His coaches at Helix, where Brandon Arrington, Jr., competed as a freshman, believed the 400 meters might be his best event. Having dominated the California 100 and 200-meter scene since transferring to Mount Miguel in 2024, Arrington, Jr., took a fling at the 400 last week.

Arrington raced to a :46.51 clocking in the season’s final dual meet against Grossmont and vaulted into second place in California behind the :45.69 of Temecula Valley’s Jack Stadlman.

The Matadors’ junior also became the fourth San Diego county runner to cover the distance in under 47 seconds and he ranks 11^th in the country in the event this season.

Until the late 1970s San Diego County schools competed in the 440-yard, quartermile distance.  The distance for 400 meters is 437.443 yards with a conversion to metrics being 0.3 seconds.

Fully electronic times also affect hand stopwatch timing, depending on the distance.

Many old 440-yard races started from a chute and covered just one turn of the track and 220-yard races were on a straightaway.

Mission Bay star Jim Cerveny’s 1957 state meet record of 1:52.7 in the 880 at Berkeley began in a chute and covered three turns of the track.

EVOLUTION OF 440-YARD RECORDS

OFFICAL TIME	YEAR	NAME	SCHOOL	WITH METRIC CONVERSION
:51.6	1913	Leslie Dana	San Diego	:51.3
:49.6	1929	Irvine (Cotton) Warburton	San Diego	:49.3
:49.5	1937	John Fawcett	Coronado	:49.2
:49.3	1946	Norman Stocks	San Diego	:49.0
:49.2	1961	Scott Knox	Coronado	:48.9
:48.5	1963	Tom Agsten	Hoover	:48.2
47.6	1965	Mike Singletary	San Diego	:47.3
:47.3	1970	Milton Mitchell	Lincoln	:47.0
	1971	Donald Tyler	Lincoln	:47.0
:47.28	1979	Tony Banks	Morse	:46.98

 EVOLUTION OF 400 METERS RECORDS

OFFICIAL TIME	YEAR	NAME	SCHOOL	CONVERTED TO YARDS
:47.22	1988	Michael Stevenson	Morse	:47.52
:47.07	1995	Clinton Lane	Patrick Henry	:47.37
:46.85	1996	Lydell Burston	Morse	:47.15
:46.48	2023	Adren Parker	Helix	:46.78

2025 ATHLETIC.NET TOP 25 MARKS IN CALIFORNIA

BOYS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	OTHER STATE	NAME	SCHOOL, SECTION
100	:10.21	Arrington, Jr., Mount Miguel,	1st	:10.30w; :10.62	Clayton, Jr.	Oak Hills , Southern
200	:20.35	Arrington, Jr.	1st	:21.10	Stadlman	Temecula Valley, Southern
400	:46.51	Arrington, Jr.	2nd	:45.69	Stadlman
800	1:50.39	Bowman, Sage Creek	1st	1:50.45	Obando	L.B. Wilson, Southern
	1:53.25	Arnaudy, St. Augustine	17th
1600	4:08.75	Bowman	9th	4:04.88	Noonan	Dana Point Dana Hills, Southern
MILE	4:10.16	Bowman	4th	4:07.71	Pretre	Atherton Menlo, Central Coast
3200	9:08.87	Wilbur, Cathedral	—	8:49.30	Pretre
Two Miles	10:01.06	Delicino, San Diego	10th	9:44.28	Mendonca	Hilmar, Sac-Joaquin
110 Hurdles	:13.47w; :13.62	Fontenot, San Diego	1st	:13.85	Bright	Murrieta Mesa, Southern
	:13.86	Bryant, Ramona	3rd
	:13.99	Reese, San Marcos	5th
	:14.22	Bailey, Mission Bay	12th
	:14.45	Wong, Rancho Bernardo	23rd
330 Hurdles	:37.75	Fontenot	6T	:36.57	Andrade	Rancho Cucamonga Etiwanda, Southern
	:38.27	Bailey	15th
	:38.29	Reese	16T
	:38.74	Kim, University City	24th
	:38.76	De Hoyos, Helix	25th
4×100 Relay	:42.00	Helix	—	:40.00		Anaheim Servite, Southern
4×400 Relay	3:19.89	Del Norte	21st	3:09.94		L.B. Poly, Southern
	3:19.93	Helix	22nd
	3:21.03	Mt. Carmel	24th
	3:21.51	Point Loma	25th
4×800 Relay	7:52.61	Scripps Ranch	17th	7:35.01		Temecula Great Oak, Southern
	7:54.71	Del Norte	20th
High Jump	6-7	Cheeks, Mission Bay	12T	6-11	Mitchell	Antelope, Sac-Joaquin
Long Jump	23-8	Evans-Glynn, Cathedral	8T	24-7	Washington	Perris Orange Vista, Southern
	23-6	Oluwa, Mater Dei	10T
Triple Jump	47-8	Daley, El Camino	9th	49-11 ¼	Smith	Quartz Hill, Southern
Shot Put	52-9 ½	Gibbs, Oceanside	—	68-4	Madsen	Clovis North, Central
Discus	168-2	Polak, Granite Hills	19th	211-6	Madsen
Pole Vault	17-1	Anderson, University City	1T		Muhammad	Pittsburg North Coast
	16-2	Yarbrough, San Dieguito	6T
		Sbuttoni IV, St. Augustine	6T
	15-9	Suhar, Torrey Pines	13th
	15-6	Doomey, Ramona	19T
		Sotelo, Grossmont	19T
	15-3	Stroschine, Scripps Ranch	25T
		van Guenther, Otay Ranch	25T

