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1943: Drink, you dirty Bum?
Not exactly modern hard rap, but school administrators weren’t amused when they heard students in the San Diego High cheering section “dissing” their Hoover counterparts. The Hilltoppers sung to the tune of an old Army field artillery ditty, “Over hill, over dale, we will hit the dusty trail…as those caissons go rolling along”. With apologies to Tom Ables, San […]
Read More1944: The “Temporary Suburbs”
Oct. 5 was bearing down on Kearny High football coach Darrell Smith. His team would play the first football game in school history, a night game no less, at Coronado High against the Islanders’ junior varsity. Problem. An important component of the Komets’ uniform was missing, caused by a delay in shipment by the manufacturer. […]
Read More2012 Week 12: Dreaded Administrative Glitch Crushes Cathedral Season
Cathedral’s honored program took a body blow this week when the Dons were forced to forfeit eight victories in an 8-2 season and were knocked out the postseason. The Dons self-reported an ineligible player, who appeared in all 10 Cathedral games. San Diego Section rules state that a team with three forfeits cannot participate in […]
Read More2012, Week 11: Army-Navy Among Early Casualties
And then there were 40. Twenty teams were eliminated in first-round, San Diego Section playoff games last week. There were no upsets but maybe a mild surprise or two. Army-Navy, 10-0 and coming off the best regular season in the school’s 102-year history, was knocked out by Calipatria, 41-21, in Division IV. The teams had […]
Read More2012: Game Officials Recognized; Students to be Honored
More than 400 members of the San Diego County Football Officials’ Association, including four active NFL game officials, gathered at the Hall of Champions this week for their annual awards dinner. Among those attending were referee Mike Carey (University High/Santa Clara University), back judge Don Carey (St. Augustine/California-Riverside), umpire Garth DeFelice (Patrick Henry/San Diego State), […]
Read More2012, Week 10: 60, Yes, 60, Teams Win Playoff Bids
Oceanside won the regular-season poll and could end up meeting No. 2 Helix in the AA finals at Escondido High in four weeks. And dust is kicking up in the sand dunes around Glamis as the Imperial Valley girds a for a possible second-round meeting of two area big shots. Brawley (9-1) has a first-round bye in […]
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