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1916: San Diego Hilltoppers Are National Champions
Follow the 12-0 San Diego High team, which won the Southern California title and was declared No. 1 in the U.S. by the National Sports News Service, as covered by Jack Darroch, “beat writer” for The San Diego Union who was a student at the school or recent graduate. Darroch’s view took in the inner […]
Read More2013-14: Sweetwater Runs to Fourth in Poll
Echoes of Gary Zarecky’s fast-breaking teams of the 1980’s are being heard at Sweetwater, where the Runnin’ Red Devils now are 16-0 and inching higher in the UT-San Diego weekly poll. An 82-66 victory over Morse last week was preceded by five games in which coach Jesse Aguirre’s team scored at least 90 points and […]
Read More2013-14: Saints Unanimous No. 1 in Poll
The Martin Luther King Day doubleheader at Francis Parker produced the best game of the season, St. Augustine’s 79-74 victory over La Costa Canyon, and the Saints are unanimous choices as San Diego’s top team in the UT-San Diego poll. Trey Kell was brilliant for the winners and scored 37 points, but the tough Mavericks […]
Read More2009: They Became Booming Sooners
The University of Oklahoma was quick to notice that Randall, Baxter, and Seale weren’t the only San Diego Section football stars with exclamation points next to their names. Running back Brennan Clay (Scripps Ranch), wide receiver Kenny Stills, Jr. (La Costa Canyon), and free safety Tony Jefferson (Eastlake) all took their diplomas and moved to where […]
Read More2009: No Neon in This Deon
Deon Randall, his jersey in tatters and his high school career at an end, walked off the Carson Home Depot Field. “It’s a great parallel,” Randall said, “a great analogy, a great symbol to how the game went…it was a rough game.” Randall was a warrior in the State Small Schools Bowl. He rushed for […]
Read More2013-14: Powell Has Moved on and Lincoln Struggles
Lincoln could have used Norman Powell last night at St. Augustine, but Powell is busy rising at UCLA under first-year coach Steve Alford. It should have been expected. There’s a connection between Powell and Alford. That was apparent three years ago at a Lincoln-St. Augustine game in the Saints’ old Daugherty Gym. The date, Feb. […]
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