Originally published Feb. 21, 2014.

San Diego County was “free” of the giant Southern Section and on its own, twenty-eight schools strong.

The formation of the local CIF section pleased administrators and assorted education honchos who wielded the sharp end of the stick.

Coaches and most fans were ambivalent.

The great competition against Northern schools and the building excitement of playoffs at foreign sites against largely unknown opponents was gone, replaced by two divisions and two weeks of watered-down postseason play.

Champion of 28 schools was not like champion of more than 300.

3  STAY PUT

Three County affiliates did not join the new section. Mountain Empire and Rancho del Campo remained in the Southern Section and usually played more easily accessed Imperial Valley squads.

Fallbrook, 0-8 in 1957 and 0-9 in ’58 as a member of the Avocado League, was not considered strong enough to compete against schools from the North County circuit.

The Warriors had joined the DeAnza League in Riverside County in 1959 and stayed there through this football season.  Their opponents were schools such as Hemet, Perris, San Jacinto, and Beaumont.

The alignment agreed with coach Al Waibel’s club, which was 3-1 in the league and 6-3 overall.

Fallbrook dropped a 32-0 decision to San Pedro Mary Star of the Sea in the first round of the Southern Section small schools playoffs.

Football at Julian still was seven years away, making 27 the actual count of football-playing schools in the San Diego Section.

San Diego fans were happy, as long as their teams were winning.

That meant that virtually every week was a celebration at Escondido High, where coach Bob (Chick) Embrey built a small school power into a major force in the new order.

The game of the year matched San Diego, at 6-2 the Eastern League champion and, by reputation, the favorite, against the 7-1-1 Cougars in the AA semifinal.

MAESTRO, MUSIC!

Escondido fired a shot across the Cavers’ bow before the kickoff.

The North County school’s pep band struck up “The March of the Olympians,” which was written for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, as the Cougars  marched onto the field from the South end of Balboa Stadium, helmets tucked under their arms against their sides.

They could have been matadors entering the ring.

The novel approach clearly one-upped the Cavemen, who for years cowed visiting teams with their traditional entrance down the steps from the top of Balboa Stadium’s North end zone.

COUGARS IN CONTROL

Escondido’s 19-13 victory was not as close as the final score.  The Cougars outgained San Diego, 293-246, and led, 19-7, in the third quarter.

“We could have scored more, don’t you think?” enthused the jubilant Embrey.

Embrey could not have been blamed for gloating, although that was not his intention. He was Escondido’s star player in 1944, when the Cavers beat the Cougars, 20-0, in a Southern Section playoff.

Quarterback Doug Bennett completed 6 of 9 passes for 161 yards against San Diego and, as further evidence of a changing of the guard, had the fastest man on the field.

Wingback Dave Blunt was on the receiving end of a 66-yard pass play which gave the Cougars a two- touchdown lead.

Blunt also became the first San Diego Section sprint champion the following spring, running :09.7 in the 100-yard dash and 21 seconds in the 220.

POINTERS WIN TIE

Point Loma tied Helix, 6-6, in the other semifinal and advanced because of its 13-8 advantage in first downs.

Mount Miguel, winner of five in a row since it had gone to a power ground game, in coach Harry Johnston’s words, defeated La Jolla, 7-6, and Vista beat University, 32-20, to reach the Class A, small-schools championship.

The championship games went to form.

Escondido defeated Point Loma, 20-13, before an estimated overflow crowd of 9,000 at the Cougars’ field.

Doug Bennett passed 42 yards to Dave Blunt and 4 yards to Pete Schouten and Blunt returned an intercepted pass 40 yards to give the Cougars three touchdowns and a 20-6 lead.

WHO’S A BULLY?

No one, but that was what several residents of Spring Valley thought I was calling Mount Miguel after the Matadors defeated Vista, 40-13, for the Class A title.

In my game story I made a comparison of the good big man always defeating the good little man.  And  I wrote, using a very trite and poor play on words, “Mount Miguel’s Matadors, a big, bullish Metropolitan League entry, overpowered Vista, a small tough Avocado Leaguer….”

I received telephone calls and letters from outraged Mount Miguel followers, saying I had called their team a bunch of bullies and most suggesting I should not show my face in Spring Valley, where the school was located.

Looking back, what was Mount Miguel doing in the small schools bracket?

With more than 2,500 students, Mount Miguel was the largest school in the County.  Vista had an enrollment of about 950.

Mount Miguel and La Jolla were the two at-large teams invited to the small school playoffs after finishing second in their large school leagues and with the best second-place records.

“They were just too big and too strong,” said Vista coach Pat Mongoven.  “Maybe they’ll do something next year about those pairings.”

MATADORS’ 1-2  PUNCH

“Torge and Freeman, then comes the screamin’!” That was how Tribune writer Roger Conlee described the Mount Miguel attack.

Russ Torge gained 146 yards in 11 carries and scored two touchdowns, including one from 71 yards.

Duane Freeman had 74 yards in 14 carries, scored once, and blocked a punt which Matador John Rea returned 19 yards for a touchdown.

DOUG VS. EZELL

Doug Bennett, who played behind Steve Thurlow at Escondido in 1959, completed 98 of 155 passing attempts for 1,577 yards and 17 touchdowns in 11 games.

San Diego’s Ezell Singleton had a sizeable advantage with 28 touchdown passes in 1958, but wasn’t that far ahead with 111 completions in 179 attempts for 1,711 yards.

Bennett averaged 10.2 yards per passing attempt and Singleton 9.6.  Singleton averaged 15.4 yards per completion and Bennett 16.1.

HONORS

Bennett made the all-Southern California first team.  End Doug Agatep of Escondido and Helix lineman Dennis Michalenko were  on the second team and Crawford running back Jim (Corky) McCorquodale was on the third team.

There were no San Diego Section players on any of the three, all-Southern Caliifornia lower division teams.

EXPANDING

The alignment would be for only one season, but the 10-team Metropolitan League was halved into Northern and Southern Divisions, geography be damned.

El Cajon, El Capitan, Escondido, Granite Hills and Hilltop formed the Northern Division. A Southern Division embraced Helix, Grossmont, Chula Vista, Mount Miguel, and Sweetwater.

The distance between division rivals Escondido and Hilltop was 36 miles.  The distance between Hilltop and city neighbor and non-division opponent Chula Vista was 3 miles.

The six schools in the Grossmont League would have their own circuit in 1961, plus the new Monte Vista High in Spring Valley.

PERSISTENCE PAYS

St. Augustine’s defense braced and stopped Point Loma on the Saints’ 19, 22, 37, 24, and one-yard lines, but the Pointers finally put the 12-6 game away with a touchdown by Curtis Mosley that ended a five-play, 27-yard drive with 1:36 remaining.

It was St. Augustine’s first loss in 14 games.

ALL-STAR GAMES AND CARNIVALS

They were abundant and they were popular.

San Diego scored its first victory in five tries over the Los Angeles City aggregation in the 12th annual Breitbard College Prep All-Star game.

The 27-12 victory, fueled by the performance of Escondido’s Steve Thurlow and San Diego High’s Richard (Prime) McClendon, came before an Aztec Bowl record turnout of 13,700.

Thurlow passed for two touchdowns and ran for another.  McClendon rushed for 151 yards and ran 66 yards for a score. The local squad trailed 12-0 at halftime but wore down the Los Angeles stars with a rushing attack that netted 333 yards.

The San Diego-L.A. format replaced the Southern California-L.A. game in 1956.  The series started in 1949.

CAVERS TAKE TO AIR

Passes by the Cavers’ Lou White resulted in carnival scoring plays of 88 yards to Thomas Phillips, 22 yards to David Ortman, and 68 yards to Eddie Frost.

The Metropolitan League carnival featured only Grossmont District squads and drew a capacity crowd of 12,000 to Aztec Bowl.

Six teams played three, 20-minute quarters.

Mount Miguel, Granite Hills, and Helix of the West won, 25-6.

