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1925: Santa Ana Ploy Almost Derailed Saunders and Hilltoppers
Competition and controversy were different words with different meanings, but they blurred in the far-flung Coast League, whose fratricidal members regularly accused their brethren of academic or residential mischief. San Diego High was on the receiving end of a far-out allegation that threatened to stop one of the best teams in school history. Senior Captain Russ Saunders, […]
Read More2015: San Diego Section’s State Track Top 10 Marks
It’s been a slow year in San Diego Section track and field, although business picked up a little in the last couple invitationals, Arcadia and Mt. St. Antonio. Two more weeks of dual meets, plus the annual Escondido Invitational, will take girls and boys competitors into league trials, the first step toward the state meet […]
Read More1933: Cavers ‘Couldn’t Lose’; Metropolitan League Makes Bow
“Power, deception, speed, coordination, all wrapped in 11 (blue and) white packages from the Border City.” Such was the observation of a Los Angeles Times reporter who witnessed San Diego High’s 27-0 victory over host Santa Barbara along with 5,000 others at Peabody Stadium in the Southern California playoff semifinals. “Either Santa Barbara had a […]
Read More1926: John Perry Steps Away From Hilltop Sideline
San Diego High represented one of the best football coaching jobs in the state, but was John Perry all in? Perry ruminated that the 1925 season, which ended in a bitter, 13-6 loss to Covina in the CIF championship game, was too long, ending Dec. 12, and a reason his club had let down in […]
Read More1923: Writer Takes Shots at San Diego Coach
John Perry was 29-10-2 with a winning percentage of .738 in four seasons as San Diego High coach. But that wasn’t good enough for one sportswriter on San Diego’s largest daily newspaper. A crushing midseason, 26-0 loss to Long Beach Poly was followed by a “disinterested”, 13-0 victory over Coast League doormat Whittier. “The wreck […]
Read More2015-16: Foothills 3rd, Cathedral 14th in Cal-Hi Sports’ Final Top 40.
There were no state championships, but it was a solid season in San Diego Section basketball. Foothills Christian, behind McDonald’s all-star T.J. Leaf, was third in the state in Cal-Hi Sports‘ final boys Top 40 rankings. Cathedral ranked 14th and St. Augustine 23rd. The 2015-16 finish showed marked improvement over the 2014-15 Cal-Hi rankings, in which St. Augustine was 23rd, […]
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