Legacies shine on final day of OMBAC Over-the-Line World Championships
On a sun-splashed and temperate Sunday afternoon at Fiesta Island, Marisa Tirri won her seventh OTL Women’s Open crown
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Over-the-Line co-founder a living link to beach sport’s history
Terry Curren and his brothers invented the game roughly 75 years ago
Surf-off leads San Dieguito Academy to unforgettable national championship
High schoolers work overtime to unseat 16-time national champion San Clemente
OLP softball star Stefini Ma’ake shines at San Diego Section All-Star Game
Park at your own risk whenever Stefini Ma’ake enters a home run derby.Such was definitely the case in the parking lot behind the left-field bleachers at San Diego State's softball...
There’s nothing small about Sereniti Trice, Cathedral Catholic’s softball-playing future doctor
There is very little serenity whenever very little Sereniti Trice comes to the plate in a softball game. The 5-foot-1, 115-pound speedster from Cathedral Catholic High School wreaks havoc on...
There’s nothing small about Sereniti Trice, Cathedral Catholic’s softball-playing future doctor
There is very little serenity whenever very little Sereniti Trice comes to the plate in a softball game. The 5-foot-1, 115-pound speedster from Cathedral Catholic High School wreaks havoc on...
Del Norte falls to Murrieta Mesa in Division 1 SoCal Regional softball final
There were tears of sorrow, tears of joy and tears simply from the emotional rollercoaster the Del Norte High School softball team has been riding for about a year now.The...
For San Diego’s legendary Paul Greer, Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon is reason enough to run
The limp is a little more prevalent now. Forty-five years as a world-class runner will do that. The zest is also more prevalent now. Forty-five years of turning a novice...
Preview: San Diego-area schools will play 5 games for SoCal supremacy on Saturday
Southern California Softball Regional finalsWhen: Saturdayission: $12 adults, $8 students and seniors. Tickets are available only at gofan.co./CIF.Division 1: (3) Del Norte (25-6) at (2) Murrieta Mesa (27-4), 4 p.m.Preview:...
Del Norte rallies late to beat Valley View, advance to SoCal Regional final
The cake was iced and ready at the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday, but someone forgot to light the candles for birthday girl Julia Montemayor.With the...
Steele Canyon’s softball team tops Cerritos Valley Christian in first round of SoCal Regionals
SPRING VALLEY — After a long and sometimes grueling CIF San Diego Section softball season, folks often refer to the SoCal Regionals as bonus ball.Tell that to the tight right calf...
Brayden Brown shines on mound, at plate as Calvin Christian wins 5-AA baseball title
After playing three sports for four years at Calvin Christian High School in Escondido, Brayden Brown finally got to clutch a CIF trophy Thursday night at UCSD’s Triton Field.A 6-foot,...
Walk-off homer lifts Mount Miguel to Division 5 baseball title over Kearny
Mount Miguel High School had only five home runs this spring.On Thursday, Jeremiah Castillo clubbed the biggest dinger in the history of the Spring Valley school.Castillo smashed a towering walk-off,...
Rancho Bernardo blasts Cathedral Catholic for spot in Open Division baseball final
Rancho Bernardo High School's baseball team lost its starting catcher to season-ending shoulder surgery a month ago. The Broncos lost their best player to a freak ankle injury on Saturday...
Del Norte shuts out Mater Dei Catholic, advances to Open Division softball final against Poway
There are four freshmen and three sophomores in the starting lineup for Mater Dei Catholic High School's softball team, and the Crusaders lost only five games this year. Three times,...
Del Norte shuts out Mater Dei Catholic, advances to Open Division softball final against Poway
There are four freshmen and three sophomores in the starting lineup for Mater Dei Catholic High School's softball team, and the Crusaders lost only five games this year. Three times,...
Torrey Pines rallies to beat Coronado in Open Division girls lacrosse final
Egad, one hasn’t seen this occur in the past two years. Midway through the first quarter of the Saturday, May 18, CIF San Diego Section Open Division lacrosse championship, mighty...
