The Coronado High School girls basketball team is off to a hot start for their 2024-2025 campaign, having ripped off seven straight wins to begin the year. They have already doubled their win total from a year ago, a season in which they finished 3-14, and John Coolidge, the head coach, says the team’s goal […]
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Coronado High boys soccer seeking bounce back season
The Coronado High School boys soccer team kicked off its season on Nov. 21 with a 4-2 victory over Sweetwater High School. Since then, the Islanders have posted two straight wins followed by two straight losses to put their season record at 3-2. With three wins logged this season, the Islanders have already improved threefold […]
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San Diego State beats crosstown rival San Diego
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Nick Boyd scored 17 points, including five in four seconds early in the second half, and No. 24 San Diego State beat San Diego 74-57 on Nov. 7 in the first meeting between the crosstown rivals in five years. Miles Byrd and Jared Coleman-Jones added 13 apiece and Pharaoh Compton had […]
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Coronado boys basketball team has tipped off the 2024-2025 season
The Coronado High School boys basketball team tipped off its 2024-2025 season in late November, defeating Mar Vista 74-55. The Islanders were 6-2 as of Dec. 9, after beating Patrick Henry High School 62-39. Coronado is trying to rebound after a down season last year. The Islanders finished 6-23, missed the playoffs and dropped into […]
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Rangers and catcher Kyle Higashioka agree to $13.5M, 2-year contract with mutual option for 2027
Free agent catcher Kyle Higashioka and the Texas Rangers agreed on Dec. 2 on a $13.5 million, two-year contract that includes a mutual option for the 2027 season. Higashioka set career highs with 17 homers and 45 RBIs while playing 84 games this year in his only season with the San Diego Padres, who acquired […]
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Morgan Maske scores personal record at state cross country meet
Coronado High School junior Morgan Maske closed out the 2024 cross country season on Nov. 30 after finishing in 92nd place out of 202 runners in the Division 4 state cross country championships. Her time of 20:13.9 was a personal record for the 5,000-meter course.
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Coronado High school runner pushes through vision impairment
When Xavier Marsh was 13 years old, he lost his central vision due to a rare condition called Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy, which has no cure. Marsh, now 16, is legally blind today because of this, but the Coronado High School athlete does not let that stop him from competing in track and field, cross country, […]
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Morgan Maske advances to state meet
Coronado High School junior Morgan Maske qualified for the state cross country meet in Fresno by placing 11th out of 93 finishers in the Division 4 girls race for the CIF championship meet on Nov. 16. Maske’s time of 19.46 advanced her to the state meet on Nov. 30. For placing among the top 20 […]
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Coronado football season comes to a close
The Coronado High School football season came to a close on Nov. 15 after the team lost to Vista High School 14-11. The Islanders scored a field goal and Michael Bannon got the touchdown after an over 20 yard pass from quarterback RJ Sanchez. The defense held Vista to 14. “We had a lot of […]
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Coach Kurt Hines shares what it takes to build champions on and off the field
Like many other football squads across the country, the Coronado High School Islanders have a schedule that runs like clockwork: daily practices, workouts, weekly team dinners and games. They watch film on Monday with a light practice. They train hard Tuesday and Wednesday at full speed. And, Thursday is all about getting their minds right […]
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CHS girls’ tennis wraps up season at CIF Division 3 team tournament
The Coronado High School girls’ varsity tennis team wrapped up its season on Oct. 30 after losing to Clairemont High School in the CIF Division 3 team tournament. Coronado, who stepped into the season with an unconventional squad made up of four varsity returners and a roster full of athletes recruited from other sports, was […]
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Nathan Ayan a top finisher at HOKA Postal Nationals
Nathan Ayan, a runner on the Coronado boys’ cross country team, claimed the lead in the third fastest heat of the San Diego Flagship HOKA Postal Nationals on Nov. 2 with just 300 meters left to the finish line. He edged out Miles Peck from Canyon Crest High School, who came nearly even with Ayan […]
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Coronado girls varsity volleyball loses in CIF Division 2 semifinals
After a semifinal loss in the CIF Division 2 playoffs, Coronado girls varsity volleyball head coach Adeile Ahmu referred to this past season as her best yet since taking over the program in 2019. The 4-1 semifinal loss against University City High School on Nov. 6 came after a strong start in the playoff series […]
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Coronado Rugby season underway
Santos Trujillo spent 25 years in the United States as a sailor, reaching a rank just one step below the most senior officer – a SEAL master chief. Now retired, he spends his time on the island coaching rugby. A rather unorthodox choice of sport, Trujillo says rugby’s unique traits drew himself and his sons […]
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Coronado cross country results at Kit Carson Invite
The Coronado cross country team competed in the Kit Carson Invitational on Oct. 25, a meet that has been around for around two decades. In the boys varsity division, the top finisher was Vincent Russo, placing 11th out of 128 finishers, followed by Jack Letcher in 15th place. Letcher’s time of 17:55 was a two-minute […]