2019 Week 13: Eight Teams Overcome Poorer Seedings
Call it the “Ides of November” or “Beware the Quarterfinals.” Julius Caesar apparently missed the significance and was assassinated in 44 BC after being advised to “beware the Ides of March,” a March 15 date on the Roman calendar noted for religious observances and as a deadline for “settling debts,” according to accepted history. On […]
Read More1985-86: Titans Go For Three
Poway’s quest for a trilogy was in full swing. Coach Neville Saner’s team, San Diego Section winners the last two seasons, made it clear from the first tip that things weren’t going to change. The Titans opened the season on Dec. 3 with an 81-48 victory over established and well regarded El Capitan, which would […]
Read More1985-86: Oceanside & El Camino Were Don’t Invitems
As Tom Shanahan of the Evening Tribune described on Jan 18, 1986, “The Oceanside-El Camino football rivalry may not stir much passion, but emotions in the city’s basketball rivalry have overheated.” “Boiled over,” added Shanahan of the antipathy felt by these too-close-for-comfort North County neighbors. The Wildcats’ gymnasium was filled to its 1,100-seat capacity when […]
Read More2019: Weeks 11-12: Second Season Takes Spotlight
Editor’s note: We were on hiatus last week. My wife and I were celebrating our anniversary on a cruise, so we’ll try to catch up. Most of the 18 league champions had byes as playoffs in five of six divisions (Open opens Friday) got underway. They were first in 2019: TEAM LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFF […]
Read More1936: A Changing and Uncertain Landscape
Point Loma was beginning the most successful run in school history. —Banks and creditors foreclosed on the Garnet Avenue property in Pacific Beach on which San Diego Army and Navy Academy had been a fixture since 1910. —School districts sprung up in Encinitas and Vista, creating a revamped Southern Prep League and an enrollment shortfall […]
Read More2019 Week 10: Playoffs Next as First Season Nears End
The 18 San Diego Section leagues put a wrap on the regular season this week and most of their members will take a breath and await playoff seedings, which will be determined on Saturday. Championships have been won in several circuits. AVOCADO Champion Carlsbad (6-0, 8-1 overall) is getting ready for a nonleague test with […]
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