Torrey Pines rallies to beat Coronado in Open Division girls lacrosse final
Egad, one hasn’t seen this occur in the past two years. Midway through the first quarter of the Saturday, May 18, CIF San Diego Section Open Division lacrosse championship, mighty...
Roundup: Torrey Pines rallies to beat Coronado in Open Division girls lacrosse final
Egad, one hasn’t seen this occur in the past two years. Midway through the first quarter of Saturday's CIF San Diego Section Open Division championship, mighty Torrey Pines was being...
Lisa Magill’s heroics propel Carlsbad to first CIF San Diego Section girls lacrosse title
One of the smallest girls on the field made the biggest impact on Friday night as Carlsbad High School won its first CIF San Diego Section championship in girls lacrosse.A...
Preview: Full slate of CIF San Diego Section girls lacrosse championship games set for Friday and Saturday
CIF San Diego Section Girls Lacrosse ChampionshipsWhere: Scripps Ranch High Schoolission: $15 adults; $9 students and seniorsDivision 1: (1) Carlsbad (17-4) vs. (2) Del Norte (14-6)When: 7 p.m. SaturdayPreview: Looking...
Dons walk off on Torrey Pines, earn Open Division playoff win
Earlier this season, Ellie Davis verbally commitment to Harvard to play softball for the Crimson. On Tuesday, the 5-foot-9 junior catcher lined a single up the middle to give Cathedral...
Dons walk off on Torrey Pines, earn Open Division playoff win
Earlier this season, Ellie Davis verbally commitment to Harvard to play softball for the Crimson. On Tuesday, the 5-foot-9 junior catcher lined a single up the middle to give Cathedral...
LCC’s Reed Arnaldo is San Diego’s top boys golfer; Torrey Pines takes another section team title
The son of two retired Navy pilots, Reed Arnaldo is widely known as a class act by his many friends in high school golf.“He’s a great kid,” said Casey Sovacool,...
LCC’s Reed Arnaldo is San Diego’s top boys golfer; Torrey Pines takes another section team title
The son of two retired Navy pilots, Reed Arnaldo is widely known as a class act by his many friends in high school golf.“He’s a great kid,” said Casey Sovacool,...
LCC’s Reed Arnaldo is San Diego’s top boys golfer; Torrey Pines takes another section team title
The son of two retired Navy pilots, Reed Arnaldo is widely known as a class act by his many friends in high school golf.“He’s a great kid,” said Casey Sovacool,...
‘Timing, luck and miracles’ brought Torrey Pines lacrosse star SJ Dohrenwend to San Diego
In sports, earth-shattering moments are commonplace. The temblor story of Torrey Pines' SJ Dohrenwend, however, is quite literal.When a magnitude-7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, it sent shockwaves through the...
‘Timing, luck and miracles’ brought Torrey Pines lacrosse star SJ Dohrenwend to San Diego
In sports, earth-shattering moments are commonplace. The temblor story of Torrey Pines' SJ Dohrenwend, however, is quite literal.When a magnitude-7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, it sent shockwaves through the...
LCC’s Reed Arnaldo is San Diego’s top boys golfer; Torrey Pines takes another section team title
The son of two retired Navy pilots, Reed Arnaldo is widely known as a class act by his many friends in high school golf.“He’s a great kid,” said Casey Sovacool,...
‘Timing, luck and miracles’ brought Torrey Pines lacrosse star SJ Dohrenwend to San Diego
In sports, earth-shattering moments are commonplace. The temblor story of Torrey Pines' SJ Dohrenwend, however, is quite literal.When a magnitude-7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, it sent shockwaves through the...
Cathedral’s Michael Riebe takes early lead at CIF San Diego Section tournament
A year ago, Cathedral Catholic High School sophomore teammates Trevor Cox and Michael Riebe needed four extra playoff holes to determine the CIF San Diego Section boys golf individual champion....
Torrey Pines blanks El Camino behind Kathryn McGinty’s gem
Jon Moore has been coaching softball at Torrey Pines High School for 28 years and, with 530 career victories, is the third all-time winningest coach in San Diego Section history.So,...