Mount Miguel beat El Cajon Valley, 19-0, in the second quarter after Granite Hills, teeing up for the first time, battled to a 6-6 standoff with El Capitan. Helix and Grossmont played to a scoreless deadlock in the final quarter.

START-UP INCONVENIENCES

Granite Hills opened its doors for the first time, minus some of the usual necessities.

The Eagles’ one “luxury” was cold showers, but was an improvement over the initial conditions.

Coach Glenn Otterson’s team originally was forced to use hoses to wash off practice sweat and dirt. The players then had to take their uniforms home for a more complete cleaning and bring their own towels to school.

Lockers became available midway into the season.  Until then, the Eagles’ used a “dressing room.” As Roger Conlee wrote in the Evening Tribune, the players piled their clothes in a bare, four-walled enclosure that was locked during practice.

“SHOWERS,” CON’T.

Four seconds remained at Mount Miguel, where Granite Hills and Sweetwater were completing a nonleague game which Sweetwater won, 20-6.

As Granite Hills quarterback Tom Roth was about the accept the snap from center, Roth and his teammates heard a hissing noise behind them.

Sprinklers went on all over the field.  Scrambling officials were unable to find the automatic timing device which controlled the system, so the teams went ahead with the last play in a shower.

“Both benches (then) emptied fast,” said Otterson.  “They scattered like it  was a fire drill.”

UNIVERSITY OF…PENALTIES?

Coach Robert (Bull) Trometter’s University of San Diego High Dons dropped a 30-6 decision to Fallbrook.

Nothing out of the ordinary about the score but the Dons had five touchdowns erased by penalties, including 4 in the game’s first six minutes.

Uni, playing a full varsity schedule for the first time, was eager to please Trometter, the highly successful former Marine Corps Recruit Depot mentor.

“I wouldn’t say it was the officials’ fault,” tactfully noted Trometter, a decorated, retired Marine Corps officer. The coach said his players essentially were “over-eager and inexperienced,” leading to a flood of off-sides, holding, and other violations.

The Dons dropped their first three games, won their final three and earned a first-round Class A playoff berth.

NIGHT AND DAY

Rowdism, which provoked a move of the city football carnival from evening to afternoon in 1959, was a continuing problem.

Police Chief Elmer Jansen addressed several concerns for his department, including staffing and expense, and suggested switching games to daylight.

Very Rev. John Aherne, principal at St. Augustine, was spokesman for the pro-night-games group and said crowds would be down at day games and that there was no guarantee that rowdyism would not continue.

Night games continued in the city during the playoffs  after much rhetoric.

PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM

An  Oceanside-Carlsbad school district trustee suggested that Oceanside and Carlsbad replay their 0-0 tie.

John Prenzel proposed an investigation to determine if such a game “would be in accord with California Interscholastic Federation rulings.”

Prenzel thought a rematch under auspices of the Oceanside Lions Club could be played on Thanksgiving Day, with proceeds going to the rival schools’ student body funds.

The game wouldn’t affect league standings, said Prenzel.

It was an idea whose time had not come. No action and no game took place.

PLACEMENTS POPULAR

Field goals were making a comeback, or rather they were being discovered.

After years in which no placements were made or attempted, at least four attempts were successful this year.  Soccer-style kicking still was a few years away.

Coronado lost to La Jolla, 21-10, but the Islanders’ Bob West kicked a 21-yard field goal.  San Dieguito’s Randy Simpson made a 34-yard placement in a 3-0 victory over El Centro Central.

Not to be outdone, Helix’ Bill Burnett was good from 25 yards in a 36-0 win over Grossmont and Fallbrook’s Jim Martin converted from 22 yards in a 24-14 win over Elsinore Military Academy.

SCHOLASTIC STUMBLES

City schools quarterly grades during the season meant academic casualties.

Clairemont, the consensus preseason favorite, would not win a league game and lost fullback Ron Power, one of the area’s better offensive players, to grade deficiencies.

Mission Bay was down to 24 players after first teamers Jeff Moran, Martin Brown, and Gene Scales were beaten by the books.

Lincoln lost halfback Vernus Ragsdale.  San Diego halfback George Mahaffey Barnes and tackle Billy Tyus also received the academic rubber key.

In another, unexpected move, Robert Nelson, a promising halfback at Point Loma, suddenly transferred to Lincoln.

HELP FOR JEFF

A practice injury left Crawford’s Jeff Greenleaf paralyzed from the waist down.  To help incur Greenleaf’s hospital bills donations were sought and the Colts met Sweetwater in a Thanksgiving Day, postseason contest at Hoover.

More than 6,000 persons were on hand as Crawford, giving an indication of what to expect in 1961, ran past the Red Devils, 33-9.

The Red Devils’ Ron Miller was held scoreless but still led the County with 13 touchdowns and 78 points. Sweetwater coach Tom Parker donated the game films to Greenleaf’s family.

IT’S SIMPLE, JUST WIN

Army-Navy coach John Maffucci described life at the Carlsbad military academy:

“We’re a boarding school and there is an advantage to having the players on campus  most of the time. When we lose, they stay in; when we win, they can go out.”

SIGN OF THE TIME

The frontage road serving hotels in Mission Valley was renamed Hotel Circle by the San Diego City Council.

TRUE GRID

Crawford coach Walt Harvey on running back Jim (Corky) McCorquodale:  “He can run, pass, punt, play defense, and block”…Corky was among the County leaders in scoring with 55 points…“We played better in the carnival (21-6 loss in one quarter to San Diego) than we did tonight (7-0 victory over Crawford),” said Kearny coach Birt Slater….Mission Bay outrushed Pomona Catholic, 258-104, and lost, 27-7…obscure name of the year: Vista halfback Joe Picchiottino (pitch-ee-oh-teen-oh)…Point Loma’s Robert Nelson scored on a 48-yard run on his first attempt as a varsity player…Glenn Forsythe returned to Ramona as head coach after one year as a journalism professor at Reedley Junior College near Fresno…defenders of San Diego’s move away from the Southern Section reminded that the AAAA finale between Compton Centennial and Santa Barbara drew only 8,619 persons to the Los Angeles Coliseum… …St. Augustine’s 14-6 victory over San Diego was the Saints’ first ever against the Cavemen…they were 0-8-1 against Cavers teams of  different levels dating to 1926…the Saints’ Mickey Frank, 6-foot-3 and 292 pounds, was credited for an outstanding defensive performance…Helix’ defense called itself the “Untouchables”…so did San Diego’s offensive backfield…Vista coach Pat Mongoven had another job, president of the North County community’s American Little League….

Originally published Oct. 25, 2024.

San Diego’s march to a Southern Section championship was derailed by Glendale in the most confusing finish in the 20-season career of coach Mike Morrow.

“Bait and switch”  is a often-used political term for what happened to the Hilltoppers.

They were told by CIF boss Seth Van Patten that a victory over Norwalk Excelsior in their second playoff (semifinal) would result in a championship encounter the following week at Lane Field against Compton.

Days later coach Mike Morrow’s team was forced to a second playoff semifinal, which it lost to Glendale, 3-2.

STEADY DUO

All-Southern California selection Al Olsen and Chet Kehn were the  pitchers who delivered most of the Hillers’ success.

Olsen would spend much of 11 seasons pitching for the San Diego Padres and later was athletic director at San Diego State and a California senior tennis champion.

Morrow said of his lefthanded ace: “I never saw a high school pitcher with as much real stuff.  He puts something on each pitch. In the two years Olsen pitched for me I never saw him throw a straight fast ball.  It always has a hop or zip on it. He has wrapped his curve ball around more than one hitter’s neck.”

“Kehn has about the fastest breaking curve ball I ever saw,” added Morrow.

4/1/38

Lefthander Al Olsen gave up three hits and a run in the first inning to Alhambra, but recovered to strike out 15 batters and pitch San Diego to an 8-4 Coast League win over the visiting Moors.

Olsen also was 2 for 4 at the plate and scored two runs.  First baseman Ted Kerr added three hits..

—Burt Kenmuir allowed only four hits, but Long Beach Wilson scored the first half of a weekend sweep with a 1-0 win at Hoover in the afternoon before Wilson’s under-the-lights, dual meet victory in track.

