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2017: Week 15: Helix Game Site in Question
Note: Westlake Village Oaks Christian closed school today because of smoke and ash from the nearby wildfires. Helix is scheduled to play there Friday night, Dec. 7. The field at Southwestern faces south to North but the football moved east. Helix, Steele Canyon, and Monte Vista, from the two Grossmont leagues in the foothills of […]
Read More1945-46: “We Got (Expletive)!”
“Elevator! Elevator! We Got The Shaft!” The shout is almost as old as the game. Visiting teams’ supporters furious that the referees or the timekeeper were unjust, a polite term for being “homered”. The Huntington Beach Oilers felt that way when the Oilers, 4-0 on the season and a reported 20-1 in 1944-45, were on […]
Read More2017 Week 14: More Picks (Guesses) For Finals This Week
The so-named expert is trying his hand again as 10 San Diego Section teams come together for the playoff finals at Southwestern College Friday and Saturday. I tied the Union-Tribune’s resident genius, prep honcho John Maffei, each of us picking seven out of 10 winners last week. My bad was a stinko choice of Hilltop […]
Read More2017: Luther Hayes, 78, Lincoln’s All-Time Hornet
Fledgling Lincoln High began to create its great athletic legacy after Luther Hayes, a vital member of San Diego high’s 1955 Southern California championship team, transferred to the young school at 49th Street and Imperial Avenue. Hayes, 78, who passed on Thanksgiving Day, surrounded by his wife, Anita, and family at his home in Palos […]
Read More2017 Week 13: How an “Expert” Sees This Week’s Games
Here they are, our predictions for the five San Diego Section semifinals and one final this week. I pretty much went with the seeds, although there are a few strays from chalk. I’m not Colin Cowherd or the late “Jimmy the Greek,” so take these picks for what they’re worth. OPEN DIVISION 3 SAN MARCOS […]
Read More1940-41: Douglas, Wilson Make Coaching Debuts
Two young coaches destined to become legendary in San Diego basketball lore arrived as varsity mentors at the city’s two prep powerhouses. Rickey Wilson, a former San Diego High player, succeeded Lawrence Carr at Hoover and Merrill Douglas, a transplanted Montanan, took over for Bill Schutte at San Diego High. The schools continued to be […]
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