2018 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 […]
Read More2018 Week 1: 269 No Magic Number for Helix
How decisive was top-ranked Helix’ shocking, 43-3 defeat at San Bernardino Cajon last week? Two-hundred, sixty-nine games decisive. You have to go back to the third contest of the 1996 season, a 41-0 Highlanders loss to El Camino, to find a more conclusive result. Only four others in the school’s storied, 68-season, 691-game history—41-0 to […]
Read More2018 Week 0: Scots Try to Repeat; Have Tough Opener
Helix is number one, at least for the opening week. The Highlanders received 14 first-place votes and 262 points from the panel of 30 in the first Union-Tribune football poll coordinated by veteran prep honcho John Maffei. The Scots also were number one in the final 2017 vote: Rank Team 2017 Points Previous 1. Helix […]
Read More2017-18 Week 15: 3 Finalists Come up Short
It officially was a down year in San Diego Section basketball. Every team in the final Union-Tribune Top 10 poll was eliminated by the quarterfinals round of the Southern California regional tournament. Three of the six from the original 32 in five divisions made it past the semifinals into a championship game, but all were […]
Read More2017-18 Week 13: Mission Bay Finishes No. 1.
Mission Bay, by virtue of late-season wins over Torrey Pines and Foothills Christian, emerged as the No. 1 team in the final Union-Tribune poll. The Buccaneers defeated favored Torrey Pines on the Falcons’Â floor, 64-62, in the semifinals of the San Diego Section Open Division playoffs and then beat Foothills Christian, 52-45, in the finals […]
Read More2017-18 Week 6: Buck Stops With Bucs
Mission Bay has not been a “brand” name in San Diego Section basketball, but the Buccaneers continue to hold sway in the Union-Tribune weekly poll. They’re now 15-3 after Tuesday night’s 71-63 victory over Patrick Henry. The Bucs have beaten so-called brands No. 3 Foothills Christian and No. 8 St. Augustine and lost to No. […]
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