2015-16 Week 4: Foothills Gets Another Chance
Foothills Christian, blown off the court, 40-13, in the first quarter and a 106-86 loser to Chino Hills a  couple weeks ago, will have another try at the USA Today No. 1 Huskies in the Sierra Canyon Super Showcase in Chatsworth Saturday. The pressing piranhas of 13-0 Chino Hills, averaging  93 points a game, were champions of the recent City […]
Read More2015-16 Week 3: Holiday Tournaments Continue
New Year’s and league play await, but  holiday action continues, most notably with the Under-Armour event hosted by coach John Olive and the Torrey Pines Falcons. Play begins Saturday with seven of the Union-Tribune Top 10 clubs competing. Foothills Christian, St. Augustine, and Army-Navy are in the elite National Division. Foothills, No. 1 in the latest Union-Tribune poll,  plays Oakland Bishop […]
Read More2015-16 Week 0: Foothills No. 1 In Poll
Foothills Christian, No. 1 in the first Union-Tribune basketball poll, was 4-0 before being savaged by a piranha-like attack from the Chino Hills Huskies in finals of the Battle Zone Tournament at Corona Centennial Saturday night. Final score, 106-86. Foothills’ T.J. Leaf scored 44 points and was 21 for 27 from the field, but the Knights were […]
Read More2018: Week 13: Basketball Playoffs Week 2
Idleness breeds contempt or a drop in the ratings. Mission Hills has fallen from ninth to 11th in Cal-Hi Sports’ state top 25, partly because the Grizzlies drew a bye in the first round of the San Diego Section playoffs last week. Also byed last week, Helix remained 12th.  Cathedral  and St. Augustine  are on the […]
Read More2015: Morton, Gehring, Sam Edwards
Lance Morton, Rich Gehring, and Sam Edwards are among former San Diego prep athletes who  recently passed away. Morton, 81,  a founder of the Brigantine Restaurant chain, was a second team all-City Prep League  end on the 1951 Point Loma squad that finished with a 6-2 record, losing only to San Diego, 15-6, and La Jolla, […]
Read More2014-15: Saints Can Look Ahead With Confidence
Wait till next year seems appropriate in San Diego Section basketball, according to the Cal-Hi Sports newsletter. The Stockton-based publication is suggesting that St. Augustine could be a Top 20 team in the 2015-16 season. That would be an accomplishment, since no San Diego squad finished in Cal-Hi Sports’ Top 20 this season. St. Augustine […]
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