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Bonsall High School's 2024 cross country team only had enough runners to place in a meet as a team once and the Legionnaires boys placed sixth that day, and none of Bonsall's runners earned all-league status. However, Bonsall head coach Manuel Ramirez notes that the season was still successful. "I want to congratulate all the runners for meeting all their goals and having an amazing season," Ramirez said. "Everybody did amazing." The races in the Aug. 31 CCA Ravens XC Invitati...
The top 10 finishers in the Valley League cross country championship race earned berths on the all-league first team while the next 10 finishers were placed on the all-league second team. Two Fallbrook High School girls earned second-team recognition for their performances at the Nov. 9 league championship race at Kit Carson Park. A time of 21:36.3 on the 3.05-mile course gave senior Cynthia Mills 11th place and second-team recognition. "I'm happy with that, but I wish I...
Fallbrook High School’s boys cross country team shared fifth in the final 2024 Valley League standings. The formula for the Valley League team cross country league championship gives 25% for positions at each of the two league cluster meets and the other 50% for the positions at the league championship meet. Fallbrook’s boys were fifth at both cluster meets, which occurred Oct. 4 at Kit Carson Park and Oct. 18 at Guajome Park, and sixth at the league championship meet Nov. 9 at Kit Carson Park. Escondido was sixth in bot...
Hana Winton signed a letter of intent to play collegiate softball at California State University, Fullerton. High school seniors in certain sports were allowed to sign National Collegiate Athletic Association letters of intent on Nov. 13. The San Diego Sports Association and the CIF San Diego Section hosted a signing ceremony at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego that morning, and Winton signed her letter of intent there. "I'm super excited, and it's a huge privilege to go play...
Although a first-round CIF Division V-A playoff loss gave Fallbrook High School’s football team a season record of 0-11 for the 2024 season, the 34‑33 score Nov. 8 at Fallbrook was the closest the Warriors were all year to winning a game. “I did expect it to be a close game,” said Fallbrook head coach Ross Johnson. “Both teams had some pretty good offensive weapons.” The 242 rushing yards Monte Vista senior Alexander Villanueva gained against Fallbrook brought his season total to 2,104 in 11 games. “They had the leading runni...
The 2024 Del Mar Thoroughbred Club fall meet began Oct. 31, and during the first week of the meet, San Luis Rey Training Center trainers Rolando Quinonez and Peter Miller each saddled two winners. Quinonez and Miller each had a winner on the first day of the meet. Quinonez won the fourth race Oct. 31 with Everything Bugs Me while Miller’s win that day was in the sixth race with Game Warrior. Tisquantum won the first race Nov. 2 to give Quinonez wins in both of his starts the first week of the fall meet. Spirit Rules won the s...
In March the CIF San Diego Section Board of Managers approved a change in the football playoff format in which there are no set divisions other than Division V-AA and eight-man. The top 64 teams receive playoff berths with the playoff divisions being based on rankings which utilize strength of schedule as well as win-loss record. Fallbrook High School lost all ten football games during the 2024 regular season including a 35-14 home contest November 1 against Ramona to...
Although Fallbrook High School’s girls tennis team finished third in the 2024 Valley League standings, the Warriors handed league champion El Camino the Wildcats’ only league loss. Fallbrook and El Camino split their league matches, and the Wildcats won the league title with a 9-1 record in Valley League dual match play. El Camino defeated Valley Center in both matches between those teams while the Jaguars defeated Fallbrook twice and finished with an 8-2 league record. The two losses to Valley Center and the split with El...
Fallbrook High School boys basketball coach Jonathan Terry also has the Blue Wave club, and the high school boys participated in a fall league. For Terry, success wasn’t a matter of the win-loss record in the fall league but of preparing the players for the CIF season. “We did good,” Terry said. The fall league began Sept. 9 and concluded Oct. 20. “It’s about development, competition,” Terry said. “We played higher-level competition.” The 2023-24 Warriors had an overall record of 14-15 including CIF playoff results. Fallbrook...
