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Season Preview: No. 5 La Costa Canyon Mavericks
Season Preview: La Costa Canyon Mavericks Last Year: 9-3 (1st in Avocado West, lost in D-II semifinals) Top Players: OL/DL Scott Quessenberry (Sr.), QB Jake Sesti (Sr.), RB Deon Dickey (Sr.), LB Ty Toolson (Sr.), LB/FB Shayne Davern (Sr.), DB …
Big Trade Blots Streaking Padres From National Spotlight
If not for the blockbuster trade the Dodgers and Red Sox just pulled off, the San Diego Padres would be making national news right now, as it seems that they are the hottest team in baseball. A sweep of the …
Season Preview: No. 3 Poway Titans
Poway senior cornerback Derek Babiash (pictured) is one of 11 returning starters for the Titans this season Season Preview: Poway Titans Last Year: 12-0-1 (1st in Palomar, Division I champions) Returning Starters: 6 on offense/5 on defense Top Players: CB …
Season Preview: No. 4 Cathedral Catholic Dons
Pictured: Cathedral Catholic senior quarterback Garrett Bogart returns as a three-year varsity starter Season Preview: Cathedral Catholic Dons Last Year: 12-1 (1st in Eastern, D-III champions) Top Players: QB Garrett Bogart (Sr.), LB Toshaun Poumele (Sr.), DL Kyle Davis (Jr.), …
Season Preview: No. 8 Eastlake Titans
Eastlake running back Aaron Baltazar (pictured) will be the main playmaker in the Titans' Wing-T offense this season Season Preview: Eastlake Titans Last year: 8-4 (2nd in Metro Mesa, lost in D-I semifinals) Top Players: RB/S Aaron Baltazar (Sr., Boise …
Season Preview: Steele Canyon Cougars
Steele Canyon named longtime varsity assistant Scott Longerbone (pictured) head coach in the offseason after Ron Boehmke stepped down Season Preview: Steele Canyon Cougars Last Year: 8-4 (2nd in Grossmont Hills, lost in D-II quarterfinals) Returning Starters: 6 on offense/3 …
Pirates Swept by Surging Padres
Let's get this straight. So, all you have to do is to call up some minor league pitcher that most people have never heard of and start him against a team that is contending for a play-off spot. Then, plug …
Season Preview: No. 9 Valley Center Jaguars
Pictured: Valley Center senior receiver Michael McInerny Season Preview: Valley Center Jaguars Last Year: 12-1 (1st in Valley, D-IV Champs) Top Players: QB Ryan Kleiman (Sr.), WR Michael McInerny (Sr.), DB/WR Anthony Ricks (Sr.), WR Cody Gearhart (Sr.) Newcomers to …
Headley's Heroics Hammers Helpless Pirates
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/22/30142/ The only play more decisive in baseball than a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, is a walk-off home run in the bottom of the tenth. Chase Headley found a change-up thrown by Pirates reliever …
Season Preview: Christian Patriots
Pictured: Christian senior running back/safety Rayvon Owens Season Preview: Christian Patriots Last Year: 9-3 (2nd in Coastal, D-V Champs) Top Players: RB/S Rayvon Owens (Sr.), OL/DL Tyler Leslie (Sr.), TE/LB Trenton Sauls (Jr.) Newcomers to Watch: QB Michael Carrillo (Jr.), …
Volquez Wows as Padres Beat Pirates
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/21/30056/ Baseball is a game of what have you done for me lately. Your last four outings as a pitcher will be easily forgotten if you simply dazzle us tonight. This is what happens. And on Monday, Edinson Volquez dazzled. …
Season Preview: No. 10 Madison Warhawks
Pictured: Sophomore quarterback Kareem Coles makes his varsity debut for Madison this season Season Preview: Madison Warhawks Last year: 10-1-1 (1st in Western, lost in D-IV semifinals) Top Players: RB Pierre Cormier (Sr., Arizona), WR Lee Walker (Sr., Arizona), LB/C …
Clayton Richard Shines as Padres Beat Giants
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/20/29938/ Maybe if the Padres could clone a bunch of Clayton Richards, maybe then the bats would also remain awake and pounding the ball, just maybe. Not that the other hurlers don't have their merits, but Richard has been due …
Red Zone Preseason Top 10
Pictured: Madison running back Pierre Cormier Red Zone Preseason Top 10 Records from last season, division in parentheses 1. Helix (II) (12-1) – Defending state champions begin the season on top 2. Oceanside (II) (9-3-1) – Pirates are hungry after …
Giants Hand Padres Fifth Straight Loss
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/19/29876/ The San Diego Padres are on the wrong side of a streak, which is bound to happen during the course of a season, but what with new ownership on the horizon and little to play for but pride this …
Giants Stomp Padres
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/18/29860/ There isn’t always a lot that can be said after a blow-out loss from a team that was a victim of it. Padres starter Ross Ohlendorf failed to get out of the third inning, and the Padres were blown …
Braves Blister Padres for Third Straight Time
As Padres manager Buddy Black often points out, one can spin some events two ways. On the one hand, Braves starter Kris Medlen pitched one heck of a ball game, giving up only five hits while striking out six en …
Sale of Padres Approved by MLB Owners
As was widely predicted, a group headed by the O'Malley family, or perhaps Ron Fowler, or even the Seidlers, depending on how one wishes to figure it, were approved by MLB ownership on Thursday morning at the MLB quarterly owner's …
Braves Best Punchless Padres Again
Padres starter Edinson Volquez is in a slump, mired in a streak where he can't get out of the fifth inning. Amazing stuff, considering that just a under a month ago, Volquez pitched a one-hit complete game shutout against the …
Padres Bats Sleep as Braves and Hudson Roll
With Clayton Richard on the mound for the Padres and Tim Hudson going for the Atlanta Braves, the obvious expectation would be a pitcher’s duel. And that’s what happened on Tuesday at Turner Field, for a little while at least, …