2021 Football: About Sutton, Gardinera, O’Sullivan

Lucky Sutton became one the 10 highest single-season scorers in San Diego County history this season.

Sutton’s 40 touchdowns for 240 points tied the Cathedral senior and San Diego State-bound running back for ninth with Imperial’s Royce Freeman, who also scored 240 in 2011.

Sutton played in 13 games and was deprived of a 14th when Cathedral sat out a 1-0 forfeit victory over Lincoln.

The Dons’ school and County record is 336 by Tyler Gaffney, who played in 14 games in 2008.

For a complete list of seasonal leaders, dating to the 1920s, see the All Time Individual Leading Scorers page.

EVOLUTION OF HIGHEST SCORERS

YEAR POINTS NAME TEAM RECORD
1916 132 Byron (Pesky) Sprott San Diego 12-0
1929 164 Frank (Toady) Green Coronado 8-1
1953 194 C.R. Roberts Oceanside 7-2
1985 200 Terry Rodgers Sweetwater 11-1
1988 214 Scott Garcia Rancho Buena Vista 13-0
1998 262 Chad Cox Mountain Empire 8-4
2004 276 Zay Shepard Brawley 12-1
2008 336 Tyler Gaffney Cathedral 14-0

*Rashaan Salaam of La Jolla Country Day scored 322 points in 1990, but his team played both 11-man and eight-man games.

**Julian’s Evan Fisher scored 342 points in 12 games in 2001, playing a full schedule of eight-man games.

GARDINERA HONORED

Scripps Ranch’s Marlon Gardinera, who led the Falcons to a 13-1 record and the state Division II-A championship, has been named the overall State Coach of the Year by Cal-Hi Sports.

The Falcons’ mentor is the seventh San Diego coach honored by Cal-Hi Sports. Others:

NAME TEAM RECORD YEAR
Clarence (Nibs) Price San Diego 12-0 1916
Duane Maley San Diego 11-0-1 1955
Dick Haines Vista 13-0 1974
Bennie Edens Point Loma 13-0 1987
Herb Meyer El Camino 13-0 1991
Bob McAllister Carlsbad 10-0-2 2006

Cal-Hi Sports also recognized Gardinera as state medium schools coach of the year, an honor won by Madison’s Rick Jackson in 2012 and Cathedral’s Sean Doyle in 2008. Matt Oliver of Christian was state small schools coach of the year in 2013.

HENRY LOSES COACH

J.T. O’Sullivan, who resurrected a flailing Patrick Henry program, has stepped down.  O’Sullivan has been rumored to already have received an offer for another coaching position in San Diego.

O’Sullivan, who played quarterback at the University of California at Davis and in the NFL, coached the Patriots to a 20-10 record in three seasons after inheriting a program that was 4-17 the previous two years.

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