GIRLS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	OTHER STATE	NAME	SCHOOOL, SECTION
100	:11.70	Gilhooly, Coronado	10th	:11:36	Cole	Redondo Beach Redondo, Southern
200	:24.13w; 24.73	Gilhooly	13T	:23.41w; 23.68	Wright	Trabuco Hills, Southern
400	:53.92	Makenna Herbst, Carlsbad	2nd	:53.77	Whitehead	Fontana Summit, Southern
	:55.66	Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad	19T
	:56.10	Daniels, Steele Canyon	24th
800	2:04.72	Makenna Herbst	1st	2:07.72	Packard	San Juan Capistrano J Serra, Southern
	2:07.99	Dailey, La Jolla	3rd
	2:10.82	Arciaga, Westview	13th
	2:12.25	Miracco, Sage Creek	22nd
1600	4:40.28	Dailey	1st	4:43.08	Lieberman	Murrieta Valley, Southern
	4:46.70	Williams, Eastlake	4th
	4:53.20	Aguirre, Patrick Henry	20th
MILE	4:41.92	Dailey	1st	4:44.87
	4:54.69	Aguirre	9th
	4:58.78	Ramos, Point Loma	24th
3200	9:58.2	Dailey	1st	9:58.17	Thomsen	Santa Rosa Montgomery, North Coast
	10:17.63	Williams	8th
	10:30.26	Aguirre	11th
Two Miles	12:08.18	Vasquez, Calexico	12th	10:01.72	Thomsen
	12:22.11	Stechschulte, Escondido Charter	14th
100 Hurdles	:12.99w; :13.16	Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego	1st	:13.96	Lopes	Fresno Central, Central
	:14.07	Thomas, Grossmont	8th
	:14.29	Mack, Otay Ranch	10th
	:14.44w :14.8	Allison, Steele Canyon	11th
	:14.57	Nardi, Carlsbad	16th
	:14.67w :14.89	Czyszczon, Del Norte	19th
300 Hurdles	:40.26	Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad	:1st	:40.56	Edwards	L.B. Wilson, Southern
	:41.25	Bowen-Fontenot	3rd
	:42.19	Mack	6th
	:43.43	Echsner, Del Norte	15th
	:43.95	Miracco, Sage Creek	22nd
4×100 Relay	:46.80	Carlsbad	8th	:45.21		Fullerton Rosary, Southern
	:47.20	Steele Canyon	12th
	:48.13	Coronado	24th
4×400 Relay	3:46.95	Carlsbad	2nd	3:39.60		L.B. Wilson, Southern
	3:55.20	Westview	15th
	3:56.59	Steele Canyon	20th
	3:57.61	Eastlake	23rd
4×800 Relay	9:13.06	Scripps Ranch	5th	8:53.85		San Juan Capistrano J Serra, Southern
	9:13.22	Cathedral	6th
	9:16.10	Del Norte	10th
High Jump	5-4	Schroeder, Otay Ranch	24T	5-10	Cottrill	Newhall Hart, Southern
		Ortiz, El Centro Central	24T
Long Jump	18-7 ¾	Estes, Canyon Crest	17th	19-10	Webster	L.B. Wilson, Southern
	18-6	Jones, Oceanside	23rd
Triple Jump	39-10 ¾w; 39-4	Jones	2nd	40-10	Varner	Rancho Cucamonga, Southern
Shot Put	39-9 1/2	Ford, Helix	17th	50-7	Massey	Aliso Niguel, Southern
Discus	148-3	Frankel, Sage Creek	8th	173-3	Williams	Redlands, Southern
Pole Vault	13-9	Echsner	1st	12-11	Bettinger	Los Alamitos, Southern
	12-8	Condiff, Canyon Crest	4th
	12-5	Khieu, Del Norte	8th
	12-3	Humer, Rancho Bernardo	12th
	12-0	Bugayong, Rancho Bernardo	15T
	11-9	Roznovsky, Canyon Crest	20T

 

 

The San Diego Section was approved for three entries in each event at the state track meet.  The Section was allowed one per event in 1961 and ‘62 and had two each since 1963.

All events in the Section finals and state meet were conducted in meters for the first-time.

The additional entry provided little succor for Section competitors.  There were no gold medal winners among Boys or Girls entries.

5/2/80

Phil Cookson of Grossmont whirled the discus 182 feet, 10 inches, breaking the school record of 174-6 by Richard Grise in 1964.

Cookson moved to fourth on the all-time County list and Grossmont defeated Valhalla, 72-64, overcoming :14.6 120-yard high hurdles and 14-1 pole vault victories by the Norsemen’s Rob Avant.

5/6/80

Helix won its 26^th consecutive Grossmont league dual meet, 109-25, over Santana.
—Roger Ramos of St. Augustine set school records of :38.9 in the 330 low hurdles and 42-1 in the triple jump, and tied the record of :14.7 in the 120-yard high hurdles in the Saints’75-61 win over Hoover.

5/8/80

La Jolla won its 25th dual meet in a row, 89-41, over University.

5/13/80

EASTERN LEAGUE TRIALS, @PATRICK HENRY

San Diego’s Kevin Shields ran the equivalent of a :09.6 100 when he clocked :10.5 in the 100 meters.

Shields also won his 220-yards heat in :22.5.

WESTERN LEAGUE TRIALS, @BALBOA STADIUM

Maurice Joyce of Lincoln won metric heats, :10.9 in the 100 and 22.0 in the 200.

GROSSMONT LEAGUE TRIALS, @MONTE VISTA

Helix’ Lawrence Brooks won a 100-yard heat in :10.5 and a 440-yard test in :50.2.  Phil Cookson of Grossmont led discus throwers at 178-10, followed by Helborn of Valhalla at 170-10.

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE TRIALS, @MESA COLLEGE

Veronica James of Bonita Vista ran 5:19.9 to set a record in the Girls’ mile.

5/16/80

EASTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @PATRICK HENRY

Kevin Shields of San Diego won metric 100- and 200-meter dashes in :10.5 and :22, but the rest of the flat races were in yards.

Charlotte Zepherin of Morse won the 100 meters in :11.8 and 440-yard dash in :58.3.

WESTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @MESA COLLEGE

Lincoln’s Maurice Joyce doubled at :10.6 and :22.1 in the 100 and 200 meters.

—Roger Ramos of St. Augustine (:14.5) edged Duane Santos of Lincoln (:14.7) in thev120-yard high hurdles. Steve Miller of La Jolla (:38.6) nipped Ramos (:38.8) in the 330 low hurdles.

PALOMAR LEAGUE FINALS, @VISTA

George Tuck of Torrey Pines won the 880-yard run in 1:56.1 and the 440 in :50.4.

—Kenny Brajevich of Poway (:38.3) nipped Orange Glen’s Jeff Godwin (:38.7) in the 330 hurdles after Godwin took the 120 highs in :14.6.

GROSSMONT LEAGUE FINALS, @MONTE VISTA

Lawrence Brooks led Helix to the team championship with victories in the 100yard dash (:10.5) and 440 (:49) and anchoring the Highlanders to victory in the 440-yard (:43.2) and mile relays (3:24.8).

Helix outscored runner-up Monte Vista, 73-46.

—Valhalla’s Rob Avant won the pole vault at 14-3 and Phil Cookson of Grossmont wafted the discus 174-6.  Helix’ Denise Dibos set a meet record of 2:18.3 in the 880.

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE FINALS, @HILLTOP

Montgomery edged Hilltop, 47-46, for the team title despite the Barons’ Andy Morabe winning the mile in 4:27.6 and two-mile in 9:29.7.

—Susan Compton of Marian doubled with a 135-0 discus throw and 36-11 shot put.

5/24/80

SAN DIEGO SECTION TRIALS, @MT. CARMEL

Susan Compton of Marian set a meet record with a toss of 144 feet in the discus, bettering Kathy Devine’s 1975 standard of 139-6.

Compton was short of her season best, 145-1.

—County high jump leader Britt Edmonson of Santana, nursing a foot injury sustained pole vaulting the previous week, was a casualty. Edmonson, with a best of 6 feet, 9 ¾ inches, in the jump, took one try at 6 feet and couldn’t continue.

He is out of the Section finals in both events.

—Kevin Shields of San Diego doubled with wind-aided :10.77 and :22.1 victories in the 100 and 200, while Lincoln’s Maurice Joyce turned a :10.78 100 but pulled up with a leg cramp in the 200.

—Charlotte Zepherin of Morse won at :12.27 in the 100 and :57.59 in the 400, an event in which she ran :56.35 earlier this season.  Zepherin also ran legs on the Tigers’ winning 400 (:48.87) and 1600 (4:00.09) relay teams.

