La Costa Canyon pulls off come-from-behind win on ‘great’ night to be a Maverick
Mavericks improve to 8-0 for the first time since 2011
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Preview: USD hosts winless Marist with a chance to improve to 2-1 in league play
What you need to know about Saturday afternoon's game at Torero Stadium
Torrey Pines defense shuts down No. 8 El Camino
Torrey Pines plays stubborn on the defensive side, the key to a 7-6 home win
Preview: USD hosts Presbyterian in search of first Pioneer Football League win
Here's who and what to watch for on Saturday, when the Toreros and Blue Hose meet
With their home stadium unusable, ‘every day’s a road trip’ for San Diego’s No. 1-ranked high school football team
Lincoln High School practices at Logan Memorial Education Campus and Crawford High School, plays at Southwestern College
In speech to Lincoln students, Super Bowl champion talks literacy, shares Tom Brady’s advice
Malcolm Mitchell's message at Lincoln conveyed multiple themes
Last-second field goal pushes Drake past USD in Pioneer Football League opener
It was a case of painful déjà vu
Kearny wins wild scorefest over SD Southwest 50-48
In a game that featured 98 points and 916 yards of total offense, it was a defensive play that decided matters
Preview: USD opens Pioneer Football League play with game at Drake
A look at Saturday's Pioneer Football League opener
San Diego will host World Athletics Road Running Championships in 2025
While the exact location of the races was not announced, they are expected to be centered around Balboa Park.
North Dakota rallies in second half, hands USD first football loss of 2024 season
North Dakota scores 24 points in the third quarter
Preview: USD travels to North Dakota with hopes of improving to 3-0
The Toreros and Fighting Hawks play at 11 a.m. Saturday in Grand Forks, N.D.
Throughout San Diego, zeroes are heroes when it comes to high school football
Many of the section's top high school football players wear No. 0, following a trend that started in the NFL
Mt. Carmel tennis standout Samantha Cheng keeps her cool on the court
Reigning CIF San Diego Section girls singles champ shows discipline, resolve
With ‘no time to think,’ backup quarterback leads Mt. Carmel to Homecoming victory
Kelle Leuck is sharp from the start after replacing the injured Trevor Taumoepeau
‘This means everything’: USD tops Cal Poly to open 2024 season
Victory over Division I FCS scholarship program comes after scandal-plagued 2023
Oceanside closes strong, earns gritty victory over Santa Fe Christian
Oceanside High School football coach Fale Poumele was none too happy with his team’s performance in its season opener, a 29-point whipping istered by San Juan Capistrano San Juan Hills...
With Eric Haney leading from the secondary, USD opens 2024 season with great expectations
A fifth-year senior, Eric Haney is in his third season as a Toreros starter
Notebook: USD to start veteran at QB; coach ‘starting over’ after difficult first year
Grant Sergent has earned the starting nod over Mater Dei Catholic grad Dom Nankil
Star QB, ‘Agent Zero’ lead La Costa Canyon to blowout win over Saints in season opener
Quinn Roth throws for 238 yards and 4 TDs, Coby Herman rushes for 112 yards in 37-10 victory
Poway state champion John Meyers is the Union-Tribune’s 2023-24 Boys Coach of the Year
With coach John Meyers leading the way, Poway won its fifth state championship in record-breaking fashion
Torrey Pines’ history-making Laurel Gonzalez is the Union-Tribune’s 2023-24 Girls Athlete of the Year
In the CIF San Diego Section’s 64-year history, Gonzalez is the first boy or girl to be named Player of the Year in three sports
Torrey Pines captures state boys golf title, the seventh in program history
When the 2024 boys high school golf season began, Torrey Pines’ team goal was the same as always: Win the state championship. After some early-season struggles, including losing a dual...
Torrey Pines captures state boys golf title, the seventh in program history
When the 2024 boys high school golf season began, Torrey Pines’ team goal was the same as always: Win the state championship. After some early-season struggles, including losing a dual...
