2024-25 Basketball Week 3: Montgomery Loses, But Still No. 1
Olympian upset (?) Montgomery, 53-47, in a Metro Mesa League game but the voters weren’t too impressed. The Aztecs remained No. 1 in the poll and the Eagles advanced only from eighth to fifth despite an overall record of 16-2. Montgomery is 18-2. Olympian’s losses were 60-56 to Francis Parker and 63-60 to now-No. 2 […]
Read More2024-25 Basketball Week 2: No Change, No. 1 Through No. 4
John Maffei’s weekly The San Diego Union poll. First-place votes in parenthesis. Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. Bold entries in columns are up-to-date rankings, followed by previous. Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max-Preps’ represent state rankings. NR—Not ranked. Records as of Feb. 12. TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAXPREPS CAL-HI SPORTS 1 Montgomery 17-1 (18) 180 1 8-9 11/10 […]
Read More2024 Football Week 17A: Granite Hills’ Turner Got Max Results
Max Turner of Granite Hills wrapped the San Diego Section scoring championship after he rushed for three touchdowns in the Eagles’ 34-28, Southern California regional playoff loss against Huntington Beach Edison. Turner’s 216 points outpaced the 188 of Calipatria’s Dominic Hawk and the 5-foot-8, 185-pounder was a model of consistency for coach Kellan Cobbs’ team, […]
Read More2024-25 Boys Basketball Week 1: Montgomery Leads Carlsbad in Poll
San Diego Section basketball teams, after hundreds of games and enough travel to catch the attention of Triple-A, are settling into the January-February grind of league play and selected intersectionals before the Southern California playoffs. Montgomery is No. 1 in John Maffei’s latest The San Diego Union-Tribune poll and No. 8 in California, according to […]
Read More1978 Track: Dokie Does It For State Champion El Camino
El Camino High, three years removed from opening its doors and splitting from Oceanside High (taking many outstanding athletes and football coach Herb Meyer), became the first San Diego County team since San Diego High in 1938 to win a state team championship. The Wildcats scored 16 points, edging Gardena and Pasadena, which had 15 […]
Read More1978 Baseball: Dons First in Poll, First in Playoffs
Dick Serrano coached his second San Diego Section championship team and continued to leave a legacy at the school, from which he graduated in 1961 and which he guided the baseball program for 30 years until his retirement after the 2000 season. Unlike the 1972 team that finished the regular season with a 12-10 record […]
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