—Alonzo Robinson of Carlsbad, better known as an all-Avocado League basketball player, led long jumpers at 21-10 3/4 and triple jumpers at 47-6.

5/31/80

SAN DIEGO SECTION FINALS, @MT. CARMEL

Charlotte Zepherin won the 100 meters in :12.19, 400 in :56.81, and anchored 400 and 1600 relay victories (:48.12 and 3:57.82).

Susan Compton of Marian extended her discus record to 147 feet, 9 inches.

Morse ran away with the Girls team championship, 50 points to Vista’s 23.

Oceanside’s Sean O’Neil dominated with a 1:52.74 800 and 4:16.77 in the 1600 and then announced that he would withdraw from the 800 the following week at the state meet in Berkeley and concentrate on the longer race.

6/6/80

62^ND STATE TRIALS, @EDWARDS STADIUM, BERKELEY

BOYS

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Shields	San Diego	:10.67	1st
	Joyce	Lincoln	:10.93	10th
	Lumpkin	El Camino	11:20	20T
200	Shields		:21.98	7th
	Hoffman	Mt. Carmel	:23.04	—
	Lumpkin		—	—
400	Brooks	Helix	:48.72	15th
	McColley	Oceanside	:50.75
	Jackson	Castle Park	—	Scratched
800	Tuck	Torrey Pines	1:55.07	13th
	Erickson	San Dieguito	1:57.58q	—
1600	O’Neal	Oceanside	4:09.53	2nd
	Montes	Monte Vista	4:14.58	11th
	Heath	Patrick Henry	4:18.09	14th
110 High Hurdles	Leakes	Mt. Carmel	:14.85	17th
	Santos	Lincoln	:14.90	18th
	Ramos	St. Augustine	:15.14	20th
300 Low Hurdles	Mitchell	El Camino	:37.78	6th
	Brajevich	Poway	:38.27	15th
	Godwin	Orange Glen	:39.34	—
4×100 Relay		Lincoln	:43.10	20th
		Helix	:43.11	—
		El Camino	—	—
4×400 Relay		El Camino	3:22.12	19th
		Torrey Pines	3:24.40	—
		Mt. Carmel	3:25.45	—
High Jump	Heintschel	Escondido	6-6	15T
	Rubin	Serra	6-2	—
	Larson	Vista	6-2	—
Long Jump	Robinson	Carlsbad	21-3	18th
	Kuretich	San Pasqual	21-1 ¼	—
Triple Jump	Robinson	Carlsbad	47-1 ¼	11th
	Williams	Helix	46-7 ½	13th
	Garcia	Montgomery	43-8 3/4	—
	Howard	Montgomery	—	—
Shot Put	Junior	Helix	52-3 ¼	—
	Eaton	Fallbrook	51-9 ½	—
	Leomiti	Sweetwater	—	—
Discus	Cookson	Grossmont	174-5	7th
	Thiss	Kearny	170-0
	Holborn	Valhalla	—	—
Pole Vault	Gaston	University	13-8	T14
	Gomez	Escondido	No Height	—

GIRLS

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Jackson	Morse	:12.23	10th
	Jones	Mount Miguel	:12.50	16th
	Zepherin	Morse	:12.52	18th
200	Jones		:25.85w	17th
	Washam	Morse	:26.19w	—
	Jackson		:26.37
400	Zepherin		:55.58	4th
	Jones	Patrick Henry	:57.67	16th
	Thomson	Vista	:58.85	20th
800	Griffith	Patrick Henry	2:18.36	16th
	Dibos	Helix	2:19.65	17th
	Hawk	San Dieguito	2:21.58	—
1600	James	Bonita Vista	5:01.68	9th
	Allen	Santana	5:02.87	10th
	Tanner	Vista	—	—
100 Hurdles	Lambert	El Camino	:14.80w	17th
	Giarusso	San Marcos	DQ/Lane Violation	—
	Moore	Morse	DQ/Lane Violation	—
4×100 Relay		Morse	:48.27	5th
		Helix	:49.15	12th
		Mount Miguel	:49.85	18th
4×400 Relay		Patrick Henry	3:54.69	10th
		Fallbrook	3:59.14	16th
		Morse	DQ
High Jump	McNeal	Carlsbad	5-7	T1
	Thomas	Mission Bay	5-5	T16
	Jeter	Morse	No Height	—
Long Jump	Hegerle	San Pasqual	18-8 ½	5th
	Mose	El Cajon Valley	16-10 ¾	—
	Selis	University	—	—
Shot Put	Mueller	Vista	39-03	13th
	Floyd	Morse	38-09	15th
	Masterson	Carlsbad	37-03	—
Discus	Compton	Marian	142-01	4th
	Mueller	Vista	141-11	5th
	Miller	Santana	117-01	17th

6/7/80

BOYS

62^ND STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, @EDWARDS STADIUM, BERKELEY

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Shields	San Diego	:10.75	4th
200	Shields		:22.04	8th
1600	O’Neal	Oceanside	4:06.52	3rd
3200	Evans	Patrick Henry	9:00.07	5th
	Rutherford	Patrick Henry	—	—
	Ivy	Santana	—	—
300 Hurdles	Mitchell	El Camino	:37.85	4th
Discus	Cookson	Grossmont	175-07	5th
	Day	Montgomery	174-04	6th

6/7/80

GIRLS

7^TH STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, @EDWARDS STADIUM, BERKELEY

400	Zepherin	Morse	:54.79	5th
3200	Brown	San Pasqual	10:59.32	13th
	Prentice	La Jolla	—	—
	Dewey	Monte Vista	—	—
4×100 Relay		Morse	:48.02	6th
High Jump	McNeal	Carlsbad	5-10	3rd
Long Jump	Hegerle	San Pasqual	18-4 ½	4th
Discus	Mueller	Vista	134-06	6th

 

After a terrific 57^th Arcadia Invitational, action moves on to the Mt. Sac Relays in Walnut and the 105th Russell Cup in Carpinteria this week.

League, Section qualifiers and finals, and the 105^th state meet in Clovis are on the horizon.

Wind of more than accepted 2.0 kilometers is noted with a “w”.