—Sweetwater’s Boyd McGee shut out Point Loma on three hits, 6-0, in a Metropolitan League game on the Red Devils’ diamond.

—The brothers Galindo did it all in a 12-0 Escondido victory at Oceanside.   Adon (Don) Galindo handcuffed the Pirates on two hits, struck out nine, and  hit two doubles and a single.  Battery mate Ursulo had three hits, and first baseman Pete doubled twice and homered.

4/5/38

San Diego Padres owner Bill Lane allowed use of Lane Field to Hoover and San Diego for a night game, which was a preview for Hilltoppers pitcher Al Olsen, who later would go on to an 11-season career with the PCL San Diego Padres.

Olsen struck out 17 Cardinals, gave up two hits to third baseman Ed Neumeister, and hurled a 7-4 victory.

Olsen recovered from a shaky second inning when Hoover scored three runs on five walks, a wild pitch, passed ball, and Neumeister’s double.

The Coast League game drew an estimated 3,200 persons, according to The San Diego Union writer Mitch Angus.

—The Marine Corps Recruit Depot Devildogs overcame a 4-3 San Diego lead with four runs in the seventh inning, driving pitcher Duane Pillette from the mound, and two more in the eighth for a 9-6 victory.

Manuel (Nay) Hernandez and Al Olsen each had three hits for the visitors.

4/8/38

John (Red) Keogh pitched St. Augustine to a 6-4 victory over the San Diego State freshmen at Central Elementary playground.  Keogh’s catcher was Benny Hemus, older brother of future major league player and manager Solly Hemus.

—Hoover beat Oceanside Junior College, 11-1, as pitcher Jerry Henlon, exiled for almost eight months in an eligibility beef with the CIF, went the distance on the mound, allowing four hits.

Cardinals outfielder Doug Donnan led the way with three hits in three times at bat.

—San Diego amassed 17 hits and won, 14-6, at Long Beach Wilson. Fred Martinez collected four hits and Chet Kehn went all the way on the mound despite giving up 13 hits.

—An eighth-inning base on balls deprived Escondido’s Adon (Don) Galindo of a perfect game. Galindo did not allow a hit and shut out Grossmont, 10-0.  Adon and his battery mate catcher and brother Ursulo each had two hits.

—Boyd McGee walked seven and hit two batters but pitched seven innings of Sweetwater’s 16-6 win at Oceanside.

4/9/38

Al Olsen and guest San Diego High pounded out 17 hits and defeated the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, 13-9. Olsen staggered the distance, giving up 12 hits, but shut out the Devildogs in the last four innings.

Chet Kehn and Stan Sharp homered or the Hilltoppers.

4/13/38

Three San Diego County squads were among the 43 schools entered in the Pomona 20-30 Rotary Club tournament, with Escondido, the defending champion, arriving a day earlier, followed by St. Augustine and San Diego.

Hoover and Sweetwater passed on the event.  The Red Devils cited a lack of players.

—Hoover was not idle, dropping a 3-2 decision to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on the base diamond when Bob (The Clown) Trometter* tripled in two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning.

*Trometter was better known later as Robert (Bull) Trometter, the no-nonsense and respected football coach of the Devildogs and the University of San Diego High.

4/14/38-4/16/38 

San Diego reached the semifinals of the Pomona 20-30 Rotary Club tournament but fell to Long Beach Wilson, 3-2.   Wilson lost to Long Beach Poly, 8-1, in the championship game.

San Diego had advanced by defeating the Riverside Sherman Indians, 7-1; Pomona Fremont Junior High, 10-0, and Pomona, 15-2.

Manuel (Nay) Hernandez struck four singles, double, triple, and 2 home runs in the four games.

Defending champion Escondido defeated Azusa Citrus, 2-0, and Huntington Beach, 8-0, but lost to Long Beach Poly, 7-1.  St. Augustine, after 6-5 and 2-1 victories over Brea-Olinda and Bonita, respectively, dropped a 5-4 decision to Norwalk Excelsior.

4/22/38

Escondido’s Don Galindo gave up one hit and the Cougars claimed their second straight Metropolitan League championship, 8-0, over visiting La Jolla.

In five league victories this season, Galindo gave up one run and five hits in 45 innings, which included a no-hitter versus Grossmont.

—Point Loma won its first Metropolitan League game, 8-2, over Oceanside at Golden Hill playground.  The Pointers’ Chaffey Keiber struck out 10 and gave up four hits.

—San Diego took a two-run lead into the ninth inning at Long Beach Poly, but the Jackrabbits dealt the Hillers their first Coast League defeat, 7-6.

—Pitchers Jerry Henlon and Dell Oliver also homered and Alhambra was faced with a long ride home after the Cardinals, beginning with eight runs in the first inning, cruised to a 16-hit, 16-5 victory.

4/29/38

San Diego was silent for eight innings and then parlayed three hits, two errors, and walk in the top of the ninth inning for a 5-4 victory at Alhambra.  Sore-armed Al Olsen started for the Hilltoppers., but was relieved by Bill Morales, and Chet Kehn, who got the win.

—Point Loma struck 15 hits in a 19-6 Metropolitan League victory at Grossmont.  Chaffey Keiber pitched the victory and Peebles, Paul (Red) Isom, and Mathis combined to contribute 10 hits for the Pointers.

5/1/38

San Diego’s Al Olsen and Manuel (Nan) Hernandez were honored with other high school and collegiate athletes between games of a Hollywood Stars-L.A. Angels Pacific Coast League doubleheader at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles.

Olsen was named most-valuable player in the district, according to Bill Schroeder of the sponsoring Helms Athletic Foundation, although the honor of the first CIF Southern Section player of the year went to Long Beach Wilson’s Bob Lemon.

5/2/38

San Diego clinched its second consecutive Coast League title and 10^th in the last 11 years, 11-3, over Hoover.

The Hilltoppers greeted Cardinals pitcher Jerry Henlon, who transferred from San Diego at the start of the school year, with a five-run outburst in the first inning.

Bert Kenmuir relieved Henlon and gave up two more runs as the Hillers totaled seven on four hits and two errors.

Chet Kehn pitched for San Diego and stranded 13 baserunners while allowing eight hits.  Del Oliver hurled the final eight innings for Hoover, allowing four runs and eight hits.

About 10 donkeys, used in softball games, roamed the outfield, according to Mitch Angus of The San Diego Union. The asses generally were not intrusive except when Cardinals leftfielder Jim Moore found himself in their midst chasing a triple by Mel Skelley.

Originally scheduled at Lane Field, the second Hoover-San Diego game was moved to Hoover and the Monroe Avenue diamond.  The change was necessitated because of a Lane Field boxing card and installation of a ring.

5/3/38

St. Augustine’s Ed Vitalich gave up one hit at Golden Hill Playground enroute to the Saints’ 5-0 victory over Point Loma.  The safety was a single in the last of the seventh inning by the Pointers’ Peebles.

5/6/38

John (Red) Keogh homered and the battery of Ed Vitalich and Benny Hemus led St. Augustine to a 5-1 victory over the Naval Hospital team at Golden Hill Playground.

5/14/38

Visiting San Diego collected 11 hits off Don Galindo and took advantage of seven errors to defeat Escondido, 4-0, in the opening round of the CIF playoffs on the Cougars’ diamond.

Manuel (Nan) Hernandez’ home run, followed by Al Olsen’s triple and Tony Angeles’ base hit gave the Hilltoppers a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Olsen singled in Hernandez an inning later.

Olsen worked his way out of a bases loaded jam in the first inning and gave up three hits in his nine-inning complete game.

5/15/38

Ed Vitalich took a two-hitter into the bottom of the ninth inning, tied with San Diego, 3-3, but the Hilltoppers’ Hal Summers doubled and scored on Freddie Martinez’ single for a 4-3 loss for the St. Augustine hurler.

Chet Kehn gave up four hits and was the winning pitcher.

5/24/38

First baseman Ted Kerr was named winner of The San Diego Union trophy as most-valuable player on the San Diego High team.

