2013-14: Great Matchups in Open Final 4
There will be basketball almost every night this week in the San Diego Section. Girls begin quarterfinals play in Divisions II, III, and IV tonight and Tuesday night. Boys tip Tuesday night in II, III, and IV. Open semifinals are Tuesday and Wednesday and finals Saturday at the Jenny Craig Pavilion on the University of […]
Read More2013-14: Saints No. 1 Here, 18th in State
St. Augustine is top-ranked in the final UT-San Diego regular-season poll and is the defending state champion in Division III as playoff teams enter the homestretch of the season. Coach Mike Haupt’s team, 29-4 a year ago, take a 26-2 record into this season’s playoffs and are ranked 18th in the state by Cal-Hi Sports. St. Augustine finished […]
Read More2013-14: Basketball’s Second Season Begins
Seventeen teams with losing records and three .500 squads made the San Diego Section playoffs. It doesn’t look as ridiculous as in previous years. Pairings announced Saturday promise good games, even in early rounds, especially considering size of brackets and number of divisions. Only in Division II is there virtual mediocrity. Seven of the eight, […]
Read More1960: For Better or (Mostly) Worse
San Diego County was “free” of the giant Southern Section and on its own, twenty-eight schools strong. The formation of the local CIF section pleased administrators and assorted education honchos who wielded the sharp end of the stick. Coaches and most fans were ambivalent. The great competition against Northern schools and the building excitement of […]
Read More2013-14: Playoff Seeding and Pairings Next
Selection Saturday is just five days away. League play wraps up this week, but all eyes are on the postseason and the ensuing rounds that lead to the state championships in Sacramento next month. Seedings and pairings for the San Diego Section playoffs, to be waged in 5 divisions, will come out of Section commissioner […]
Read More1916: The Legendary Hilltoppers
The 12-0 season, Southern California championship, and declaration as national champions was just the beginning for coach Clarence (Nibs) Price and many of the San Diego High Hilltoppers. Price left the school after the 1917-18 school year and made his way back to Price’s alma mater, the University of California at Berkeley, joining the staff of head […]
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