BOYS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	OTHER	NAME	SCHOOL
100	:10.24	Arrington, Mount Miguel,	1st	:10.30w	Clayton, Jr.	Oak Hills (Southern Section)
200	:20.35	Arrington	1st	:21.10	Harris	Anaheim Servite (Southern)
400	:48.29	Slaughter, Mt. Carmel	23rd	:45.69	Stadlman	Temecula Valley (Southern)
	:48.34	Pereya, Clairemont	25th
800	1:50.39	Bowman, Sage Creek	1st	1:50.45	Obando	L.B. Wilson (Southern)
	1:53.25	Arnaudy, St. Augustine	14th
1600	4:08.79	Bowman	7th	4:04.88	Noonan	Dana Point Dana Hills (Southern)
3200	9:15.36	Castleberry, Poway	—	8:49.30	Pretre	Atherton Menlo (Central Coast)
110 Hurdles	:13.47w	Fontenot, San Diego	1st	:13.87	Bright	Murrieta Mesa (Southern
	:13.98w	Bryant, Ramona	4th
	:13.99	Reese, San Marcos	5th
	:14.26	Bailey, Mission Bay	14th
	:14.45	Wong, Rancho Bernardo	21st
330 Hurdles	:38.27	Bailey	11th		Andrade	Rancho Cucamonga Etiwanda (Southern)
	:38.29	Reese, San Marcos	12th	:37.09	Andrade
	:38.76	De Hoyos, Helix	20th
	:38.77	Fontenot, San Diego	21st
	:38.88	Chastang, El Capitan	24th
4×100 Relay	:42.00	Helix	—	:40.00		Anaheim Servite (Southern)
4×400 Relay	3:19.89	Del Norte	15th	3:10.94		Culver City (Southern)
	3:19.93	Helix	16th
	3:21.03	Mt. Carmel	18th
	3:22.00	Point Loma	22nd
4×800 Relay	7:54.71	Del Norte	9th	7:42.60		San Juan Capistrano J Serra (Southern)
	7:54.90	Scripps Ranch	10th
High Jump	6-7	Cheeks, Mission Bay	10T	6-11	Mitchell	Antelope (Sac-Joaquin)
Long Jump	23-8	Glynn, Cathedral	7T	24-7	Washington	Perris Orange Vista (Southern)
Triple Jump	47-8	Daley, El Camino	9th	49-11 ¼	Smith	Quartz Hill (Southern)
Shot Put	52-9 ½	Gibbs, Oceanside	—
Discus	159-9	Polak, Granite Hills	—	211-6	Madsen	Clovis North (Central)
Pole Vault	17-0	Anderson, University City	1T		Muhammad	Pittsburg, North Coast

GIRLS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE RANK	STATE	NAME	SCHOOL
100	11.70w	Gilhooly, Coronado	10th	:11.36	Cole	Redondo Beach Redondo (Southern)
200	:24.13w	Gilhooly	10th	:23.41w	Wright	Temecula Chaparral (Southern)
400	:53.92	Makenna Herbst	1st	:53.93	Mosby	Berkeley St. Mary’s (North Coast)
800	2:04.72	Herbst	1st	2:07.72	Packard	San Juan Capistrano J Serra (Southern)
1600	4:40.28	Dailey, La Jolla	1st	4:43.08	Lieberman	Murrieta Valley (Southern)
3200	9:58.02	Dailey, La Jolla	1st	9:58.17	Thomsen	Santa Rosa Montgomery (North Coast)
100 Hurdles	:12.99w	Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego	1st	:13.97	Edwards	L.B. Wilson (Southern
	:14.07	Thomas, Grossmont	7th
	:14.29	Mack, Otay Ranch	9th
	:14.57	Nardi, Carlsbad	15th
	:14.78w	Allison, Steele Canyon	23rd
	:14.81	Gates, Point Loma	25th
300 Hurdles	:40.26	Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad	1st	:41.70	Edwards	L.B. Wilson (Southern)
	:41.26	Bowen-Fontenot	2nd
	:42.19	Mack, Otay Ranch	5th
	:44.29	Echsner, Del Norte	23rd
4×100 Relay	:46.80	Carlsbad	7th	:45.47		Fullerton Rosary (Southern)
	:47.55	Steele Canyon	14th
	:48.13	Coronado	21st
4×400 Relay	3:46.95	Carlsbad	2nd	3:39.60		L.B. Wilson (Southern)
	3:56.72	Steele Canyon	16th
	3:57.61	Eastlake	19th
4×800 Relay	9:13.22	Cathedral	5th	8:53.85		San Juan Capistrano J Serra (Southern)
	9:16.10	Del Norte	9th
	9:30.83	Scripps Ranch	17th
High Jump	5-4	Ortiz, El Centro Central	24T	5-10	Wetteland	L.B. Poly (Southern)
		Schroeder, Otay Ranch			Cottrill	Newhall Hart (Southern)
Long Jump	18-7 ¾	Estes, Canyon Crest	18th	20-1 ½	Hernandez	Jurupa Valley (Southern)
Shot Put	39-8	Ford, Helix	16th	50-7	Massey	Aliso Niguel (Southern)
Discus	148-3	Frankel, Sage Creek	8th	173-3	Williams	Redlands (Southern)
	13-6	Echsner, Del Norte	1st	12-11	Bettinger	Los Alamitos (Southern)

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL, DAY II, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025

BOYS OPEN, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

EVENT	NAME	MARK	PLACE	LEADER
Open Triple Jump	Daley, El Camino	45-3	13th	49-6, Smith, Quartz Hill
Open Pole Vault	Yarbrough, San Dieguito	15-8	7th	16-8, McGee, Camas, Washington
	Sbuttoni, St. Augustine	15-2	9T
	Suhar, Torrey Pines		9T
Open Long Jump (two flights)	Sheridan, Rancho Buena Vista	22-8 ½	8th	23-9, Francis, Rancho Santa Margarita
Open Pole Vault	Stroschine, Scripps Ranch	15-1	3rd	16-1, Hymas, Fair Oaks Bella Vista
	Von Guenther, Otay Ranch	14-7	7th
Open 4×100 Relay	Helix	:42.49	—	:41.64, Oak Hills
Open 110 High Hurdles  (multiple races)	Reese, San Marcos	:13.99	1st
	Wong, Rancho Bernardo	:14.47	6th
	Chastang, Rancho Bernardo	:14.81	17th
	Berkeley, St. Augustine	:15.11	—
Open 100 (multiple races)	Getz, Mission Bay	:10.92	—	:10.60, Gates, La Verne Damian
	Bishop, West Hills	:11.0	—
Invitational 100	Arrington, Mount Miguel	:10.32	1st
Open 800	Yarbrough, Del Norte	1:55.25	18th	1:52.08, Lee, Idaho Falls Thunder Ridge
	van Eldik Thieme, Scripps Ranch	1:58.2	—
Open 400	Slaughter, Mt. Carmel	:48.29	10th	:46.85, Kumar, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman
	Pereyra, Clairemont	:48.65	20th
	Ellis, Helix	:49.01	—
	Corbett, Otay Ranch	:49.09	—
	Campbell, Steele Canyon	:49.32	—
	Gray, Helix	:49.67	—
	Dillon, San Dieguito	:49.89	—
Open 300 Hurdles	De Hoyos, Helix	:38.88	9th	:38.01, Eminovic, Herriman Mountain Ridge, Utah
	Chastang, El Capitan	:39.19	15th
	Berkeley, St. Augustine	:40.70	—
Open 200 (multiple races)	Smoole, La Jolla	:21.96	13th	:21.20, Kumar, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman
	Burston, Helix	:22.11	17th
	Mullen, Sage Creek	:22.30	—
Open Distance Medley (4×1600)	Scripps Ranch	10:27.84	8th	10:22.25, Middletown Christian Brothers, N.J.
	Steele Canyon	10:43.07	15th
	Del Norte	10:43.78	16th
Invitational Distance Medley	Torrey Pines	10:30.73	18th	10:10.21, Clovis East
	Cathedral	10:42.84	—
Open 4×400 Relay (multiple races)	Del Norte	3:19.89	2nd	3:19.64, Irvine Northwood
	Steele Canyon	3:25.59	15th
	Sage Creek	3:32.47	20th
Seeded 4×400 Relay	Helix	3:19.93	5th	3:17.57, Chandler Hamilton, Ariz.
	Mt. Carmel	3:23.32	7th
Seeded Mile	Bowman, Sage Creek	4:10.16	1st
Seeded 800	Arnaudy, St. Augustine	1:56.86	9th	1:52.25, Nielsen, Mesa Eastmark, Ariz.
Seeded 110 Hurdles	Bailey, Mission Bay	:14.38	7th	:13.88, Hergenrader, Clovis Buchanan
Invitational 110 Hurdles	Fontenot, San Diego	:13.79	2nd	:13.59, Van Orden, Highland, Idaho
	Bryant, Ramona	:14.16	5th
Invitational 100	Arrington, Mount Miguel	:10.32	1st
Seeded 300 Hurdles	Bailey, Mission Bay	:38.62	5th	:37.67, Schneider, Thousand Oaks
	Reese, San Marcos	:44.85	9th
Invitational 200	Arrington	:20.35	1st