Sage Creek outlasts Mission Vista in softball showdown between first-place teams
To those unfamiliar with Mission Vista High School, you’re not alone.Mission Vista is a comprehensive dual magnet school in the Vista Unified School District, despite its address in Oceanside, with...
Youth serves Mater Dei Catholic well in Metro Mesa League win over Eastlake
CHULA VISTA — Two signs that your offense is something special: your home run leader is left out of the starting lineup and only one of the top six batters is...
Confident Cathedral Catholic shuts out Patrick Henry in Western League softball game
The interlocking CC on the hats are initials for Cathedral Catholic High School. They could also stand for confidence and camaraderie for the Dons’ No. 4-ranked softball team.Visiting C.C. showcased...
Confident Cathedral Catholic shuts out Patrick Henry in Western League softball game
The interlocking CC on the hats are initials for Cathedral Catholic High School. They could also stand for confidence and camaraderie for the Dons’ No. 4-ranked softball team.Visiting C.C. showcased...
‘Really confident and comfortable’ Del Norte beats Mission Hills, has sights set on first CIF title
SAN MARCOS — They’re having a blast at Del Norte High School. And the softball team is whooping it up.Ranked No. 1 in San Diego County, the Nighthawks edged No. 11 Mission...
Christian’s Ava Barrios gets plenty of as she flirts with no-hitter in 7-1 win over Scripps Ranch
As sophomore sensation Ava Barrios flirted with a no-hitter, it appeared that Christian High School would need only a couple runs to beat Scripps Ranch in a key Eastern League...
Bonita Vista uses stellar pitching, solid defense to outlast RBV
VISTA — In a battle of unbeaten freshman aces, Bonita Vista High School's Noelle Kalavi got a little more help from her newfound friends than Rancho Buena Vista’s Allison Keusch.After Kalavi...
Far from home, La Costa Canyon’s Farley siblings are breaking out as Buckeyes
Cari McClemons raised two ultra-competitive yet model athletes who rode on surfboards before they could walk. Two intelligent young adults who randomly wound up at the same university 2,000 miles...
Far from home, La Costa Canyon’s Farley siblings are breaking out as Buckeyes
ENCINITAS — Cari McClemons raised two ultra-competitive yet model athletes who rode on surfboards before they could walk. Two intelligent young adults who randomly wound up at the same university 2,000 miles...
Francis Parker tops Classical Academy, wins key high school softball game
Shortly after Francis Parker defeated Classical Academy 7-4 in a Pacific League softball game on Wednesday, Lancers’coach Jackson Wyatt had to check with his star shortstop to see if she...
Torrey Pines pitches way past Patrick Henry in Lions Tournament
Moments after Albert Preciado of the San Diego Lions Club presented Torrey Pines High School coach Chris Possemato with a trophy bat for winning the Open Division of the 74th...
Torrey Pines pitches way past Patrick Henry in Lions Tournament
Moments after Albert Preciado of the San Diego Lions Club presented Torrey Pines High School coach Chris Possemato with a trophy bat for winning the Open Division of the 74th...
Torrey Pines pitches way past Patrick Henry in Lions Tournament
Moments after Albert Preciado of the San Diego Lions Club presented Torrey Pines High School coach Chris Possemato with a trophy bat for winning the Open Division of the 74th...
Early risers: Mission Hills scores a season-high 12 runs in Lions Tournament win
Nothing like a little breakfast outing to break a fast.It certainly proved to be a lucky charm for Mission Hills High School, whose players rose early on the first day...
Emmy Monk’s goal leads Westview to SoCal Regional Division 2 girls soccer title
SAN MARCOS — Emmy Monk’s high school soccer career could not have begun any worse … or finished any better.A torn ACL and subsequent surgery wiped out her freshman season at Westview...
Top-seed Olympian wins Division 4 boys hoops title; Escondido wins D5 girls crown
Former teammates and roommates and always BFFs, there are no secrets when Marty Ellis and Mike Tully match wits as longtime basketball coaches in the CIF San Diego Section. “We’re...
