2013: Cathedral Holds Sway as Playoffs Near
With nine days until the first round of San Diego Section playoffs, Â Cathedral Catholic still is No. 1. UT-San Diego’s CIF basketball ratings did not change from the previous week. One through 10, no one moved up or down, although Army-Navy cleared up a nettling mark on its record. The Warriors, 21-4 and ranked second, […]
Read More2013: Army-Navy Rises in Poll
Army-Navy, gathering steam behind the long, shot-blocking, 7-foot, 1 inch Cheikh N’Diaye and slick-shooting guard Devin Watson now is second in the UT-San Diego boys’ basketball poll. N’Diaye had six blocked shots and 20 rebounds to with his 20 points and Watson scored 29 as the Warriors eased past Santa Fe Christian 64-53 in a […]
Read More2013: Playoffs Picture Coming Into Focus
Polls are great, but what do they mean come playoff time? First things first: Cathedral hung on to first place in the UT-San Diego basketball poll, but for the first time since the 2013 calendar the Dons were not  unanimous choices. Cathedral received 8 first-place votes after an uneven week in which it was surprised […]
Read More1957-58: Shaules and Saints Lit Up the Scoreboard
January, 1958,  was  special  for Tom Shaules, for St. Augustine High, and for basketball in San Diego. That wintry month annually signals the anniversary of Shaules’ epic run through the City Prep League. The 5-foot, 8-inch senior scored a record 60 points against Crawford, led the Saints in three games in which they scored more […]
Read More2013: Army-Navy Tops No. 1 Cathedral
The UT-San Diego boys’ basketball ratings deadline came a few hours early yesterday. Â Disaster struck a little later for the No. 1, Â and No. 5 teams. Cathedral Catholic was stunned by No. 6 Army-Navy, 67-61, as 7-foot, 1-inch Cheikh (Chay) Ndiaye (En-die) dominated the shorter but quick Dons with a 25-rebound-22-point-10-blocked-shots performance in the Martin […]
Read More2013: Bob Speidel, Championship Helix coach
The play on words certainly was not original. Roger Conlee and I referred to Bob Speidel as “The Watchman”, in reference to his last name and to the company that made millions of timepiece wrist bands. But Speidel was in the forefront of basketball coaches in the early years of the San Diego Section. Â He […]
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