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2012, 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 […]
Read More2012, Week 3: Cancellations & Forfeits
At least five games have been canceled against San Diego Section teams this season and are being considered forfeited, not because of the usual Dreaded Administrative Glitch reasons of player academic ineligibility or residential transfer no-no’s. Temecula Rancho Christian suspended its season and fired the head coach after a 43-6 loss to Whittier La Serna […]
Read More2012, Week 2: Helix Dominates
Coach Troy Starr’s Helix Highlanders received all 27 first-place votes for a maximum 270 points in the North County Times sportswriters-sportscasters poll after defeating Vista 43-7 last week. Helix had 13 first-place votes in the preseason poll and 20 after games of Week 1. The Highlanders take on a third, ranked opponent from the San […]
Read More2012, Week 1: Helix Lives Up to Preseason Poll
Helix’s 28-6 victory over Eastlake on the season’s opening weekend assured the Highlanders of remaining No. 1 in the North County Times sportswriters-sportscasters poll. Helix had 13 first-place votes in the preseason poll last week and picked up seven more this week for a point total of 253. Oceanside blew out Oakdale, a Northern California […]
Read More2012: New Coaches, Realignment Change Football Map
There are at least 21 new head coaches in the San Diego Section. More could be revealed as the season, which began Aug. 24 with Calvary Christian San Diego defeating visiting Las Vegas Calvary Chapel, 37-22, opens on a full scale this week. A new league, the City, also makes a debut and changes have […]
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