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1950: As Powell Goes, So Go Cavers
This team may have been the best of all coached by Duane Maley at San Diego High, but the Cavemen lost two of their best players and five reserves as practice started and their best player at the most important time of the season. They came up short in the Southern California playoffs. Starting halfback Darnes […]
Read More2013: Season May Not Be Over
Is a state bowl game series game in the offing for a San Diego Section team? Cal-Hi Sports is suggesting that Mission Hills could meet the winner of tonight’s Southern Section, Vista Murrieta-Corona Centennial Division I championship contest. Such a game would take place on the weekend of Dec. 13-14 and be a Southern California […]
Read More2013: Cathedral & San Pasqual Both Winners
So shocked were San Pasqual defenders they just watched. Cathedral’s Jack Onstott ran 98 yards with an intercepted pass and brought a stunning conclusion to the Division I, San Diego Section championship game. It was the most thrilling finish since…since Auburn beat Alabama with a 99-yard field goal return a week ago. But Cathedral’s three-overtime, […]
Read More2013: Championship Predictions…er, Guesses
Imperial’s dream run and Crawford’s miracle run each came to an end…with a thud. The Tigers of the Imperial Valley were no match for St. Augustine in the San Diego Section Division II semifinals, losing 56-12, despite a good performance by Royce Freeman. Crawford, which had stepped down a division and rekindled success of years […]
Read More2013: Warren Vinton, 89, Led Helix in ‘Sixties
Warren Vinton, who helped Helix establish itself as an athletic force as San Diego schools moved to form their own CIF section, passed away in Murrieta in Riverside County recently at age 89. Vinton posted a 25-9-1 record as the Highlanders’ head coach from 1964-67, winning two Grossmont League championships and taking his team to […]
Read More2013: Open Semifinals & III, IV, and V Quarterfinals
Ailing John Carroll, still not fully back from a late-season health scare, wasn’t about to go hyperbolic. After all, Carroll has won 233 games in 25 seasons at Oceanside. U-T San Diego writer Don Norcross wanted to know if the Pirates’ rally from 23 points behind at the half to a 33-30 Open Division playoff […]
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