Palo Verde Valley falls just short against Quartz Hill
A historic season in which Palo Verde Valley won a league banner for the first time since 1972 and a San Diego Section title for the first time ever came...
Roundup: Helix, Lincoln earn way to Division I title showdown
El Camino had an answer for Christian Washington, Helix’s speedy running back.The Wildcats, however, couldn’t solve Xavier Van, who got loose for 3 long touchdowns, leading the Highlanders to a...
Lincoln, with its coach this time, takes down Madison
It’s awfully hard to beat a great team twice in the same season. Even harder when only 28 days have lapsed. And harder still when the then-losing coach is actually...
Patrick Henry powers through La Jolla Country Day
SAN DIEGO — Patrick Henry has never won a San Diego Section championship in football, but the Patriots appear to have the horse power to pull it off this fall.Elijaih...
Field goal with 40 seconds remaining lifts Grossmont past Steele Canyon
SPRING VALLEY — The upper tier of the San Diego Section Division I playoffs is like déjà vu all over again. On Friday, a pair of Grossmont Hills League teams were slated...
West Hills tops El Cap, wins Grossmont Valley League title
SANTEE — In the history of the Grossmont Valley League, there has never been a regular-season finale like the one presented on Friday night when El Capitan visited West Hills. West Hills...
West Hills still undefeated after beating Santana
SANTEE — One of the best West Hills High football teams in quite a while on a 10-game winning streak took on a beaten-up Santana squad eliciting tosses from its fourth quarterback...
Leatherwood has Scripps Ranch humming on offense in win over Christian
EL CAJON — In the pandemic-shortened spring season, Jax Leatherwood was an extremely tall sophomore who threw the ball decently, but he was “an average JV quarterback,” according to Scripps Ranch...
Gonzalez comes to rescue in Poway’s victory over Grossmont
EL CAJON — When Poway High football coach Kyle Williams learned late that his star running back would be unavailable for Friday’s game against Grossmont, he turned to a familiar family...
Savigon Yokley dominates as El Capitan routs Santana
LAKESIDE — The ol’ throwback towns of Santee and Lakeside added a few wranglers and a couple of stoplights back in the mid-1960s’ baby boom, so Santana High was established to break...
West Hills continues rolling with right formula, shuts out Valhalla
EL CAJON — Braden Oberg and Max Conaway had been the two biggest offensive contributors to West Hills’ early undefeated start. But they aren’t the only players leading the Wolf Pack in...
Back in right league, El Capitan rolls past El Cajon Valley
EL CAJON — Aside from one glorious football season in 2014, El Capitan is quite pleased to once again be in position to compete for a league championship. In its rightful position...
Mt. Carmel continues undefeated ways with shutout of Valhalla
EL CAJON — As the coaching carousel goes round and round, Drew Westling and Charles Bussey have accepted a few odd rides of late. But the music is still playing. Even...
Roundup: Defense does deed for No. 4 Lincoln
People have raved about Lincoln High’s offense, what with four wide receivers capable of running sub-11 seconds across 100 meters and strong-armed quarterback Jalen Daniels airing out the ball.However, the...
Coronado offense comes alive at El Capitan
LAKESIDE — Coronado had trouble putting points on the scoreboard in its first two games, and head coach Kurt Hines was getting a bit frustrated with his offensive coordinator. The catch is...
Valhalla opens season with win over Hilltop
EL CAJON — Something had to give in Friday’s season opener. Valhalla was outscored 215-57 in an 0-6 campaign in the pandemic-shortened and -hampered spring season. Hilltop was outpointed 150-21 with three...
Granite Hills stuns Riverside Arlington with late rally to win Division III SoCal baseball championship
EL CAJON — To apply an exclamation to a long and arduous season, Granite Hills rallied for five runs with two out in the bottom of the sixth inning on Saturday to...
