While stacked in a league against some of the toughest teams in San Diego, each player on the Coronado boys soccer team is adopting a new mentality for the 2023-24 season. “Our team motto is sacrifice the me for the we,” Head Coach Jeff Roe said. “We want to make sure that we sacrifice individual […]
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Coronado girls soccer welcomes new head Coach Miguel Gutierrez
The air is crisp, the sunsets early, and the Coronado girls soccer team is preparing for their 2023-24 season. Change is here. For the team, not only does this mean chilly nights of practicing, a staple characteristic of the winter sports season, but it also means new leadership from Miguel Gutierrez, the first-year varsity head coach. […]
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Alabama linebacker Dallas Turner, actress Issa Rae part of group buying sailing league’s Team USA
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Alabama linebacker Dallas Turner and actress/producer Issa Rae are part of a diverse group of investors joining founding Uber engineer Ryan McKillen and professional sailor Mike Buckley in buying the United States SailGP Team in tech titan Larry Ellison’s global sailing league. Turner said he is using some of his name, […]
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Maske top runner for Islanders at girls’ state cross country meet
Coronado’s freshmen carried the day at Woodward Park at the California State Championships in Fresno on Nov. 25. Coronado’s young team consisted of four freshmen, one sophomore, and one junior. It was the girls’ team’s 30th trip since 1987 to state, either as a team or as individual qualifiers. according to Coach George Green. Coronado’s […]
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Are the Chargers Heading for a Rebuild?
As the Los Angeles Chargers approach their Sunday Night Football matchup against the Baltimore Ravens, the first ten games of this season have revealed a stark truth about this team—they are, as the saying goes, “keeping on Chargering.” The preseason optimism, fueled by the talent at their disposal, led some to believe that this season […]
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Predicting the College Football Playoff after Michigan beats Ohio State
Could the third time be the charm? That’s right: for the third straight year, Michigan took out arch-rival Ohio State, and this year’s edition of The Game was arguably the most important in modern history, pitting two undefeated rivals both in the top-five of the rankings, loaded with not just Big Ten title implications, but […]
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Coronado boys hoops aim for CIF Division 2 title this season
The Islanders have a tough pre-season schedule, but the squad is aiming for another playoff run under Coach Anthony Ott.
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Coronado girls cross country team joyfully awaits CIF state meet
Following a season of wins across Eastern League races, the Coronado Islanders’ girls cross country team is making a return to the CIF state championships.
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Coronado girls hoops play hard in losses to higher division foes
The Coronado High School girls basketball team jump started their season with back-to-back road matchups on Nov. 15 and 16, against Pacific Ridge and Point Loma.
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Coronado girls hoops looking forward to new season
Backed by Coach John Coolidge, the Coronado High School girls basketball program is ramping up for its winter season.
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San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, who spent big in pursuit of a World Series title, dies at 63
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Peter Seidler loved to dream out loud about a World Series parade for his San Diego Padres and their long-suffering fans. He spent that way, too, fearlessly committing hundreds of millions of dollars toward trying to bring his adopted hometown its first major title. The owner and chairman of the club, […]
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Coronado boys water polo season ends in first round of regionals
Fresh off of a win to claim the Division 1 CIF San Diego championship, Coronado advanced to the first round of the regional playoffs on Nov. 14. However, the next round of the playoffs was short lived as the Islanders lost to Santana, 14-8.
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With A’s moving to Las Vegas, a look at the history of MLB relocation over the past 70 years
The Oakland Athletics are firmly headed for Las Vegas after Major League Baseball team owners unanimously approved the sport’s first relocation since 2005 on Nov. 16. It will be the A’s fourth city — from Philadelphia to Kansas City to Oakland to Las Vegas — the most in baseball’s history. Here’s a look at Major League Baseball […]
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San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, who spent big in pursuit of a World Series title, dies at 63
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Padres owner Peter Seidler, who spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to bring a long-elusive World Series championship to San Diego, died on Tuesday, the team announced. He was 63. A cause of death wasn’t disclosed. Seidler, a third-generation member of the O’Malley family that used to own the Brooklyn/Los […]
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Coronado boys water polo claims Division 1 title under Smith
After taking down No. 1 seed Torrey Pines in the semifinals on Nov. 8, the underdog Islanders claimed a Division I CIF San Diego title over No. 2-seeded Carlsbad on Saturday. The 10-8 win, under new head coach and five-time Olympian Jesse Smith, was redemptive for Coronado. Last season, the team lost in the CIF […]
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Coronado girls cross county team advances to state meet
The Coronado girls cross country team advance to the state meet after a strong showing at the CIF Cross Country Championships on Nov. 11.