Campfire’s octopus, chorizo, and celery-root entrée.
Gage Forster
CARLSBAD — It’s a rematch.
For the second season in a row, Carlsbad High School and Montgomery High School will play for the San Diego Section Open Division boys basketball championship.
But the road to Friday’s title game at Frontwave Arena was anything but easy for Carlsbad, the defending champions.
In a game that was tied six times and the lead changed hand eight, the Lancers used a 7-0 run midway through the fourth quarter to finally take control en route to a 73-61 win over Cathedral Catholic before a full house at Carlsbad.
It was the eighth win in a row for the No. 2-seeded Lancers (25-5), who haven’t lost since a 69-68 overtime decision at Torrey Pines on Jan. 31.
“Going back to the championship game means everything,” said Carlsbad senior Jake Hall, who finished with 22 points and had to push his career total to 3,045, second all-time in the San Diego Section.
“Playing Montgomery again is what everyone wanted.”
The Lancers got a career-high 24 points from 3-sport star Jett Kenady, who has signed to play baseball at Cal. Hall is headed to UC San Diego.
“For sure, we knew Cathedral was tough,” Kenady said. “We knew it was going to be tough. But we just do what we do.”
Cathedral Catholic led 19-17 at the end of the first quarter with Steven Evans-Glynn and Patrick O’Brien both scoring six.
Hall had eight points for Carlsbad, but was called for his second foul midway through the quarter and played the rest of the half with two fouls.
Carlsbad got eight points from Kenady in the second quarter and led 33-31 at the break. Roman Payne, a 7-foot volleyball player, who is bound for Hawaii, played his most extended minutes and had six rebounds.
Max Meza hit three straight 3-pointers to keep Cathedral Catholic in the game.
The score was tied five times and the lead changed hands eight times in the first 16 minutes.
“Roman gave us some great minutes,” said Carlsbad coach Clark Allard. “We were in a 2-3 zone and did a great job.”
Cathedral Catholic (20-10) cut Carlsbad’s lead to six with 1:40 to play, but the Dons could get no closer.
Jordan Garner finished with 16 points and eight rebounds for Carlsbad while Hall had 10 rebounds.
Evans-Glynn led the Dons with 18 points and had eight rebounds. O’Brien added 14 points and nine rebounds. Meza finished with 10 points.
Carlsbad is 140-47 since its last losing season in 2017-18. The Lancers are 94-30 in Hall’s four seasons, and 80-20 the last three seasons. The Lancers have beaten Santa Ana Mater Dei, ranked No. 29 in the state; Los Alamitos, ranked No. 16 in the state; and Georgetown Prep, ranked No. 9 in Maryland.
Two of the team’s losses are to Father Judge, ranked No. 1 in Philadelphia, and JSerra, ranked No. 18 in California.
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SANDY, Utah — SANDY, Utah (AP) — Sergi Solans had two goals and an assist, Diego Luna added a goal and two assists, and Real Salt Lake beat San Diego FC 4-2 on Saturday night to extend its unbeaten streak to six games.
Morgan Guilavogui scored his first goal in MLS and had an assist for Real Salt Lake (5-1-1). The 28-year-old designated player has five goal contributions in his first six career games.
RSL hasn’t lost since a 1-0 defeat at Vancouver in the season opener.
San Diego (3-3-2) has lost three in a row and is winless in five straight.
Luna opened the scoring in the fifth minute when he re-directed a misplayed pass by Duran Ferree, San Diego’s 19-year-old goalkeeper, into the net.
Moments later, Solans headed home a perfectly-placed cross played by Luna from outside the right corner of the 18-yard box to the back post to make it 2-0. Solans, a 23-year-old forward, flicked a header from the center of the area inside the right post and past the outstretched arm of Ferree to make it 3-1 in the 37th minute.
Guilavogui slammed home a first-touch shot to give RSL a three-goal lead in the 45th.
Marcus Ingvartsen scored a goal in the 14th minute and Anders Dreyer converted from the penalty spot in the 66th for San Diego.
Ingvartsen has five goals and an assist this season and has 10 goal contributions (seven goals, three assists) in 16 career MLS appearances.
Rafael Cabral had three saves for RSL.
