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2013, Week 6: Komets to Leave Home
Birt Slater Field on the Kearny High campus is going to be dug up and a new field will be in place by 2014. The Komets will play their remaining three, 2013 home games at Madison, versus Clairemont, Point Loma, and La Jolla. In tribute to the legendary coach, who was 89 when he passed […]
Read More2013, Week 6, 10 Changes in Top 10
The weekly UT-San Diego football poll went through a topsy-turvy Week 5, beginning with Oceanside’s loss to Mission Hills, and flip-flopping all the way down to El Capitan’s high-powered Vaqueros, making their bow in the Top 10. I differed on a few of the vote’s results. My essential disagreement with colleagues was over No. 2. […]
Read More2013, Week 5: Down Goes Oceanside!
Corporate shakeups have nothing on the expected San Diego Section football poll next week. Numbers 1, 3, and 7 were beaten and Cathedral rocked Southern Section rankings when it handled visiting No. 4 Vista Murrieta, 35-28. Mission Hills, which sat second in the UT-San Diego poll behind Oceanside since Week 1, hammered the Pirates 30-6 […]
Read More2013: Don Hegerle, 82, Player and Coach
Don Hegerle, a leader and playmaker for 1950s San Diego State basketball teams and who later coached at Escondido High, passed away on Sept. 9. Hegerle, 82, was a fast, slashing guard who fearlessly drove to the basket and fired jump shots for one of the best teams in Aztecs history. He was a vital […]
Read More2013, Week 4: D-III Battle Shaping Up
Three traditional strongholds among the San Diego Section’s smaller schools are a combined 12-0 and staking their turf in Division III. Christian, Francis Parker, and The Bishop’s each is 4-0. Christian, of the Central League, will take on the Coastal League’s The Bishop’s in Week 5 in a possible, midseason playoff preview. Christian was ranked […]
Read More2013: Helix Among Leaders in NFL Players
The Helix Highlanders had four graduates on NFL rosters when teams reached the 53-man limit earlier this month. Scots alums include running back Reggie Bush of Detroit, quarterback Alex Smith of Kansas City, cornerback Jaemar Taylor of Miami, and tight end Levine Toilolo of Atlanta. A total of 16 players from the San Diego Section […]
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