 

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL DAY II, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025

GIRLS OPEN, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL DAY II, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025

GIRLS OPEN, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

EVENT	NAME	MARK	PLACE	LEADER
Open Mile	Aguirre, Cathedral	4:54.59	2nd	4:53.83, Mallon, Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman
Invitational Mile	Dailey, La Jolla	4:41.92	2nd	4:41.46, Cieslak, Haverford Township, Havertown, PA.
Open 4×100 Relay (multiple heats)	Steele Canyon	:47.55	2nd	:47.38, Peoria Liberty, Ariz.
	Del Norte	:48.68	21st
	Sage Creek	:48.72	22nd
	San Marcos	:49.04	—
	Canyon Crest	:49.69	—
	Cathedral	:49.77	—
	Coronado	:54.32	—
Seeded 4×100 Relay	Carlsbad	:46.80	2nd	:46.58, L.A. Carson
Open 100 Hurdles	Nardi, Carlsbad	:14.57	3rd	:14.26, Kerr, St. Louis Cardinal Ritter
Seeded 100 Hurdles	Thomas, Grossmont	:14.07	2nd	:14.04, White, West Sacramento River City
Invitational 100 Hurdles	Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego	:13.16	1st
Open 100 (multiple races)	Scott, Steele Canyon	:12.10	23rd	:11.72, Anyansi, Murrieta Valley
Seeded 100	Gilhooly, Coronado	:12.04	9th	:11.58, Jones, Portland Roosevelt, Or.
Open 800 (multiple races)	Aguirre, Patrick Henry	2:12.53	5th	2:09.12, Hill, Technology
	Weaver, Helix	2:16.96	—
Invitational 800	Makenna Herbst, Carlsbad	2:05.08	1st
	Arciaga, Westview	2:10.82	6th
Open 400 (multiple races)	Hawkins, Olympian	:56.14	10th	:54.66, Whitehead, Fontana Summit
	Gonzales, Torrey Pines	:56.27	11th
	Hennigan, Westview	:56.71	18th
	Rascon, Eastlake	:57.80	—
	Donnelly, La Costa Canyon	:58.21	—
Open 300 Hurdles	Miracco, Sage Creek	:45.50	—	:42.69, Akinbile, Tucson Catalina Foothills, Ariz.
	Czyszczon, Del Norte	:46.03	—
	Reed, Mira Mesa	: 46.53	—
	Gates, Point Loma	:47.97
Open Distance Medley (4×1600)	Scripps Ranch	12:26.57	6th	12:01.76, St. George Pine View, Utah
	Del Norte	12:29.12
Open 4×400 (multiple races)	Steele Canyon	3:56.72	4th	3:54.31, Dublin
	Eastlake	3:57.85	7th
	Olympian	3:59.00	9th
	Westview	4:06.36	—
	Del Norte	4:08.49	—
Invitational 4×400 Relay	Carlsbad	3:46.95	2nd	3:42.08, L.B. Wilson
Open High Jump	Ortiz, El Centro Central	5-1	14th	5-9, Brinker, Ladue Horton Watkins, Mo.
Open Shot Put	Seabolt, Mt. Carmel	37-0	7th	41-4 ½, Steiner, Los Gatos
	Ford, Helix	35-3 ½	12th
Open Pole Vault	Bugayong, Rancho Bernardo	11-9	3T	12-3, Hogarth, Chandler, Ariz.
	Kaiser, Del Norte	11-3	7T
	Roznovski, Canyon Crest	10-9	13T
Open Triple Jump	O’Donnell, Cathedral	36-02	10th	38-1/4, Ahlander, Las Vegas Palo Verde
	Pasqual, Rancho Bernardo	35-1	12th
Invitational Long Jump	Estes, Canyon Crest	18-3	11th	19-10, Webster, L.B. Wilson
Invitational Pole Vault	Echsner, Del Norte	12-11	1st
	Khieu, Del Norte	12-5	5th
	Humer, Rancho Bernardo	11-11	11th
Invitational Discus	Frankel, Sage Creek	123-09	14th	159-01, Johnson, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
Invitational High Jump	Stein, Patrick Henry	5-2	11T	5-8, Laruelle, Cupertino Monta Vista

 

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL DAY I, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025

BOYS OPEN, RATED, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

EVENT	TIME	TEAM	PLACE	LEADER
Rated 4×200 Relay	1:29.36	Del Norte	5th	1:26.71, Manhattan Beach Mira Costa
	1:29.67	Mira Mesa	6th
Seeded 4×800 Relay	7:54.71	Scripps Ranch	1st
	8:04.13	Point Loma	10th
Invitational 4×800 Relay	8:05.86	Scripps Ranch	17th	7:41.54, Carmichael Jesuit
Invitational 400, 200, 200, 800 Medley Relay	Steele Canyon	3:29.19	4th	3:22.91, L.B. Wilson
Open 3200 (heat 2)	Castleberry, Poway	9:26.0	20th	9:05.39, San Mateo Nueva School

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL DAY I, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025

BOYS OPEN, RATED, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

EVENT	TIME	TEAM	PLACE	LEADER
Rated 4×200 Relay	1:29.36	Del Norte	5th	1:26.71, Manhattan Beach Mira Costa
	1:29.67	Mira Mesa	6th
Seeded 4×800 Relay	7:54.71	Scripps Ranch	1st
	8:04.13	Point Loma	10th
Invitational 4×800 Relay	8:05.86	Scripps Ranch	17th	7:41.54, Carmichael Jesuit
Invitational 400, 200, 200, 800 Medley Relay	3:29.19	Steele Canyon	4th	3:22.91, L.B. Wilson
Open 3200 (heat 2)	9:26.0	Castleberry, Poway	20th	9:05.39, San Mateo Nueva School

 

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL DAY I, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025

