The Coronado Swim Series will host the 67th annual Liberty Celebration Swim in Glorietta Bay on July 5, with participants competing in a 250-meter, half-mile, one-mile, or 3K race. The event, previously called the Open Water Race, was held at Coronado Central Beach until 2023, when it was forced to be moved due to fallout […]
Cade Cavin
Cade Cavin is a part-time reporter for The Coronado News. He was born in Poway, CA, but has lived in Escondido, CA, Basking Ridge, NJ, Durham, England, and Santa Clarita, CA. He will primarily be covering sports across Coronado and San Diego, but occasionally may work on other beats. He is currently in his second semester of his junior year at Point Loma Nazarene University with a double major in Business Administration and Multimedia Journalism with a focus in writing. As of right now, he is planning on taking the LSAT this summer with the goal of attending law school after undergrad. A fun fact about him is that he's been to 36 states and 12 countries.
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David Throop named Coronado High water polo head coach
Coronado High School has named David Throop as the new water polo coach, returning to a role he first embraced more than three decades ago. Throop will oversee both the girls and boys programs, according to a press release from Maria Simon, Coronado Unified School District’s public information officer. The hiring follows the resignation of former […]
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Coronado High track and field has eight qualify for CIF section championships
The Coronado High School track and field team saw eight athletes qualify for the San Diego CIF section championships this year, led by senior standout Lauren Gilhooly. The section championships, which took place on May 24, brought together the top 18 qualifiers for each event from across all divisions in the San Diego CIF section. […]
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Coronado baseball team’s season comes to close after semifinal loss
The No. 1 ranked Coronado High School baseball team fell to the No. 2 seeded Mt. Carmel Sundevils 7-0 on May 27 in the CIF playoff semifinals, ending their 2025 campaign one game short of competing for the Division 2 crown. The Islanders finished the season with a 22-10 record overall, and a 9-3 record […]
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Coronado High softball season comes to close after playoff berth
The Coronado High School softball team fell to Olympian High School 3-0 in the first round of the CIF San Diego Section playoffs on May 20, ending the girls’ season. The Islanders finished 11-14 overall and 4-2 in city league play, good enough to earn them a playoff berth. Coach Tom Dull emphasized that his […]
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Coronado High School girls’ lacrosse wins CIF title
On Friday, May 16, the Coronado High School girls’ lacrosse team defeated Cathedral Catholic 16-4, claiming the 2025 San Diego CIF Open Division championship and avenging their loss to Torrey Pines from the 2024 title game. Coach Caroline Carlson said that this year’s senior class was crucial to the team ultimately winning the CIF championship […]
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Coronado High swim defeats University City
The Coronado High School swim team defeated University City on April 17 with multiple competitors earning first place finishes. Luca Morocco took first place in the 200 freestyle, and Russell Richardson won the 200 individual medley. Van Marniacs came out on top in the 500 freestyle, while Gage Everitt earned the win in the 100 backstroke. […]
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Coronado High track and field continues to shine
As the 2025 track and field season has continued to progress, the Coronado High School Girls relay team has continued to shine. At the UC Classic Invitational held at University City High School, the CHS girls’ relay team set the school record in the 4 x 100 with a time of 48.13 seconds. The team […]
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Coronado High girls’ lacrosse ranked top 5 nationally
The Coronado High School girls’ lacrosse team is off to a red hot start again this season, currently sitting at 13-0 and ranking 4th nationally, according to MaxPreps. Each of the past two years, the Islanders finished the season ranked in the top 20 in California, and the team is coming off of a 2024 […]
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2022 Coronado High grad takes over girls’ beach volleyball team
Allison Wygal, a 2022 Coronado High School grad, is taking the reins as the head coach for the Islander’s girls’ beach volleyball team this season. Wygal, the current setter at San Diego City College, was a member of the 2021-22 Coronado High team that finished 8-6 (5-5 in City League play) alongside her younger sister […]
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Coronado High School golf looks to follow up strong after 2024 CIF title
The Coronado High School boys’ varsity golf team has kicked off the spring season, and coming off of an exciting 2024 campaign in which the Islanders won the DIII San Diego section CIF championship, they are looking to pick up where they left off. Head Coach Stuart Gordon, who coached at Crawford High School for […]
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Coronado boys basketball’s playoff run ends against Maranatha Christian
Looking back on his team’s playoff run this season, the Coronado boys’ basketball coach, Anthony Ott, said the team’s aggressive style of defense took the Islanders far in playoffs, all the way to the San Diego section of the CIF semifinals. Coronado lost 54-48 in a hard fought battle against Maranatha Christian High School in […]
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Coronado High School track and field season underway
Coronado High School’s Lauren Gilhooly won the girls’ 100-meter and 200-meter dashes at the Elmer Runge Invitational track meet on March 1, leading a short-handed Islander team and earning honors as the event’s top female athlete. Coach Cameron Gary said about a third of the Coronado High squad didn’t make the trip to Patrick Henry […]
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Coronado High boys volleyball has sights set on CIF crown
Fresh off of a successful 2023-2024 campaign in which the Coronado High School boys volleyball team posted a 24-11 record with a 9-1 record in the City League, the Islanders are looking to pick up where they left off last season. Coach George Cavaco, who has been at Coronado High since 2012, said the goal […]
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Unfinished business: Coronado alum Anthony Ott hopes to lead the Islanders to a CIF title
Throughout the years, the Coronado High School boys’ basketball team has experienced the high highs of a 21-8 record in 2022-2023, and the low lows of going 4-23 the year prior. This year, the team has posted a 12-16 record as of Feb. 16. Countless players have passed through the program, but the team has […]
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Coronado High girls basketball continues dominating
This year’s rendition of the Coronado girls’ basketball team is nearly unrecognizable. While the 2023-2024 campaign was not an easy one – with a final game record of 3-14 – this year’s team is rounding out the season with a scorching 14-2 record as of Feb. 7. Head Coach John Coolidge said that the unique […]