Articles by Phillip Brents
The 14th annual Bud Harbin Battle by the Beach wrestling tournament faced off the 2014-15 high school wrestling season for four Grossmont Conference teams Dec. 6 at Mar Vista High School in Imperial Beach. The Grossmont Foothillers led the East County contingent with a second-place team finish in the 19-team field.
The Foothillers had five wrestlers who finished third or higher in the tournament, including four finalists, and had seven wrestlers who placed fifth or higher.
Overall, it was a good showing by Grossmont Conference teams at this year’s 96-team Barons Girls Soccer Tournament. The Valhalla Norsemen captured a runner-up finish in the top-rung Open/Premier Division bracket following a 1-0 loss to the Scripps Ranch Falcons in finals played Dec. 13 at Eastlake High School.
The tournament, now in its 34th year, is the largest and longest-running high school girls’ soccer tournament in the state.
The San Diego Section football playoffs have been scheduled at Southwestern College’s renovated DeVore Stadium this year, and East County teams have taken the spotlight.
The six-game championship series kicked off Nov. 28 with the fifth-seeded La Jolla Country Day Torreys defeating the second-seeded Vincent Memorial Scots, 42-0, to capture the Division V championship.
The final five title games are scheduled this weekend, with three featuring an East County team vying for a division championship.