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2013: Track Season Heats up at Arcadia Invitational
“Arcadia is the big one,” says Steve Brand. “It’s the first real indicator of what to expect in the important, late-season meets in May and June.” The Arcadia Invitational track meet at Arcadia High, east of Pasadena, begins this evening and by around 10 p.m. Saturday, April 6, more than 4,000 high school athletes will […]
Read More2013: John Fawcett, 93; Star Quartermiler
On April 17, 1937, John Fawcett of Coronado High came out of the chute on the straightaway at Chaffey High in Ontario and traversed 440 yards in 49.5 seconds. Fawcett handily won his one-turn race in the Chaffey Invitational and set a San Diego County record that would last nine years and a school record […]
Read More2002: Opponents Were Bushed Chasing Reggie
Reggie Bush’s high school career ended on a quiet note, but its brilliance probably outshone any other in the 42-year history of the San Diego Section. Bush scored 75 touchdowns and rushed for 60 touchdowns in three seasons. He caught passes for nine TD’s, and returned 6 punt and kickoff returns for touchdowns. He even […]
Read More2012-13: Saints 10th in State; Horizon tops in D-V
St. Augustine’s 6-0 run through the San Diego Section, Southern California regionals, and CIF State championship game resulted in the Saints making a huge leap to overall No. 10 in Cal-Hi Sports’ final rankings for 2012-13. Horizon finished No. 1 in Division V. The Saints were “On the Bubble”, meaning unranked, at the end […]
Read More2002: Oceanside Finally Gets Past Oceanside
The memory of 10-28, 30-41, and 35-43 was erased with one 42-14. After three straight losses to Helix, including one in the San Diego Section Division II finals and another in the semifinals, Oceanside put up the right numbers and stunned the Highlanders, No. 2 in California and No. 25 in the U.S. “We were […]
Read More2012-13: Saints and Horizon Win Cliffhangers
The circumstance and the stage may have made for the most defining athletic moment in St. Augustine’s 91-year history. It wasn’t that the Saints pulled away from San Francisco Sacred Heart Cathedral in overtime Saturday in Sacramento and won the State Division III championship, 59-52. That would be second. No. 1 would be the gutty, cold-as-ice […]
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