocked 10 shots.
Castle Park (9-14) 58, @West Hills (19-7) 74.
Patrick Henry (10-17) 56,  @Scripps Ranch (18-10) 71.
QUARTERFINALS
El Capitan (13-13) 71, @1 El Camino (26-2) 89.
Hilltop (18-11) 50, @4 Oceanside (20-8) 56.
West Hills (19-7) 56, @3 Grossmont (20-5) 54.
Scripps Ranch (19-10) 74, @2 Ramona (23-4) 69.
SEMIFINALS
El Camino (28-2) 82, Oceanside (20-9) 53, @San Dieguito.
Henry LaLane scored 20 points and his slam dunk finished an 18-2 run in the first quarter for the Wildcats.
Scripps Ranch (20-10) 84, West Hills (20-8) 63, @San Dieguito.
“This time we took it to them,” said Charles Butcher, who scored 25 points.  “Last time (a 72-67 loss earlier in the season) we let them bring it to us.”
A 21-5 run pushed  the Falcons to a 49-28 lead in the third quarter and they finished by making 20 of 27 fourth-quarter free throws after the fouling Wolf Pack had closed to 60-53.
CHAMPIONSHIP
El Camino (29-2) 77, Scripps Ranch (20-11) 66, @UC-San Diego Rimac Arena.
Coach Ray Johnson’s Wildcats, state-ranked number three in the division and No. 7 overall, broke from a 32-32 halftime to a 53-46 advantage in the third quarter and then rode a free-wheeling, 24-20 fourth quarter to the victory.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL PLAYOFFS
Villa Park, Southern (25-6) 74, @El Camino (30-2) 82.
Henry LaLane scored 23 points and Dion Booker had 17 points, eight rebounds and two steals for the Wildcats.
Scripps Ranch (20-12) 69, @Compton Dominguez, Southern (26-5) 91.
A 6-25 wipeout in the second quarter doomed the Falcons, whose Charles Butcher scored 21 points.
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
Bakersfield Highland (28-5) 76, @El Camino (31-2) 93.
Six-foot 7 Shawn Daniels scored 39 points and had 14 rebounds, but the Scots couldn’t match the Wildcats’ quickness.  “We were too good in the open court,” said Wildcats coach Ray Johnson. “We know how to finish.”
Henry Lalane scored 25 points, Clint Evans 20, and Joe Eyres 18.
The visitors from the Central Section did not recover after El Camino broke from a 24-24 tie with an 11-0 run late in the first quarter.
“Shawn had a big game,” said Highland coach Beau Redstone, “but the story was at the other end of the court. Their guards had a phenomenal game. Lalane was phenomenal. It’s tough to win at their tempo.”
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
El Camino (31-3) 63, Compton Dominguez (28-5) 78, @Anaheim Pond Arena.
The Wildcats trailed, 58-53, with 5:57 remaining but fouls that knocked Joe Eyres and Dion Booker out of the game took a toll.
El Camino was behind, 25-10, in the first quarter but took a 29-28 lead and the score was deadlocked at 35 at halftime.
Tayshaun Prince, a future NBA standout, led the Dons with 24 points and 10 rebounds and was 4 for 6 on three-point attempts.
D-III
QUARTERFINALS
Madison (11-16) 74, @4 Kearny (16-11) 89.
La Jolla (6-19) 71, @3 Clairemont (15-12) 49.
Mar Vista (7-17) 38, @2 St. Augustine (20-9) 53.
1 University (21-4), bye.
SEMIFINALS
University (22-4) 46, Kearny (16-12) 45, @Coronado High.
No. 1-ranked Uni avoided an upset by the 4 seed Komets when John Roberts took a half-court pass from Luke Walton and scored a layup for the winning basket with one second remaining.
K.J. Nears’ two free throws with six seconds remaining had given Kearny a 45-44 lead.
St. Augustine (21-9) 49, @La Jolla (6-20) 42.
The Vikings kept it close until the Saints converted six free throws in the last 1:27 in La Jolla coach Rick Eveleth’s final game.
CHAMPIONSHIP
University (23-4) 58, St. Augustine (21-10) 39, @UC-San Diego.
The Dons held the Saints to 12 points in the first half.  Uni’s David Abramowitz had 10 points, five assists, and five steals.
Luke Walton had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Ron McMillan 12 points and 10 rebounds as the Dons won their 18^th straight game.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL PLAYOFFS
Hemet West Valley (26-5) 37, @University (24-4) 62.
