2018 Week 7: Five at 6-0 Share Room at the Top
Christian, El Centro Central, Francis Parker, Kearny, and Torrey Pines continue to set the pace, each with a 6-0 record. Seven teams, Valhalla, Patrick Henry, Ocean View, El Cajon Valley, Hoover, Mabel O’Farrell, and Clairemont, are setting a reverse pace, each without a win. La Costa Canyon, which I had voted as the top team […]
Read More2018 Week 6: Now the Real Racing Begins
Forty-five teams begin league play this week. Twenty-three more will commence next week, and 22 already have started down that road as the season reaches Week 7 and the final month of the regular season. It seems that every team in the San Diego Section will make the playoffs. Although that is not the case […]
Read More2018 Week 5: Helix, La Costa Canyon Lead With 3 NFL Players Each
Of the 1,694 players on active NFL rosters on Kickoff Weekend earlier this month, 18 were from San Diego Section schools, six more than in 2017. (There is an error in the table below. Alex Mack did attend San Marcos High, in Santa Barbara, not at our local San Marcos). Helix and La Costa Canyon […]
Read More2018 Week 4: Not the NFL, But Rams, Eagles Just as Intense
Call it the Battle of Banner Grade, because a chunk of the 32-mile trip from Julian to Borrego Springs on California 78 traverses the circuitous path of the vintage East County road, past the 19th Century gold-mining community of Banner, until the final stretch of the approximately 50-minute drive turns to County Road S2. Julian […]
Read More2018 Week 3: Helix-Cathedral Now, La Costa-Torrey Later
Helix and Cathedral collide this week while La Costa Canyon and Torrey Pines are on a collision course. The Cathedral Dons, 5-7 last season and missing stud running back Shawn Poma much of the year, made a statement last week with a 42-21 win over high-powered Gardena Serra, the state’s 10th-ranked team, according to Cal-Hi […]
Read More2018 Week 2: A 1…and a 2…and a 3, it’s San Clemente Time Again
San Clemente has become the Avocado League’s weathervane. La Costa Canyon, second ranked in this week’s Union-Tribune poll, will be the third Avo team in successive weeks to take on the Tritons, a respected Orange County entry just a few right or left turns and a modest hike up Interstate 5 from Oceanside (23 miles), Torrey […]
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