2023-24 Boys Week 2: Four Teams at Top Separating From Field
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union-Tribune poll. # TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAX-PREPS CAL-HI SPORTS 1 Carlsbad 14-2 (11) 164 1 8/8 13/19 2 Montgomery 16-2 (6) 158 2 16/12 21/24 3 St. Augustine 15-3 137 3 17/17 22/NR 4 Torrey Pines 13-4 119 4 43/42 31 5 Santa Fe Christian 12-5 96 6 75-98 […]
Read More2023-24 Boys Week 1: Carlsbad No. 1, Montgomery No. 2 in Poll
A mid-November-through-December grind in which many teams completed at least half of their season schedules turns to January league play, accompanied by the popular, so-named “classics” that bring together top teams for weekend doubleheaders until the playoffs. Five teams at the top of the Union-Tribune poll appeared to have separated themselves from the pack, with […]
Read More1972 Track: Outstanding Marks, but Few Medals at State
San Diego Section track and field athletes kept getting better, but so was everyone else. Excellent marks were posted, some that would have shattered records a few years before, but didn’t earn a mention in this narrative because of ever-increasing volume, i.e., more and more good performances. With two qualifiers in each event, the section […]
Read More1972 Baseball: Uni Waded Through Section’s Top Teams To Title
Strong teams abounded but it was University of San Diego High, third in the Western League and only 12-10 overall, that emerged in the Class AA playoffs. Dick Serrano coached the Dons to their first CIF championship and followed with titles in 1978, ’80, and ’81, figurative mileposts for the 1961 Uni graduate who coached […]
Read More2023 Week 17C: Final, Final Rankings
The last of John Maffei’s The San Diego Union weekly poll voting was at conclusion of the San Diego Section playoffs. Cal-Hi Sports and Cal Preps.com rankings included all games in the CIF state postseason. Max Preps’ entries were inclusive of San Diego Section playoffs. Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. NR–Not ranked. Last […]
Read More2023 Week 17B: Just Call This High Scoring Cardinal Sir
SirDarius Autry, a 160-pound junior running back, wide receiver, and cornerback, became the 37th player in County history to score at least 200 points in a season. “Sir” Autry also became the third running back to finish first in the County in the Hoover Cardinals’ 94-season history, according to available statistics from newspapers and Max […]
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