2023-24 Boys Week 6: The Playoffs Are Coming! The Playoffs Are Coming!
It’s wrap-up week in the San Diego Section, as the regular season ends Friday, Southern California postseason pairings are posted Saturday, and the second season starts with regional playoffs next week. Carlsbad, Montgomery, St. Augustine, and Torrey Pines remained 1 through 4 in the weekly Union-Tribune poll, and there was no change from last week’s […]
Read More1973 Track: Jefferson and Banks Carry the Day in 55th State Meet
Elijah Jefferson went where no San Diego County athlete had gone in 45 years. Willie Banks won an event that was known by another name when it was last contested 34 years before. Jefferson became the first from the area since 1929 to win the 100-yard dash in the state track meet when he followed […]
Read More2023-24 Boys Week 5: Lancers’ Week Included 3 Big Wins
Carlsbad cemented its hold on No. 1 in the Union-Tribune poll with victories of 62-54 over No. 4 Torrey Pines, 70-66 over Valencia West Ranch, and 78-57 over No. 7 La Costa Canyon. Montgomery stayed at No. 2, with no-sweat 60-27 and 88-31 dominations of Otay Ranch and San Ysidro. No. 3 St. Augustine took […]
Read More2023-24 Boys Week 4: Carlsbad, Montgomery 1-2 in Votes
John Maffei’s weekly Union-Tribune poll. # TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAX-PREPS CAL-HI SPORTS 1 Carlsbad 19-2 (11) 164 1 9/7 15/13 2 Montgomery 19-2 (6) 156 2 18/15 21/21 3 St. Augustine 19-3 139 3 16/14 22/22 4 Torrey Pines 16-5 119 4 41/44 29/30 5 Santa Fe Christian 15-6 92 5 77/75 NR/NR 6 […]
Read More1973 Baseball: Huddleston’s Pointers Continue City Dominance
Baseball in the San Diego Section was an urban game. Point Loma became the sixth different and overall 11th city squad in the Section’s 13 seasons to win the Class AA championship when it defeated Hoover, 12-2, in the playoff finals. The Pointers, who fell to University in the 1972 championship, were coached by Dick […]
Read More2023-24 Boys Week 3: Status Quo Prevails 1 Through 9
The top nine positions lingered, with only Mission Hills, on a 10-game win streak, displacing San Marcos at No. 10. Olympian, the only undefeated team at 20-0, and Mission Bay with three more wins, stayed where they were. John Maffei’s The San Diego Union-Tribune poll. # TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAX-PREPS CAL-HI SPORTS 1 Carlsbad […]
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