St. Augustine (21-11), 46, @Studio City Harvard Westlake, Southern (32-1) 75.
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
Inglewood Morningside (22-7) 58, @University (25-4) 72.
A 14-point lead had shrunk to seven midway through the third quarter, when Mac Clark, following a basket by John Roberts, buried a pair of three pointers to put University ahead, 41-26.
Morningside didn’t threaten again and Phillips added six consecutive free throws for a total of 14. “I don’t know what the score was but I knew we needed to get something going again, said Clark.”
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
University (25-5), 40, Studio City Harvard-Westlake (34-1) 47, @Cal State Fullerton.
The Dons had narrowed their deficit to 41-40 with 3:01 remaining before surrendering a turn-around, two-foot basket by future NBA player Jason Collins and a steal and basket on the inbounds play by Rico Cabrera for  a 45-40 lead for the also-named Dons.
D-IV
SEMIFINALS
4 Imperial (12-12) 38, 1 Coronado (19-5) 65, @Grossmont College.
3 Lincoln (15-12) 45, 2 The Bishop’s (20-7) 60, @Grossmont College.
CHAMPIONSHIP
The Bishop’s (21-7) 51, Coronado (19-6) 31, @UC-San Diego Rimac Arena.
Coronado froze in the second half, 0 for 11 from three-point range and four for 24 overall, after leading, 20-18, at the break.
The Knights opened the second half with a 13-2 run and refrigerated the Islanders.
Fentris Winn became the third coach, after Patrick Henry’s Fritz Ziegenfuss and El Camino’s Ray Johnson, to win a boys’ and girls’ championship, and the first win both championships in the same season.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL PLAYOFFS
Santa Ana Calvary Chapel, Southern (26-5) 65, The Bishop’s 52, @Torrey Pines.
The Eagles’ 11-0 outburst in the fourth quarter was the difference.
Coronado (19-8) 41, @2 Santa Monica Crossroads, Southern (28-3) 87.  Cash Warren scored 28 points and future NBA player Baron  Davis added 21 as the speedy Roadrunners, ranked seventh in California, lived up to their name.
D-V
FIRST ROUND
1 Horizon (24-1), bye.
2 Christian (18-7), bye.
3 Santa Fe Christian (14-11), bye.
4 Lutheran (16-7), bye.
Calipatria (9-16) 42, @Calvin Christian (14-10) 68.
La Jolla Country Day (9-19) 61, @Calexico Vincent Memorial (10-10) 37.
Escondido Adventist (13-5) 37, @Tri-City (18-6) 66.
Julian (12-12) 45, @Francis Parker (11-12) 65.
SEMIFINALS
1 Horizon (26-1) 64, Tri-City (19-7) 29, @University City High.
The Crusaders improved on their defensive average of 43.7 points.
3 Santa Fe Christian (16-11) 69, Christian (18-8) 53.

CHAMPIONSHIP
3 Santa Fe Christian (16-12) 44, 1 Horizon (27-1) 50, @UC-San Diego Rimac Arena.
The score was tied at 37 after three quarters and Horizon was held to almost 20 points below its season average of 69.8.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
Santa Fe Christian (17-12) 54, @Oxnard Santa Clara, Southern (23-6) 48.
Buoyed by Dean Vesera’s 16 points, the visiting Eagles sent the Saints to their first home loss since 1987.
L.A. Pilgrim, Southern (18-8) 43, @Horizon (28-1) 77.
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
L.A. Pacific Hills (23-8) 53, @Horizon (29-1) 69.
Detrick Watts scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half and the Panthers, who trailed by nine points early in the game and were tied at 21 at halftime, pulled away from the Southern Section champion Bruins.
Santa Fe Christian (17-13) 42, @Pasadena Poly (28-1) 48.
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Horizon (30-1) 70, Pasadena Poly (29-2) 49, @Cal State-Fullerton.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Horizon (30-2), 38, Modesto Christian (33-0) 53, @Anaheim Arrowhead Pond.
“Rebounding was the difference,” Said Horizon coach Zach Jones.  “That’s been our Achilles heel all year.  Once they hit the boards, they took us out of our game.”
The Panthers led, 23-14, in the early going and 28-25 at halftime, but a five-point third quarter led to a 40-33 Modesto lead. Christian’s game rebounding advantage was 35-24 and it held Zack Jones, Jr., Horizon’s top offensive threat, to 12 points.
The Crusaders became the state’s first undefeated champion since 1993 and they came within one win of the state record of 34 by San Anselmo Sir Francis Drake in 1982.