Kerr led the Hilltoppers with a .328 batting average and was cited for being a leader in citizenship, scholarship, and sportsmanship.

5/28/38

Gamesmanship prevailed in the semifinals playoff game at Lane Field.

San Diego defeated Norwalk Excelsior, 10-5, as “petty squabbles enlivened the game from the spectators’ viewpoint,” wrote Mitch Angus of The Union.

Section commissioner Seth Van Patten assigned the two umpires after Excelsior said it would not play in San Diego with umpires from the San Diego association.

Plate arbiter Sugar Cain heard complaints from both dugouts.  Base umpire E.Y. Johnson also was under fire.

Excelsior pitcher Carl Barnes dug virtual gopher holes in front of the mound rubber.  Hilltoppers pitcher Al Olsen would take his time to cover the holes when he took the mound each inning.

Other than nine bases on balls, Barnes also was charged with a hit batter and six wild pitches, which provided the Hillers with two runs.

Olsen gave up eight hits and weathered a storm in the third inning, when the Pilots took a 5-0 lead on four hits, including a bases loaded triple by Bob Whitts.

The victory sent the Hilltoppers into next week’s finals against Compton.

6/1/38

CIF honcho Seth Van Patten informed the Hillers that they would have to play a “second” semifinal playoff game.   No published reason was given other than that San Diego officials were baffled and slightly miffed.

The game would be against Glendale at Brookside Park in Pasadena, with the winner advancing to a championship game against Compton.

6/3/38

The “second” semifinal was disastrous.  Glendale scored a 3-2 victory over San Diego.

Four errors, lack of hits with men on base, and carelessness on the base paths doomed the Hilltoppers, whose runners were picked off base three times.

Losing pitcher Al Olsen gave up four hits in his final game (Olsen would graduate in January, 1939) and the Hilltoppers ended their season with an 18-4-1 record.

Sophomore Jasir Fontenot of Mater Dei won his second consecutive 110 hurdles championship and Chiara Dailey of La Jolla won her first, in a final try, after a second in the 1600 preceded victory in the 3200.  State season leaders Josiah Bowman and Dylan Yarbrough came up short and Ava Parker, 15-year-old ninth grader from Helix, showed resolve and toughness over four races in two days in the 106th state meet at Clovis Buchanan High.

Parker was third in the 400 (:53.70) and sixth in the 200 (:23.93).  Bowman, the state leader at 1:49.54 in the 800, was third in 1:50.72.  Yarbrough cleared 16 feet in the pole vault for fourth, below his best of 17-2, Among those ahead of Yarbrough was Otay Ranch’s Dane von Guenthner, second at 16-4.

The  season officially is over but Fontenot, whose winning time was a wind-aided :13.3,  told writer Steve Brand that he would compete in additional events during the summer.  There maybe more competition for others.

There were nine places of at least fifth in Girls and eight in Boys from the 38 total that qualified in Friday’s Trials, plus four more entries in the boys’ and girls’ 4×800 and six in the boys’ and girls’ 3200, which did not have Friday trials.  A tie in the girls’ pole vault was  settled by the difference in the number of misses.
Two San Diego Section gold medals, compared with five in 2025 and 10 in 2024.

Not expected was a strong effort in the Boys’ long jump by Patrick Henry’s Kymani Joseph, who added a half foot to his career best and became the 38th to reach 24 feet in the long jump, first negotiated when the event was called the broad jump and Lincoln’s Luther Hayes spanned that distance in the 1956 state meet.

Joseph finished third at Clovis, Hayes fourth at Chico.

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106^th STATE TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS, @CLOVIS BUCHANAN HIGH
GIRLS

EVENT	NAME, SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE	WINNER	MARK
4×100 Relay	Steele Canyon	:46.10	3rd	Fullerton Rosary	:44.87
1600	Chiara Dailey, La Jolla	4:38.82	2nd	Combe, Corona Santiago	4:35.59
	*Grace Keefe, Cathedral	4:51.15	10th
	Ayanna Hickey, The Bishop’s	4:55.80	11th
100 Hurdles	Gabrielle Thomas, Grossmont	:13.72	3rd	Hervey, Playa del Rey St. Bernard	:13.29
	Evie Allison, Steele Canyon	:14.03	9th
400	***Ava Parker, Helix	:53.70	3rd	Adams, Long Beach Wilson	:52.28
100	—	—	—	Rainey, Calabasas	:11.38w
800	Kareli Rascon, Eastlake	2:11.1	9th	Combe	2:05.13
	Delaney Hennigan, Westview	2:11.50	11th
300 Hurdles	*Isabel Garcia, Holtville	:42.28	5th	Varnado, Long Beach Wilson	:39.95
200	***Parker	:23.93	6th	Adams	:23.40
4×800 Relay	Scripps Ranch	9:10.42	7th	Claremont	8:51.08
	La Costa Canyon	9:11.96	8th
3200	Dailey	10:01.91	1st
	Elliana Patterson, Christian	10:10.59	3rd
	Ari Lloren’s, Francis Parker	10:10.14	11th
4×400 Relay	Helix	3:53.50	7th	Long Beach Wilson	3:36.17
High Jump	Isa Cunningham, Westview	5-4	8T	Laurelle, Cupertino Monta Vista	5-8
Long Jump	McKenzzi Jones, Morse	17-5 ½	13th	McCuskey-Hay, San Francisco St. Ignatius	20-3 1/2
Triple Jump	Malia Jones, Oceanside	38-9 ½	9th	Hughes, Los Altos	41-1
	Giani Darden, Rancho Bernardo	37-0	13th
Shot Put	*Brooklynn Davis, Oceanside	43-4 ¼	5th	Massey, Aliso Viejo Aliso Niguel	52-9
	*Janae Stanley Castillo, La Jolla	39-4 ½	9th
Discus	*Davis	130-3	11th	Massey	196-4
Pole Vault	Caitlin Khieu, Del Norte	12-6	3rd	Forst, Elk Grove Pleasant Grove	12-6
	Eva Quinonez, San Ysidro	11-10	9th
	Aleksandra Strem, Cathedral	11-4	10T

BOYS

EVENT	NAME, SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE	WINNER	MARK
4×100 Relay	—	—	—	Anaheim Servite	:39.70
1600	Cam Yarbrough, Del Norte	4:07.55	5th	Antonio, Irvine Woodbridge	4:03.28
	Cooper Castleberry, Poway	4:08.79	7th
110 Hurdles	Jasir Fontenot, Mater Dei	:13.33w	1st
400	Woods, San Marcos	:48.13	9th	Yohannes, L.A. Loyola	:45.73
100	—	—	—	Harris, Anaheim Servite	:10.17
800	Josiah Bowman, Sage Creek	1:50.72	3rd	Morales, San Juan Capistrano JSerra	1:50.57
300 Hurdles	Aiden De Hoyos, Helix	:38.90	9th	Tse, San Jose Harker	:36.23
200	—	—	—	Lugo, Elk Grove	:20.31
4×800 Relay	Poway	7:49.90	6th	JSerra	7:36.64
	St. Augustine	7:59.66	16th
3200	Jaxon Northcutt, Mt. Carmel	8:55.41	5th	Zavaleta, Riverside King	8:52.47
	Nate Wilbur, Cathedral	9:28.41	21st
	Colin Harrison, University City	9:54.43	25th
4×400 Relay	Helix	3:20.47	8th	Servite	3:07.62
High Jump	—	—	—	Harel, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame	7-2
Long Jump	Kymani Joseph, Patrick Henry	24-0	3rd	Sanders, Clovis West	24-5 1/4
	Mekhi Oluwa, Master Dei	22-11 ½	9th
Triple Jump	Justian Richardson, Rancho Buena Vista	48-11 3/4	3rd	Malloy, Aliso Viejo Aliso Niguel	49-11 1/4
	Nyjah West, El Camino	47-1/4	8th
	Hagen Buechler, La Costa Canyon	46-10 ¼	9th
Shot Put	Jaden Gibbs, Oceanside	55-2 ¼	11th	Jacobson, Mountain View St. Francis	60-11 1/4
Discus	—	—	—	Van Grouw, Clovis Buchanan	202-1
Pole Vault	Dane von Guenthner, Otay Ranch	16-4	2nd	Gash, Arroyo Grande	17-1 1/2
	Dylan Yarbrough, San Dieguito	16-0	4th
	Grayson Lewis, West Hills	—	10T

At Clovis Buchanan High.