Eagles’ MacArthur has a full day on the diamond
In the twilight of the most bizarre high school baseball season on record, Grant MacArthur helped Granite Hills to a semifinal win in the inaugural Southern California Championships on Thursday...
Carlsbad falls to Chung, Westlake in D-I softball quarterfinals
CARLSBAD — Summer softball in the Southern California Championships saw Carlsbad playing without three regulars and a pitcher who normally fields at shortstop.Westlake was in a similar bind without three starters and...
Granite Hills walks off with a section baseball crown
Hudson Beamon sent a high looper toward center field that looked like a short wedge at Torrey Pines South. No one screamed “Get in the hole,” but the Granite Hills...
Don’t underestimate Saints ace Chaz McRoberts
Pardon the daydream, say seven years into the future.“Warming up to make his major league debut as a Padres starting pitcher is a right-hander out of St. Augustine High School,...
Nighthawks win girls Division I soccer title with early start
The luck of the ospreys paid off nicely for the Nighthawks.The curious pair of ospreys who set up a large nesting camp on top of a light standard behind the...
Rancho Buena Vista beats Francis Parker for boys DIII title; Sage Creek edges La Jolla for girls title
The shortest player on the pitch at 5-feet-2, Kevin Escurra sported the widest smile after leading Rancho Buena Vista to the first boys soccer championship in school history.An improbable goal...
Cathedral, La Costa Canyon claim Open Division soccer titles
They waited over a year through a miserable and often lonely pandemic, what’s another 15 minutes and a few PKs.After a 0-0 standoff between No. 1-seed Cathedral Catholic and No....
West Hills’ Kyle Dobyns a two-sport star, at the same time
SANTEE — Depending on the luck of the parking lot, the varsity baseball diamond at Serra High can require in excess of a half-mile walk … which was not going to cut...
Carlsbad finishes an undefeated season with rout
El Cajon — This spring fling of a season was played for fun and experience and love of the game. So, when you learn the final of No. 2 Carlsbad vs. No....
Santa Fe Christian wins battle of running teams over Mount Miguel
Spring Valley — There was nary a little secret in either dish as a pair of the most unique menus anywhere clashed on the turf at Mt. Miguel on Friday night. Santa...
Santana’s Richter becomes an offensive weapon
SPRING VALLEY — Watching his thunderous gallop and all-out effort on every rush, you’d be amazed that Michael Richter had never played running back until this spring — his senior fling at...
Steele Canyon senior Elia Kirisimasi leads by example
SPRING VALLEY — Elia Kirisimasi is not the guy you hear screaming at Steele Canyon High football practices. He’s just not the rah-rah quarterback that some tend to be. You barely hear...
Did brother and sister set a CIF football record?
Star quarterbacks and kickers don’t normally bear hug the way Mt. Miguel’s did after a PAT kick Friday night.This, however, was special … one for the family photo album.Julianna Laverdiere,...
Granite Hills revenge tour rolls along with win over Grossmont
EL CAJON — All the preseason hype in the East County normally starts with Helix and then includes Steele Canyon and Grossmont. Granite Hills lost to all three of them in 2019...
Mater Dei Catholic shuts down Helix
LA MESA — Mater Dei Catholic looked in midseason form, oozing talent and speed and a swarming defense. Helix appeared as if it was playing spring ball, desperately searching for a quarterback...
Back on field, Steele Canyon thrives in win over El Capitan
LAKESIDE — Had this been a normal hot August season opener, two iconic East County coaches would have wiped sweat from their brows before embracing afterward. Winner or loser, good luck on...
La Jolla promises return for Viking Shield
From Big Bear Lake in August to Escalon High on Saturday night in the California’s Central Valley, the 2019 football season has been quite a voyage for the La Jolla...
Scripps Ranch football coach could swing a bat back in the day
CHULA VISTA — Marlon Gardinera was coerced into coaching football for the first time when he took his 6-year son, Nicholas, to sign up for Pop Warner flag football in Scripps Ranch....
