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2013: Kenny Hale, 90, Played and Coached Basketball
Kenny Hale, one of the last surviving members of San Diego State’s 1940-41 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics basketball championship team, passed away at age 90. A 1938 San Diego High graduate, Hale eventually went into coaching and had winning records at Hoover and Mission Bay. Led by superstar Bill McColl, Hoover was 20-8 in […]
Read More2004: Another Championship Run for Oceanside
John Carroll got some good news the day before his Oceanside Pirates were to meet Carlsbad for what would be the title-deciding game in the Avocado League. Coach John McFadden of Eastlake called Carroll and told the Oceanside mentor that Eastlake had used an ineligible player in the 23-19, season-opening victory over the Pirates. Instead […]
Read More2013: Some Locals Stood Out at Clovis
San Diego Section athletes in both genders stepped up in the Saturday finals of last week’s state track and field championships. The college-like campus at Clovis’ Buchanan High was a wonderful venue for the 95th Boys’ championship and 40th Girls’ meet and drew more than 17,000 persons over two days. Saturday’s finals began under a […]
Read More2013: Steve Brand’s Final Top 10
Includes State Meet, May 31-June 1. BOYS 100—(Fully automatic) Brown (Valhalla) 10.76, Smith (Mount Miguel) 10.80, Ardis (La Costa Canyon) 10.81 (10.70w), S. Pater (Mt. Carmel) 10.83, Molton (Hilltop) 10.84, Doan (StA) 11.07 (10.84w, Lucas (Poway) 10.85 (10.78w), Lewis (San Marcos) 10.88, Le (Scripps Ranch) 10.93, McNair (Morse) 10.94, Mayberry (Francis Parker) 10.94. Southern California […]
Read More2013: Cathedral Sophomore Chases Devers
CLOVIS—Twenty-one of San Diego’s 90 entries qualified yesterday for this evening’s 95th State track-and-field championships at Buchanan High. In arguably a mediocre season for the San Diego Section, a strong season finish is possible. The state meet is the event in which winning is not always more important than improving on a personal best or […]
Read More2013: Pat Shea, 73; Mission Bay and Chargers
Pat Shea, a starting right guard on the San Diego Chargers’ 1963 American Football League championship team and a legendary Mission Bay High athlete, passed away in Encinitas recently at age 73. Shea won the 1958 CIF Southern Section heavyweight wrestling championship for the Buccaneers and was the ’58 City Prep League track championships shot […]
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