Jonny Richardson

San Diego

Reporter and President at Everything San Diego

Reporter for @ESDSports_, covering everything San Diego sports.

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3 weeks ago | esdsports.com | Jonny Richardson

The San Diego Legion’s 8-8 season was not enough to qualify them for the Western Conference playoffs after the Seattle Seawolves passed them for the fourth and final playoff spot with a 42-17 win over the Miami Sharks on Sunday. San Diego is the lone team in the Western Conference to not qualify for the playoffs. They were the only team in the West without a winning record.
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3 weeks ago | esdsports.com | Jonny Richardson

With their backs against the wall, the San Diego Legion controlled the match from the start with three tries in the first half and four more in the second half of their 50-5 win over Old Glory DC to keep their playoff hopes alive going into the final day of the season. They put pressure on the Seattle Seawolves, who they now lead by four points, for the final playoff spot in Major League Rugby’s Western Conference.
Everything San Diego

3 weeks ago | esdsports.com | Jonny Richardson

Seattle Reign FC (5-4-2, 17 points, T-5th NWSL) scored twice from outside the box in the second half to end San Diego Wave FC’s (6-3-2, 20 points, 2nd NWSL) club-record six-match unbeaten streak on a rainy Friday night at Snapdragon Stadium. The match was scoreless until Reign midfielder Sally Menti scored the match’s first goal in the 67th minute with a stellar strike from beyond the arc and forward Emeri Adames put the go-ahead score in the top right corner of the goal in the 87th minute.
Academic Senate creates task force to recommend what school should do about student AI usage

1 month ago | mesapress.com | Jonny Richardson

May 29, 2025 With the accelerated advancement of AI, San Diego Mesa College’s Academic Senate has created a task force to decide the college’s best approach towards it. The Academic Senate is the teacher’s version of a student government that meets twice each month, made up of at least one full-time faculty member from each department. Andrew Hoffman serves as its president. “It’s not going to disappear, right?
Baseball’s comeback bid falls short, season ends in 7-6 loss to Palomar in Super Regionals

1 month ago | mesapress.com | Jonny Richardson

San Diego Mesa baseball scored five runs in the last three innings but failed to come back from a six -run deficit that ended their season in a 7-6 loss to the Palomar Comets on May 8. The Olympians scored three times in the seventh inning, twice in the eighth inning and got the game-tying run on base in the ninth inning before a game-ending double play knocked them out of the playoffs. “They worked really hard to get in a good position and I’m really proud of them,” head coach Jake Portugal said.
New community spaces celebrate Mesa’s student diversity

1 month ago | mesapress.com | Jonny Richardson

May 8, 2025 Brian Huynh found the Kapwa Learning Community by accident. He was invited by a friend who said there was a new Asian-American learning community and that he should join. So he gave it a chance. “Now that I’m here, I think it’s like one of the best decisions I’ve ever made,” Huynh said. “Within two or three days of classes, we were all tight-knit as a community.”Through joining that group, Huynh then co-founded the Asian Pacific Diversity Club and led it as its first president.
Everything San Diego

1 month ago | esdsports.com | Jonny Richardson

Christian Poidevin, Shilo Klein and Hugh Roach each scored two tries as the San Diego Legion (7-5, 38 points, 2nd West) earned a 45-36 victory over the Eastern Conference’s NOLA Gold (4-7, 28 points, 4th East). The Legion finished a stretch of 3 matches in 9 days, earning 12 of the possible 15 points with their two wins and getting each four-try bonus point. Their 7-point loss to the Utah Warriors on Wednesday accounts for the other point they earned.
Everything San Diego

2 months ago | esdsports.com | Jonny Richardson

Padres batters hit San Francisco Giants starter Logan Webb for five runs over five innings, including three in the first, as the Padres won 7-4 in the series opener with the Giants who started the night in a first-place tie with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West. The Nos. 5-9 hitters each recorded at least one hit as the Friars combined for 11 hits – their most since April 18, eight games – and their seven runs was the most since April 14, 11 games.
Everything San Diego

2 months ago | esdsports.com | Jonny Richardson

LOS ANGELES – Winger Tomas Aoake scored the game-winning try and Lincoln Mcclutchie’s fourth made conversion helped put an end to the San Diego Legion’s team-record breaking four-match losing streak. The Legion’s 38-36 road win over Rugby FC Los Angeles came in nail-biting fashion after LA answered the 76th-minute try with one of their own in the 78th minute. However, the conversion attempt from fullback Reese MacDonald missed left, giving the Legion their first victory since March 22.
Everything San Diego

2 months ago | esdsports.com | Jonny Richardson

The San Diego Legion’s losing streak extended to four matches, the worst such streak in the team’s eight-year history, after they had started the season 5-0 and secured all 25 possible points. They’ve gotten just one point in the four matches since then. Their 31-18 loss to the Utah Warriors came on the heels of losses to the West-leading Houston SaberCats, East-leading Chicago Hounds and back-to-back defending champion New England Free Jacks.