2014 Week 12: Heady Atmosphere for Some Qualifiers
No less than seven teams still alive in the San Diego Section playoffs haven’t been this far in at least 10 years. Sixteen teams are preparing for eight semifinal games this week, with the computer-oriented seeding process playing out well, but not much differently than when it was with coaches hollering and screaming on Selection Saturday. El Capitan, the […]
Read More2014 Week 12: Playoffs Essentially Begin This Evening
The real racing in the San Diego Section playoffs, including competition in the Open Division, begins tonight with quarterfinals games on fields drying out from recent rain. Teams with championship hopes also have their sights set beyond, to the state playoffs which begin in three weeks, following section championships. Oceanside is seventh in Cal-Hi Sports‘ […]
Read More2014 Weeks 11-12: First Round Like Regular Season
Sixty-four playoff teams became 32, but the action was more like an 11th regular-season game, everyone awaiting the real postseason. It all should change this week, with Open Division competition beginning in the quarterfinals and with some decent offerings. Eastlake (7-3), seeded fifth in the Open, visits No. 4 Mission Hills (8-2). Division I sends […]
Read More2014 Week 11: Top Teams, Enjoy Your Week Off
The computer and the writers, broadcasters, and administrative honchos are in agreement. The elite, top 10 teams in the UT-San Diego poll won’t be asked to mingle with the proletariat in the first round of the Division I-V postseason. The CIF’s computer-based seedings byed each team, from Oceanside to San Marcos. The top 10 clubs have a combined, 89-11 record. […]
Read More1996: Essence of the Game
Virtues and moments that identify high school football: Overflow crowd of more than 4,000 at San Pasqual High, under Friday night lights, for neighborhood bragging rights. Tom Kirovski carried the ball on 24 of San Pasqual’s 28 second-half possessions and gained 155 of his game total of 173 yards as the Eagles defeated Orange Glen, 28-17, in the […]
Read More2014 Week 11: Revenge of the Cardinals
What a difference 70 years makes. Jerry Ralph’s speedy, competitive Hoover Cardinals took a 63-0 halftime lead and then called off the jam, activated the running clock, and ran out the game against former arch rival San Diego. The 63-point victory gave Hoover the City League championship and its first outright league title since Roy Engle’s 1963 […]
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