The best of day four at the Under Armour Holiday Classic, National Division.
Day four at Torrey Pines crowned the National Division champion, Fairfax of Los Angeles and saw two local teams battle. While Torrey Pines proved they belonged in the National Division.
The best of day three at the Under Armour Holiday Classic, National Division
Day three at Torrey Pines included some monster dunks and an ugly incident in the final game of the night when part of the near capacity crowd had already left for the night.
Best highlights from day two at the Under Armour Holiday Classic, National Division at Torrey Pines
Day two at Torrey Pines included some big-time dunks, overtime and an American Division quarterfinal game.
The best highlights of day one at the Under Armour Holiday Classic, first round National Division.
Day one was full of intrigue and plays of note as the 25th annual Under Armour Holiday Classic began with the National Division at Torrey Pines.
Tournament Director John Olive previews the 2014 Holiday Classic
With 72 hours until the Holiday Classic begins here are the rest of the team previews for the National Division to be played at Torrey Pines.
The youthful Sea Hawks of Redondo Union lost two D1 players to graduation but in steps 6-9 sophomore Billy Preston ’17 who creates instant credibility for the team. 6-9 Billy Preston, who has offers from Arizona St, Fresno St, and Oregon is long, can handle the ball and pass like a point guard.
The Lions of Fairfax will always be a tough out as long as coach Harvey Kitani paces the sidelines but this year he has a team that fills out the jerseys very well.
Centennial highlights from all four games at the 2013 Under Armour Holiday Classic
Centennial has become a grid-hoop powerhouse in Southern California having reached the state title game in both sports. This year the Huskies are a top five preseason team in California thanks to a strong starting five.
Highlights from all four games of the 2013 Under Armour Holiday Classic championship run by Loyola at Torrey Pines.
Loyola fell short of their state title goal last year and the Cubs lost four D1 players to graduation but the cupboard is not bare at the downtown Los Angeles campus.
Highlights from all three games at the 2013 Under Armour Holiday Classic, Patrick finished in 5th place
The Patrick School is very young but very big this year as they return to Torrey Pines after a fifth place finish last year and winning the National Division in 2009 under the name St. Patrick.
Deion Sanders co-founded Prime Prep Academy, a Dallas based charter school in 2012, with the intent of giving student athletes access to top-notch athletic training and teams. Since day one Prime Prep has had prime athletes suit up for the school and this year is no different.
Brooklyn's Thomas Jefferson High School
The Orange Wave of Jefferson feature the big three of Shamorie Ponds, Jaquan McKennon and Davere Creighton. McKennon and Creighton joined the team this year with the singular goal of winning the Public Schools Athletics League (PSAL) city title.
Highlights from the 2008 Holiday Classic won by Bellevue
Bellevue athletics is not the gold standard for Seattle or the Great Northwest but for the nation as the Wolverines excel at many of the sports they field at the national or regional level.
Fog descended upon the semifinal game between Granite Hills and Hoover in the 2nd half.
Coming into this semifinal game Hoover had never reached any championship game in school history, since 1930 (85 years of football). The Cardinals had only reached the semifinals twice before in 1963 and 2000.
Three players, Annie Hasselmann ’15 of LJCD, Casey Castillo ’15 of SFC and Katherine Brouker ’15 of West Hills all played together in club volleyball and signed their National Letter of Intent to play in the same college conference, the Big West.
Knengi Martin talks about becoming the section's first female head coach in football
San Diego’s third year head coach Doug Packwood (3-19) had already decided to step down after the season was over but after losing to Scripps Ranch 32-7 last Friday and having lost 17 of the last 18 games Packwood decided to step down immediately.
Full game highlights of Bellevue vs. Serra (Gardena)
Washington # 1 Bellevue brought a 54-game consecutive winning streak to Oceanside for the 2014 Honor Bowl as they took on California # 11 Serra (Gardena).
Coaches and players talk about the 2013 Under Armour Holiday Classic at Torrey Pines
Because of San Diego’s weather, vast hotel listings and tourist attractions prep fans and teams need not leave the county to watch or participate in some of the top tournaments on the west coast and country.
8/30/14: Johnny Football made an appearance in the form of Thunderbird senior QB Britain Covey '15 as he scored all six TD for Timpview on the ground by running for 257 yards on 21 carries including a 92-yard TD run.
Johnny Football made an appearance in the form of Thunderbird Britain Covey as he scored all six TD for Timpview on the ground by running for 257 yards on 21 carries including a 92-yard TD run.
Eastlake's Tony Jefferson '10 returns to Qualcomm Stadium as an NFL player for the first time since leading Eastlake to their inaugural championship title in 2009.
Eastlake’s Tony Jefferson ’10 returns to Qualcomm Stadium as an NFL player for the first time since leading Eastlake to their inaugural championship title in 2009.