Ferree finished with five saves.
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When John Resnick opened Campfire on a quaint little street in Carlsbad, Calif., in 2016, some locals weren’t sure what to think. The coastal enclave wasn’t exactly awash in innovative, chef-driven establishments, so it was a shock to see the dining room consistently full. Early on, one woman wondered aloud to Resnick, “Where did all these people come from?”
It’s a moment he remembers vividly. “I was struck by her statement, because I think she was surprised that so many other people in Carlsbad were there,” Resnick says.
The rest of the culinary world would take some time to catch up to what was happening. In 2019, when Michelin expanded to rate restaurants throughout all of California—not just the San Francisco area—Addison was the only one in San Diego to earn a star. But since emerging from the pandemic, the region’s food scene has grown dramatically. Driven by outstanding farms, ingredients, a bumper crop of talented chefs, and a G.D.P. approximately the size of New Zealand or Greece, San Diego County has become one of America’s most underrated dining destinations.
Campfire’s octopus, chorizo, and celery-root entrée.
Gage Forster
Perhaps no single restaurant is a better emblem for this shift than chef William Bradley’s Addison, which opened in 2006. After landing his first star, Bradley knew he wanted more. To get them, he transformed his French-leaning fare to serve what he calls California Gastronomy, which combines the cultures of SoCal with impeccable ingredients and wildly impressive techniques, prizing flavor over flair. Michelin responded, awarding Addison a second star in 2022, and making it the first Southern California three-star restaurant just a year later. The accolade has created a halo effect, attracting culinary tourists from around the world.
Berry beet tartlets at San Diego’s three-star stalwart Addison.
Eric Wolfinger
“Earning three stars forces the global dining community to pay attention to a place that may not have been on their radar before,” says chef Eric Bost, a partner in Resnick’s four Carlsbad establishments.
Resnick recruited Bost, who spent time at award-winning outposts of Restaurant Guy Savoy, to run Jeune et Jolie, which he led to a star in 2021. They’ve since taken over an old boogie-board factory down the street and converted it to an all-day restaurant and bakery, Wildland. The space also hosts an exquisite tasting-counter experience called Lilo, which was given a Michelin star mere months after opening in April 2025. And as Resnick and Bost grew their successful Carlsbad operation, chef Roberto Alcocer earned a Michelin star for his Mexican fine-dining spot Valle in nearby Oceanside.
The stylish tasting counter at Michelin one-star Lilo in Carlsbad.
Kimberly Motos
About 25 miles to the south, another affluent coastal community is going through its own culinary glow up. In La Jolla, chef Tara Monsod and the hospitality group Puffer Malarkey Collective opened the stylish French steakhouse Le Coq. Chef Erik Anderson, formerly of Michelin two-star Coi, is preparing to launch Roseacre. And last year, Per Se alums Elijah Arizmendi and Brian Hung left New York to open the elegant tasting-menu restaurant Lucien, lured by the ingredients they’d get to serve. “A major reason we chose San Diego is the quality and diversity of the produce,” Arizmendi explains. “San Diego County has more small farms than anywhere else in the U.S., and its many microclimates allow farmers to grow an incredible range of ingredients year-round.”
Wildland’s spicy Italian sandwich.
Gage Forster
Chef Travis Swikard has also been a tireless advocate for the region’s ingredients since he returned to San Diego, his hometown, and opened Mediterranean-influenced Callie in 2021. There’s no sophomore slump with his latest effort, the French Riviera–inspired Fleurette in La Jolla, where he’s serving his take on classics like leeks vinaigrette and his San Diego “Bouillabaisse” with local red sheepshead fish and spiny lobster. Its food is bright, produce-driven, and attentive in execution, while the dining room maintains a relaxed and unpretentious style of service. And Swikard sees that approach cohering into a regional style with a strong network of professionals behind it.
“It’s really nice that we are developing our own identity, not trying to be like L.A. or any other market, just highlighting what’s great about the San Diego lifestyle and ingredients,” he says. “Similar to New York, a chef community is starting to develop where chefs are supporting each other. There is a true sense of pride to be cooking here.”
Top: In La Jolla, Lucien serves ocean whitefish with tomatoes turned into concasse, sabayon, and other expressions.
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