2019 Week 10: Playoffs Next as First Season Nears End
The 18 San Diego Section leagues put a wrap on the regular season this week and most of their members will take a breath and await playoff seedings, which will be determined on Saturday. Championships have been won in several circuits. AVOCADO Champion Carlsbad (6-0, 8-1 overall) is getting ready for a nonleague test with […]
Read More2019 Week 9: Road Gets a Little Tougher for Scots, Dons
Helix and Cathedral, the San Diego Section’s two big ones, have had to regroup. The Highlanders lost running back Elelyon Noa, probably for the season with a foot injury, and Cathedral quarterback D.J. Ralph sustained what was reported as a broken collarbone on his non-passing side. Ralph was replaced by Charlie Mirer, son of former […]
Read More2019 Week 8: The Bishop’s Joel Allen Close to No. 100
And another milestone is near. Joel Allen of The Bishop‘s rampaging Knights of La Jolla could become the 43rd San Diego Section coach to win a 100th career game. The Bishop’s will have to win out but you’d have to go to eight-man football to find any team scoring 55 points or more six times […]
Read More2019 Week 7: San Diego Section Coaches Make History
Ron Hamamoto’s crashing the top five in San Diego Section coaching ranks wasn’t the only significant career achievement last week. –Grossmont’s Tom Karlo became the 42nd to reach 100 wins. Hamamoto, whose Monte Vista squad defeated Chula Vista, 34-17, now has 229 victories, tying the 35-season mentor with Morse’s John Shacklett, who won 229 at […]
Read More1984-85: Zarecky’s Red Devils Runnin’…and Travelin’
Sweetwater, the San Diego Section’s International team. After trips to Hawaii and Canada in recent years, Coach Gary Zarecky’s Red Devils visited the Continent this season. They played four games in Yugoslavia after Christmas, meeting some of that basketball-savvy nation’s top junior teams. The roadrunners from National City also found time to set a San […]
Read More1984-85: It’s Poway’s Way Again
Sweetwater fired a season-opening shot to remember on Nov. 21, exploding for 136 points against Coronado in the first game (Seach 1984-85: Zarecky’s Red Devils Runnin’…andTravelin’), but the Red Devils came up short again in the playoffs as Poway, now a team of mostly juniors, ran away with the San Diego Section 3-A title. Other […]
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