Non-qualifiers places noted with —.  Places determined by times in events with more than one heat.
^{*Junior. **Sophomore. ***Ninth-grader.}
GIRLS

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	**Miyah Holmes	San Marcos	:12.02	—
	**Aniya Scott	Steele Canyon	:12.21	—
	**Haley Hannemann	Mission Hills	:12.22	—
200	***Ava Parker	Helix	:23.93	8th
	***Livia Allison	Steele Canyon	:24.57	—
	**Holmes		:24.70	—
400	***Parker		:53.91	5th
	*Emery Gonzales	Torrey Pines	:56.44	—
	Elise Datuin	Mater Dei	:56.80	—
800	Delaney Hennigan	Westview	2:09.07	7th
	**Kareli Rascon	Eastlake	2:09,86	9th
	*Harper Diaz	Santana	2:12.39	—
1600	Chiara Dailey	La Jolla	4:46.00	1st
	Ayanna Hickey	The Bishop’s	4:48.41	6th
	Grace Keefe	Cathedral	4:49.67	11th
100 Hurdles	Gabrille Thomas	Grossmont	:13.81	2nd
	*Evie Allison	Steele Canyon	:13.92	3rd
	***McKenzzi Jones	Morse	:14.61	—
300 Hurdles	*Isabel Garcia	Holtville	:42.13	3rd
	*E. Allison		:43.35	—
	**Isabelle Taylor-Dixon	Eastlake	:44.71	—
	Garcia	Holtville	:42.68	7th
4×100 Relay		Steele Canyon	:46.12	3rd
		Del Norte	:47.59	—
		San Marcos	DNF	—
4×400 Relay		Helix	3:51.14	9th
		Steele Canyon	3:53.65	—
		Westview	4:01.71	—
High Jump	*Ilsa Cunningham	Westview	5-3	4T
	*Anastasia Volkov	Coronado	5-3	14th
	*Carys Guckenberger	Sage Creek	—	—
Long Jump	***Jones		18-3	12th
	L. Allison		18-1/2	—
	*Giani Darden,	Rancho Bernardo	17-2 1/4	—
Triple Jump	Malia Jones	Oceanside	38-2 1/2	8th
	Darden		37-2 ½	10th
	Kenzi Banks	Rancho Buena Vista	32-6 1/2	—
Shot Put	*Brooklynn Davis	Oceanside	39-4 3/4	8th
	*Janae Stanley Castillo	La Jolla	38-2 ¼	11th
	**Khalifa Price	Crawford	37-8 1/2	—
Discus	*Davis	Oceanside	129-06	12th
	**Miley Christensen	Grossmont	120-07	—
	Price		120-06	—
Pole Vault	Caitlin Khieu	Del Norte	11-8	1T
	*Eva Quinones	San Ysidro	11-2	11T
	***Aleksandra Strem	Cathedral	11-2	12T

BOYS

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Brice Abawi	Rancho Bernardo	:10.54	—
	Leed Smoole	La Jolla	:10.66w	—
	Cole Dahlan	Carlsbad	:10.76w	—
200	Abawi		:21.35	—
	Smoole		:21.53	—
	*Damian Jones	Granite Hills	:22.07	—
400	Jorden Woods	San Marcos	:47.83	9th
	Zach Marsh	Scripps Ranch	:47.83	—
	Jones	Otay Ranch	:48.28	—
800	Josiah Bowman	Sage Creek	1:52.19	3rd
	**Keith Buswell	**Poway	1:52.56	—
	Finley Butler	Del Norte	1:52.84	—
1600	Cam Yarbrough	Del Norte	4:06.84	1st
	Cooper Castleberry	Poway	4:08.52	8th
	Cruz Espinoza	Canyon Crest	4:14.36	—
110 Hurdles	**Jasir Fontenot	San Diego	:13.46w	1st
	Jayden Leyva	Imperial	:14.15	3rd
	**Niko Williams	Granite Hills	:14.47	—
300 Hurdles	Aiden de Hoyos	Helix	:37.74	8th
	Leyva		:38.61	—
	Taim Alobaidi	Grossmont	—	—
4×100 Relay		Rancho Bernardo	:41.95	—
		Helix	:42.24	—
		Granite Hills	:42.29	—
4×400 Relay		Helix	3:17.65	9th
		Scripps Ranch	3:17.80	—
		Del Norte	3:25.81	—
High Jump	Shay Chase	El Camino	6-4	—
	Anthony Dizon	Rancho Bernardo	—	—
	**Trey Edwards	Helix	—	—
Long Jump	*Kymani Joseph	Patrick Henry	23-3 ½	3rd
	Mekhi Oluwa	Mater Dei	22-6	8th
	Maddox Soo	Santana	20-11 3/4	—
Triple Jump	Justian Richardson	Rancho Buena Vista	49-1/2	1st
	Haigen Buechler	La Costa Canyon	46-11 3/4	6th
	Nyjah West	El Camino	46-1 1/4	9th
Shot Put	Jayden Gibbs	Oceanside	59-2 ½	4th
	Sebastian Espinoza	Del Norte	50-5 1/2	—
	Quinn Obrigewitch	University City	48-5 1/2	—
Discus	Hezekiah Wells	Oceanside	161-6	—
	Cooper Laborde	Rancho Bernardo	147-4	—
	Chance Curry	Rancho Bernardo	140-3	—
Pole Vault	Dylan Yarbrough	San Dieguito	15-6	1T
	Dane von Guenthner	Otay Ranch	15-6	1T
	Grayson Lewis	St. Augustine	15-0	7T

