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CIF First Round Schedule
CIF First Round Friday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m. at site of higher seed Division I (8) Chula Vista (5-5) vs. (9) Escondido (4-6) (5) Mira Mesa (5-4-1) vs. (12) Grossmont (5-4-1) (6) Carlsbad (6-4) vs. (11) Granite Hills (5-5) (7) …
Final Regular Season Top 10
Final Regular Season Top 10 Division in parentheses, last week’s rank follows 1. Helix (II) (9-1) (1) – Highlanders have inside track to D-II State Bowl 2. Cathedral Catholic (III) (9-1) (2) – Picked Saints 5 times in Holy Bowl …
Bracket Breakdown: Division I
Division I Top four seeds receive first round byes (1) Poway (9-0-1) (8) Chula Vista (5-5) vs (9) Escondido (4-6) (5) Mira Mesa (5-4-1) vs (12) Grossmont (5-4-1) (4) San Pasqual (7-2-1) (3) Vista (5-5) (6) Carlsbad (6-4) vs (11) …
Bracket Breakdown: Division II
Division II Top four seeds receive first round bye (1) Helix (9-1) (8) Torrey Pines (4-6) vs (9) Morse (6-3) (5) Steele Canyon (7-3) vs (12) Scripps Ranch (3-7) (4) Mission Hills (6-3-1) (3) Oceanside (7-2-1) (6) Valhalla (7-3) vs …
Bracket Breakdown: Division III
Division III Top four seeds receive first round bye (1) Cathedral Catholic (9-1) (8) Ramona (1-9) vs (9) Lincoln (1-8-1) (5) Mt. Carmel (6-4) vs (12) El Capitan (3-7) (4) Point Loma (7-2-1) (3) Olympian (7-3) (6) Kearny (8-2) vs …
Bracket Breakdown: Division IV
Division IV Top four seeds receive first round bye (1) Mount Miguel (8-1) (8) Coronado (7-3) vs (9) Mission Bay (5-4-1) (5) Imperial (7-2-1) vs (12) Del Norte (4-6) (4) Santana (9-1) (3) Valley Center (9-1) (6) Brawley (7-2-1) vs …
Bracket Breakdown: Division V
Division V Top four seeds receive first round bye (1) Santa Fe Christian (9-1) (8) Tri-City Christian (8-2) vs (9) Mountain Empire (9-1) (12) San Pasqual Academy (6-2-1) vs (5) La Jolla Country Day (6-4) (4) Bishop’s (5-5) (3) Francis …
CIF Playoff Pairings
Pairings for the 2011 CIF San Diego Section Football Championships Top four seeds in each division receive bye First Round games Friday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m. at home site of higher seed Division I (1) Poway (9-0-1) (8) Chula Vista …
Game of the Week: #4 St. Augustine at #2 Cathedral Catholic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSZtAdDbxjc Defense guides Dons over Saints in high stakes Holy Bowl DEL MAR HEIGHTS – In a highly anticipated Holy Bowl, defense was the decider. Friday night before a capacity crowd at Manchester Stadium, second-ranked Cathedral Catholic relied a stellar …
#1 Helix Dominates #10 Steele Canyon to Take Grossmont Hills Title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVVcKjf6odM SPRING VALLEY – For a Helix team that has section and state title aspirations, the first step is complete. Thursday night at 10th-ranked Steele Canyon, the top-ranked Highlanders scored on the first play from scrimmage and never looked back …
Week 11 Scoreboard
Nov. 9 Pacific Escondido Charter 57 vs San Diego Jewish Academy 14 (at Orange Glen High) Nov. 10 Avocado East Vista 24 at Fallbrook 0 Avocado West at Carlsbad 54, Rancho Buena Vista 14 Central at Morse 42, Clairemont 23 …
Week 11 High Five
Game of the Week #4 St. Augustine (9-0, 4-0 Eastern) at #2 Cathedral Catholic (8-1, 4-0) Friday 7 p.m. The Holy Bowl is typically one of the section’s main attractions, and this year the religious rivalry is even bigger. Cathedral …
Week 11 Top 10
Week 11 Top 10 Division in parentheses, last week’s rank follows 1. Helix (II) (8-1) (1) – Cap regular season at Steele Canyon 2. Cathedral Catholic (III) (8-1) (2) – Host Saints in high-stakes Holy Bowl 3. Poway (I) (8-0-1) …
Mission Bay Trudges Through Mud, Rain to Beat Hoover
PACIFIC BEACH – Rain turned Mission Bay’s field into mush on Friday afternoon – and it suited the host Buccaneers just fine. Mission Bay scored all its points before halftime against Hoover and navigated rough second half conditions to down …
Game of the Week: Olympian at #5 Eastlake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX-fWkKFPLA Eagles shake up South Bay with landmark victory over Titans CHULA VISTA – On a rain-soaked night, Olympian took the South Bay by storm. The Eagles knocked off fifth-ranked Eastlake 16-7 at Stan Canaris Stadium on Friday night in …
Week 10 Scoreboard
Nov. 4 Avocado East at Mission Hills 41, Escondido 7 at San Pasqual 44, Fallbrook 0 Avocado West #6 La Costa Canyon 17 at El Camino 14 #7 Oceanside 37 at Carlsbad 0 Central Kearny 47 vs University City 0 …
Best Pics: October
For all 341 pictures from the 2011 season, visit the Red Zone gallery. Five Kearny players bust through the banner at halftime of the Komets’ win over San Diego on Oct. 21. The Komets rallied from a 12-point fourth quarter …
Week 10 High Five
Week 10 High Five Olympian (5-3, 2-0 Metro Mesa) at #5 Eastlake (6-2, 2-0) Friday 7 p.m. For the past four seasons the South Bay’s best league has belonged to Eastlake, and the Titans are again the team to beat …
Week 10 Top 10
Week 10 Top 10 Division in parentheses, last week’s rank follows 1. Helix (II) (7-1) (1) – Blanked Valhalla to keep rolling in Grossmont Hills 2. Cathedral Catholic (III) (7-1) (2) – Host Mira Mesa after beating Lincoln 3. Poway …
Santa Fe Christian Flies Past Christian in Coastal League Shootout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NRiDueZL90 SOLANA BEACH – With first place in the Coastal League on the line on Saturday afternoon, defense was at a premium. Santa Fe Christian rode a big third quarter and outlasted Christian for a 48-34 win that has the …