Oceanside pounds No. 2 Granite Hills in season opener
Oceanside senior offensive lineman and University of Michigan commit Lincoln Mageo recently told The Coast News that the Pirates’ identity is rooted in the physicality...
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La Costa Canyon topples first-place Carlsbad in crosstown clash
CARLSBAD — La Costa Canyon didn’t just win Friday night’s clash of crosstown Avocado West powerhouses; the Mavericks ran past previously unbeaten, first-place Carlsbad, 50-22...
Carlsbad flag football finds winning formula with Clemons, Hawk
In its first year of girls’ flag football, Carlsbad went 15-10-1, won three playoff games and reached the Division II San Diego Section championship, falling...
Freshman QB fuels Torrey Pines’ promising flag football season
REGION — Torrey Pines freshman flag football quarterback Izzie Deiter has the measurables coaches dream about: nearly six feet tall with the arm strength to...
Carlsbad boys volleyball heads to state with Open Division title
After 20 straight match wins — not once going to a fifth set — top-seeded Carlsbad faced its toughest challenge yet Saturday night at Francis...
Torrey Pines stuns top seeds to win CIF SoCal Regional title
After covering 580 miles in a school bus last week, the Torrey Pines girls’ soccer team secured a Division II CIF SoCal Regional championship with...
Maranatha’s top QB Jake Locker aims to ‘turn heads’ in final season
On a Sunday in late January, with a steady flow of rain coming down, Carlsbad resident and Maranatha Christian junior quarterback Jake Locker dropped back...
Prep boys hoops preview: Lancers eye another title run behind Hall
REGION — It’s that time of year again — turkey’s smoked, yams are candied, and the three ball is ready to fly. With basketball season...
Prep girls hoops preview: Moeller, Dons primed for playoff return
It’s that time of year again — turkey’s smoked, yams are candied, and the three ball is ready to fly. With basketball season tipping off,...
North County prep flag football returns to the gridiron
CARLSBAD — As part of their Genius Project at Sage Creek High School, then-junior softball players Claire Novak and Torri Ramirez conceptualized a Bobcat girls’...
Knights girls soccer team in the hunt for conference, state titles
SAN MARCOS — The San Marcos Knights’ varsity girls soccer team continues its success on the pitch with an opportunity to not only win the...
Mustangs boys hoops win first league title in 57 years
ENCINITAS — Since arriving at San Dieguito Academy in 2014, head coach Jason Stewart has quietly been building a new culture for the varsity boys...
Mustangs boys soccer aims for school’s first league title
ENCINITAS — In his fourth year as head coach of the San Dieguito Academy boys soccer team, Michael Elenz-Martin believes he has a winner on...
Lancer volleyball’s historic season ends in state final loss; CHS football falls
REGION — The Lancers’ hunt for championship banners came to an end for both the girls’ volleyball and football teams this weekend. In the program’s...