GIRLS PLAYOFFS
FIRST ROUND
DIVISION I
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26.
Orange Glen (12-17) 50, @5 Morse (14-12) 42.
Holly Tribbey (16 points) and Rebecca Riddle (13) did the damage to favored Morse.
Granite Hills (10-16) 34, @1 Rancho Buena Vista (24-3) 74.
Torrey Pines (20-8) 60, Point Loma (15-10) 41.
2 Rancho Bernardo (22-6) 76, San Pasqual (8-18) 31.
Mt. Carmel (15-12) 77, @Mira Mesa (16-9) 56.
Lika Black scored 28 points and dished 7 assists for the Sundevils.
Southwest (17-9) 45, @3 Poway (19-7) 66.
Bonita Vista (15-11) 44, @4 Vista (21-7) 81.
La Costa Canyon (15-10) 61, @Valhalla (17-13) 58, OT.
QUARTERFINALS
SATURDAY, MARCH 1.
Poway (19-8) 60, @Torrey Pines (22-8) 64.
La Costa Canyon (15-11) 35, @1 Rancho Buena Vista (26-3) 55.
Orange Glen (13-18) 33, @4 Vista (23-7) 65.
Mt. Carmel (15-12), @2 Rancho Bernardo (22-6).
SEMIFINALS
2 Rancho Bernardo (24-6) 61, Torrey Pines (22-9) 44, @West Hills.
Nicholle Bromley’s 20 points and 11 rebounds were augmented by 14 points from Sarah Wilkins and 13 from Robyn Fortney.
4 Vista (23-8) 38, @1 Rancho Buena Vista (27-3) 50.
The Longhorns pulled away with a 10-2 run in the final 5:27 to earn their first trip to the championship game.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Rancho Bernardo (24-7), 54, Rancho Buena Vista (27-3) 47,  @UCSD Rimac Arena.
“Unbelievable.” Broncos coach Peggy Brose said it to herself three times as her team defeated the Longhorns after losing to them three times during the season.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
Harbor City Narbonne, L.A. City (23-5) 59, @Rancho Bernardo (24-8) 51. The visiting Gauchos, trailing, 41-40, after three quarters took the lead and pulled away with a 14-2 run in the fourth quarter.
D-II
1 Santana (24-4), bye.
3 Montgomery (20-4), bye.
2 El Capitan (20-7), bye.
Serra (10-16) 57, @Oceanside (18-8) 63.
Marcella Taylor’s 16 points complemented Kehaulani Galeai’s 21 and gave Taylor the Pirates’ all-time lead with 1,549.
El Cajon Valley (10-15) 46, @El Camino(17-9) 69.
LaToya Bristow scored 25 points and Sherita Williams 18 for the Wildcats.
West Hills (10-14) 39, @Scripps Ranch (16-12) 34.
Sophomore Sandra Goins scored 19 points and had 13 rebounds as the Sultans upset the defending D-II champion.
University City (8-16) 42, @Mount Miguel (21-8) 55.
Monte Vista (10-16) 27, @4 Escondido (20-8) 53.
QUARTERFINALS
El Camino (17-10) 48, @3 Montgomery (21-4) 50.
The Aztecs were outscored in every quarter but the first, when they took a 14-7 lead.
West Hills (10-15) 45, @1 Santana (25-4) 83.
Mount Miguel (21-9) 32, @Escondido (21-8) 55.
Oceanside (18-9) 40, @2 El Capitan (21-7) 57.
SEMIFINALS
Escondido (21-9) 52, @1 Santana (26-4) 56.
“I’m very unhappy,” said winning coach Wade Vickery, whose team committed 38 turnovers and saw the underdog Cougars cut a late-third quarter, 15-point deficit to three with nine seconds remaining.
3 Montgomery (22-4) 49, @2 El Capitan (21-8) 38.
The Vaqueros turned the ball over 20 times in the middle quarters and were outscored, 18-4, in the third as Montgomery advanced to the championship game for the first time in the school’s 27-year history.
CHAMPIONSHIP
@UC-San Diego Rimac Arena.
Santana (27-4) 49, Montgomery (22-5) 48.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
Moorpark, Southern (26-3) 81, @Santana (27-5) 67.
It was a quiet ending for Sultans coach Wade Vickery, who earlier had announced that this would be his final season.
Montgomery (22-6) 39, @Fresno Edison, Central (25-4) 59.
The Aztecs were out of it after a 4-19 first quarter.

D-III
QUARTERFINALS
1 Eastlake (23-3), bye.
Clairemont (10-9), @4 Kearny (14-12).
Madison (13-11) 38, @3 La Jolla (22-3) 66.
Mission Bay (12-12), @2 University (14-9)
SEMIFINALS
Eastlake (24-3) 75, Kearny (15-13) 42, @Mira Mesa High.
Jackie Montalban scored 22 points and Lorraine Gomez 15 for the defending division champion Titans, who shot to a 42-19 halftime lead following a 24-5 second quarter.
University (16-9) 54, La Jolla (22-4) 53. OT.
Uni trailed by 10 points in the first quarter before taking a 49-47 lead, which La Jolla’s Amber Englund forced to overtime with two late free throws. Kelly Crafton (22) and Megan Bryan (16) led the winning Dons.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Eastlake (25-3) 51, University (16-10) 35, @UC-San Diego Rimac Arena.
“We put so much heart into this game,” said the Titans’ Jackie Montalban, who scored 22 points and declined coach Larry Armbrust’s signal to leave the game with one second left.

“Usually the last game of CIF is what you remember,” said Montalban.  “I wanted to be right in the middle of the celebration.”

Montalban’s teammate, 6-foot-2 forward Erin McGrath, came away with 18 rebounds and blocked six shots.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
Shafter, Central (20-7) 46, @Eastlake (26-3) 69.
Jackie Montalban (30) and Erin McGrath (16) equaled Shafter’s total.
University (16-11) 64, @Torrance Bishop Montgomery, Southern (27-3) 90.
Kelly Crafton scored 21 for the Dons, who couldn’t keep up with the state No. 13-ranked Knights.
RRGIONAL SEMIFINALS
Pasadena Muir (25-8) 69, @Eastlake (27-3) 70.
REGIONAL CHAM[PIONSHIP

D-IV
SEMIFINALS
THURSDAY, FEB. 27.
3 Imperial (17-9) 25,  2 The Bishop’s (14-11) 53, @Francis Parker.
Kristen Grimm’s line for the Knights included 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 steals.
SATURDAY, MARCH 1.
1 Coronado (22-3) 61, 4 Holtville (12-12) 29, @Grossmont College.
CHAMPIONSHIP
2 The Bishop’s (15-11) 56, 1 Coronado (22-4) 38, @UC-San Diego Rimac Arena.
Sophomore point guard Angela Ortega scored 23 points, which included six three-point baskets.  “It’s the highlight of my career!” shouted Ortega to a question and then added, “It’s the best day of my life!”

Ortega and her teammates, including 5-9 freshman Kristen Grimm, 13 points and 10 rebounds, swarmed the favored Islanders on defense, who had the advantage of size and experience.
SOUTHERN CALIFORIA REGIONAL
The Bishop’s (15-12) 33, @Cerritos Valley Christian, Southern (27-4) 66, @Torrey Pines.
The Lady Knights trailed the state’s 14th-ranked team, 29-24, one minute into the second half and then the roof fell in, beginning with five consecutive turnovers.
Coronado (22-5) 44, @Burbank Bellarmine-Jefferson (30-1) 67. Josee Lalonde had 25points and 18 rebounds but her Islanders teammates couldn’t keep up with the Guards, who listed Hollywood star Angie Dickerson among their alumni.
D-V
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26.
FIRST ROUND
(19-8), bye.
4 Francis Parker (8-13), bye.
1 Christian (24-0), bye.
3 Julian (23-7), bye.
2 Horizon (19-8), bye.
Borrego Springs (12-13) 28, @Santa Fe Christian (4-18) 38.
Citrus League player of the year Ana Landeros led the losing Rams with 16 points, while Alison Slamon scored 13 and added six steals for Santa Fe.
Calipatria (18-13) 41, @Lutheran (13-5) 39.
Tri-City (10-17) 43, @La Jolla Country Day (11-13) 61.
QUARTERFINALS
Francis Parker (9-13) 48, Calvin Christian 34.
La Jolla Country Day (11-14) 43, @3 Julian (24-7) 61.
Horizon (20-8) 62, Calipatria 26.
The Panthers won their 14^th  game in a row and 19^th in the last 20.
SEMIFINALS
Horizon (21-8) 67, Julian (24-8) 56, @University City High.
Overcoming a bout with the flu, Katrina Vestal scored 26 points for the Panthers. Coach Richard Andujo said, “More than anything, we had fresh legs in the fourth quarter and they didn’t”.

Christian (25-0) 77, Francis Parker (9-14) 49, @Eastlake High.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Horizon (22-8) 49, Christian (26-1) 45, @UC-San Diego Rimac Arena.
In what was described as the upset of the season, the Panthers overcame the undefeated Patriots behind Katie Magnuson’s 19 points and nine rebounds.

“I knew we could pull through because we played them close (losing, 43-39) early in the season,” said Magnuson, a 6-foot, 1-inch junior who scored seven consecutive points after the Patriots, the state’s No. 1-ranked D-V team, had taken a 39-26 lead five minutes into the third quarter.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL PLAYOFFS
Christian (27-1) 59, @L.A. Pilgrim Southern (26-5) 34. Alyssa Frederick led the scoring with 24 points.
Capistrano Valley Christian, Southern (23-7) 48, @Horizon (23-8) 69.
REGIONAL SEMIFINAL
Christian (28-1) 62, @Horizon (23-9) 43.
Unlike the San Diego Section championship game in which Horizon
upset the Patriots, this game was not close. The hosts, riding an 18-game winning streak, were behind, 38-17, at intermission, stunned by a 17-1 Christian run in the second quarter.
Alyssa Frederick, Christian’s 6-foot, 3-inch center was 10 for 10 from the field and 2 for 3 from the free throw line to lead with 22 points.
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Christian  (29-1) 73, San Luis Obispo Mission Prep (21-9) 55, @Anaheim Arrowhead Pond.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Rincon Valley Christian (29-4)) 53, Christian (29-2) 38, @Anaheim Arrowhead Pond.
Scott Oatsvall’s team, which rode to the game in two limousines could not overcome Rincon’s opening, 11-0 run.  The Patriots made a trip to Knotts Berry Farm in nearby Buena Park after the game.
Christian shot 24 per cent on field goal attempts and 30 per cent from the free-throw line and never got closer than seven points, with 2:43 remaining in the second quarter.