Torrey Pines captures state boys golf title, the seventh in program history
When the 2024 boys high school golf season began, Torrey Pines’ team goal was the same as always: Win the state championship. After some early-season struggles, including losing a dual...
Preview: Torrey Pines competes Wednesday for state golf title
CIF Boys Golf State ChampionshipWhen: 7:30 a.m., WednesdayWhere: San Gabriel Country ClubPreview: Concord De La Salle, most renowned for a football program that won 151 consecutive games from 1992 to...
Ailing Jay Leng leads Torrey Pines to SoCal Boys Golf Championships
Jay Leng texted his Torrey Pines High School boys golf coach with some bad news Monday night, May 20. The senior’s temperature was 101.4 degrees. His likelihood of playing in...
Ailing Jay Leng leads Torrey Pines to SoCal Boys Golf Championships
Jay Leng texted his Torrey Pines High School boys golf coach with some bad news Monday night, May 20. The senior’s temperature was 101.4 degrees. His likelihood of playing in...
Ailing Jay Leng leads Torrey Pines to SoCal Boys Golf Championships
Jay Leng texted his Torrey Pines High School boys golf coach with some bad news Monday night. The senior’s temperature was 101.4 degrees. His likelihood of playing in the CIF...
Roundup: Football star Brady Allen steps up, leads Point Loma to first boys lacrosse title
ENCINITAS — Brady Allen suffered heartache his junior year at Point Loma High School, losing section championship games in football and lacrosse. Now a senior, he would not be denied a third...
Torrey Pines routs rival La Costa Canyon for CIF San Diego Section boys lacrosse title
The most hated CIF San Diego Section boys lacrosse team resides at 3710 Del Mar Heights Road: Torrey Pines High School. Winning — and winning and winning and winning —...
Torrey Pines routs rival La Costa Canyon for CIF San Diego Section boys lacrosse title
The most hated CIF San Diego Section boys lacrosse team resides at 3710 Del Mar Heights Road: Torrey Pines High School. Winning — and winning and winning and winning —...
Torrey Pines wins twice, punches ticket to SoCal boys tennis finals
Torrey Pines High School’s boys tennis season of perfection continued Friday, May 17, but just barely. The Falcons (25-0) won quarterfinal and semifinal matches by identical 4-3 scores at the...
Torrey Pines wins twice, punches ticket to SoCal boys tennis finals
Torrey Pines High School’s boys tennis season of perfection continued Friday, May 17, but just barely. The Falcons (25-0) won quarterfinal and semifinal matches by identical 4-3 scores at the...
Torrey Pines routs rival La Costa Canyon for CIF San Diego Section boys lacrosse title
The most hated CIF San Diego Section boys lacrosse team resides at 3710 Del Mar Heights Road: Torrey Pines High School. Winning — and winning and winning and winning —...
Torrey Pines wins twice, punches ticket to SoCal boys tennis finals
Torrey Pines High School’s boys tennis season of perfection continued Friday, but just barely. The Falcons (25-0) won quarterfinal and semifinal matches by identical 4-3 scores at the SoCal Championship...
Preview: Rancho Bernardo’s Justine Yong heads to SoCal bton championships
CIF SoCal Invitational Bton ChampionshipsWhen: 9 a.m. SaturdayWhere: Arcadia High SchoolPreview: Seedings had not been announced as of late Friday, but Rancho Bernardo High School sophomore Justine Yong is expected...
Rancho Bernardo’s Justine Yong, Canyon Crest Academy’s Raghav Patrachari capture bton titles
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Justine Yong and her bton-playing family found a way to deal with the disease. Wake up at 5:45 a.m. and head to a local park...
Preview: Torrey Pines playing for chance to compete in first state boys tennis championships
CIF Southern California Tennis ChampionshipWhen: 10:45 a.m. FridayWhere: Claremont ClubTorrey Pines (23-0) vs. Palos Verdes (14-4)Preview: Torrey Pines is chasing its fourth Southern California tennis title, the others coming in...
