2012, Week 16: Gritty Madison Wins State III title
Down 21-0, Madison battled back to defeat Kentfield Marin Catholic 38-35 in a dramatic State III Championship game at the Stub Hub in Carson. A 50-yard touchdown pass play, which began with the center snap going over the quarterback’s head and ended with Kareem Coles’ pass to Lee Walker, ignited a 31-point Warhawks run. After […]
Read More2012, Week 16: 90-year Record to Fall
Madison and Santa Fe Christian are about to break the oldest record, often tied, in San Diego County. The Warhawks (13-1) and Eagles (11-3) will play their 15th games of the 2012 season when the Southern champions tee up in State Bowl Championship games against Kentfield Marin Catholic and Modesto Central Catholic,  respectively, this week at Cal State Dominguez Hills […]
Read More2012, Week 15: Madison Wins with Defense, Special Teams
Madison has a State Bowl III Championship date with Kentfield Marin Catholic at 4 p.m. next Saturday at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson. The Warhawks (13-1) advanced after a pulsating, 21-17, come-from-behind victory at Monrovia (12-3), which managed to shackle Madison’s big-play weapons, outgained the visitors 448 yards to 119, and led until a 91-yard kickoff […]
Read More2012, Week 15: Santa Fe Christian Advances
Santa Fe Christian’s first venture into the State bowl regional playoffs was against Arcadia Rio Hondo Prep, a Southern California small schools power for almost 40 years. ‘Hondo had won 10, eight-man championships and was runner-up four times since 1973 before moving up to 11-man football. But Santa Fe Christian fought to a come-from-behind, 30-28 […]
Read More2012, Week 14: Monrovia, Then and Now
Will history repeat? Madison will play at Monrovia in the Division III State Bowl playoffs this week in the first playoff ever matching a San Diego Section team against one from the Southern Section. San Diego’s last playoff appearance as a member of the Southern Section was in 1959. San Diego High’s 53-0 victory over […]
Read More1945: Cavers No. 1 in Country Until…
The headline below  screamed at the top of the lead sports page in The San Diego Union on Nov. 13, 1945. The Scholastic Statistical Bureau of New York, “which every week rates the performances of thousands of high school grid aggregations throughout the country,” selected coach Bill Bailey’s team as No. 1 in the country, according […]
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