Santana team fueled by a hungry group of seniors
SANTEE — Under an expansive wooden canopy on a recent warm morning in Santee, a large contingent of Santana players were assembled to talk about their stellar season and hopes of claiming...
Sultans advance, seek first section football championship
SANTEE — Aware they had a special senior class, Santana boosters attached large, colorful posters of several players on the light posts throughout the parking lot at Santee Community Stadium.And soon they...
Highlanders beat Saints with incredible fourth-quarter rally
LA MESA — The mighty Helix Highlanders were being shut out and thoroughly thumped after 45 minutes of their San Diego Section Open Division semifinal against upset-minded St. Augustine on Friday night...
Highlanders rally in second half to beat Cougars
The Steele Canyon football stadium simply isn’t adequate to host the biggest game to hit the Campo Road campus in the 18-year history of the school.It appeared that more fans...
Cougars’ dominant win sets up showdown with Helix
EL CAJON — The Steele Curtain defense once again dominated, the offense with a backup quarterback sprung to life like never before, and special teams came up with yet another score.Add it...
No. 1 Highlanders have an easy time with Foothillers
EL CAJON — Only Helix can lose the best player in the county and look even stronger afterward.But that appeared to be the case on Friday night as the top-ranked Highlanders crushed...
Odom lifts Foothillers to last-minute win over Eagles
EL CAJON — It is well-known and documented that Grossmont can score from anywhere on the field at any time. After all, the high-powered Foothillers average 546 yards and 42 points per...
Sultans sense a chance to make school history
SPRING VALLEY — No current player was even born when Santana last won a league football championship, and the Sultans have never claimed a San Diego Section title.That could all change this...
Madison throttles Grossmont’s explosive offense
EL CAJON — Facing a team averaging 600 yards and 48 points per game is never an easy task. Especially when that team is undefeated and ranked No. 6 in the San...
Christian never trails, holding off Central behind junior QB
EL CAJON — A coach’s first encounter with the juggernaut football program at Christian High is normally an eye-opener.Such was the case on Friday night for Central coach Davis Pena as he...
No. 3 Highlanders stun top-ranked Dons
LA MESA — Maybe it was the harvest moon shining full and bright on Friday the 13th. Or maybe it was simply a wish come true. Whatever, it was stunning, to say...
Springs does it all in Warhawks’ victory over Eagles
As Granite Hill’s Kellan Cobbs can attest, opposing coaches have their minds full trying to prep for a game against Madison.Attention drifts easily to stopping Ke’ontae Springs, one of the...
Rejuvenated Valhalla rallies past West Hills
SANTEE — There is a different attitude on the Valhalla sideline this year. An air of confidence. Dare we say, a swagger.The Norsemen had lost 18 consecutive games until last week and...
Steele Canyon survives early test against Eastlake
As season-opening benchmark assessments go, No. 10-ranked Steele Canyon playing host to No. 12 Eastlake seemed to be a fair and perfect early test for both perennial section powers.Eastlake finished...
2019 Grossmont Valley League prep football preview
El CAJON VALLEYLast year: 0-10.Coach: Nick Osborn, 2nd year.Division: V.Key players: Mario Jacobs (RB-LB), Joe Malone (QB), Wendall Walcott (OL-DL), Ke’von White (OL-DL), Salvador Morales (OL-DL), Israel Torres (OL-DL), Isaac...
2019 Grossmont Hills League prep football preview
EL CAPITANLast year: 3-8.Coach: Ron Burner, 15th year.Division: III.Key players: Wick Ha (QB), Carson Feil (OL), Donny Green (RB), Taylor Grasmick (RB), Trent March (RB-FS), Ryan Greaves (OL-DL), Daniel Reed...
2019 Imperial Valley League prep football preview
BRAWLEYLast year: 8-3.Coach: Jon Self, 9th year.Division: III.Key players: Daniel Caloca (OL), Damian Reyes (RB-SS), Nathan Torrez (QB-FS), Adrian Chavez (SB-CB), Blake Krigbaum (FB-LB), Javier Martinez (OL), Chandler Self (TE-LB),...