By National Lacrosse League standards, San Diego Seals co-captain Cam Holding, 35, is a bristlecone pine tree with an ever-widening base, an Aldabra giant tortoise slowly traversing the Seychelles archipelago, and handprints stenciled on rocks in Argentina. In other words, the Seals' 6-foot-1, 205-pound defender is old. "There's not a lot of guys that have 10-plus years in this league," Holding told The Coast News. "I'm going season-by-season, and my body will likely tell me... Full story
The Vallecitos Elementary School boys and the Vikings girls both placed first at the October 24 Vallecitos Soccer Tournament. "I was very happy that we were able to take both boys and girls. Ecstatic about being able to do it two years in a row," said Vallecitos boys coach Ray Hanbeck. In the 2023 tournament the Vikings boys and Vallecitos girls took first place among six schools in each competition. The teams were divided into two pools; each team played each other team in th...
FALLBROOK – On Friday, Oct. 4, players enjoyed a day of golf at Journey at Pechanga. The event helped raise over $37,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs of North County. With a score of 47, Josh Underseth, Colin Featherstone, Alex Wood, and Nolan Torrez took home the North County Cup. Featherstone won the longest drive contest, Renee Reichle won the putting contest, and the closest to the pin, knocking it 2' 3" away from the hole. "The day could not have been any better," said A...
Prior to the Oct. 9 CIF Board of Managers meeting, the only CIF San Diego Section policy on uniforms was that all school uniforms will be in school colors. The new policy adopts restrictions and provides clarifications. Other than colors and numbers, official uniforms are now only allowed to include the player’s name, school name, school nickname, school mascot, and school logo. All CIF Board of Managers members present voted for the bylaw change. “It’s really something we need to do to get back in line,” said CIF Assista...
The first Valley League cross country cluster meet of 2024 was held Oct. 4 at Kit Carson Park in Escondido, and Fallbrook High School’s junior varsity boys placed first as a team. Cross country team scores add the positions of a school’s first five runners; the sixth and seventh finishers from each team are not scored but can add points to opponents' totals. Fallbrook’s junior varsity boys had a score of 46 points. San Pasqual was second with 47 points. Valley Center accumulated 60 points for third place among the six schoo...
BONSALL – Bonsall Unified School District's Interim Superintendent, Dr. Heather Golly, along with her extended family, participated in this year's Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk, an annual event honoring fallen firefighter Stephen Siller, Sept. 29. The run retraces Siller's heroic journey on Sept. 11, 2001, when he strapped on 60 pounds of gear and ran through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel to the World Trade Center. For Dr. Golly, this year's event carried deep personal signific...
Athletes in the CIF San Diego Section may now practice with their club teams during that sport’s CIF season. The prohibition against practice with outside teams during the CIF season was repealed during the Oct. 9 Board of Managers meeting. All Board of Managers members present except for Sweetwater Union High School District Superintendent Moises Aguirre and Grossmont Union High School District Extended Curricular Programs Director Donnie Carroll voted to repeal the bylaw section. “It’s time for a change,” said North C...
"We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Fallbrook High School Varsity Warrior Football team for their wonderful visit to William H. Frazier School. This marks our second year of a meaningful partnership, and we truly appreciate these young men for stepping up as positive role models and inspiring our students with their presence and enthusiasm." – Megan Shinner, Assistant Principal William H. Frazier Elementary School. "In a heartwarming show of community spirit, the F...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Senior Softball is welcoming new players who are 50 plus years of age. Games are played at Ingold Sports Park Mondays thru Thursdays at 4 p.m. with warm-ups beginning at 3:30. Each team is scheduled to play two games per week. The league is currently looking for new players. Potential players must show for a screening prior to being placed on a team so that an appropriate placement on a team can be made. The league is currently in season #5 which will end Dec. 2. This will complete their yearly cycle a...
The small middle schools and K-8 elementary schools in northern San Diego County which have monthly athletic tournaments began their 2024-25 season Sept. 19 with the Pauma Volleyball Tournament at Pauma Elementary School, and both the Vallecitos Elementary School girls and the Vikings boys placed second while Pauma Elementary School was third in both boys and girls play. The Vallecitos girls had a 3-1 record in round-robin play, losing only to Julian Junior High School, while...