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Carlsbad, Avocado League champion five consecutive years from 2019-23 before being unseated by La Costa Canyon in 2024, finds itself in a four-way battle this season and with a showdown…

Ranks of the undefeated, 12 strong,  will begin to thin this week. Three head-to-head games are on the schedule and a couple regarded once-beaten squads also will be in important…

The narrative originally was posted Nov. 10, 2016. A sneeze at a military facility near Junction City, Kansas, turned into a cold that led to a fever that led to…

Point Loma is 4-0 for the first time in 20 years, since the 2005 club coached by Mike Hastings was 12-1. Can the Pointers’ run the table?  Not likely, with…

Nine teams are 4-0 as the regular season moves to the halfway mark for most squads this week. Seven, including Mission Bay, Mission Hills, La Costa Canyon, Carlsbad, Santa Fe…

The narrative originally was posted Oct. 10, 2012. Duane Maley felt like the guy who discovered that his wallet had been lifted after being jostled in a crowded theater. Maley …

Lincoln and Cathedral scored significant  intersectional victories last week and Cal-Hi Sports noticed. The Hornets reversed a 2024 loss to Arbor View with a 50-31 victory over the Las Vegas…

Brady Palmer (left) ran for one touchdown and passed for another and Parker Johnson caught a touchdown pass and returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown in Cathedral’s 35-7…

John Maffei’s The San Diego Union Week 1 poll: Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous ranking (2024) in (italics). NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps‘ and Cal-Hi Sports‘ are state rankings….

San Diego Union-Tribune prep maven John Maffei issued  a week-of-the-first-game top 20, with Western League leaders Lincoln and Cathedral at the top. Both teams aren’t afraid to schedule tough opponents,…