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2015: 3 Area Teams To Host State Finals
San Diego Section teams posted a 4-2 record in the Southern California playoffs (a.k.a. State Bowl Championship Series) last week, the games hewing to a historic trend of strength in the lower divisions. Local teams will be favored in at least three of the state championship games this week, with all kickoffs Saturday night at […]
Read More1976: Birt’s Legacy Intact as Herb’s Continues to Build
Like ships passing in the night, Birt Slater and Herb Meyer were headed in the opposite direction, but their coaching paths were virtually identical. Slater confirmed his retirement as head coach at Kearny following the Komets’ 39-28 loss in the San Diego Section championship game to Meyer’s first year, front-loaded El Camino squad at San Diego […]
Read More2015 Week 16: Helix Sweeps Final Football Poll
After losing their first game, 23-19, to Scottsdale Chaparral, the Helix Highlanders fell from their first-place position in the Union-Tribune‘s opening football poll but unanimously regained the top spot in the final week of the poll following their 44-30 win against St. Augustine in the San Diego Section Open Division championship game. The Saints finished second and Mission Hills, […]
Read More2015-16 Week 0: Foothills No. 1 In Poll
Foothills Christian, No. 1 in the first Union-Tribune basketball poll, was 4-0 before being savaged by a piranha-like attack from the Chino Hills Huskies in finals of the Battle Zone Tournament at Corona Centennial Saturday night. Final score, 106-86. Foothills’ T.J. Leaf scored 44 points and was 21 for 27 from the field, but the Knights were […]
Read More2015 Week 16: Six Go For Southern California Titles
Helix defeated St. Augustine, 44-30, in a terrific Open Division championship game before a standing-room crowd of at least 10,000 persons at Southwestern College and six San Diego teams qualified for Southern California championship play. It’s a brave new world in the state CIF. Teams will compete in 13 divisions Dec. 11-12 and 50 teams will […]
Read More2015: Little League Legend Joe Schloss, 88
Joe Schloss, who operated a North Park sporting goods business for 69 years and coached the same Little League team for 59 seasons, passed away at age 88. Schloss, a 1944 graduate of San Diego High, coached a legion of youngsters for the North Park Little League and both of his sons spent many years in sports. […]
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