Can the Steele Canyon 4×100 relay team hang with the favorites?  Can Ava Parker hold her own in a possible four races in two days?  Is this the year that Chiara Dailey wins a state championship?

Those are among the questions this week as San Diego Section qualifiers head to Buchanan High in Clovis for the 106^th state meet and the 51st in which girls are involved since their first in 1974.

Dailey, a dominant runner for four years at La Jolla High, will try for a 1600 or 3200 championship.

Helix’ Parker is a threat in the 200 and 400 but can the young ninth grader hold up physically amid the Clovis heat and the stiff competition?

The Steele Canyon ladies set a San Diego Section of :45.78 last week and will try to match strides with Fullerton Rosary (:44.23), Calabasas (:44.78), and several others in the stacked event.

The answers will begin around 5 p.m. Friday and resume at the same time Saturday.

San Diego Section athletes in state top 25 are noted in Athletic.net, except any with the — designation.  *Junior. **Sophomore. ***Ninth-grader. Bold indicates season best achieved last week.

Best marks as of May 27:

GIRLS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	CALIFORNIA	NAME, SCHOOL	SECTION
100	:11.72w, :12.00	**Miyah Holmes, San Marcos	—	:11.33w, :11.41	Rainey, Calabasas	Southern
	:11.80w, :12.10	**Haley Hannemann, Mission Hills	—	:11.33w, 11:44	Kirk, Calabasas
	:11.89w, :12.04	**Aniya Scott, Steele Canyon	—	:11.43	Scoggins, Calabasas
	:11.92w, :11.94	Joelle Frazier, Steele Canyon	—	:11.46w, :11.47	Sizemore, Fairfield Vanden	Sac-Joaquin
	:11.92w, :12.35	**Valentina Diaz Flores, El Camino	—	:11.48w, :11.70	**Collins, Fullerton Rosary	Southern
	:11.98	*Leah Miller, Sage Creek	—	:11.51w, :11.82	Hervey, Playa del Rey St. Bernard	Southern
	:12.00	Ava Parker, Helix	—	:11.53	Anderson-Brown, Union City James Logan	North Coast
	:12.08	Kaelynn Peart, Cathedral	—
	:12.10	McKenzzi Jones, Morse	—
	:12.10w, :12.22	Danica Denison, Carlsbad	—
	:12.29	Delilah Young, Brawley	—
200	:23.73w, :23.89	***Parker	9th	:23.27w, :23.95	Scoggins, Calabasas	Southern
	:23.84w, :24.21	**Holmes	13T	:23.35	Collins	Southern
	:24.20	Frazier	—	:23.38	Adams, Long Beach Wilson	Southern
	:24.20w, :24.76	**Diaz Flores	—	:23.46	Kirk
	:24.21	***Livia Allison, Steele Canyon	—	:23.49	Clear, Valencia West Ranch
	:24.41w, :24.99	Miller	—	:23.55	Wilson, Fullerton Rosary
	:24.43w, :24.66	Ella Joo, Del Norte	—	:23.56w, :23.85	Sizemore
	24.53w, :24.93	*Emery Gonzalez, Torrey Pines	—
	:24.60w, :25.01	Isabel Garcia, Holtville	—
	:24.64w, :25.09	Daylen Daniels, Steele Canyon	—
400	:53.47	***Parker	3rd	:51.98	*Adams, Long Beach Wilson	Southern
	:55.50	*Gonzalez	—	:52.50	*Varnado, Long Beach Wilson
	:56.19	**Sienna Zana, Mission Bay	—	:53.53	Wilson
	:56.22	**Daylen Daniels, Steele Canyon	—	:54.18	Pearce, San Luis Obispo	Central
	:56.37	Elise Detain, Mater Dei	—	:54.20	Fowler, Long Beach Wilson	Southern
	:56.67	Delaney Hennigan, Westview	—	:54.29	Blue, Long Beach Wilson
	:57	**Kareli Rascon, Eastlake	—
	:57.30	Anna Wilson, Cathedral	—
	:57.43	***Gabriella Barware, La Jolla	—
	:57.47	*Islah Guckenberger, Sage Creek	—
800	2:10.08	Hennigan	14th
	2:10.95	Chiara Dailey, La Jolla	24th	2:04.52	Combe, Corona Santiago	Southern
	2:11.00	Rascon	25th	2:06.38	*Hill, Santa Rosa Sonoma	North Coast
	2:11.73	*Harper Diaz, Santana	—	2:07.82	Samson, Corona Santiago	Southern
	2:13.14	*Mia Oh, La Costa Canyon	—	2:08.10	*Holley, San Luis Capistrano J Serra
	2:13.32	*Riley Martin, Scripps Ranch	—	2:08.13	**Gercek, Irvine Portola
	2:13.44	Isabel Ramos, Point Loma	—	2:08.22	**Smith, Claremont
	2:14.09	**Elle Cooper, La Costa Canyon	—	2:08.50	*Wroblewski, Yorba Linda
	2:15.73	Kristine Bickler, Cathedral	—
1600	4:39.31	Chiara Dailey, La Jolla	1st	4:40.1	Combe
	4:50.31	Ayanna Hickey, The Bishop’s	16th	4:45.23	*Holley
	4:53.10	*Eliana Patterson, Christian	—	4:45.40	Wilson, Irvine
	4:53.45	Sellerberg	—	4:45.45	Bharadwai, Palo Alto	Central Coast
	4:54.17	Isabella Ramos, Point Loma	—	4:47.55	Salim, Torrance	Southern
	4:54.53	*Grace Keefe, Cathedral	—	4:47.57	Oliveira, Palo Alto Castilleja	Central Coast
	4:54.76	Ari Llorens, Francis Parker	—	4:48.68	Terrill, Monrovia	Southern
	4:56.73	**Cooper	—
	4:56.75	*Riley Biddle, Rancho Bernardo	—
	4:56.99	Bickler	—
3200	9:53.38	Chiara Dailey, La Jolla	2nd	9:44.19	Combe
	10:14.60	*Eliana Patterson, Christian	5th	10:01.93	Bharadwai
	10:23.88	Llorens	8th	10:14.45	Wilson
	10:38.94	**Lindsey Billotte, Classical	—	10:18.86	Gutierrez, Sacramento St. Francis	Sac-Joaquin
	10:40.66	***Isabel Gladden, Sage Creek	—	10:18.99	Salter, Hillsborough Crystal Springs Upland	Central Coast
	10:41.02	Hickey	—	10:27.36	Santillan Silva, Santa Ana Century	Southern
	10:41.92	*Keefe	—	10:27.91	Yakaitis, Concord Carondelet	North Coast
100 Hurdles	:13.69	Gabrille Thomas, Grossmont	3rd	:13.43	**Lacy, San Jacinto Valley	Southern
	:13.93w, :14.20	*Evie Allison, Steele Canyon	8th	:13.68w, :13.69	Bain, Long Beach Poly
	:14.06	***McKenzzi Jones, Morse	11th	:13.77	Hervey
	:14:31	*Izabella Czyszczon, Del Norte	21st	13.80	Hughes, Los Altos	Central Coast
	:14.55	**Isabelle Taylor-Dixon, Eastlake	—	:13.81	Lopes, Fresno Central East	Central
	:14.61	*Isabel Garcia, Holtville	—	:13.86	Trucks, Concord Carondelet	North Coast
	:14.89	*Remingtyn Bryant, Ramona	—	:13.98w, :14.26	Smith, Canyon Country Canyon	Southern