GIRLS OPEN, RATED, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

EVENT	TIME	TEAM	PLACE	LEADER
Seeded 4×200 Relay	1:42.07	Steele Canyon	3rd	1:37.82, Phoenix North Canyon
Seeded 4×800 Relay	9:57.47	La Jolla	15th	9:14.75 Fresno Bullard
	10:23.74	Steel Canyon	18th
Invitational 4×800 Relay	9:13.22	Cathedral	6th	8:53.85, San Juan Capistrano J Serra
	9:16.10	Del Norte	9th
	9:30.83	Scripps Ranch	15th
Seeded 400, 100, 100, 200 Medley Relay	1:50.53	Steel Canyon	10th	1:46.29, Los Gatos
Invitational 400, 100, 100, 200 Medley Relay	1:48.62	Coronado	6th	1:43.20, Fullerton Rosary
Invitational 400, 200, 200, 800 Medley Relay	4:04.13	Westview	4th	3:48.83, Scotch Plains Union Catholic, N.J.
	4:07.01	La Jolla	6th
Open 3200	11:37.25	Ray, University City	—	10:40.89, Swain, Riverton, Utah
Rated 3200	11:07.38	Ramos, Point Loma	—	10:36.93, Barton, Bonneville, Utah
Seeded 3200	10:54.00	Dunajevich, Canyon Crest	—	10:18.67, Reuter, Haslet, Texas, V. R. Eaton
Seeded 4×1600 Relay	21:37.60	Canyon Crest	7th	21:03.47, Hillsborough Crystal Springs Uplands
Invitational 4×1600 Relay	20:36.84	Del Norte	4th	20:27.26, Clovis Buchanan
	20:48.34	Cathedral	5th

RISING STARS

EVENT	MARK		PLACE	LEADER
Pole Vault	10-9	Viglotti, Francis Parker	5th	11-3, Wood, Lees Summit West, Missouri
	10-3	Wells, El Camino	8th
Triple Jump	36-6 ½	Roche, Eastlake	3rd	38-3 ¾, Ali, Concord Clayton Valley
Discus	123-05	Sugimae, Canton Crest	5th	135-01, Lett, Gilbert Williams Field, Ariz.
	114-06	Ford, Helix	12th
Long Jump	17-1/2	Harper, Steel Canyon	11th	18-1 ¼, DeFlorimonte, Oakland Bishop O’Dowd

 

Bill Beane of Mt. Carmel was a star player for the Sundevils and  the first player selected in the 1980 major league draft by the New York Mets.

“Billy” Beane played five seasons in the majors and joined the Oakland Athletics as an advance scout in 1990, beginning a front office career in which today Beane is part owner of the team and was the subject of the movie “Money Ball” in 2011 starring Brad Pitt.

5/2/80

Mark Davis, the third brother to play for Hoover since 1971, homered as the Cardinals defeated Crawford, 4-3.

Mark was preceded by John and Mike Davis.  The latter went on to a nine-season major league career.

—Brian Tuller’s double scored Tony Johnson from first in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 4-3 Clairemont victory over Kearny, snapping the Komets’ seven-game Eastern League winning streak.

Tuller, who pitched a no-hitter against Bonita Vista in the Lions tournament, went the distance for the Chieftains, scattering 10 hits.

—Joe Bautista’s first-inning grand slam home run led Mar Vista to a 5-4 in over Chula Vista.

—Borrego Springs Mark Giberti pitched a no-hitter as the Rams defeated Cal Lutheran, 10-2, in the Southern League and Poway’s Tim Lund allowed one hit in a 3-2 win over Oceanside.

5/6/80

Nestor Rosas’ fourth-inning homerun was the difference in unbeaten Mar Vista’s 19^th straight win, 4-3 over Coronado.

—Home runs by Charlie Steele and Garry Harris powered Hoover to a 13-4 win over Lincoln.

—Madison’s Gene Sgambelluri pitched a no-hitter and struck out 14 in a 7-0 win over San Diego.

5/16/80

Mar Vista’s 23-game, San Diego Section winning streak ended with an 8-6 loss to Coronado.

The Mariners, whose run included four games at the end of the 1979 season, backed into the Metropolitan League championship when Southwest defeated second-place Hilltop, 3-2.

Mar Vista, 15-1 in league and 19-1 overall, earlier broke the Section record for most consecutive wins.  Oceanside won 18 in a row in 1970.

San Diego High had a 23-game winning streak as a member of the Southern Section in 1954 and streaks of 21 in 1959 and 19 in 1952 and ’57.

—Tom Katomski, Matt Nokes, Scott McKee, and Tom Weikel hit run-scoring singles and the first six Patrick Henry batters hit safely in the first inning as the Patriots defeated Kearny, 6-3, short circuiting the Komets’ attempt to clinch the Eastern League championship.

5/23/80

Regular-season play concluded in the Eastern, Western, and Metropolitan Leagues, with eight of 16 playoff berths in accounted for.

Kearny, Clairemont, and Patrick Henry (Eastern) advanced in 3-A, as did Mission Bay and University (Western), and Mar Vista and Chula Vista (Metropolitan) in 2-A.

—Joe Blas homered twice and drove in four runs as Kearny routed Morse, 23-4.  Tom Katomski pitched Patrick Henry to its ninth consecutive win, 5-2 over Point Loma.  Western League champion University lost to La Jolla, 3-2, and Clairemont, despite losing, 8-5, to Madison still finished ahead of the Warhawks.

Although losing to Mar Vista, 7-6, Hilltop qualified.  Chula Vista earned the third bid, 11-7 over Bonita Vista.

—Santana, picked to finish seventh in the nine-team Grossmont League, rode the three-hit pitching of Ray Brown as the Sultans beat Grossmont, 1-0, at El Capitan.

The win marked the first time since 1970 the Sultans had won or shared the league title.

STANDINGS

EASTERN LEAGUE

LEAGUE                       OVERALL

Team	Won	Lost	Pct.	GBL	Won	Lost	Pct.
Kearny	12	2	.857	—	17	5	.773
Patrick Henry	10	3	.769	1 ½	13	6	.684
Clairemont	9	5	.643	3	14	8	.636
Madison	8	5	.615	3 ½	11	8	.579
Point Loma	7	7	.500	5	11	9	.550
Morse	5	9	.357	7	6	14	.300
San Diego	3	11	.214	9	4	16	.200
Mira Mesa	1	13	.071	11	3	17	.150

WESTERN LEAGUE

LEAGUE                                                  OVERALL

Team	Won	Lost	Pct.	GBL	Won	Lost	Pct.
University	11	3	.786	—	15	7	.682
Mission Bay	9	5	.643	2	14	7	.667
Hoover	8	5	.615	2 ½	12	7	.632
Lincoln	8	6	.571	3	11	8	.579
Crawford	7	7	.500	4	10	10	.500
La Jolla	6	7	.462	5	10	9	.526
Serra	5	9	.357	6	7	12	.368
St. Augustine	1	13	.071	10	3	18	.143

GROSSMONT LEAGUE

LEAGUE                                                  OVERALL

Mount Miguel	12	4	.750	—	15	5	.750
Santana	12	4	.750	—	14	8	.636
El Capitan	10	6	.625	2	13	8	.619
Valhalla	9	7	.563	3	12	9	.571
Helix	9	7	.563	3	11	10	.524
Grossmont	7	9	.438	5	12	10	.545
Granite Hills	7	9	.438	5	11	10	.524
Monte Vista	4	12	.250	8	6	16	.273
El Cajon Valley	2	14	.125	10	3	16	.158

