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2015 Week 4: Helix Seeks Return to Top 20
Helix has vanished! From Cal-Hi Sports. The Highlanders are nowhere to be found in this week’s top 20 ratings. Coach Troy Starr’s Scots are 1-1 and coming off a 56-7 blowout of Eastlake. They aren’t even given “On the Bubble” status, that “something’s missing here” honor being accorded locally only to Cathedral and St. Augustine. “A typo,” said […]
Read More1970: Musty Beginning for Vista Coach Haines
Dick Haines embarked on a 25-year career as head coach at Vista and North County football would not be the same, but Haines, taking over an 0-9 team, had a rush of buyer’s remorse. The regular-season final game in 1969, a 21-0 loss to Oceanside, had been played in the rain, according to Tom Shanahan […]
Read More2015, Week 3: St. Augustine, Loyola in Rematch Here
How far has coach Richard Sanchez’s program come at St. Augustine? The Saints get another shot against a major opponent this week, tradition strong Los Angeles Loyola, ranked 24th in the L.A. Times and winner of its first two games, 34-0, and 45-7. St. Augustine is 2-0 and second in the Union-Tribune poll after an […]
Read More1968: El Capitan is Pistol-Packin’ Mad
Late November in San Diego County produced rain, muddy fields, and fog. Such expressions by Mother Nature carried the promise of critical fumbles and controversial calls, but not a field goal that no spectator saw, accompanied by not one but two shots from the timer’s pistol. A 29-yard placement by University’s Steve Johnson gave the […]
Read More2015 Week 2: Helix Defeat Unexpected
Helix still ranks as the No. 12 team in the state by the respected Cal-Hi Sports and dropped from No. 1 to third in the San Diego Section after a surprising (not to unhappy coach Troy Starr), 23-19 loss to Scottsdale Chaparral of Arizona in one of the “Brothers in Arms” games last week at Cathedral. Depending partly on […]
Read More1980: Rematches and Redemption
With apologies to Yogi Berra, it was déjà vu all over again. A competitive, topsy-turvy season concluded with an unusual doubleheader, Helix in a rematch with Mount Miguel for the 3-A championship and Lincoln in a rematch with La Jolla for the 2-A title. In an up year in San Diego Section football, 16 teams […]
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