	:15.08w, :15.29	**Paige Summa, Cathedral	—
	:15.11w, :15.58	**Reese Young, Valley Center	—
300 Hurdles	:42.34	*Isabel Garcia, Holtville	7th	:39.93	Lacy
	:42.91	**Taylor-Dixon	13th	:41.27	Varnado
	:42.93	Thomas	14th	:41.39	Lopes
	:43.02	*Evie Allison, SteeleCanyon	15th	:41.96	Warner, San Francisco St. Ignatius	Central Coast
	:44.11	Taylor Sheridan, Rancho Buena Vista	—	:42.26	Gallegos, Atwater Buchach Colony	Sac-Joaquin
	:44.32	Sophie Bryson, Torrey Pines	—	:42.27	Bain, Long Beach Poly	Southern
	:44.58	**Young	—	:42.38	Hervey
	:45.27	*Czyszczyon
	:45.56	*Isabella Endicott, Santa Fe Christian
	:45.63	*Bryant
4×100 Relay	:45.78	Steele Canyon	3rd	:44.23	Fullerton Rosary	Southern
	:46.79	San Marcos	22nd	:44.78	Calabasas
	:47.20	Del Norte	—	:45.97	Canyon Country Canyon
	:47.83	Helix	—	:46.14	Long Beach Wilson
	:47.89	Grossmont	—	:46.22	Sacramento Christian Brothers	Sac-Joaquin
	:48.23	San Dieguito	—	:46.36	Long Beach Poly	Southern
	:48.27	El Camino	—	:46.43	San Francisco St. Ignatius	Central Coast
	:48.55	Cathedral	—
	:48.66	Torrey Pines	—
	:48.80	Mater Dei	—
4×400 Relay	3:49.53	Steele Canyon	9th	3:33.83	Long Beach Wilson	Southern
	3:50.79	Helix	12th	3:41.33	Fullerton Rosary
	3:52.29	Westview	17th	3:43.01	Canyon Country Canyon
	3:56.11	Eastlake	—	3:47.28	San Luis Obispo	Central
	3:56.91	La Costa Canyon	—	3:47.57	Claremont	Southern
	3:56.91	Scripps Ranch	—	3:48.37	Los Gatos	Central Coast
	3:57.08	Sage Creek	—	3:48.57	San Francisco St. Ignatius
	3:57.68	San Marcos	—
	3:57.94	Torrey Pines	—
	3:59.57	Cathedral	—
4×800 Relay	9:10.00	Scripps Ranch	8th	8:50.32	San Juan Capistrano J Serra	Southern
	9:10.11	La Costa Canyon	9th	8:50.97	Corona Santiago
	9:10.68	La Jolla	10th	8:56.56	Claremont
	9:11.58	Cathedral	12th	8:59.83	Long Beach Wilson
	9:13.42	Torrey Pines	15th	9:04.07	Mountain View St. Francis	Central Coast
	9:19.68	Canyon Crest	24th	9:09.69	Los Altos
	9:20.71	Point Loma	—	9:11.16	Rocklin Whitney	Sac-Joaquin
High Jump	5-6	*Isa Cunningham, Westview	15T	5-10	Teven, Brea-Olinda; Laruelle, Cupertino Monta Vista	Southern & Central Coast
	5-5	*Anatasia Volkov, La Jolla	19T	5-9 ½	McMullen, San Ramon Valley	North Coast
		*Carys Guckenberger, Sage Creek	—	5-8	George, Stockton St. Mary’s	Sac-Joaquin
	5-4	*Gisele Martinez, Point Loma	—		Osicka, San Ramon California	North Coast
		Natalie Stein, Patrick Henry	—		Jones, Berkeley St. Mary’s
		*Aakash Price, Grossmont	—		Del Cid, L.A. Sacred Heart of Jesus	Southern
	5-3	Amaia Olivo, Mt. Carmel	—
		Valentina Diaz Flores, El Camino	—
	11 at 5-2
Long Jump	19-6 ½	Amaya Estes, Canyon Crest	12th	20-7 ½	Gant Hatcher, Berkeley St. Mary’s	North Coast
	19-3	*Malia Jones, Oceanside	16th	20-4 ¾	McKuskey-Hay, San Francisco St. Ignatius	Central Coast
	19-2 1/4	***Livia Allison, Steele Canyon	16th	20-3/4	Muselborn, El Segundo	Southern
	18-10 1/2	**Danica Whited, El Camino	—	19-11 ½	Elk Grove Cosumnes Oaks	Sac-Joaquin
	18-9 1/4	*Giani Darden, Rancho Bernardo	—	19-11	Saguiguit, Mountain House	Sac-Joaquin
	18-8	***McKenzzi Jones	—	19-10 ½	Essien, Castro Valley	North Coast
		Grace Eichelman, Our Lady of Peace	—
	18-6	Asia Broussard, Steele Canyon	—
	18-3	Jae’dah Holiday, Mount Miguel	—
		Kyla O’Donnell, Cathedral	—
Triple Jump	40-8w, 40-4 3/4	*Malia Jones, Oceanside	4th	42-7 ¾	Hughes, Los Altos	Central Coast
	38-11 ¼	*Darden	12th	41-10	Jones	North Coast
	38-7	**Whited	18th	41-6	Gant Hatcher
	38-3	**Kenzie Banks, Rancho Buena Vista	—	40-7	Strange, Indio Shadow Hills	Southern
	37-10 ¼	**Taylor-Dixon	—	39-9 1/4	Coleman, San Francisco St. Ignatius	Central Coast
	37-9	Lexington Pascual, Rancho Bernardo	—	39-9	DeFlorimonte, Oakland O’Dowd	North Coast
	37-8	**Danielle Ekereke, San Marcos	—	39-7 1/2	Cavallari, South Torrance	Southern
	36-10 ½	O’Donnell	—
	36-7 ¼	Vibha Reddy, Rancho Bernardo	—
	36-6 ½	Madeline Wilcox, La Costa	—
Shot Put	42-6	*Brooklynn Davis, Oceanside	10th	53-2	Massey, Aliso Viejo Aliso Niguel	Southern
	40-9	*Janae Stanley Castillo, La Jolla	16T	45-10 ½	*Wilson, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
		Jaiden Sidhu, Mission Vista	—	45-8 ½	***Scott, Murrieta Mesa
	40-6 ½	**Khalifa Price, Crawford	18th	45-5 ¾	Martin, San Jose Mitty	Central Coast
	40-3	**Miley Christenson, Grossmont	19th	45-3	Johnson, Sacramento Rio Americano	Sac-Joaquin
	39-1	*Olinda Fuller-Lytle, Crawford	—	43-1	Ellison, Oakland Bishop O’Dowd
	38-1	Asia Victoria, Granite Hills	—	43-1/2	Batchelor, Inglewood St. Mary’s	Southern
Discus	128-9	*Davis	—	188-7	Massey
	128-1	**Christensen	—	157-3	Martin
	127-4	**Price	—	157	Smith, Lancaster Desert
	125-11	Samantha Spann, Del Norte	—	155-11	Johnson
	125-1	*Magnolia Clayton, Patrick Henry	—	153-7	Harmonson, Clovis West	Central
	124-9	*Kai Brown, Santana	—	152-1	Suacci, Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman	North Coast
	120-8	Kianna Lefear, University City	—	151-4	Duenas, Lodi	Sac-Joaquin
	119-7	*Yarely Vasquez, Imperial	—
	119-5	*Mereane Savaiinaea, Otay Ranch	—
	118-11	***Sara Olgun, Valley Center	—
Pole Vault	12-8	Caitlin Khieu, Del Norte	3T	13-2	Nguyen, Los Alamitos	Southern
	12-3	*Eva Quinonez, San Ysidro	7th	13-1	Forst, Elk Grove Pleasant Grove	Sac-Joaquin
	12-2	***Aleksandra Strem, Cathedral	8T	12-8	*Porter, Bakersfield Liberty	Central
		*Elia Hext, San Dieguito	8T		Reuter, San Juan Capistrano J Serra	Southern