2025 Football Week 14: Championship Game Coaches, At a Glance
This is perhaps the finest pair of Open Division and Division I championship game matchups since the San Diego Section was formed in 1960. Mainly because of the four coaches leading their teams, veterans who have stood the test of time and turn out winners annually, as their records attest in the table below. Championship […]
Read More1994-95, Looking Back: McCoy, Others Made for Dynamic Season
Originally posted Dec. 10, 2019. DECEMBER, 1994 —Six-foot, 11-inch Jelani McCoy started the season with 41 points and set a San Diego Section record with 16 blocked shots in an 85-82 win in the Hilltop/Pizza Hut tournament. El Camino’s Dee Boyer blocked 15 shots in a 1989 game. —Dimitri Hodgkinson scored 37 points and El […]
Read More1969-70: Game by Game With Highlanders’ and Walton’s 33-0.
Looking Back: The narrative originally was posted on Nov. 25, 2018. Walton’s and Helix’ historic season, game by game, with quotes and attributions by and to Bill Center of The San Diego Union: Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1969. HELIX 74, MADISON 60. Mike Dupree scored 28 and Walton 24, off-setting a 30-point performance by Dave Smith, […]
Read More2024-25 Basketball Playoffs Week 4A: Rancho Bernardo, Mater Dei Fall Short
GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION II SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2 P.M. 7 Rancho Bernardo 37 (26-8), vs. 1 Caruthers, Central, 56 (26-6), @Sacramento Golden 1 Center. D-III FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2 P.M. 5 Mater Dei 38 (21-14), vs. 3 Kentfield Marin Catholic, North Coast, 48 (26-11), @Sacramento Golden 1 Center. REGIONAL FINALS TUESDAY, MARCH 11 D-II […]
Read More2024-25 Playoffs Weeks 3-4: Leave the Regionals to the Girls
Two San Diego Section girls teams are still standing: Number seven seed Rancho Bernardo and No. 5 Mater Dei. The Bronchos and Crusaders will take underdog status on the road again in the State CIF Southern Regional Division II and III finals Tuesday, March 11. R.B. (25-7), after a five-hour, 287-mile jaunt and 44-37 victory […]
Read More2024-25 Week 3A Boys and Girls Playoffs: Torrey Pines & St. Augustine Boys, Westview Girls Regionally Impressive
Highs and lows in the San Diego Section’s opening round foray into the state regional playoffs. The highs: Torrey Pines coach John Olive maintained a genial presence despite three straight losses in December to San Diego Section teams Mission Bay, San Marcos, and La Jolla Country Day. A 14-1 finish for a 23-6 record, with […]
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