AVOCADO LEAGUE

LEAGUE                                               OVERALL

Carlsbad	9	3	.750	—	13	8	.619
San Pasqual	8	4	.667	1	14	8	.636
Escondido	6	6	.500	3	8	10	.444
San Marcos	6	6	.500	3	8	12	.400
Ramona	5	7	.417	4	5	13	.278
Oceanside	5	7	.417	4	5	15	.250
El Camino	3	9	.250	6	6	14	.300

PALOMAR LEAGUE

LEAGUE                                                OVERALL

Vista	9	3	.750	—	15	6	.714
Poway	9	3	.750	—	13	6	.684
Orange Glen	7	5	.583	2	12	8	.600
Mt. Carmel	5	7	.417	4	11	9	.550
Torrey Pines	4	8	.333	5	11	9	.550
Fallbrook	4	8	.333	5	9	11	.450
San Dieguito	4	8	.333	5	9	13	.409

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE

LEAGUE                                                  OVERALL

Mar Vista	17	1	.944	—	21	1	.955
Hilltop	12	6	.667	5	16	7	.696
Chula Vista	11	7	.611	6	14	8	.636
Sweetwater	9	9	.500	8	10	10	.500
Montgomery	9	9	.500	8	9	11	.450
Coronado	8	10	.444	9	11	11	.500
Marian	8	10	.444	9	8	10	.444
Bonita Vista	8	10	.444	9	8	12	.400
Southwest	7	11	.389	10	8	12	.400
Castle Park	1	17	.056	16	1	19	.050

5/27/80

SAN DIEGO SECTION PLAYOFFS

QUARTERFINALS

3-A

El Capitan 2, @Kearny (17-6) 0.

An error, balk, walk, and single by John Ramirez loaded the bases, and another walk to Tate Velau forced in a run in the top of the third inning that was the difference.

Vaqueros pitcher Jim Kurzinger gave up five hits, including two by Komets pitcher Billy Eggert, who allowed four hits and struck out 11.

Vista (15-7) 1, @Mount Miguel 5.

Rick Bighames and Tom Toledo homered for the Matadors.

Patrick Henry 2, @Santana (14-9) 0.

Mike Fazekas’ six-hit pitching led the Patriots to their 10^th consecutive win.

Clairemont 5, @Poway (13-7) 1.

Doug Fess tripled twice and Chieftains pitcher Mike Weinbrecht struck out 10.

2-A

San Marcos (14-9) 3, @Mar Vista 10.

Doug Reynolds hit a grand slam home run and Regan Owen added a two-run clout in the Mariners’ nine-run first inning.

San Pasqual (14-9) 3, @Hilltop 9.

The Lancers broke the extra-innings tie with six runs in the eighth.

Chula Vista (14-9) 1, @University 3.

Carlsbad (13-9) 6, @Mission Bay 8.

Mike Burrows went all eight innings for the Buccaneers, was 3 for 5 at the plate, and singled in the winning run.

5/29/80

SEMIFINALS

3-A

Patrick Henry 10, @Clairemont 4 (15-9).

Trailing, 4-2, the Patriots exploded for six runs in the sixth inning.

El Capitan 7, @Mount Miguel 6 (16-6).

2-A

Mission Bay 4, @Mar Vista 2 (22-2).

Mission Bay coach Dennis Pugh surprised by giving the ball to John Henderson instead of ace Art Rodriguez, and Henderson, who had not made a start this season and had appeared only twice in relief, survived a shaky first inning and pitched a complete game.

Pugh thought Henderson’s sidearm delivery and variety of “junk stuff” would work.  “I wanted to give them something they’ve hadn’t seen yet,” said Pugh.

“Besides,” the coach added, “we’re a better team defensively with Art at shortstop.”

Hilltop 2 (16-6), @University 3.

1-A

Army-Navy 4, @Borrego Springs, 11.

Santa Fe Christian 3, @Mountain Empire 9.

The Redskins’ Bob Price gave up two hits and struck out 10.

5/31/80

CHAMPIONSHIPS

3-A

Patrick Henry (16-6) 10, El Capitan (15-9) 4, @University San Diego.

The Patriots, hitless through 5 1/3 innings, exploded for nine runs in the sixth.

“I guess the sixth is a good inning for us,” said Patriots coach Bob Imlay, recalling a similar outburst in the semifinals two days before.

Tony Sharamitaro led off with a triple, Scott McKee doubled, and Rodney Ellis added a two-run single.

Greg Perry relieved starter Jim Kursinger and was on the mound for seven more runs, with the Vaqueros’ third error and a passed ball contributing.

The win, behind Mike Fazekas’ six-hit pitching, was Patrick Henry’s 13^th in a row.

2-A

University (18-7) 4, Mission Bay (16-8) 3, @University San Diego.

Both pitchers, Mike Correia for the Dons and Mike Burrows for Mission Bay went the entire 13 innings.

Correia’s single drove in the deciding run after Burrows had almost worked out of a bases-loaded jam with two force outs at home plate.

Correia had worked a complete-game seven innings in the quarterfinals, added 1 1/3 innings in the semifinals and finished the week with 21 1/3 innings pitched.

“I feel this is the last game I’m going to want to pitch for a long time,” Correia told Linda Murphy of The San Diego Union. “I told coach I probably couldn’t pitch the next inning.”

The win was coach Dick Serrano’s second championship in three years and Correia closed with a 14-1 record.

1-A

Mountain Empire (10-3) 4, Borrego Springs (9-4) 3, @Imperial High.

The Redskins’  second straight title was achieved without a base hit in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Tom Harkness was hit by a pitch.  A base on balls and a fielder’s choice moved Harkness to third.  He scored on a passed ball.

Dan Mady’s two-run single in the fourth tied the score after Borrego took a 3-1 lead in the third on Paul Giberti’s double and Jim Streit’s two-run single.

San Diego High defeated Excelsior Norwalk in the championship game of the Southern Section playoffs in what was almost becoming routine.

The 16-8 victory at the Lane Field home ballpark of the Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres was the seventh since Mike Morrow became coach in 1927.

Th Hilltoppers (20-4), also known as Hillers and Cavers or Cavemen, had several standouts, including one who would star for the PCL Padres.

Sophomore pitcher Al Olsen signed with the Padres after graduation in 1939 and was an essential member of the team’s starting rotation for most of the next 13 years.

3/31/37

John (Red) Keogh pitched the season’s first no-hitter, a 2-0 St. Augustine triumph over Point Loma at University Heights playground. Keogh struck out 14 and walked three and no runner advanced beyond second base.

—Hoover’s six errors that led to two unearned runs allowed Sweetwater to edge the visiting Cardinals, 4-3.

4/21/37

Charlie Strada of St. Augustine caught a fly ball in right field and threw to first base to double up a Naval Air runner. First baseman Claude White then completed the season’s first triple play with a throw to shortstop Bob Menke, who tagged a second Naval Air runner for the third out.

Joe Rinder was 3 for 3 for the Saints, who won, 12-3.

—Les Cassie scattered 10 hits and the San Diego State Freshmen topped Escondido, 12-5, on the Aztecs’ diamond.

