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1988: Showdown for Morse and Orange Glen
Morse’s 31-28 victory over Orange Glen in the 3-A finals ranks among the most exciting of all San Diego Section championship games. And that game followed Rancho Buena Vista’s 21-10, 2-A victory over San Pasqual, climaxing Rancho’s meteoric rise in the school’s second season. Long runs, NFL-style passing, and two of the County’s all-time coaches, […]
Read More2013: Bob Speidel, Championship Helix coach
The play on words certainly was not original. Roger Conlee and I referred to Bob Speidel as “The Watchman”, in reference to his last name and to the company that made millions of timepiece wrist bands. But Speidel was in the forefront of basketball coaches in the early years of the San Diego Section. He […]
Read More1988: Player is player in Century league
Lincoln coach Vic Player, on his 100th career victory: “It’s wonderful to reach a milestone and be considered among the elite coaches in San Diego County. It’s great to be up there with coaches I admired when I was young and first came to San Diego from Chicago, people like Duane Maley (San Diego), Bennie […]
Read More2013: Cathedral No. 1 as Calendar Hits January
After five weeks of nonleague games and tournaments in far-flung locations, San Diego Section basketball teams begin the run to the playoffs in earnest this week. Cathedral emerged as the frontrunner in the third UT-San Diego poll with all 13 possible first-place votes. The Dons got a head start on most other clubs when they […]
Read More1988: The Rise of Rancho Buena Vista
To Dick Haines, the arrival of Rancho Buena Vista felt like a kick in the pelvic region. Vista, where Haines had built a program of statewide respect after his appointment in 1970, was feeling the pain of no longer being the sheriff in town. A new school on the south side of the growing North […]
Read More2013: Jack Menotti, Head coach at Madison, Ramona
Jack Menotti, who coached Madison to an undefeated season on the field in 1972, passed away Dec. 28, 2012. Menotti, 78, also coached at Mesa College and was head coach at Ramona. He was introduced to coaching in the 1960s by Birt Slater, the legendary Kearny High mentor. “He didn’t have a football background but […]
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