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2012, Week 7: Oceanside Rolling
Oceanside held sway for the fifth consecutive week in the renamed U-T San Diego poll of sportswriters and sportscasters. The San Diego newspaper recently acquired the North County Times, which created the poll. John Carroll’s Oceanside Pirates routed Vista 44-0 in a game that was played in less than two hours because of a running […]
Read More1951: Heads We Win, Tails You Lose!
Duane Maley felt like the guy who discovered that his wallet had been lifted after being jostled in a crowded theater. Maley ended up on the wrong side of the coin minutes after conclusion of a tight, competitive City Prep League season. Maley’s San Diego Cavemen and Walt Harvey’s La Jolla Vikings, each with a […]
Read More2012, Week 6: Undefeateds Down to 4 Teams
Army-Navy, Grossmont, Olympian, and Otay Ranch continue to win, each improving to a 6-0 won-loss record. Calexico, Patrick Henry, Hoover, and West Hills all were beaten after winning their first five games. Army-Navy scored a 1-0, forfeit win over Calvin Christian. Grossmont defeated Granite Hills, 48-6. Olympian beat El Capitan, 41-6, and Otay Ranch topped […]
Read More2012, Week 5: Area’s Best Fall Short Against Southern Section
It has been said for years that San Diego produces many of the best of the best players, but falls short when matching up with teams from North of the County line. That holds true in 2012. Not counting Imperial County members, San Diego Section squads were 29-25-2 in pre-league intersectional games this season, but […]
Read More2012, Week 4: Vista’s 758th Game Like Only One Other!
This could become a habit. Vista won another 2-0 game. The Panthers defeated Torrey Pines, with a safety the only score in the game last week. It was the second safety-only game in the 758 Vista has played since the school opened in 1937. Not a trend, but the Panthers are working on it. Vista last won 2-0 […]
Read More1986: Junior Seau, Wide Receiver?
There were no sonic booms and reveille still sounded at the usual time on the nearby Camp Pendleton military reservation after Roy Scaffidi announced he was moving senior quarterback Junior Seau to wide receiver. That Seau also played a fine game at linebacker also did not register with a service rating the top players in […]
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