Preview: Torrey Pines-LCC grudge match kicks off CIF San Diego Section boys lacrosse finals
CIF San Diego Section Boys Lacrosse Championshipsission: $15 adults; $9 students and seniorsOpen Division: (3) La Costa Canyon (13-5) vs. (1) Torrey Pines (16-3)When: 7 p.m. FridayWhere: Del Norte High...
Rancho Bernardo’s Justine Yong, Canyon Crest Academy’s Raghav Patrachari capture bton titles
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Justine Yong and her bton-playing family found a way to deal with the disease. Wake up at 5:45 a.m. and head to a local park...
Rancho Bernardo’s Justine Yong, Canyon Crest Academy’s Raghav Patrachari capture bton titles
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Justine Yong and her bton-playing family found a way to deal with the disease. Wake up at 5:45 a.m. and head to a local park...
Mira Mesa High School wins first CIF San Diego Section bton title
Seventeen CIF San Diego Section championship banners hang from one wall of the Mira Mesa High School gym. Soon, there will be an addition. Making up for some past misery,...
Preview: Mira Mesa, Patrick Henry square off Saturday for CIF bton championship
CIF San Diego Section Bton ChampionshipWhen: 2:30 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Mira Mesa High Schoolission: Free (5) Mira Mesa (8-3) vs. (2) Patrick Henry (8-2)Patrick Henry is the three-time reigning section champion....
Would-be football coach, Dynamic Duo turn Castle Park into a winner in girls lacrosse
CHULA VISTA — Castle Park High School first fielded a girls varsity lacrosse program in 2014. The Trojans finished 0-15. The next year, they were 0-6.After that challenging start, in stepped 26-year-old...
Sofia Mujica hits 56th career home run as Granite Hills beats rival Steele Canyon
The calendar just flipped to May, meaning playoffs are around the corner and teams want to be playing their best. Exhibit A of a squad pulling that off came Tuesday...
High school playoff roundup: La Jolla lives up to championship pedigree with CIF Division I boys tennis title
Before La Jolla High School’s home quarterfinal Division I tennis match against Rancho Bernardo this month, coach Jack Kruger summoned his players to a court where a banner listed the...
Battery sparks Poway’s softball win over rival Rancho Bernardo
Poway High School pitcher Mya McGowan and catcher Sophia Burmeister have been friends seemingly forever.“Since second grade,” said Burmeister.“I think it was first grade,” offered McGowan.They played rec league softball...
Battery sparks Poway’s softball win over rival Rancho Bernardo
Poway High School pitcher Mya McGowan and catcher Sophia Burmeister have been friends seemingly forever.“Since second grade,” said Burmeister.“I think it was first grade,” offered McGowan.They played rec league softball...
La Jolla lives up to reputation with CIF boys tennis title
Before La Jolla High School’s home quarterfinal Division I tennis match against Rancho Bernardo last week, coach Jack Kruger summoned his players to a court where a banner listed the...
Torrey Pines defeats Saints for Open Division boys tennis title, wraps a season for the ages
First-year Torrey Pines High School boys tennis coach Bruce Taub knew his team was playing the role of Goliath against St. Augustine’s David when the teams met Friday afternoon, April...
Torrey Pines defeats Saints for Open Division boys tennis title, wraps a season for the ages
First-year Torrey Pines High School boys tennis coach Bruce Taub knew his team was playing the role of Goliath against St. Augustine’s David when the teams met Friday afternoon, April...
Torrey Pines defeats Saints for Open Division boys tennis title, wraps a season for the ages
First-year Torrey Pines High School boys tennis coach Bruce Taub knew his team was playing the role of Goliath against St. Augustine’s David when the teams met Friday afternoon for...
Preview: CIF San Diego Section Division 1, 2, 3 boys tennis titles will be decided Saturday
Boys tennisCIF San Diego Section ChampionshipsAll matches at Barnes Tennis Center Division 3: (7) Classical Academy (6-11) vs. (5) Mission Bay (4-10)When: 10 a.m. SaturdayMission Bay upset No. 1-seeded Canyon...
Second chances, poor shooting doom Grossmont in Division 4 state title game loss
Eureka St. Bernard’s initial possession in Saturday's Division 4 girls basketball state championship game against Grossmont High School proved to be a sign of things to come.The Crusaders clanked their...
