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2012 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 […]
Read More1943: V is Key
The most important letter in the alphabet was V. World War II was nearing the halfway point. The dark days of early 1942 had receded and Victory, while not in sight, would come. V had become a symbol, visible everywhere throughout the country. There were hundreds of references, from military training programs (V-12), to graphics […]
Read More1987: In Year of Pointers, Panthers Point Fingers
“Elevator! Elevator! We got the shaft!” The age-old shout from unhappy cheering sections, usually directed at game referees, was leveled by head coach Dick Haines and Vista partisans at nine coaches charged with seeding and selecting teams for the San Diego Section playoffs. The mentors, reportedly by an 8-1 vote, nominated San Dieguito as the […]
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