Crusaders claim Metro-Mesa League football title

It’s official: the Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders are the 2026 Metro-Mesa League champions.The Crusaders repeated as league champions following last Friday’s 34-23 win at Otay Ranch High School. The win pushed...

Metro cross country finals setting up for fantastic finish

The 2026 Metro Conference cross country championship meet is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 6, at Rohr Park. The San Diego Section championship meet follows Nov. 14 at Balboa Park’s Morley Field. Two...

South County well represented in CIF flag football playoffs

The San Diego Section girls flag football playoffs started this week. Championship games in five divisions are slated Saturday, Nov. 7, at Olympian High School.The Open Division features the top eight...

Early experience with dictators

We know dictators. We have lived with them and in some cases, we loved them. We may have even become them. It is in our early and perhaps most formative years that we...

Inaugural Bill Walton Classic set Nov. 7 to spotlight local college basketball teams

The inaugural National University Bill Walton Classic will grab center court on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Pechanga Arena San Diego with two college basketball games to help celebrate the life and...

Gulls avoid late collapse, top Barracuda 4-1

The San Diego Gulls met up with the San Jose Barracuda in Pacific Division AHL action Saturday, Oct. 24, at Pechanga Arena, a team they opened the 2026-27 season against in...

Students help spruce up curb appeal in downtown Chula Vista

Some of the newest artwork appearing along Third Avenue in downtown Chula Vista were created by artists who are still in middle school. Students from High Tech Middle Chula Vista recently...

Southwestern College Jaguars to play final home game of 2015 season on Saturday

The Southwestern College football team will take the field for the final time this season this Saturday (Nov. 14) when the Jaguars host El...

Lights out on Cardinal as Aztecs win local battle of Saintsmen

Last Saturday’s highlight reel San Diego State-Stanford Cardinal college football game at San Diego Stadium featured a slew of San Diego County high school...

On the ropes?

Jesus Gandara's nickname ought to be "Everlast." The Sweetwater Union High School District superintendent Tuesday night took a bigger beating than any of boxer Mike Tyson's heavy...

Where the grass grows

If and when all the lush green golf courses in the land dry up and blow up and away during California’s eons-long drought, I...

Paying tribute

More than 120 military veterans, families and patriotic Americans gathered for a Veteran’s Day celebration at Chula Vista's Memorial Bowl. The event, put on by...

Metro mat men showing well as 2014-15 season speeds toward finals

The Metro Conference wrestling championship tournament is scheduled Feb. 14 at Mar Vista High School. It’s crunch time for area mat men. Who will go...

Pushing 30, Chula Vista’s Lemon Festival evolving

The 28th Annual Lemon Festival will return to Downtown Chula Vista on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., celebrating the city’s...

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Shining a light on...

For most of us, Halloween brings back a wave of childhood memories: silly and spooky costumes, the excitement of trick-or-treating, school parades, neighborhood block...

Inaugural Bill Walton Classic...

The inaugural National University Bill Walton Classic will grab center court on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Pechanga Arena San Diego with two college basketball...

South County well represented...

The San Diego Section girls flag football playoffs started this week. Championship games in five divisions are slated Saturday, Nov. 7, at Olympian High...

Wave might need more...

The season is by no means over for the San Diego Wave. The NWSL team closes out regular season play Sunday, Nov. 1, at...

JC soccer season continues...

Southwestern College’s women’s soccer team appeared to get the result it wanted in last Friday’s 1-0 victory at MiraCosta College. Sophia Neri netted the...

Early experience with dictators

We know dictators. We have lived with them and in some cases, we loved them. We may have even become them. It is in our early...

Star-News journalists win at...

San Diego County journalists were celebrated and recognized for their work Tuesday night at Southwestern College during the San Diego Press Club’s 53rd Annual...

Spartans rally to capture...

The Legacy of Pride trophy is the embodiment of the Chula Vista-Sweetwater high school football rivalry, the longest continuous rivalry series of its kind...

Jaguars hike record to...

The California community college championship football playoff structure now features an expanded field of 12 teams — six teams from the Southern California region...

Crusaders claim Metro-Mesa League...

It’s official: the Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders are the 2026 Metro-Mesa League champions.The Crusaders repeated as league champions following last Friday’s 34-23 win at...

Gulls avoid late collapse,...

The San Diego Gulls met up with the San Jose Barracuda in Pacific Division AHL action Saturday, Oct. 24, at Pechanga Arena, a team...

Metro cross country finals...

The 2026 Metro Conference cross country championship meet is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 6, at Rohr Park. The San Diego Section championship meet follows...