HeyJaredJohn Maffei
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- Sep 24, 2026
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Labrum brothers throw their high school teams into playoff mix (opens the original)
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It wasn’t always perfect spirals, long completions and touchdowns for Dax Labrum. ”In the fourth grade, I was the right guard and an outside linebacker,” said Labrum, now the quarterback for No. 6-ranked and 5-0 Santa Fe Christian. “At one of our games, we were down to 10 guys, and didn’t have a quarterback. “The coach asked who wanted to play the position, and nobody stepped up. So I volunteered. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Labrum threw for 3,106 yards and 36 touchdowns last season as Santa Fe Chri
CIF San Diego Section commissioner Joe Heinz dies at 56; ‘he was one of one’ (opens the original)
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Joe Heinz, a longtime coach and administrator who rose to become commissioner of the CIF San Diego Section, died Tuesday afternoon from complications after suffering a stroke. He was 56. Heinz had been in charge of the high school sports governing body’s section office since 2020. He guided San Diego’s programs through the COVID-19 pandemic and into an age of increased participation numbers. “Joe was Kevin Bacon, the guy everyone was connected to, the guy that brought everyone together,” said Ot
John Maffei’s picks: Expect Cathedral Catholic to win second game in a row after 0-2 start (opens the original)
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The Union-Tribune’s John Maffei picks Friday’s biggest high school football games. All games at 7 p.m., unless noted: Preview: Santa Fe Christian is 4-0 to start the season, has won 17 of its last 18 games and 26 of the last 29. Led by quarterback Dax Labrum, who has committed to Cornell, the Eagles have outscored their opponents 191-27 and are ranked No. 52 in the state. Labrum has completed 69 of 93 passes for 1,141 yards with 15 touchdowns and no interceptions. There are 14 receivers with a c
No. 5 Granite Hills turns QB Zac Benitez loose as a runner and it pays off in win over No. 1 Mission Hills (opens the original)
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EL CAJON — In order to stay with the No. 1-ranked team in the county, Granite Hills High School football coach Kellan Cobbs knew he had to come up with something new. So Cobbs turned record-setting quarterback Zac Benitez from a passer to a runner. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Benitez rushed 11 times for 56 yards and threw touchdown passes of 67 yards to Jacob Hamilton and 22 yards to Courtney-Miller Thompson as Granite Hills stopped a 2-point Mission Hills conversion try with 13 seconds to play and
Turnover chain: Flurry of offseason moves have San Diego high school coaches in new places (opens the original)
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In a normal cycle, there will be 12 high school football coaching changes per year in the San Diego Section. Maybe 15. This was anything but a normal offseason. No less than 23 schools named new head coaches ahead of the 2026 season. Here’s a look at those changes, and how the new coaches are faring so far: • Bonita Vista: Jay Hernandez was let go after going 10-14 in two seasons. Diante Lee, who most recently was the defensive coordinator at Mt. Carmel, is the new man. Bonita Vista (0-3) hosts
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