Grossmont girls punch ticket to Division 4 state championship game
EL CAJON — As if a spot in a state championship game weren’t incentive enough for Grossmont High School’s girls basketball team Tuesday night against Fallbrook, the Foothillers carried another sliver of...
Road proves rough for Mission Hills, which falls to Santa Ana Mater Dei on emotional night
SANTA ANA — Mission Hills High School girls basketball coach Chris Kroesch was not happy when seedings were announced for the Southern California Regionals. Despite winning the CIF San Diego Section Open...
Francis Parker defeats Victory Christian for CIF Division 2 girls hoops title; UC boys win
With five freshmen and four sophomores on an 11-player roster, Francis Parker School’s girls basketball team needed a babysitter as much as a coach.“I’m the babysitter and the coach,” said...
Preview: Open Division soccer championships on the line Saturday at Bonita Vista High School
CIF-San Diego Section Soccer ChampionshipBoysOpen Division: (3) Del Norte (15-3-4) vs. (1) St. Augustine (17-2-3)When: 3 p.m. Saturday Where: Bonita Vista High SchoolPreview: Del Norte has cruised through the playoffs,...
Del Lago Academy tops Calipatria for first-ever boys CIF title; Montgomery girls win D3 crown
Del Lago Academy opened its Escondido doors in 2013-14. That winter, the Firebirds’ girls’ soccer team won the magnet school’s first section championship. CIF championships for the school since then?Zippo.So...
Brackett, buster: Cathedral Catholic’s Alana leads the way as Dons beat Fallbrook in D1 semifinals
Wednesday night began with a surprise for Cathedral Catholic High School senior guard Alana Brackett. She was given flowers before the Dons’ Division 1 semifinal playoff game against Fallbrook for...
PREP PREVIEW: Poway the team to beat in 2024; San Diego stocked with softball talent
Softball First game: Was SaturdaySection finals: May 23-25Defending champions:Open Division: PowayDivision 1: Otay RanchDivision 2: HoltvilleDivision 3: ImperialDivision 4: MadisonDivision 5: Coastal Academy2023 Player of the Year: Jazmin Williams, Steele...
Bailey Barnhard scores 32 points as Del Norte tops Poway in playoffs
POWAY — The strategy Poway High School’s girls basketball team utilized in Friday's CIF San Diego Section Open Division quarterfinal playoff game against rival Del Norte was not complicated: stop Bailey...
La Costa Canyon bounces Our Lady of Peace in first round of girls basketball playoffs
The shoes Ashley Fleming was asked to fill in her first stint as a varsity coach this season at La Costa Canyon High School measured about size 15 EEE. The...
PREP PREVIEW: Torrey Pines again tops when it comes to boys, girls lacrosse
LacrosseBoysFirst game: SaturdaySection finals: May 17-18Defending champions: Open Division: Torrey PinesDivision 1: La Jolla Country DayDivision 2: Francis ParkerDivision 3: Army-Navy AcademyPlayer of the Year: Ben Trask, Torrey Pines (now...
La Costa Canyon bounces Our Lady of Peace in first round of girls basketball playoffs
CARLSBAD — The shoes Ashley Fleming was asked to fill in her first stint as a varsity coach this season at La Costa Canyon High School measured about size 15 EEE. The...
Bonita Vista’s smart, driven, talented Mahliya Wilson hits 2,000-point mark
CHULA VISTA — Mahliya Wilson its to being the shy, quiet type.“I’m just really to myself,” said the Bonita Vista High School senior flag football/basketball player. “I don’t really go out...
Imperial tops rival Holtville, captures Division 4 boys wrestling title
IMPERIAL BEACH — For the last three years, Imperial High School played second fiddle to rival Holtville at the San Diego Section Division 4 boys wrestling championships. Holtville muscled its way to...
Mount Miguel boasts one of the nation’s most prolific scorers. So why are the Matadors facing criticism?
