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1959: “Birt, Are You Crazy?”
Birt Slater’s sanity was in question. Why would the handsome, charismatic Slater take the head coaching job at Kearny (three winning years in 15 seasons, all-time record, 45-66-7), when he could have had the San Diego High job when Duane Maley retired? The answer wasn’t nearly as simple, but Slater eventually created his own powerhouse […]
Read More2013: Komets’ Hall of Fame Recognizes Ed Imo, Others
Ed Imo is going into the Kearny Hall of Fame on Saturday, April 13, in a tribute most fitting for the anchor of perhaps the finest team in school history. After a 6-6 tie with Sweetwater in the opening game, Kearny rolled to 12 consecutive victories and the San Diego Section championship. Don Norcross was […]
Read More1959: St. Augustine Gets a Track and Field Home
One of St. Augustine’s vagabond teams finally was getting a home. A 330-yard track and field oval would provide the Saints a facility for dual-meet, track-and-field competition beginning in 1960. Football and baseball would still have to travel to games. Basketball teams had a home since a gymnasium/auditorium was constructed in time for the 1951-52 […]
Read More2013: Coach Ray Baksh, 80
Ray Baksh, 80, who coached football at Helix, La Jolla, and St. Augustine and lived with an entrepreneurial spirit, passed away in San Diego. Baksh was a graduate of Imperial High and is in the Imperial High football Hall of Fame. A Marine Corps veteran and San Diego State graduate, Ray and his wife Virginia, […]
Read More2013: West Hills Ace (Not Song) Rolls at Arcadia
A West Hills athlete dominated Saturday in the Arcadia Invitational, but it wasn’t state-leading discus thrower Brenden Song. Sophomore Melissa Mongiovi, running in the afternoon seeded session, blew out a :55.28, for the overall first-place finish in the Girls’ 400-meter run. The best the invitational runners could do in the evening was :56.18. Song, who […]
Read More2013: Arcadia on; Song Reaches 191-5 Here
A few San Diego athletes stood out in the Friday portion of the Arcadia Invitational. Doton Ogundeji of Madison led a group of discus throwers at 169 feet, 8 inches, third best in the County. Four Mt. Carmel runners averaged 1:57.63 in each of their 800-meter legs as part of the 4×800 seeded races. Mt. […]
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