2026 Week 3 Girls Track: Move Over Parkers, Here Comes Ava
Ava Parker is stepping on her big brothers’ toes while continuing a family tradition at Helix. The ninth grader ran :53.47, the fourth fastest 400 meters in County history last week in the Mt. San Antonio Invitational in Walnut. Ava was second in the race to the state-leading :53.13 by Clara Adams of Long Beach […]
Read MoreRiedberger Led Vista to San Diego Section Basketball Title
Ron Riedberger, 92, passed recently in Vista, where he served the school district as teacher, coach, and administrator for 37 years, including five seasons as coach of the Panthers’ basketball team, 1960-61 through 1964-65. Riedberger’s 1961-62 squad posted a 14-8 record and defeated Fallbrook, 81-67, at Escondido High in the San Diego Section 2-A championship […]
Read More2025-26 Boys Basketball Week 11: Final League & Overall Records
Small, private schools held sway in the San Diego Section this season in what might be described as an overall, mediocre campaign. Victory Christian and Santa Fe Christian, which finished 1-2 in John Maffei’s Union-Tribune poll, were eliminated decisively in the Southern California Regional playoffs, Victory 78-51 by Bellflower St. John Bosco in the quarterfinals […]
Read More2025-26 Basketball Week 10B: Boys and Girls Bow Out in Regional Playoffs Semifinals
San Diego Section teams were 0-5 in semifinals of the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs and their seasons came to an abrupt end, following that of the combined more than 200 other Section boys and girls squads which competed this season. Francis Parker girls (23-8), third seeded in Division I, led 2 seed Temecula Rancho […]
Read More2025-26 Girls & Boys Basketball Week 10A: Southern California Regionals Playoffs & Quarterfinals Pairings
GIRLS FIRST ROUND DIVISION I TUESDAY, MARCH 3. UPPER BRACKET 9 Westview (20-10) 37, @8 Pasadena La Salle (30-4, Southern) 50. LOWER BRACKET 14 Westchester (26-4, L.A. City) 41, @3 Francis Parker (22-7) 65. 11 La Jolla Country Day (17-12) 57, @6 Oak Park (22-9, Southern) 72. 10 Mission Hills (19-12) 51, @San Juan Capistrano […]
Read More2025-26 Boys Basketball Week 10: Victory Christian No. 1 in final Maffei Madness Poll
The last 2025-26 “Maffei Madness”, i.e., the Union-Tribune San Diego Section poll, administrated by the very sane John Maffei: First-place votes in parenthesis. Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. Previous ranking in italics, if changed. Cal-Hi Sports rankings are by Mark Tennis, the newsletter’s publisher, with contribution from statewide correspondents. Max Preps essentially relies on individual school […]
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