2022 Week 11 B: Overtime, How it Began; Lincoln Regular-Season Champion
Granite Hills’ epic, four-overtime, 46-44 win over Helix for the Grossmont Hills championship represented the longest game in San Diego County history, although the first overtime contest also was long, for another reason. From the 1976 season narrative: NEW TIE-BREAKER TESTED “History-making events are supposed to be heralded with sounding trumpets and helium-filled balloons,” wrote […]
Read More2022 Week 10: Many League Races Too Early to Call
Five league championships have been decided in the San Diego Section and 14 more will be settled this week or end with ties. No. 1 Madison is at No. 2 Lincoln for the Western League flag and No. 7 Granite Hills is at No. 5 Helix for Grossmont Hills honors in featured jousts. Carlsbad (Avocado), […]
Read More2022 Week 9: Cathedral and St. Augustine Renew “Holy” Rivalry
The so-called “Holy Bowl” tees up for the 61st time this week when St. Augustine visits Cathedral. They have met every year since 1966 except 2007, including playoff games. Cathedral leads, 38-22, in a series that began six years after Cathedral, then known as University of San Diego High, played its first season of varsity […]
Read More2022 Week 8: City League on Center Stage This Week
Point Loma, 6-1 for the first time since 2014, visits University City Saturday evening in a City League game with championship implications. The Centurions are 2-0 in league play and the Pointers 1-0. Mission Bay, Morse, and Canyon Hills all have at least one defeat. U. City is feeling good about itself, 5-2, and back […]
Read More2022 Week 7: Lincoln Pressing Warhawks for No. 1.
Lincoln, now No. 2, crept up on No. 1 Madison in the Top 10 poll this week by virtue of the Hornets’ 31-17 win over Cathedral and trail the Warhawks by four first-place votes and six overall. The Hornets and Warhawks won’t meet until the season’s final regular-season game, but Madison’s status will be challenged […]
Read More2022 Week 6: Burner, Starr On Cusp of Joining 100 Club
El Capitan coach Ron Burner and Mount Miguel’s Troy Starr can become the 45th and 46th coaches in San Diego County history to win at least 100 games when the Vaqueros take on neighborhood rival Santana and the Matadors meet Monte Vista this week. Burner, who became the Vaqueros’ coach in 2005, is 99-94 as […]
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