SPRING VALLEY — According to the National Federation of State High School Associations, 17,881 schools fielded girls basketball teams during the 2022-23 season. Total number of players: 383,362.This season, of those nearly...
Brawley dominates foes at Division II girls wrestling meet
SANTEE — The city of Brawley sits in the Imperial Valley, roughly 131 miles east of San Diego, 25 miles north of Mexico. Come summer, the temperature sits in triple digits. The...
Relentless, versatile Kyara Walter has Mission Hills rolling
It was the summer of 2020, when COVID-19 mandates limited indoor activities. So the first time Mission Hills High School girls basketball coach Chris Kroesch spotted Kyara Walter was on...
Poway’s Kikiniou brothers say there’s no grappling with their destiny
When they were young children growing up in Minsk, Belarus, the Kikiniou brothers — Aliaksandr and Arseni — would open a case inside their parents’ bedroom and marvel at the...
Poway’s Kikiniou brothers say there’s no grappling with their destiny: They want to be wrestling stars
POWAY — When they were young children growing up in Minsk, Belarus, the Kikiniou brothers — Aliaksandr and Arseni — would open a case inside their parents’ bedroom and marvel at the...
Poway hosts Arizona powerhouse Sunnyside in Saturday’s ‘Battle of #1s’
Poway High School, the No. 1-ranked wrestling team in the state and fourth-ranked team nationally, will face Tucson Sunnyside in a dual meet Saturday in the Titans’ gym. The match,...
Torreys stand tall on odd night against Bishop’s, run away with 76-33 win
Oddities unfolded Thursday night, when La Jolla Country Day’s No. 2-ranked girls basketball team made the short six-mile trek to face rival The Bishop’s School.On one third-quarter possession, the Torreys...
Escondido Charter edges Santa Fe Christian in MLK showcase
SOLANA BEACH — Wanting to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Vickie Carrington put together a showcase of basketball games in 2008. On Monday, on what would have been...
Saints avoids letdown, beats Santa Fe Christian in first game since winning Crypto.com Arena event
SOLANA BEACH — St. Augustine High School’s boys basketball team experienced the thrill of a lifetime Saturday, playing on LeBron James’ home floor, Crypto.com Arena. Saints hammered Los Angeles Loyola, winning by...
Bill McColl, a Hoover High School football standout, surgeon and San Diego renaissance man, dies at 93
Bill McColl, a standout athlete at Hoover High School who went on to star in football at Stanford and for the Chicago Bears before becoming an orthopedic surgeon, died Dec....
Falcons fall in tournament final, but believe they’ve turned corner
After winning the San Diego Section Division 2 championship last February, Torrey Pines High School’s girls basketball team faced some challenges this season.The Falcons moved up to the more competitive...
JSerra routs tournament host Torrey Pines using tough defense
As the host of the Torrey Pines Holiday Classic, Torrey Pines High School’s boys basketball team likes to play against the best opponents entering the prestigious tournament, now in its...
Challenged by her coaches to step up as a senior, Naomi Panganiban is delivering
Before the basketball season began, La Jolla Country Day coach Terri Bamford pulled aside point guard Naomi Panganiban after practice for a heart-to-heart conversation.“For this team to succeed,” said Bamford,...
SFC gets defensive in Holiday Classic win over El Camino
In a college career spent at BYU and Marquette, Matt Carlino scored 1,620 points. But in his first season as the head coach at Santa Fe Christian, the 31-year-old Carlino...
Chance to grow, compete draws Helix QB Ryland Jessee to Big Ten school
When the list of 18 San Diego Section football players who had put pen to paper on National g Day was reported Wednesday, one name and the college awarding him...
For the first time since 1976, a San Diego team has won the National Club Cross Country Championships
One flies jets for the Marine Corps. Another sells running shoes. There’s a Qualcomm software engineer in the bunch, a special education teacher, a guy who works in marketing, one...
Naomi Panganiban scores 30 as La Jolla Country Day tops Bonita Vista, keeps streak alive
La Jolla Country Day girls basketball coach Terri Bamford probably shed a few tears at the Torreys’ graduation ceremony last spring. She lost McDonald’s All-Americans Breya Cunningham and Jada Williams...
