2014-15: No Poll Today But Lots of Action
We’re going to hold off on publishing the weekly Union-Tribune basketball poll, because games Monday night would dramatically alter the Top 10, the deadline of which for voters is 10 a.m. on Monday. The poll’s timeliness often is in question at this time of year, because clubs are involved in the annual series of one-night stands and specially promoted events […]
Read More2014-15: Poll Remains Same, 1-10
The order of  the Union-Tribune Top 10 was unchanged after the fourth vote of the season, but there will be changes next week. No. 1 Foothills Christian was beaten, 48-42, by The Bishop’s at Cuyamaca College last night in what is evolving into a tough Coastal Division race. Foothills’ 6-foot, 11-inch T.J. Leaf did not […]
Read More2014-15: Knights Hope to Turn Over New Leaf
Foothills Christian is No. 1 in the UT-San Diego poll, but the Knights  got there wondering what if. Foothills is 8-6 and has a “woulda-coulda” lament. The Knights forfeited two early, blowout victories because of the ubiquitous and Dreaded Administrative Glitch involving player eligibility and they’ve dropped two of their last three following the loss of their star. […]
Read More2014-15: Hoops Hot in Foothills
Foothills Christian is second in UT-San Diego‘s basketball poll, but the Knights are 18th in the Cal-Hi Sports state vote, ahead of San Diego Section rankings leader La Costa Canyon. La Costa received all 11 first-place votes in the local balloting, but the Mavericks  received on-the-bubble status and are out of the top 20 in the state-wide publication’s weekly […]
Read More2014-15 Week 1: Mavericks Lead in Hoops Again
La Costa Canyon, which began and ended the 2013-14 campaign as the No. 1 team in the San Diego Section weekly poll (it fell to fifth during the season)  is again at the top of the UT-San Diego inaugural basketball voting. The Mavericks returned four starters (another reportedly tranferred to a prep school in New Hampshire) […]
Read More2014: Mickelsen, Paulk, Verlasky Made Marks
Noel Mickelsen, Charlie Paulk, and Richard Verlasky recently passed. Mickelsen, 80, had a lengthy coaching career in San Diego’s East County after posting a 71-62 record in nine seasons of professional baseball, including three years in  the AAA Pacific Coast League. The 6-foot, 6-inch Mickelsen was a star player on the 1955-56 San Diego State basketball team […]
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