The CIF San Diego Section championships will take place at Mt. Carmel High School on Saturday, May 18 and a few of Coronado High School’s track and field athletes will be competing. Those advancing are:
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Coronado’s baseball team celebrates senior night
The 2023-2024 sports seasons are coming to a close for Coronado High School as the school year is wrapping up. On May 8, the baseball team beat Mission Bay High School 6-2 for their senior night game. Seniors on the team include Austin Greene, Luke Machin, Chance Pettit, Sean Cannon, Max Herr, Max Murray, Nick […]
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Coronado boys volleyball team brings the season to a close with second place finish
The pressure was on for the Coronado High School boys volleyball team as they took on High Tech High on May 10. Although this particular matchup had already happened in March – ending in a victory for the Islanders – this time around the match held much more weight. For the first time since 2017, […]
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CHS boys volleyball wins semifinal match and advances to championship
Coronado High School graduate Dominic DeNardi from the 2017 boys volleyball team sat in the stands as his alma mater took on Olympian High School for the Division 3 semifinal playoff game on May 7. DeNardi’s squad was the last team to make it to the CIF San Diego section playoffs, where they fell short […]
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Coronado’s Chloe Quarles qualifies for CIF state swimming championships
The high school swim season came to a close for all but one Coronado athlete on May 4 in the CIF-San Diego Section swim finals. Junior Chloe Quarles not only qualified for the 2024 CIF state swimming and diving championships with her time of 56:58 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly, but also broke her past […]
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Padres Roundup: Arraez traded from Miami, Darvish off injured list
Luis Arraez had four hits and an RBI in his first game after being traded from Miami, and the Padres routed the listless Arizona Diamondbacks 13-1 on May 4. The Padres made a massive deal before the game, acquiring Arraez from the Marlins along with nearly $7.9 million in a trade for four players. The two-time batting […]
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Coronado High track at the Dick Wilkins Championships
The Coronado High School Islanders were in action at the April 27 Dick Wilkins Frosh/Soph Championships, held at Del Norte High School in San Diego. The meet features the top 18–27 freshman and sophomore track and field athletes in each event in the San Diego CIF section. This meet was separated into two sections: the […]
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CHS boys volleyball team wraps up conference play
In Hawaiian culture, the kukui nut necklace symbolizes learning and education and is often gifted as a lei during graduation ceremonies. When the four seniors of the CHS boys volleyball program, along with one junior who is graduating early next year, walked out for their senior night ceremony following their last conference game of the […]
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Track and Field performances in final league meet
The Coronado High School Track and Field team participated in their last City League meet on April 18. The Islanders’ last 2024 season meet took place at Crawford High School and competition featured Christian High School and the host school’s teams. Race finish results and orders will stand, but cannot be considered for record or […]
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Coronado High School girls relay team places first in their heat at Mt. SAC Relays
The girls on the Coronado High School track team have outdone themselves with their incredible performance ‘where the world’s best athletes compete’— the 64th annual Mt. SAC Relays. In a last-minute addition to the girls’ seeded 4×100 relay event, four CHS sprinters traveled to Walnut, California, where they not only competed but won their heat […]
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Fernando Tatis Jr. has 50 custom cleats planned this year, including odes to Gwynn, Curry and more
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. had Tony Gwynn with him when he rounded the bases after a dramatic, go-ahead home run against the Chicago Cubs. The San Diego Padres star stutter-stepped into third base with his right cleat, designed with the look of the team’s home white pinstriped jerseys from 1998, when Gwynn […]
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CHS girls beach volleyball celebrates senior night
Emily Wygal, Sydney Jones, Raine Wilson and Riley Coker each walked out alongside their parents on the Central Beach sands as their teammates surrounded, cheering them on. April 18 was a day to celebrate the soon-to-graduate seniors as they faced up against their opponent Clairemont High School for one of their last games wearing a […]
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Islander track team scores recent personal records
The Islanders traveled to Valley Center to take part in the Jaguar Invitational on April 13, where several athletes scored personal records and Lauren Gilhooly surpassed the meet’s record for the 200-meter dash. Nathan Ayan ran a personal record (PR) in the 800-meter dash, Rafael Roos in the 1600-meter and Davin Collins notched two PRs […]
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Before murder charges tarnished his legacy, O.J. Simpson was one of the NFL’s greatest running backs
Long before the Bronco chase gripped a national television audience and the “Trial of the Century” captivated the country, O.J. Simpson was making his mark on the football field. The Juice was the best running back of his era during an 11-year NFL career mostly played with the Buffalo Bills. He won a national championship […]
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Mix of experience and youth leads Coronado boys golf in 2024
Stuart Gordon, the head coach of the Coronado boys golf team, is in the middle of his 21st season coaching for the Islanders and his expectations for this year’s varsity squad are high. The varsity team is showcasing considerable talent, according to Gordon, and his goal is for the team to compete in the San […]
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Beyond family, the Dunn sisters share a devotion to Lacrosse
Below a dimmed crescent moon at Coronado High School, bleacher chants could be heard cheering on two teams leading in the San Diego Girls rankings for lacrosse. April 11 marked a second season loss for the Coronado High School Varsity Girls Lacrosse team in an anticipated home game against their season’s biggest competitor, Torrey Pines. […]