—Cliff Bashore gave up four hits and Grossmont defeated visiting Point Loma, 5-1.

4/23/37

Long Beach Wilson created a three-way tie with Alhambra and San Diego for first place in the Coast League when the Bruins struck 11 base hits off three San Diego pitchers and defeated the traveling Hillers, 8-1.

—Hoover claimed its first Coast League victory with a two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat Santa Ana, 8-7.

The visiting Saints took advantage of Cardinals ace Del Ford, who retired with a sore arm in a three-run fourth inning, and led, 7-3, before Hoover scored three runs in the eighth, setting up its clinching rally. Del Ballinger, who relieved Ford, was the winning pitcher.

—Charlie Strada homered and tripled and drove in five runs, and Ed Vitalich survived a couple homers and 10 hits as St. Augustine outscored Sweetwater, 11-7, with a 15-hit attack on the Red Devils’ diamond.

—Don Galindo struck out 15 Oceanside batters, allowed two hits, and Escondido shut out the Pirates, 14-0.  The Cougars had 13 base hits, including home runs by Morgan Finney and Willie Reyes.

4/26/37

Two-year letterman first baseman Dick Mitchell was elected captain of the Hoover team, coach Wofford (Wos) Caldwell announced.

—Del Ballenger surrendered one hit, a bases empty home run by Red Keogh in the fourth inning, and contributed a home run as Hoover beat St. Augustine, 10-1, on the Cardinals ‘diamond.

4/28/37

Track star and baseball pitcher Jerry Soule struck out 13 and was supported by two singles and a home run by first baseman Carl Reed and three singles and a triple by Elvard Walden in La Jolla’s 10-4 win over visiting Oceanside.

4/30/37

Bill Hutchinson’s grand slam home run and Art Davis’ effective pitching resulted in an 11-2 win, Mountain Empire over guest Ramona.

—Don Galindo, with 17-hit support, pitched Escondido to a 12-6 win over nonleague visitor Compton.

—Jack Lange had two doubles and a single and Del Oliver, who relieved Del Ballenger in the ninth inning, was the winning pitcher after Hoover scored two runs in the 10^th at Alhambra for a 6-4 Coast League victory.

5/1/37

Attendance was 1,200 persons at Lane Field, home of the Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres, and the Hilltoppers, behind lefthander Al Olsen, defeated Long Beach Poly, 9-2.

Olsen gave up five hits and Dave Curtis and Jess Meyers each had two hits and Chet Kehn walked four consecutive times.

San Diego’s victory set up a one-game playoff in four days with Long Beach Wilson, with the Coast League title on the line. The teams tied for first, each with a 4-1 record.

5/4/37

Cliff Bashore pitched Grossmont to a 4-1 victory in the season’s final Metropolitan League game, tying the Foothillers with La Jolla and Oceanside, behind champion Escondido.

5/5/37

Al Olsen won his second straight critical game, striking out 13 and pitching a seven-hit, 8-3 win over Long Beach Wilson in City Stadium and giving San Diego the Coast League’s playoff berth.

—Ed (Zip) Vitalich improved his record to 6-1 and, aided by Joe Rinder’s double and triple, set down the Navy Hospital team, 6-2, although the medics reached Vitalich for 11 base hits.

5/7/37

San Diego defeated Placentia Valencia, 26-1, in a first-round, Southern Section playoff in the community near Fullerton in Orange County.  Manny Fernandez and Dave Curtis hit home runs and Chet Kahn pitched.

Game information in The San Diego Union originally incorrectly reported a 7-2 San Diego victory and a Hilltoppers’ advance into the playoff finals.

5/8/37

Escondido sent Santa Monica home with an 8-0 playoff victory over the visiting Vikings.  Don Galindo won his 12^th game without defeat.  Don and his brother Ursulo each had three hits in four times at bat.

—CIF commissioner Seth Van Patten notified San Diego coach Mike Morrow by telegram that the Hilltoppers’ next opponent would be Calexico at a site to be determined.

5/12/37

Announcing that because one of its players had been hospitalized with an illness, Calexico pulled out and forfeited its quarterfinals playoff game to San Diego.

CIF commissioner Seth Van Patten turned to Blythe Palo Verde Valley. The free-lance school, 220 miles away, on the Arizona border, had petitioned Van Patten for inclusion in postseason play after posting a 5-1 record. Unattached teams had to win three of five games to be eligible, according to CIF rules.

—St. Augustine completed its season with a 10-7 won-loss record and 6-1 victory over Sweetwater at Golden Hill Playground.  Ed (Zip) Vitalich’s three-run home run was supportive of the 11-strikeout, four-hit pitching by John (Red) Keough.

5/20/37

A day earlier than expected, because of a City Stadium schedule conflict with an 11^th Naval District track meet the next day, Blythe took the field against San Diego and went the way of Valencia, 25-3.

San Diego battered Yellowjackets pitcher Eunice Johnson for 19 hits in seven innings of a game that was called after eight innings. The Hillers, leading, 8-0, struck for 13 runs in the fifth inning.

“Blythe knew it was in trouble in the second inning when its catcher nailed his own pitcher (in the back) while trying to throw out a base stealer,” wrote Don King in Caver Conquest, the athletic history of San Diego High.

—Fallbrook’s 16-hit attack overwhelmed Ramona, 9-3, on the Bulldogs’ diamond and gave the Warriors the Southern Prep League championship.

5/26/37

Escondido coach Harry Wexler said he would not play San Diego in a semifinals playoff in City Stadium, next to the San Diego High campus and seemingly tailor-made for the sluggers on San Diego coach Mike Morrow’s squad.

Gamesmanship was in play and Escondido was feeling its oats with a 17-0 record against high school competition and a 10-3 win over the Hilltoppers in the Pomona tournament in March.  San Diego found itself in an elimination game against a team from what it considered the inferior (in comparison to the Coast) Metropolitan League.

Morrow then declared that he would not take his team north to play a game on the Cougars’ diamond.

San Diego Padres owner Bill Lane ended the need for CIF commissioner Seth Van Patten to intervene when Lane made Lane Field available.

Wexler sent pitcher Don Galindo, who had posted a 16-0 record, to face Morrow’s nominee, sophomore Chet Kehn.

A memorable battle ensued with the teams tied, 2-2, after nine innings.

San Diego won, 3-2, when Mel Skelley’s pinch hit single, a line drive to leftfield, scored Al Olsen with the winning run in the bottom of the 10th.

Kehn gave up six hits and was touched for two unearned runs in the first inning.  Kehn and the Hilltoppers avoided disaster in the sixth after John Filippi dropped Fred Valanzano’s fly ball to left field.

Filippi recovered and the Cougars’ Ursulo Galindo, trying to score from second base, was thrown out, Filippi to Jared (J.W.) Scudder to catcher Jess Meyers.

6/5/37

The championship game at Lane Field was anti-climactic following the dramatic win over Escondido. The Hilltoppers trailed early to the Norwalk Excelsior Pilots, who took a 5-4 lead after four innings. Aided by 16 bases on balls, San Diego totaled 11 hits in a 16-8 victory.   J.W. Scudder Chet Kehn, Stanley (Wes) Sharp, and John Filippi each had two hits.