Scene & heard: Sleep eludes Sweetwater on game day; Santa visits Torrance; Sycuan steps up
TORRANCE — Sweetwater High School’s quest for the first state championship in program history started before the sun rose Saturday. Head coach Ervin Hernandez ed on spending the night near El Camino...
‘Tough National City kids’ have Sweetwater on doorstep of first-ever state title in football
NATIONAL CITY — After he watches game film with his teammates on Saturday mornings, Sweetwater High School lineman Angel Cota heads to a construction job. He often pulls another shift on...
Citing ‘little window’ to be an involved dad, Point Loma football coach Joel Allen resigns
Saying he wants to spend more time with his family, Point Loma High School football coach Joel Allen has resigned. In three full seasons at the school, plus one game...
SEASON PREVIEW: Mission Hills has the talent to topple girls basketball powerhouse La Jolla Country Day
Girls basketball season preview Regular season ends: Feb. 9 Championship finals: Feb. 22-24Defending championsOpen Division: La Jolla Country Day; Division 1: Mater Dei Catholic; Division 2: Torrey Pines; Division 3:...
Sweetwater takes SoCal Regional 6-A title using its potent ground game
NATIONAL CITY — Sweetwater High School’s football team does not try to fool anyone. The Red Devils, who put the ball on the ground 90 percent of the time, want to run...
Del Norte stunned on last play in Division 3-AA SoCal Regional championship
There were 6.1 seconds on the clock. That and 52 yards was all that separated Del Norte High School from advancing to its first state football championship game in the...
‘Flag Man’ will be retiring, but not as La Jolla Country Day’s No. 1 fan
The man sprinting up and down the La Jolla Country Day sideline waving a Torreys flag during the school's CIF San Diego Section Division III championship victory over Grossmont is...
‘Miracle’ final play boosts Birmingham past devastated Del Norte in SoCal finals
There were 6.1 seconds on the clock. That and 52 yards and one defensive stop were all that separated Del Norte High School from advancing to its first state football...
Best buddies Jack Schneider and Ty Olsen have Del Norte dreaming of a state title
Jack Schneider and Ty Olsen have been playing pitch and catch at Del Norte High School for three years. Sometimes Schneider, the Nighthawks’ senior quarterback, and Olsen, his go-to junior...
Best buddies Jack Schneider and Ty Olsen have Del Norte dreaming of a state title
Jack Schneider and Ty Olsen have been playing pitch and catch at Del Norte High School for three years. Sometimes Schneider, the Nighthawks’ senior quarterback, and Olsen, his go-to junior...
State championship pairings set: Granite Hills has rough road after drawing Mission Viejo
Matchups for the CIF State Football Southern California Regional playoffs were announced Sunday afternoon, and here were some immediate reactions:CIF San Diego Section Open Division champion Granite Hills High School,...
‘Flag Man’ retiring, but not as La Jolla Country Day’s No. 1 fan
CHULA VISTA — Sprinting up and down the La Jolla Country Day sideline Saturday afternoon for the Div. 3 championship game against Grossmont High, waving a Torreys flag, was 71-year-old Lee Sawyer....
Scene & Heard: Big moments, mysterious backpacks and kettle corn make for fun day of high school football
CHULA VISTA — The Southwestern College scoreboard showed that Chula Vista High School lost Friday's CIF San Diego Section Division 4 championship football game to Mount Miguel, 35-14. That didn’t stop the...
Versatile Isaiah Hasten leads St. Augustine into Division I title game
In this age of specialization, the multi-sport athlete is threatening to go the way of pay phones and typewriters. Borderline extinction. Then there’s St. Augustine High School’s Isaiah Hasten.The sinewy...
Scene and heard from Snapdragon Stadium: Lincoln rallies behind paralyzed cheerleader
Saturday, as it does before every game, Lincoln High School’s football team gathered in the end zone to say the Lord’s Prayer, led by pastor Charles Mullins.The prayer has taken...